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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fyi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Dr. J. Webster Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>740-592-6326<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>“Changing what it means to be blind”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>For more information go to nfbohio.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Scott [mailto:kmssanderson@aol.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> jwsmithnfb@frontier.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Blind / Vi Alpine Ski Festival Week Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_97f5df60-1936-4362-aec8-0d36c39958ca"><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_18047b92-a640-460a-867e-d5c3916219be"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Dear J.W. Smith</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I am a 45 year old, legally blind, alpine skier that with the assistance of Maine Handicapped Skiing is organizing / hosting a Blind / Visually Impaired Ski Festival Week, February, 12 - 16, 2012, at SugarLoaf Mountain Resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. For complete details about this event please refer to to this link:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://nevifest.org/" target="_blank">http://nevifest.org/</a></span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Our motivation for hosting the Blind / Vi Ski Festival Week is getting more Visually Impaired / Blind people out on the slopes!</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> The idea for the week grew out of my experience with diminishing eye sight and the love of skiing. I was about to hang up my ski's four years ago thinking blind people don't ski and my wife insisted I try finding a blind skier vest that we saw once on a ski trip. It must have been meant to be as we were able to find a BLIND SKIER vest some where online. While wearing my new high viz orange, BLIND SKIER vest skiing we randomly met Toby Brudet, who runs Maine Handicapped Skiing program at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Meeting Toby, and the other MHS volunteers has literally changed my life. I was on the verge of hanging up my ski's and calling the sport, I love, a memory. After becoming a regular, constant, every weekend, participant of MHS my love of skiing has multiplied a thousand times. My wife, Kristine, has been trained as a blind skier guide and using the techniques taught by MHS we are hitting the slopes every chance we can. </span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The Blind / VI Ski Festival is my attempt at preventing anyone with the passion to ski NOT to stop skiing or for people with the passion to start skiing. We are planning to provide Blind / VI SKIER bibs and Guide bibs to all the participants and they can take them home to use. During the event MHS volunteers will provide skier and guiding instruction for people that want to learn or enhance their abilities for all levels of skiers from beginner to experts. For visually impaired / blind skiers and their guides that want to just to come ski with share the week they are welcome too. We are trying to offer an opportunity for all to enjoy by offering ski and stay packages and organizing transportation from the Portland, Maine, airport.</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Additional family and friends are encouraged to come and share the week too but we need to limit the participants to 25 so we have enough staff to support the event.</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information about Maine Handicapped Skiing please visit their web site at:</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.skimhs.org/about_us.php" target="_blank"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>http://www.skimhs.org/about_us.php</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Look forward to hearing from you!</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind Regards,</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Scott Anderson</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:kmssanderson@aol.com">kmssanderson@aol.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>