New Mexico Update
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New
Mexico Update
From the Editor: In the October, 1996,
issue of the Braille Monitor we reported on the distressing events over
the past twenty years and more at the New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped
(NMSVH). Things have continued to happen during the intervening months. One
of the most hopeful events was that Governor Johnson appointed Jim Salas, a
Internet Odyssey
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Peter
and Mary Donahue
Internet Odyssey
by Peter and Mary Donahue
From the Editor: Like other state
presidents I am frequently asked for ideas about what chapters can do as constructive
projects in their communities. Peter and Mary Donahue are leaders in the San
Antonio Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas. Last year
Forty Years A Federationist
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Tom Bickford
Forty Years a Federationist
by Thomas Bickford
From the Editor: Tom Bickford has been a Federationist for many years.
In many ways that experience has shaped and defined who he is and the gifts
he has to offer in every part of his life. This is what he says about the enriching
influence of the NFB in a person's life:
It was in October of 1956 that I first
Will Madness Never End?
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PHOTO: This picture
of the Gardner family was taken in a barn. Becca Gardner holds the baby and
two of the older children hold young goats. The family members are seated on
bales of hay. CAPTION: Bruce and Becca Gardner with their six children.
Will Madness Never
End?
by Bruce A. Gardner
From the Editor: Unless they
live on otherwise uninhabited desert islands, all blind parents have collections
Plugged In
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_July 1997
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Gerald
Moreno
The Power of Being
Plugged In
by Gerald Moreno
From the Editor: Those of us
who have been members of the NFB for many years sometimes take for granted all
the benefits we receive from the organization every day. It's fairly easy for
those who read Federation material but remain aloof from contact with members
News For Doubters
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_July 1997
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Heather
Kirkwood
K.U. Grad Has News
for Doubters
by Heather Kirkwood
Taken from the July-August, 1996, issue
of The Freestate News, a publication of the NFB of Kansas.
Editor's note: Heather Kirkwood
is a 1992 NFB Scholarship winner and a 1996 graduate of the University of Kansas
in Lawrence. Here is her article about her decision to major in journalism and
Friend Honored
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Jim
Omvig
An Old Friend Is Honored:
Our Fight Against Insurance Discrimination Remembered
by James H. Omvig
From the Editor:
Jim Omvig of Tucson, Arizona, has been an active leader of the National Federation
of the Blind since the early 1960's. He has played a key role in several major
Federation victories, including the struggle to stamp out insurance discrimination
Recipes 7-97
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_July 1997
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Recipes
This month's recipes were
contributed by members of the NFB of Wyoming and Betty Capps, the First Lady
of the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina.
Venison Chili
by Claire Jepson
Claire Jepson is the President of
the NFB of Wyoming
Ingredients:
1 pound ground venison
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 cup canned tomatoes
1 15-ounce can kidney beans
Braille Monitor 7/97
The Braille Monitor
Vol.
40, No. 7
July 1997
Barbara Pierce, Editor
Published in inkprint, in Braille,
on cassette and
the World Wide Web and FTP on the Internet
The National Federation of the Blind
Marc Maurer, President
National Office
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
NFB Net BBS: (612) 696-1975
Web HomePage Address: http//www.nfb.org
Letters to the president, address changes,
1997 Convention Roundup
The Braille MonitorAugust/
September 1997
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The largest convention
in Federation history brought thousands together for the July banquet. To show
the entire ballroom, the photographer took three wide-angle pictures. We have
put them together here in an effort to capture a bit of the excitement of the
evening. Not shown are the overflow tables in the lobby outside the doors.
Photo description:
Katey Wintz of Louisiana Explores