Mississippi Politics
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Politics
in Mississippi as Usual: Rehabilitation Again Featured
From the Editor Emeritus: As Monitor
readers know, Nell Carney, Federal Rehabilitation Commissioner under President
Bush, was appointed director of Mississippi's rehabilitation program in 1993.
Mississippi's governor is a Republican, and the majority in its legislature
What Contests Do
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Amber Chesser
What Contests Can Do
From the Editor: Each year the National
Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC) and the National Association
to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB) conduct a reading contest for youngsters
who read Braille. Schools and libraries across this nation sponsor such contests
for print readers, but almost no one besides the National Federation of the
Contest Form 98
Contest Entry Form Braille Readers Are
Leaders Contest November 1, 1997, to February 1, 1998 Mail entry form after
February 1, 1998 to:
Braille Readers Are Leaders contest,
1800 Johnson Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Grand total of pages read___________
Student's Name:__________________________________________________
Birthdate:_______________Age:_________Grade:_______________
Address:_________________________________________________________
Signs of Regress
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Scott LaBarre
Signs of Regress
by Scott LaBarre
From the Editor: Scott LaBarre
is President of the Denver Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of
Colorado. He is also an attorney with a good deal of experience in protecting
the rights of blind people. One can never tell from which quarter the next incursion
Braille Unification
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Joseph Sullivan
A Perspective
on Braille Unification
by Joseph
E. Sullivan
From the Editor:
Joseph Sullivan is President of Duxbury Systems, Inc. and Chairman of Committee
II of the Unified Braille Code Research Project of the International Council
on English Braille. The following paper was delivered at the tenth World Conference
Floral Designer
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Diane Johnson displays one of her floral arrangements.
Floral Designer in
Training
by Ladonna Jean Whitt
From the Editor: One of the most
exciting truths about membership in the National Federation of the Blind is
that one's notions about what is possible for blind people to accomplish are
always expanding. I have always felt insecure and vaguely apologetic about flower
Life Insurance Gift
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Life Insurance
Life insurance constitutes a very special
gift to the National Federation of the Blind. A relatively easy and direct form
of planned giving is a new life insurance policy. You can make the NFB the beneficiary
and owner of a life insurance policy and receive a tax deduction on the premium
you pay.
For example, at age fifty you purchase
ALA Honors Sen. Chafee
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Senator John H. Chafee
American
Library Association Honors Senator John Chafee
From the Editor: On Monday, June
30, 1997, the American Library Association presented its Francis Joseph Campbell
Award for distinguished service to blind and physically handicapped library
patrons to Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island. This award was instituted in
Question of Membership
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PHOTO/CAPTION: Jamal Mazrui
More Than a Question
of Membership
by Barbara Pierce
Federationists will remember that in
the fall of 1990 the Board of Directors of the National Federation of the Blind
expelled Jamal Mazrui, who was living in Massachusetts at the time. The charges
dealt with disruptive tactics, attempting to incur organizational expenses without
In Memoriam
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[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dr. Wallace Schroeder
PHOTO/CAPTION: Fred Moore]
In Memoriam
Wallace Schroeder and Fred Moore
by Kenneth Jernigan
Fred Moore, long-time stalwart in the
National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, died October 6, 1996; and less than
four months later, on February 3, 1997, he was followed in death by Dr. Wallace
Schroeder, another long-time member and leader of the Iowa affiliate. It has