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Stepping
Out in All Weather
by James Baxter
James
Baxter
From the Editor: This
story won the 2003 essay contest conducted by the Metro Chapter of the NFB of
Minnesota. It was first published in the Spring 2004 issue of the Minnesota
Bulletin. Jim Baxter lives in Pennsylvania, where he has returned now that he
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Rick French buffs out the wax that he has applied to this
car
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Florida
Man Has Vision of His Own Role in Society
by Jay Arrington
Rick
French buffs out the wax that he has applied to this car.
From the Editor: The
following article appeared March 11, 2004, in the Jackson Independent
newspaper.
Rick French has
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dan Frye]
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When
Blindness Mattered
by Daniel B. Frye
Dan
Frye
From the Editor:
Dan Frye is a longtime Federationist now living and working in New Zealand.
He discovered the NFB as a student living in South Carolina. The following story
about Dan's boyhood evokes the hot South Carolina summer and the struggle of
Parents Fight to Keep Blind Teacher
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Parents
Fight to Keep Blind Teacher
by Jennifer Farish
From the Editor:
The following story first appeared in the March 10, 2004, Northeast Mississippi
Daily Journal. Both the family and the fired teacher are members of the
NFB of Mississippi. What a sad irony it is that a school board would fire a
successful Braille teacher with fifteen years of experience when many, many
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dan Ryles]
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Story
of a Paperboy
by Dan Ryles
Dan Ryles
From the Editor:
Dan Ryles is a member of the first generation of blind people who actually grew
up quite naturally absorbing the philosophy of the National Federation of the
Blind and learning the skills of blindness as they went along. The following
story is proof of the positive results of such opportunities. The story appeared
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dianne Hemphill]
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Of
Canes and Misconceptions
Dianne
Hemphill
From the Editor:
I recently received the following exchange of letters from Susie Stanzel, president
of the NFB of Kansas. She thought that they articulated the ongoing objections
that some people have to using the long white cane in training facilities and
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Martha Harris]
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In
Touch with the Written Word:
Braille
Helps Blind People Lead Independent Lives
by Tiffany Shaw
Martha
Harris
From the Editor:
The following article first appeared in the Tuesday, January 20, 2004, edition
of the Altoona Mirror. Martha Harris and her mother Catherine are both
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Pumping
Gas and Reaching for the Fan
by J. Webster Smith
J.
Webster Smith
From the Editor: Dr.
J.W. Smith is first vice president of the NFB of Ohio and Associate Professor
in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. In the following
story he recounts an important moment in the life of every blind person--the
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The Ties That Bind
by Kevan Worley
Kevan
Worley
From the Editor: Kevan
Worley is first vice president of the NFB of Colorado and a successful businessman.
He and his wife Bridget have recently adopted a young son. The following story
is reprinted from To Reach for the Stars, the twenty-fifth in the NFB's
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Peggy Elliott and Michael Gosse walk together using their
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I
Do Do It: Three Fundamentals of Cane Travel
by
Peggy Elliott
Peggy
Elliott and Michael Gosse walk together using their canes.
From the Editor: Peggy
Elliott is one of the best cane travelers I know. She is president of the Iowa
affiliate, second vice president of the National Federation of the Blind, and