[Blindtlk] Fwd: Four blind men elected to serve their community all at the same time

[Ericka]

How awesome! Thank you for sharing.

Ericka, from my iPhone 6s

> On Feb 2, 2017, at 9:25 PM, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Very cool!
> 
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> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
> Andrews via blindtlk
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 8:03 PM
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> Cc: David Andrews
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Fwd: Four blind men elected to serve their community all
> at the same time
> 
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>> 
>> From: "Peggy Chong" <peggychong at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Four blind men elected to serve their community all at the same
> time
>> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 13:37:23 -0700
>> The Blind History Lady learns something new every day that surprises 
>> and inspires.  Through the Blind History Lady's growing series of 
>> articles and books on the lives of the blind ancestors she shares 
>> stories of those who have paved the way for all of us,
>> 
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>> 
>> I just recently ran across a news article from Silver Bow County 
>> Montana  from November of 1921.  The article highlighted the 
>> election that had just passed and the four blind judges now on the 
>> bench in that county.  One was new but three were returned to 
>> office.  How remarkable that in one county, the electorate placed 
>> their trust in four blind men, all at the same time?  It is hard to 
>> conceive that happening today in any county or state of the U. S..
>> 
>> A more in-depth look at these four men, how they got to where they 
>> were and welcomed to serve the citizens of Silver Bow MT,  the blind 
>> other men of their community they mentored and what became of their 
>> mentee's may appear in a future issue of Dialogue Magazine, 
>> http://www.blindskills.com/subscribe.html.
>> 
>> More from The Blind History Lady can be found at 
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>> 
>> Peggy Chong
>> The Blind History Lady
>> 
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