From JFreeh at nfb.org Wed Nov 4 03:09:20 2009 From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh, Jessica) Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:09:20 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen at nfb.org National Federation of the Blind Announces 2010 Scholarship Program Thirty Scholarships Available to College and Postgraduate Students Baltimore, Maryland (November 3, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind, the oldest and largest organization of blind people in the United States, announced today that applications are now being accepted for the 2010 National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program. Thirty scholarships totaling $100,000 will be awarded to blind students from the United States and Puerto Rico. The scholarships are available to blind students who will be enrolled in college or a graduate program beginning in the fall of 2010, including incoming freshmen. Scholarships range in value from $3,000 to $12,000. Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: "The National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program is the Federation's way of recognizing outstanding academic achievement by blind students and spreading our positive philosophy of blindness to these students and to the general public. Because of the collective efforts of blind Americans, blind people today are achieving greater academic success and entering fields of study once thought closed to the blind, and celebrating their achievements is always a highlight of our national convention. I join the Scholarship Committee in inviting every eligible blind student to submit an application, and I look forward to meeting the dynamic individuals that will make up the 2010 National Federation of the Blind scholarship class." Information on the NFB scholarship program is posted online at www.nfb.org/scholarships. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2010. Questions may be directed to the NFB Scholarship Committee Chairman, Mr. Anil Lewis, by e-mail at Scholarships at nfb.org, or by phone at (410) 659 -9314, extension 2415. From graduate56 at juno.com Thu Nov 5 16:56:22 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:56:22 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Cabs idol 2009 reminder. Message-ID: Just a reminder. I am pleased to announce that following the overwhelming success of the CABS Idol contest at our 2008 NFBCO State Convention, CABS is thrilled to be hosting this event once again. It will run from 9:00pm-midnight on Friday 10/6/09. We are hoping to simplify things this year by requesting all participants to submit their first and last name along with their top six choices of songs to sing. Please keep in mind that due to the popularity of this event, you may only get one chance at the mic. I will compile a list of these requests and get them to Miss Lori from Chucker & Company well in advance of the contest, so that we can spend less time giving her our song choices that night, and more time singing! Please send your name and six song choices, in order of preference; 1 being first choice to: lbonderson at cocenter.org. I look forward to getting your requests. Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! 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Links to the streams can be found at the NFB of Colorado website: http://www.nfbco.org We will not be using Skype this year. However, you can interact with us on twitter by following nfbco. You can also send e-mail to nfbco09 at cocenter.org. From graduate56 at juno.com Mon Nov 9 07:00:46 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:46 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] CABS Election results Message-ID: Hello all. At the Colorado state convention. The following people were elected to the Cabs Board. Marty Rahn President Melissa Green First-vice vressident Arielle Silverman Second-vice pressident Abel Ayelaw Secretary Diane Fillipe Treasurer Beth Allred Board Position 1 Asha Mehta Board position 2 Maryanne Milearelli Board position 3 Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! 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Fundraising committee Diane Filipe dianefilipe at peoplepc.com Membership Arielle Silverman arielle71 at gmail.com Technology Maurice Mines minesm at me.com Community service Melissa Green graduate56 at juno.com Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=eEnBNJFXzBJtKR46YQO1VAAAJ1DfvkIAl_oNlLp6_KrC62ReAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA= From KKuhnke at nfb.org Tue Nov 10 02:12:28 2009 From: KKuhnke at nfb.org (Kuhnke, Kristian) Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:12:28 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] FW: The Perfect Holiday Gift Message-ID: ---------- From: Dr. Fred Schroeder [mailto:outreach at nfb.org] Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:14 PM Subject: The Perfect Holiday Gift Autumn Stationery Header It?s that time again?the holidays are quickly approaching! This year, give the gift that will keep on giving for years to come. Time is running out to purchase the beautiful 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, the first U.S. coin to feature readable, tactile Braille. This unique commemorative coin symbolizes independence, opportunity, and the potential of blind individuals to make significant contributions to society when they are taught to read and write using Braille?but it is only available for purchase until December 11, 2009. We know that Braille is vital to all blind individuals, yet today in America only 10 percent of blind children are learning to read Braille in school. This continues despite the fact that studies have shown that 85 percent of all employed blind people read Braille. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the coin will be used to support the National Federation of the Blind?s ?Braille Readers are Leaders? campaign, a national initiative created to double the number of blind children learning Braille by 2015, improve certification standards for teachers of Braille, and conduct innovative programs to support Braille literacy. Go to www.braille.org or www.usmint.gov or call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468) to give the gift of literacy today! Small Black & White Braille Coin To learn more about the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, the Braille literacy crisis, and the Braille Readers are Leaders campaign, visit www.braille.org. National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 410-659-9314 * Fax 410-659-5129 From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Nov 11 03:34:01 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:34:01 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. Message-ID: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> Hello all, I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. So I wanted to throw out a topic.. Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you were a student and why? thanks, Darian CCB 04 From sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com Wed Nov 11 04:05:53 2009 From: sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com (Mary Ellen Sanchez) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:05:53 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: hello darian it is good to meet you. i would like to know can david hyde and lisa please email me privately at sanchez.maryellen at gmailcom as i had to have my computer redone and i use this email address now. i was also wondering are joe and ellie or davidc james on this list? i would like to know who is on this list?? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darian Smith" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Hello all, > > I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. > So I wanted to throw out a topic.. > Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you > were a student and why? > thanks, > Darian CCB 04 > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/sanchez.maryellen%40gmail.com From jbeasley at jb11.net Wed Nov 11 23:36:35 2009 From: jbeasley at jb11.net (Jeremiah B. Beasley) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:35 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to change my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a very positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I may not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love her for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. I turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They got me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most important lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be grateful. Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 -----Original Message----- From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. Hello all, I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. So I wanted to throw out a topic.. Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you were a student and why? thanks, Darian CCB 04 _______________________________________________ Ccb-alumni mailing list Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ccb-alumni: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. net From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 03:22:44 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:22:44 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> Message-ID: <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with everything and that's okay. As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a few. one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. Darian Smith ccb04 On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: > This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to change > my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the > biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a very > positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it > is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said > them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I > have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I may > not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love her > for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of > hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I > was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. I > turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my > family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They got > me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most important > lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind > people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind > people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I > have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be > grateful. > > Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! > > Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > Hello all, > > I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. > So I wanted to throw out a topic.. > Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you > were a student and why? > thanks, > Darian CCB 04 > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. > net > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com > -- "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From valandkayla at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 03:50:17 2009 From: valandkayla at gmail.com (Valerie Gibson) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:50:17 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: EWoods!!! Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. ^^ A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the past and focus on my future. I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some food for myself and my gang. To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the idea struck me. After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at sed time. Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if they were really students. When we got to the doors of the restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the counsellors for helping us achieve independence. On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: > wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come > off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during > philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it > related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any > leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what > she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that > she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there > were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was > ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and > from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and > growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with > everything and that's okay. > As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was > and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. > Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a > few. > one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara > taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was > not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. > That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and > I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It > still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. > Darian Smith > ccb04 > > On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >> change >> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a very >> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it >> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said >> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but >> I >> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >> may >> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >> her >> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of >> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I >> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. I >> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >> got >> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >> important >> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >> grateful. >> >> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >> >> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> Hello all, >> >> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >> were a student and why? >> thanks, >> Darian CCB 04 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >> net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny > calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching > before us; > if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our > slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe > past and future generations, > then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with > you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be > done, and > usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com > From sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 03:58:49 2009 From: sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com (Mary Ellen Sanchez) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:49 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7C3659304E6546F1A7771E4238402527@ownerf32575c2a> oh wow how cool. yes i remember eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Gibson" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > EWoods!!! > > Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that > program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of > travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I > remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if > we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid > attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in > general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the > program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and > we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction > games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, > but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with > exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on > a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. > ^^ > > A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in > summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped > me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going > through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the > early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the > past and focus on my future. > > I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national > convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around > eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most > people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some > good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set > out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was > closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was > hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more > blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the > four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? > > Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used > every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was > surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was > traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some > food for myself and my gang. > To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out > to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get > food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time > that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the > idea struck me. > > After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what > we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the > instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and > all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at > sed time. > > Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten > word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he > expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that > some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take > them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. > > We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the > councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on > their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke > with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if > they were really students. When we got to the doors of the > restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told > what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, > then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us > already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we > already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or > not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned > it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all > enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol > > The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day > for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the > counsellors for helping us achieve independence. > > On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >> everything and that's okay. >> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >> few. >> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >> Darian Smith >> ccb04 >> >> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>> change >>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>> very >>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>> it >>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>> said >>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>> but >>> I >>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >>> may >>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >>> her >>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>> of >>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>> I >>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>> I >>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>> got >>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>> important >>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>> grateful. >>> >>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>> >>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>> were a student and why? >>> thanks, >>> Darian CCB 04 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>> net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >> before us; >> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >> past and future generations, >> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >> done, and >> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/sanchez.maryellen%40gmail.com From sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 05:12:27 2009 From: sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com (Mary Ellen Sanchez) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:12:27 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> Message-ID: <060CDC6CEE7F4B13ACE7B6440A2159D3@ownerf32575c2a> hello jeremiah. how are you? i hope you are welll. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremiah B. Beasley" To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to > change > my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the > biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a very > positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it > is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said > them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but > I > have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I > may > not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love > her > for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of > hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I > was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. I > turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my > family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They > got > me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most > important > lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind > people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind > people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I > have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be > grateful. > > Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! > > Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > Hello all, > > I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. > So I wanted to throw out a topic.. > Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you > were a student and why? > thanks, > Darian CCB 04 > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. > net > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/sanchez.maryellen%40gmail.com From eadams15 at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 06:53:25 2009 From: eadams15 at gmail.com (Eva Adams) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:53:25 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> Val, That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't decide between. Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my own feelings and actions. Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and co worker. Eva ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Gibson" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > EWoods!!! > > Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that > program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of > travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I > remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if > we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid > attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in > general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the > program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and > we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction > games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, > but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with > exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on > a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. > ^^ > > A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in > summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped > me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going > through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the > early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the > past and focus on my future. > > I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national > convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around > eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most > people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some > good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set > out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was > closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was > hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more > blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the > four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? > > Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used > every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was > surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was > traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some > food for myself and my gang. > To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out > to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get > food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time > that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the > idea struck me. > > After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what > we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the > instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and > all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at > sed time. > > Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten > word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he > expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that > some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take > them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. > > We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the > councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on > their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke > with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if > they were really students. When we got to the doors of the > restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told > what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, > then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us > already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we > already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or > not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned > it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all > enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol > > The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day > for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the > counsellors for helping us achieve independence. > > On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >> everything and that's okay. >> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >> few. >> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >> Darian Smith >> ccb04 >> >> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>> change >>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>> very >>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>> it >>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>> said >>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>> but >>> I >>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >>> may >>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >>> her >>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>> of >>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>> I >>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>> I >>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>> got >>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>> important >>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>> grateful. >>> >>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>> >>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>> were a student and why? >>> thanks, >>> Darian CCB 04 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>> net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >> before us; >> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >> past and future generations, >> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >> done, and >> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com From graduate56 at juno.com Thu Nov 12 07:48:35 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:48:35 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> Message-ID: Oh I have two favorite instructors. They are Diane Mcgeorge and Tom Anderson. These two people helped me a lot whin I was in the center. They still help me to this day. They both are very wise, and can be very straight with me. Both will give me a hug whin I need it. They both can tell me things that I didn't want or like to hear either. Diane and Tom adopted me. Last saturday night at the banquet I was so happy to see ray and diane recieve the Nfbco hero award. I had the same feeling when tom recieved it. Tom, linda, ray, and Diane, I love you all. I am glad that you are apart of my life and that you believe in me. And, you at least diane and tom know how to straightin me out when its needed. Smile. Whin my mom left colorado in 1994 when I started at the center. She said that knowing that Diane took the time to meet with her and talk too her about the center. Really made her feel good. She also appreciated the fact that Tom like diane, treated, and still treat me like I am an important part of their family. So I than you both for everything and for being a huge part of my life. Sincerely, Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Live journal topaz5674 Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremiah B. Beasley" To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to > change > my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the > biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a very > positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it > is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said > them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but > I > have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I > may > not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love > her > for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of > hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I > was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. I > turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my > family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They > got > me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most > important > lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind > people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind > people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I > have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be > grateful. > > Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! > > Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > Hello all, > > I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. > So I wanted to throw out a topic.. > Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you > were a student and why? > thanks, > Darian CCB 04 > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. > net > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com > ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=py7Z1z4hmgrr0OIsJbNDIgAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA= From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 09:51:22 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:51:22 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <409c235c0911120151s6503c244q6f0ff9463b2e0cee@mail.gmail.com> Valerie, I am not going to lie, that so far is the single best story i've heared relating to the summer program! it's touching, as that is what it's all about. That's what you hope to gain from the center and yet something that you generally don't tend to understand till after the summer or twards the end of ITP. Thank you for gifting us with that story! Darian On 11/11/09, Valerie Gibson wrote: > EWoods!!! > > Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that > program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of > travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I > remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if > we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid > attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in > general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the > program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and > we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction > games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, > but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with > exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on > a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. > ^^ > > A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in > summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped > me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going > through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the > early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the > past and focus on my future. > > I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national > convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around > eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most > people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some > good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set > out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was > closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was > hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more > blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the > four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? > > Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used > every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was > surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was > traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some > food for myself and my gang. > To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out > to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get > food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time > that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the > idea struck me. > > After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what > we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the > instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and > all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at > sed time. > > Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten > word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he > expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that > some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take > them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. > > We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the > councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on > their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke > with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if > they were really students. When we got to the doors of the > restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told > what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, > then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us > already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we > already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or > not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned > it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all > enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol > > The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day > for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the > counsellors for helping us achieve independence. > > On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >> everything and that's okay. >> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >> few. >> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >> Darian Smith >> ccb04 >> >> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>> change >>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>> very >>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it >>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>> said >>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>> but >>> I >>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >>> may >>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >>> her >>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of >>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I >>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>> I >>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>> got >>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>> important >>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>> grateful. >>> >>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>> >>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>> were a student and why? >>> thanks, >>> Darian CCB 04 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>> net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >> before us; >> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >> past and future generations, >> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >> done, and >> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com > -- "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 10:15:10 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:15:10 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> Message-ID: <409c235c0911120215n7ec41c12t3e9f600d19dd280b@mail.gmail.com> Eva, Eddie was my Travel instructor twards the end of my time in colorado. and what I remember was that he would just take me out on travel, teach me, but at the same time we'd be on the light rail and talking about life and what kind of was going on with me. I guess that stemmed from my very first summer as a student when he directed the program. I was not very happy about being out in denver that summer, but what he did was rounded up the boys in the program and we went out across the apartment complex(then cherry creek) armed with water bottles and ambushed the female counsoler who opened the door to their apartment. While it was not so much blindness related, it did help me belong. My first convention was that year and eddie was great at kind of showing me the ropes in philly and encouraging me to talk to the leaders of the movement at the time. Brent was an ITP student that year,but did not become a travel instructor till a couple of months after I had graduated in 04. Julie Mullen was a person that i enjoyed. She pushed me to learn how to make a cheesecake once I mastered making the no-bake cheese cake that was found in the mc duffie reader. Eric was a person I got to know very briefly but never really worked witgh him. But I've laways heard good things On 11/11/09, Eva Adams wrote: > Val, > That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all > of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. > > I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite > teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't decide > between. > > Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before I > got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by my > blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. Eddie > taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me build > my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I could > always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to make me > feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me think on > my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, but for me it > was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my own feelings and > actions. > > Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact that > I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center set > against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind people > that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB really > was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an encourager > rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and not give off > the impression he is better than others like some of the higher up NFBers > do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check in with you if he > had heard things weren't going well for you. > > Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as a > counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want to > teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those > opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always > loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have > and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a great > teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. > > Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could talk > to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could tell > you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee Mullen > was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and co > worker. > > Eva > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Gibson" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> EWoods!!! >> >> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >> ^^ >> >> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >> past and focus on my future. >> >> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >> >> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >> food for myself and my gang. >> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >> idea struck me. >> >> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >> sed time. >> >> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >> >> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >> >> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >> >> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>> everything and that's okay. >>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>> few. >>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>> Darian Smith >>> ccb04 >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>> change >>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>> very >>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>> it >>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>> said >>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>> but >>>> I >>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >>>> may >>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >>>> her >>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>> of >>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>>> I >>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>> I >>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>>> got >>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>> important >>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>> grateful. >>>> >>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>> >>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>> were a student and why? >>>> thanks, >>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>> net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>> before us; >>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>> past and future generations, >>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>> done, and >>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com > -- "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com Thu Nov 12 12:11:28 2009 From: sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com (Mary Ellen Sanchez) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:11:28 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> Message-ID: hello i had eddie when i went to the center as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eva Adams" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:53 AM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Val, > That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all > of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. > > I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite > teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't > decide between. > > Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before > I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by > my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. > Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me > build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I > could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to > make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me > think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, > but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my > own feelings and actions. > > Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact > that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center > set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind > people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB > really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an > encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and > not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the > higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check > in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. > > Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as > a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want > to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those > opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always > loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have > and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a > great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. > > Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could > talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could > tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee > Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and > co worker. > > Eva > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Gibson" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> EWoods!!! >> >> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >> ^^ >> >> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >> past and focus on my future. >> >> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >> >> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >> food for myself and my gang. >> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >> idea struck me. >> >> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >> sed time. >> >> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >> >> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >> >> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >> >> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>> everything and that's okay. >>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>> few. >>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>> Darian Smith >>> ccb04 >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>> change >>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>> very >>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>> it >>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>> said >>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>> but >>>> I >>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>> I >>>> may >>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>> love >>>> her >>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>> of >>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>>> I >>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>> I >>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>> my >>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>>> got >>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>> important >>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>> I >>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>> grateful. >>>> >>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>> >>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>> were a student and why? >>>> thanks, >>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>> net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>> before us; >>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>> past and future generations, >>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>> done, and >>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/sanchez.maryellen%40gmail.com From marty.rahn at juno.com Fri Nov 13 07:35:06 2009 From: marty.rahn at juno.com (Marty Rahn) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:35:06 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> Message-ID: <432F526648A14E798D3BCF16A1479D0A@MRAHN> Right on! Though I never had Diane as an Instructor, I can definitely say she tells it like it is. I did have Tom, and he, Dave hyde, and Eddie Culpe were my three favorite instructors at the center when I went through ITP back in 1999/2000. They were always there to listen, and never let me give up even when I desperately wanted to. For that, they'll always have a special place in my heart. Marty Rahn CCB Graduate, 2001 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Green" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 12:48 AM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Oh I have two favorite instructors. > They are Diane Mcgeorge and Tom Anderson. > These two people helped me a lot whin I was in the center. They still > help me to this day. > They both are very wise, and can be very straight with me. Both will give > me a hug whin I need it. > They both can tell me things that I didn't want or like to hear either. > Diane and Tom adopted me. Last saturday night at the banquet I was so > happy to see ray and diane recieve the Nfbco hero award. I had the same > feeling when tom recieved it. > Tom, linda, ray, and Diane, I love you all. > I am glad that you are apart of my life and that you believe in me. And, > you at least diane and tom know how to straightin me out when its needed. > Smile. Whin my mom left colorado in 1994 when I started at the center. > She said that knowing that Diane took the time to meet with her and talk > too her about the center. Really made her feel good. She also > appreciated the fact that Tom like diane, treated, and still treat me like > I am an important part of their family. > So I than you both for everything and for being a huge part of my life. > > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's > because of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremiah B. Beasley" > To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >> change >> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >> very >> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how it >> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >> said >> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >> but I >> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! I >> may >> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love >> her >> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one of >> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that I >> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >> I >> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of my >> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >> got >> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >> important >> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when I >> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >> grateful. >> >> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >> >> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> Hello all, >> >> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >> were a student and why? >> thanks, >> Darian CCB 04 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >> net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Weight Loss Program > Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=py7Z1z4hmgrr0OIsJbNDIgAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA= > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/marty.rahn%40juno.com > From graduate56 at juno.com Fri Nov 13 07:50:54 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:50:54 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> Message-ID: <8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these stories and memories more. Thanks to the person who started this discussion. Sincerely, Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Live journal topaz5674 Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eva Adams" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Val, > That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all > of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. > > I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite > teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't > decide between. > > Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before > I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by > my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. > Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me > build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I > could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to > make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me > think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, > but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my > own feelings and actions. > > Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact > that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center > set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind > people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB > really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an > encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and > not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the > higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check > in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. > > Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as > a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want > to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those > opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always > loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have > and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a > great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. > > Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could > talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could > tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee > Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and > co worker. > > Eva > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Gibson" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> EWoods!!! >> >> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >> ^^ >> >> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >> past and focus on my future. >> >> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >> >> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >> food for myself and my gang. >> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >> idea struck me. >> >> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >> sed time. >> >> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >> >> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >> >> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >> >> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>> everything and that's okay. >>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>> few. >>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>> Darian Smith >>> ccb04 >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>> change >>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>> very >>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>> it >>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>> said >>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>> but >>>> I >>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>> I >>>> may >>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>> love >>>> her >>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>> of >>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>>> I >>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>> I >>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>> my >>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>>> got >>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>> important >>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>> I >>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>> grateful. >>>> >>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>> >>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>> were a student and why? >>>> thanks, >>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>> net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>> before us; >>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>> past and future generations, >>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>> done, and >>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com > ____________________________________________________________ Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= From david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us Fri Nov 13 13:13:58 2009 From: david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us (Hyde, David W. (ESC)) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:13:58 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> <8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> Message-ID: <8FE3DA4A52652B4D8EC80883B3DC123367287803A2@tiger> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I can advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the interviews and original text. -----Original Message----- From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melissa Green Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these stories and memories more. Thanks to the person who started this discussion. Sincerely, Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Live journal topaz5674 Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eva Adams" To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Val, > That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all > of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. > > I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite > teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't > decide between. > > Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before > I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by > my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. > Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me > build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I > could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to > make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me > think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, > but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my > own feelings and actions. > > Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact > that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center > set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind > people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB > really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an > encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and > not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the > higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check > in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. > > Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as > a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want > to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those > opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always > loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have > and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a > great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. > > Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could > talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could > tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee > Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and > co worker. > > Eva > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Gibson" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> EWoods!!! >> >> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >> ^^ >> >> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >> past and focus on my future. >> >> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >> >> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >> food for myself and my gang. >> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >> idea struck me. >> >> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >> sed time. >> >> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >> >> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >> >> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >> >> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>> everything and that's okay. >>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>> few. >>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>> Darian Smith >>> ccb04 >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>> change >>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>> very >>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>> it >>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>> said >>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>> but >>>> I >>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>> I >>>> may >>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>> love >>>> her >>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>> of >>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>>> I >>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>> I >>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>> my >>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>>> got >>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>> important >>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>> I >>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>> grateful. >>>> >>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>> >>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>> were a student and why? >>>> thanks, >>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>> net >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>> before us; >>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>> past and future generations, >>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>> done, and >>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com > ____________________________________________________________ Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= _______________________________________________ Ccb-alumni mailing list Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ccb-alumni: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyde%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Sat Nov 14 01:12:18 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:12:18 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <8FE3DA4A52652B4D8EC80883B3DC123367287803A2@tiger> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> <8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> <8FE3DA4A52652B4D8EC80883B3DC123367287803A2@tiger> Message-ID: <409c235c0911131712h2fbb62b2v24b3c1822b693ba6@mail.gmail.com> ah, but there is such a forum. The Colorado Center for the Blind. Puts out a monthly newsletter via E-mail. If someone wanted to edit, and people wished to submit, I would venture to guess that the center would not mind these memories to be shared in that news letter. And you know what? it makes the news letter a more compelling read. Best, Darian Smith CCB Graduate 04. p.s. my pleasure for starting this; we needed a topic and I fitured it would make for a good one. Thank you all for the great responces. My favorite so far was the summer story involving the staff and eric... that sounded like a special summer. On 11/13/09, Hyde, David W. (ESC) wrote: > Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring > writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I can > advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the interviews and > original text. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Melissa Green > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are > reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these > stories and memories more. > Thanks to the person who started this discussion. > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because > of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eva Adams" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> Val, >> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of all >> of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >> >> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite >> teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't >> decide between. >> >> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. Before >> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by >> my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. >> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped me >> build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I >> could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to >> make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me >> think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, >> but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my >> own feelings and actions. >> >> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact >> that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center >> set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind >> people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB >> really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an >> encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, and >> not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the >> higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check >> in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. >> >> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as >> a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want >> to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those >> opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always >> loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have >> and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a >> great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >> >> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could >> talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could >> tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee >> Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher and >> co worker. >> >> Eva >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Valerie Gibson" >> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> >>> EWoods!!! >>> >>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >>> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >>> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >>> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >>> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >>> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >>> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >>> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >>> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >>> ^^ >>> >>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >>> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >>> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >>> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >>> past and focus on my future. >>> >>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >>> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >>> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >>> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >>> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >>> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >>> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >>> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >>> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >>> >>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >>> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >>> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >>> food for myself and my gang. >>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >>> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >>> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >>> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >>> idea struck me. >>> >>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >>> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >>> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >>> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >>> sed time. >>> >>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >>> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >>> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >>> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >>> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>> >>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >>> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >>> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >>> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >>> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >>> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >>> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >>> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >>> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>> >>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >>> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>>> everything and that's okay. >>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>>> few. >>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>>> Darian Smith >>>> ccb04 >>>> >>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>>> change >>>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>>> very >>>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>>> it >>>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>>> said >>>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>>> but >>>>> I >>>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>> I >>>>> may >>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>>> love >>>>> her >>>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>>> of >>>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told that >>>>> I >>>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>>> I >>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>>> my >>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. They >>>>> got >>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>>> important >>>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>>> I >>>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>>> grateful. >>>>> >>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>> >>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this list. >>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>>> were a student and why? >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>> net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>>> before us; >>>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>>> past and future generations, >>>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>>> you. 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Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From JKTomasell at aol.com Sat Nov 14 08:33:56 2009 From: JKTomasell at aol.com (JKTomasell at aol.com) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:33:56 EST Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorit instructor Message-ID: my favorite instructors at the center when I was in the itp program were Tom Anderson for Braille because not only was I learning more Braille than what I learned before attending the center but you can talk to him about anything and he made the class enjoyable. My favorite other instructor was Craig Eckhard for travel class. though, I had Eddie Culp for the first four and a half months of my training and I learned some travel skills which before attending the center I was using my cane half of the time. I am very appreciatived that Eddie taught me what he taught me in travel class. After the switch when Craig was my travel instructor for the rest of my training I really felt that I learned a lot and accomplished a lot of travel skills with him. I realized when I was doing my drop from Cherry Creek that I accomplished many lessons in travel class and feel that I can travel anywhere. I also respect Craig not only as an instructor and person but also as a friend which we have a very close friendship to this very day. I also suggest since the alumni is mentioning about their favorite instructors that we as an alumni should either express our favorite and/or challenging experiences that we as itp center students experienced and/or what we as alumni are doing now since we graduated from the center and what we are accomplishing now. i really think that would make more readers to read the ccb monthly newsletter. my favorite experience at the center was when we went up to the mountains to cut down christmas trees and our group had a huge snowball fight with another group who had Brent which I remember he got it the most with the snowballs. Sincerely, Jaime Tomasello, CCB graduate 2005 From JFreeh at nfb.org Mon Nov 16 22:36:34 2009 From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh, Jessica) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:34 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] National Federation of the Blind Partners with Santa to Promote Braille Literacy Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen at nfb.org National Federation of the Blind Partners with Santa to Promote Braille Literacy Baltimore, Maryland (November 16, 2009): Once again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute to get Braille letters out to hundreds of blind boys and girls this Christmas season. Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: ?Santa approached the National Federation of the Blind a couple of years ago and asked us to be his helpers. I?m quite fond of the fellow and was delighted that we could assist him in his work. Braille literacy is the key to success and opportunity for the blind, but unfortunately too few blind children are learning it today. This program will not only be jolly good fun but will also serve an important educational purpose, as blind children will be able to practice reading Braille as they enjoy their letter from Saint Nicholas.? Between November 16 and December 20, parents can go online at www.nfb.org and fill out a Santa Braille Letter request form. The form can also be printed and faxed to (410) 659-6893. Beginning December 1, the Braille letters from Santa will start going out to boys and girls around the country. The Braille letter will also be accompanied by a print copy (for mom and dad to read), and parents can choose the contracted or uncontracted form of Braille for the letter. Requests for letters must include the writer?s name, the child?s name, birthday, gender, mailing address, and a telephone number or e-mail address in case Santa?s helpers at the National Federation of the Blind have questions. The Braille letters from Santa program is part of the National Federation of the Blind?s national Braille literacy campaign, the largest ever undertaken in United States history. Congress authorized the minting in 2009 of 400,000 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollars to mark the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille (1809?1852) and to support the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind to promote literacy among blind Americans. This unique and beautiful commemorative coin is the first U.S. currency to feature tactile, readable Braille. A portion of the proceeds from sales of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar will be used to support the NFB?s ?Braille Readers are Leaders? campaign, a national initiative created to double the number of blind children learning Braille by 2015, improve certification standards for teachers of Braille, and conduct innovative programs to support Braille literacy. The deadline for letter requests is December 20, to ensure that a return letter in Braille is received before Christmas. For more information about this and other programs of the National Federation of the Blind, please visit our Web site at www.nfb.org. Those interested in ordering a 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar or the new Braille Education Set, which features the coin in a collectible folder designed to highlight the life and legacy of Louis Braille, should visit www.braille.org or www.usmint.gov or call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). The Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar and the Braille Education Set will only be available until December 11, 2009. ### About the National Federation of the Blind With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people?s lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. Please visit our Web site: www.nfb.org. 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To receive your free Visa gift card and/or Louis Braille Commemorative coin, you must register your product with GW Micro, and provide proof of purchase. Visa gift cards and Braille Commemorative coins may take several weeks for delivery. For questions or more information, please contact GW Micro at sales at gwmicro.com. From graduate56 at juno.com Tue Nov 17 05:00:30 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:00:30 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com><001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net><409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com><0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1><8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> <8FE3DA4A52652B4D8EC80883B3DC123367287803A2@tiger> Message-ID: <593D94C3080E446F80F64FD6D318D2CE@melissa> Darian is right. There is a CCb newsletter. But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list. If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. However, I don't right now. Sincerely, Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Live journal topaz5674 Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring > writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I can > advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the interviews and > original text. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Melissa Green > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are > reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these > stories and memories more. > Thanks to the person who started this discussion. > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's > because of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eva Adams" > To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> Val, >> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of >> all >> of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >> >> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite >> teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't >> decide between. >> >> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. >> Before >> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by >> my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. >> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped >> me >> build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I >> could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to >> make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me >> think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, >> but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my >> own feelings and actions. >> >> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact >> that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center >> set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind >> people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB >> really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an >> encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, >> and >> not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the >> higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check >> in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. >> >> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as >> a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want >> to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those >> opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always >> loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have >> and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a >> great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >> >> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could >> talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could >> tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee >> Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher >> and >> co worker. >> >> Eva >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Valerie Gibson" >> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> >>> EWoods!!! >>> >>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >>> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >>> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >>> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >>> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >>> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >>> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >>> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >>> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >>> ^^ >>> >>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >>> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >>> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >>> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >>> past and focus on my future. >>> >>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >>> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >>> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >>> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >>> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >>> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >>> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >>> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >>> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >>> >>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >>> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >>> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >>> food for myself and my gang. >>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >>> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >>> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >>> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >>> idea struck me. >>> >>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >>> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >>> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >>> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >>> sed time. >>> >>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >>> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >>> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >>> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >>> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>> >>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >>> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >>> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >>> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >>> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >>> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >>> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >>> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >>> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>> >>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >>> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>> >>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>>> everything and that's okay. >>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>>> few. >>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>>> Darian Smith >>>> ccb04 >>>> >>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>>> change >>>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>>> very >>>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>>> it >>>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>>> said >>>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>>> but >>>>> I >>>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>> I >>>>> may >>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>>> love >>>>> her >>>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>>> of >>>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told >>>>> that >>>>> I >>>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she >>>>> did. >>>>> I >>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>>> my >>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. >>>>> They >>>>> got >>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>>> important >>>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>>> I >>>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>>> grateful. >>>>> >>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>> >>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>> >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this >>>>> list. >>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>>> were a student and why? >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>> net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>>> before us; >>>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>>> past and future generations, >>>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>>> done, and >>>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! > Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyde%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com > ____________________________________________________________ Compare Reverse Mortgage Get great rates on reverse mortgage. Turn equity into tax free income. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=NTJl2uzf_GlToqqLECeX7QAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAQAAAAFAAAAAFpkrz4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkYFwAAAAA= From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 07:35:47 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:35:47 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <593D94C3080E446F80F64FD6D318D2CE@melissa> References: <409c235c0911101934m16ee70c8haa3a35a631d6c1b@mail.gmail.com> <001b01ca6327$cfd61a70$6f824f50$@net> <409c235c0911111922h3bfa9b0fpaf1deeffc945d634@mail.gmail.com> <0B3C47F24305455384B612873000DC55@DG9FDTK1> <8D0BA5F9422A428BA8466F554C419E23@melissa> <8FE3DA4A52652B4D8EC80883B3DC123367287803A2@tiger> <593D94C3080E446F80F64FD6D318D2CE@melissa> Message-ID: <409c235c0911162335x4ccefd45p79516822eae82683@mail.gmail.com> If I talked to the center about possibly publishing some pieces from the alums who might actually be interested in their memories being potential features? Also, I may be looking for somebody to help me with editing, who might be interested in assisting? Best, Darian On 11/16/09, Melissa Green wrote: > Darian is right. > There is a CCb newsletter. > But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list. > If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. However, > I don't right now. > > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because > of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" > To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring >> writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I can >> advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the interviews and >> original text. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> >> On Behalf Of Melissa Green >> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM >> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are >> >> reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these >> stories and memories more. >> Thanks to the person who started this discussion. >> Sincerely, >> Melissa Green >> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >> Live journal topaz5674 >> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >> twitter: melissa5674 >> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >> Skype: lissa5674 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eva Adams" >> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> >>> Val, >>> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of >>> all >>> of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >>> >>> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite >>> teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't >>> decide between. >>> >>> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. >>> Before >>> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by >>> my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. >>> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped >>> me >>> build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I >>> could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to >>> make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me >>> think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot, >>> but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my >>> own feelings and actions. >>> >>> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact >>> that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center >>> set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind >>> people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB >>> really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an >>> encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real, >>> and >>> not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the >>> higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check >>> in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you. >>> >>> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as >>> a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want >>> to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those >>> opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always >>> loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have >>> and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a >>> great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >>> >>> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could >>> talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could >>> tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee >>> Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher >>> and >>> co worker. >>> >>> Eva >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Valerie Gibson" >>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> >>>> EWoods!!! >>>> >>>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that >>>> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of >>>> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if >>>> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and >>>> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction >>>> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun, >>>> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with >>>> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on >>>> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >>>> ^^ >>>> >>>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped >>>> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going >>>> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the >>>> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the >>>> past and focus on my future. >>>> >>>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around >>>> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most >>>> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some >>>> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set >>>> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was >>>> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was >>>> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more >>>> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the >>>> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >>>> >>>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used >>>> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was >>>> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some >>>> food for myself and my gang. >>>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out >>>> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get >>>> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time >>>> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the >>>> idea struck me. >>>> >>>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what >>>> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the >>>> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and >>>> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at >>>> sed time. >>>> >>>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten >>>> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he >>>> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that >>>> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take >>>> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>>> >>>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if >>>> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told >>>> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday, >>>> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us >>>> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we >>>> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or >>>> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned >>>> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all >>>> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>>> >>>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day >>>> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>>> >>>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation during >>>>> philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything as it >>>>> related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any >>>>> leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and what >>>>> she told me made me forever respect her. She basically said that >>>>> she believes in much of what the federationholds true. but there >>>>> were things that she did not believe in as much. I found that it was >>>>> ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree with >>>>> everything and that's okay. >>>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a >>>>> few. >>>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. samara >>>>> taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and >>>>> I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the journey. It >>>>> still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>>>> Darian Smith >>>>> ccb04 >>>>> >>>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to >>>>>> change >>>>>> my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the >>>>>> biggest impact on my life and success. She has and continues to be a >>>>>> very >>>>>> positive mentor for me. She is always direct with me and tells me how >>>>>> it >>>>>> is. She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or >>>>>> said >>>>>> them in a hurtful way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying >>>>>> but >>>>>> I >>>>>> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>>> I >>>>>> may >>>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I >>>>>> love >>>>>> her >>>>>> for caring enough to say them to me. She has often said that I am one >>>>>> of >>>>>> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement. I was once told >>>>>> that >>>>>> I >>>>>> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she >>>>>> did. >>>>>> I >>>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>>>> my >>>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. >>>>>> They >>>>>> got >>>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the most >>>>>> important >>>>>> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind >>>>>> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind >>>>>> people. I try to live this in my life. Diane has believed in me when >>>>>> I >>>>>> have not been able to believe in myself. For this I will always be >>>>>> grateful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this >>>>>> list. >>>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when you >>>>>> were a student and why? >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>>> net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny >>>>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching >>>>> before us; >>>>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our >>>>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe >>>>> past and future generations, >>>>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with >>>>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>>>> done, and >>>>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valandkayla%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams15%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! >> Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigAAJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyde%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate56%40juno.com >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Compare Reverse Mortgage > Get great rates on reverse mortgage. 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Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From jkenn337 at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 22:17:08 2009 From: jkenn337 at gmail.com (Josh) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:17:08 -0500 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] new low cost gps Message-ID: Hi, Instead of buying Window-eyes, why not give NVDA as a gift this season or perhaps buy someone system access or show them system access to go? Also for gps, you can buy a Nokia e51 for $200 stick talks on for $260 by going to www.nuance-talks.com click the english link, buy talks. and get them a gps receiver for $50 from amazon and loadstone gps from www.loadstone-gps.com . Also independent living aids now sells low-cost gps called Kapten. And the nokia e51 has wi-fi ability and so does n82. If people want to surf the web around the christmas tree, buy them an iPod touch. It does more than the braille sense. Or you can give a netbook with windows xp and the latest NVDA snapshot. Josh My email address is: jkenn337 at gmail.com . www.satogo.com Get klango at www.klango.net it's free! Get NVDA www.nvda-project.org it's free! Grab Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com it's free! and www.twitter.com/jkenn337 follow-me-on-twitter. From george.mcdermith at gmail.com Tue Nov 17 22:59:56 2009 From: george.mcdermith at gmail.com (George McDermith) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:59:56 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] new low cost gps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4b032afa.cf02be0a.18b2.12df@mx.google.com> Also look out for good sales from Serotek on cyber Monday. Last year they knocked off $200 on their System Access Mobile, and with no SMAs to worry about it seems like a great deal. -----Original Message----- From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:17 PM To: ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org Cc: cjohnson at cocenter.org Subject: [Ccb-alumni] new low cost gps Hi, Instead of buying Window-eyes, why not give NVDA as a gift this season or perhaps buy someone system access or show them system access to go? Also for gps, you can buy a Nokia e51 for $200 stick talks on for $260 by going to www.nuance-talks.com click the english link, buy talks. and get them a gps receiver for $50 from amazon and loadstone gps from www.loadstone-gps.com . Also independent living aids now sells low-cost gps called Kapten. And the nokia e51 has wi-fi ability and so does n82. If people want to surf the web around the christmas tree, buy them an iPod touch. It does more than the braille sense. Or you can give a netbook with windows xp and the latest NVDA snapshot. Josh My email address is: jkenn337 at gmail.com . www.satogo.com Get klango at www.klango.net it's free! Get NVDA www.nvda-project.org it's free! Grab Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com it's free! and www.twitter.com/jkenn337 follow-me-on-twitter. _______________________________________________ Ccb-alumni mailing list Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ccb-alumni: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/george.mcdermith %40gmail.com From tinadt at sbcglobal.net Wed Nov 18 01:57:52 2009 From: tinadt at sbcglobal.net (tina thomas ) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:57:52 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <409c235c0911162335x4ccefd45p79516822eae82683@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <74529.47819.qm@smtp103.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Hey Darien- I will assist you with editing. I used to be the editor for our CABS students division. Tina "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of someone else's." - Billy Wilder -----Original Message----- From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darian Smith Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:36 PM To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. If I talked to the center about possibly publishing some pieces from the alums who might actually be interested in their memories being potential features? Also, I may be looking for somebody to help me with editing, who might be interested in assisting? Best, Darian On 11/16/09, Melissa Green wrote: > Darian is right. > There is a CCb newsletter. > But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list. > If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. > However, I don't right now. > > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's > because of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" > To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" > > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > >> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring >> writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I >> can advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the >> interviews and original text. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org >> [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> >> On Behalf Of Melissa Green >> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM >> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and >> staff are >> >> reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share >> these stories and memories more. >> Thanks to the person who started this discussion. >> Sincerely, >> Melissa Green >> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >> Live journal topaz5674 >> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >> twitter: melissa5674 >> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >> Skype: lissa5674 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Eva Adams" >> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> >>> Val, >>> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud >>> of all of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >>> >>> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my >>> favorite teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the >>> few I can't decide between. >>> >>> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. >>> Before >>> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was >>> embarrassed by my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to. >>> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He >>> helped me build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also >>> was someone I could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar >>> code stuff just to make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the >>> right questions to make me think on my own to figure stuff out. That >>> fact about him annoyed a lot, but for me it was an encouragement for >>> me to take responsibility for my own feelings and actions. >>> >>> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the >>> fact that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to >>> the center set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying >>> group of blind people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught >>> me about what the NFB really was, and all the good they do for the >>> blind population. He was an encourager rather than a pusher. I have >>> always found Brent to be real, and not give off the impression he is >>> better than others like some of the higher up NFBers do. He is a >>> great guy, and went out of his way to check in with you if he had >>> heard things weren't going well for you. >>> >>> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two >>> summers as a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and >>> strengthened my want to teach blind children. I will always be >>> thankful to Eric for those opportunities, and the lessons and >>> knowledge I walked away with. I always loved how Eric was a straight >>> forward guy who told you how it was. I have and never will see a >>> better travel instructor than that man. He was a great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >>> >>> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you >>> could talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good >>> friend, and could tell you about almost a good place to eat for any >>> type of cuisine. Julee Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of >>> fun to have as a teacher and co worker. >>> >>> Eva >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Valerie Gibson" >>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> >>>> EWoods!!! >>>> >>>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on >>>> that program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" >>>> of travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us >>>> if we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, >>>> and we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive >>>> fiction games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just >>>> good fun, but what i understood later was that when i was in that >>>> dark cave with exits and passages to the north and east, i was >>>> actually embarking on a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way. >>>> ^^ >>>> >>>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey >>>> helped me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been >>>> going through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up >>>> in the early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould >>>> get over the past and focus on my future. >>>> >>>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was >>>> around eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area >>>> as most people were, but we asked another fellow summer student >>>> where some good places to eat were. After we recieved the >>>> information, we set out. When we came to the restaurant in >>>> question, we found that it was closed. The group wanted to just go >>>> back and order a pizza. It was hot and i was hungry, so i told them >>>> we could either walk a few more blocks, where surely a restaurant >>>> would be found, or we could walk the four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better? >>>> >>>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We >>>> used every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i >>>> was surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get >>>> some food for myself and my gang. >>>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned >>>> out to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques >>>> to get food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the >>>> first time that we'd really done something independantly. And >>>> that's when the idea struck me. >>>> >>>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him >>>> what we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take >>>> the instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it >>>> out, and all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed >>>> meeting at sed time. >>>> >>>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd >>>> gotten word that they were using sighted guide at convention and >>>> that he expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, >>>> and that some students, who were obviously better than they, were >>>> going to take them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>>> >>>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as >>>> if they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being >>>> told what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove >>>> everyday, then being made to go out on travel in the scorching >>>> heat. Some of us already knew braille,so we didn't like having to >>>> learn something we already knew, but for everything that they did, >>>> whether we liked it or not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at >>>> once, as if we'd planned it, said, "thank you". and then we >>>> explained what we did and we all enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>>> >>>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous >>>> day for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>>> >>>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation >>>>> during philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with >>>>> everything as it related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i >>>>> think everyone asks any leader in the federation that they respect >>>>> enough to do so) and what she told me made me forever respect >>>>> her. She basically said that she believes in much of what the >>>>> federationholds true. but there were things that she did not >>>>> believe in as much. I found that it was ok to not believe in everything that is said all of the time, and >>>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree >>>>> with everything and that's okay. >>>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to >>>>> name a few. >>>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. >>>>> samara taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind person was >>>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me >>>>> and I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the >>>>> journey. It still stands as the single best decision I've made so far. >>>>> Darian Smith >>>>> ccb04 >>>>> >>>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped >>>>>> to change my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has >>>>>> probably had the biggest impact on my life and success. She has >>>>>> and continues to be a very positive mentor for me. She is always >>>>>> direct with me and tells me how it is. She has never said things >>>>>> in a way that made me feel inferior or said them in a hurtful >>>>>> way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I have >>>>>> learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>>> I >>>>>> may >>>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but >>>>>> I love her for caring enough to say them to me. She has often >>>>>> said that I am one of hers and I cannot think of any higher >>>>>> complement. I was once told that I was a little Diane because I >>>>>> took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>>>> I >>>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>>>> my >>>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. >>>>>> They >>>>>> got >>>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the >>>>>> most important lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must >>>>>> care about all blind people if we are going to be successful in >>>>>> changing the live of blind people. I try to live this in my >>>>>> life. Diane has believed in me when I have not been able to >>>>>> believe in myself. For this I will always be grateful. >>>>>> >>>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this >>>>>> list. >>>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when >>>>>> you were a student and why? >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>> for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>>> net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>> for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmit >>>>>> hnfb%40gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel >>>>> destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility >>>>> stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is >>>>> now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make >>>>> good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm >>>>> ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. >>>>> Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>>>> done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq >>>>> Obama >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>> for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valand >>>>> kayla%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>> for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams1 >>>> 5%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>> for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate >>> 56%40juno.com >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! >> Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigA >> AJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV >> BAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyd >> e%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ccb-alumni mailing list >> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Ccb-alumni: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate5 >> 6%40juno.com >> > > ____________________________________________________________ > Compare Reverse Mortgage > Get great rates on reverse mortgage. 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Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama _______________________________________________ Ccb-alumni mailing list Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ccb-alumni: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/tinadt%40sbcglob al.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 270.14.68/2507 - Release Date: 11/16/09 11:53:00 From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Nov 18 12:31:08 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:31:08 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <74529.47819.qm@smtp103.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <409c235c0911162335x4ccefd45p79516822eae82683@mail.gmail.com> <74529.47819.qm@smtp103.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <409c235c0911180431p1f4654bdwe2e8215db232e1ff@mail.gmail.com> Hi Tine, Thanks for the assistance! I'll contact the center and see what they think. Darian On 11/17/09, tina thomas wrote: > Hey Darien- I will assist you with editing. I used to be the editor for our > CABS students division. > Tina > > > "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of > someone else's." > - Billy Wilder > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Darian Smith > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:36 PM > To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list > Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. > > If I talked to the center about possibly publishing some pieces from the > alums who might actually be interested in their memories being potential > features? > Also, I may be looking for somebody to help me with editing, who might > be interested in assisting? > Best, > Darian > > On 11/16/09, Melissa Green wrote: >> Darian is right. >> There is a CCb newsletter. >> But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list. >> If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. >> However, I don't right now. >> >> Sincerely, >> Melissa Green >> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >> Live journal topaz5674 >> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >> twitter: melissa5674 >> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >> Skype: lissa5674 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" >> To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" >> >> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> >>> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring >>> writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I >>> can advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the >>> interviews and original text. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org >>> [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] >>> >>> On Behalf Of Melissa Green >>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM >>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and >>> staff are >>> >>> reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share >>> these stories and memories more. >>> Thanks to the person who started this discussion. >>> Sincerely, >>> Melissa Green >>> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >>> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >>> Live journal topaz5674 >>> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >>> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >>> twitter: melissa5674 >>> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >>> Skype: lissa5674 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Eva Adams" >>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> >>>> Val, >>>> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud >>>> of all of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >>>> >>>> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my >>>> favorite teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the >>>> few I can't decide between. >>>> >>>> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. >>>> Before >>>> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was >>>> embarrassed by my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I > absolutely had to. >>>> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He >>>> helped me build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also >>>> was someone I could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar >>>> code stuff just to make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the >>>> right questions to make me think on my own to figure stuff out. That >>>> fact about him annoyed a lot, but for me it was an encouragement for >>>> me to take responsibility for my own feelings and actions. >>>> >>>> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the >>>> fact that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to >>>> the center set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying >>>> group of blind people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught >>>> me about what the NFB really was, and all the good they do for the >>>> blind population. He was an encourager rather than a pusher. I have >>>> always found Brent to be real, and not give off the impression he is >>>> better than others like some of the higher up NFBers do. He is a >>>> great guy, and went out of his way to check in with you if he had >>>> heard things weren't going well for you. >>>> >>>> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two >>>> summers as a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and >>>> strengthened my want to teach blind children. I will always be >>>> thankful to Eric for those opportunities, and the lessons and >>>> knowledge I walked away with. I always loved how Eric was a straight >>>> forward guy who told you how it was. I have and never will see a >>>> better travel instructor than that man. He was a great teacher, and > anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >>>> >>>> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you >>>> could talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good >>>> friend, and could tell you about almost a good place to eat for any >>>> type of cuisine. Julee Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of >>>> fun to have as a teacher and co worker. >>>> >>>> Eva >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Valerie Gibson" >>>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> >>>>> EWoods!!! >>>>> >>>>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on >>>>> that program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" >>>>> of travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>>>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us >>>>> if we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>>>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>>>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>>>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, >>>>> and we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive >>>>> fiction games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just >>>>> good fun, but what i understood later was that when i was in that >>>>> dark cave with exits and passages to the north and east, i was >>>>> actually embarking on a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought > of doing it that way. >>>>> ^^ >>>>> >>>>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>>>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey >>>>> helped me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been >>>>> going through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up >>>>> in the early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould >>>>> get over the past and focus on my future. >>>>> >>>>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>>>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was >>>>> around eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area >>>>> as most people were, but we asked another fellow summer student >>>>> where some good places to eat were. After we recieved the >>>>> information, we set out. When we came to the restaurant in >>>>> question, we found that it was closed. The group wanted to just go >>>>> back and order a pizza. It was hot and i was hungry, so i told them >>>>> we could either walk a few more blocks, where surely a restaurant >>>>> would be found, or we could walk the four blocks back to the hotel; > which sounded better? >>>>> >>>>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We >>>>> used every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i >>>>> was surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>>>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get >>>>> some food for myself and my gang. >>>>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned >>>>> out to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques >>>>> to get food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the >>>>> first time that we'd really done something independantly. And >>>>> that's when the idea struck me. >>>>> >>>>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him >>>>> what we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take >>>>> the instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it >>>>> out, and all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed >>>>> meeting at sed time. >>>>> >>>>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd >>>>> gotten word that they were using sighted guide at convention and >>>>> that he expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, >>>>> and that some students, who were obviously better than they, were >>>>> going to take them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>>>> >>>>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>>>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>>>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>>>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as >>>>> if they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>>>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being >>>>> told what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove >>>>> everyday, then being made to go out on travel in the scorching >>>>> heat. Some of us already knew braille,so we didn't like having to >>>>> learn something we already knew, but for everything that they did, >>>>> whether we liked it or not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at >>>>> once, as if we'd planned it, said, "thank you". and then we >>>>> explained what we did and we all enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>>>> >>>>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous >>>>> day for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>>>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always come >>>>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation >>>>>> during philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with >>>>>> everything as it related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i >>>>>> think everyone asks any leader in the federation that they respect >>>>>> enough to do so) and what she told me made me forever respect >>>>>> her. She basically said that she believes in much of what the >>>>>> federationholds true. but there were things that she did not >>>>>> believe in as much. I found that it was ok to not believe in > everything that is said all of the time, and >>>>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding and >>>>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree >>>>>> with everything and that's okay. >>>>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to >>>>>> name a few. >>>>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. >>>>>> samara taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind > person was >>>>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me >>>>>> and I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the >>>>>> journey. It still stands as the single best decision I've made so > far. >>>>>> Darian Smith >>>>>> ccb04 >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped >>>>>>> to change my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has >>>>>>> probably had the biggest impact on my life and success. She has >>>>>>> and continues to be a very positive mentor for me. She is always >>>>>>> direct with me and tells me how it is. She has never said things >>>>>>> in a way that made me feel inferior or said them in a hurtful >>>>>>> way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I have >>>>>>> learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> may >>>>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but >>>>>>> I love her for caring enough to say them to me. She has often >>>>>>> said that I am one of hers and I cannot think of any higher >>>>>>> complement. I was once told that I was a little Diane because I >>>>>>> took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part of >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. >>>>>>> They >>>>>>> got >>>>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the >>>>>>> most important lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must >>>>>>> care about all blind people if we are going to be successful in >>>>>>> changing the live of blind people. I try to live this in my >>>>>>> life. Diane has believed in me when I have not been able to >>>>>>> believe in myself. For this I will always be grateful. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this >>>>>>> list. >>>>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when >>>>>>> you were a student and why? >>>>>>> thanks, >>>>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>>> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>>>> net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmit >>>>>>> hnfb%40gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel >>>>>> destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility >>>>>> stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is >>>>>> now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make >>>>>> good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm >>>>>> ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. >>>>>> Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>>>>> done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq >>>>>> Obama >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>> for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valand >>>>>> kayla%40gmail.com >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>> for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams1 >>>>> 5%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>> for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate >>>> 56%40juno.com >>>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! >>> Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 >>> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigA >>> AJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV >>> BAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyd >>> e%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> Ccb-alumni: >>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate5 >>> 6%40juno.com >>> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Compare Reverse Mortgage >> Get great rates on reverse mortgage. 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Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Nov 18 12:31:55 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:31:55 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. In-Reply-To: <409c235c0911180431p1f4654bdwe2e8215db232e1ff@mail.gmail.com> References: <409c235c0911162335x4ccefd45p79516822eae82683@mail.gmail.com> <74529.47819.qm@smtp103.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <409c235c0911180431p1f4654bdwe2e8215db232e1ff@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <409c235c0911180431h1225e0eas905b205823178f3f@mail.gmail.com> and.. sorry for the mis-spell, Tina On 11/18/09, Darian Smith wrote: > Hi Tine, > Thanks for the assistance! > I'll contact the center and see what they think. > Darian > > On 11/17/09, tina thomas wrote: >> Hey Darien- I will assist you with editing. I used to be the editor for >> our >> CABS students division. >> Tina >> >> >> "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead >> of >> someone else's." >> - Billy Wilder >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org >> [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> On Behalf Of Darian Smith >> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:36 PM >> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >> >> If I talked to the center about possibly publishing some pieces from >> the >> alums who might actually be interested in their memories being potential >> features? >> Also, I may be looking for somebody to help me with editing, who >> might >> be interested in assisting? >> Best, >> Darian >> >> On 11/16/09, Melissa Green wrote: >>> Darian is right. >>> There is a CCb newsletter. >>> But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list. >>> If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. >>> However, I don't right now. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Melissa Green >>> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >>> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >>> Live journal topaz5674 >>> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >>> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >>> twitter: melissa5674 >>> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >>> Skype: lissa5674 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" >>> To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" >>> >>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>> >>> >>>> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring >>>> writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I >>>> can advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the >>>> interviews and original text. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org >>>> [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org] >>>> >>>> On Behalf Of Melissa Green >>>> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM >>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and >>>> staff are >>>> >>>> reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share >>>> these stories and memories more. >>>> Thanks to the person who started this discussion. >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Melissa Green >>>> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's >>>> because of Christ I am able to stand!!! >>>> Live journal topaz5674 >>>> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com >>>> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado >>>> twitter: melissa5674 >>>> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com >>>> Skype: lissa5674 >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Eva Adams" >>>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>>> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Val, >>>>> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud >>>>> of all of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves. >>>>> >>>>> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my >>>>> favorite teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the >>>>> few I can't decide between. >>>>> >>>>> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center. >>>>> Before >>>>> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was >>>>> embarrassed by my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I >> absolutely had to. >>>>> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He >>>>> helped me build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also >>>>> was someone I could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar >>>>> code stuff just to make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the >>>>> right questions to make me think on my own to figure stuff out. That >>>>> fact about him annoyed a lot, but for me it was an encouragement for >>>>> me to take responsibility for my own feelings and actions. >>>>> >>>>> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the >>>>> fact that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to >>>>> the center set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying >>>>> group of blind people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught >>>>> me about what the NFB really was, and all the good they do for the >>>>> blind population. He was an encourager rather than a pusher. I have >>>>> always found Brent to be real, and not give off the impression he is >>>>> better than others like some of the higher up NFBers do. He is a >>>>> great guy, and went out of his way to check in with you if he had >>>>> heard things weren't going well for you. >>>>> >>>>> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two >>>>> summers as a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and >>>>> strengthened my want to teach blind children. I will always be >>>>> thankful to Eric for those opportunities, and the lessons and >>>>> knowledge I walked away with. I always loved how Eric was a straight >>>>> forward guy who told you how it was. I have and never will see a >>>>> better travel instructor than that man. He was a great teacher, and >> anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged. >>>>> >>>>> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you >>>>> could talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good >>>>> friend, and could tell you about almost a good place to eat for any >>>>> type of cuisine. Julee Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of >>>>> fun to have as a teacher and co worker. >>>>> >>>>> Eva >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Valerie Gibson" >>>>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" >>>>> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> EWoods!!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on >>>>>> that program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" >>>>>> of travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I >>>>>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us >>>>>> if we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid >>>>>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in >>>>>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the >>>>>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, >>>>>> and we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive >>>>>> fiction games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just >>>>>> good fun, but what i understood later was that when i was in that >>>>>> dark cave with exits and passages to the north and east, i was >>>>>> actually embarking on a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought >> of doing it that way. >>>>>> ^^ >>>>>> >>>>>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in >>>>>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey >>>>>> helped me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been >>>>>> going through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up >>>>>> in the early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould >>>>>> get over the past and focus on my future. >>>>>> >>>>>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national >>>>>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was >>>>>> around eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area >>>>>> as most people were, but we asked another fellow summer student >>>>>> where some good places to eat were. After we recieved the >>>>>> information, we set out. When we came to the restaurant in >>>>>> question, we found that it was closed. The group wanted to just go >>>>>> back and order a pizza. It was hot and i was hungry, so i told them >>>>>> we could either walk a few more blocks, where surely a restaurant >>>>>> would be found, or we could walk the four blocks back to the hotel; >> which sounded better? >>>>>> >>>>>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We >>>>>> used every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i >>>>>> was surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was >>>>>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get >>>>>> some food for myself and my gang. >>>>>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned >>>>>> out to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques >>>>>> to get food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the >>>>>> first time that we'd really done something independantly. And >>>>>> that's when the idea struck me. >>>>>> >>>>>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him >>>>>> what we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take >>>>>> the instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it >>>>>> out, and all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed >>>>>> meeting at sed time. >>>>>> >>>>>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd >>>>>> gotten word that they were using sighted guide at convention and >>>>>> that he expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, >>>>>> and that some students, who were obviously better than they, were >>>>>> going to take them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades. >>>>>> >>>>>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the >>>>>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on >>>>>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke >>>>>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as >>>>>> if they were really students. When we got to the doors of the >>>>>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being >>>>>> told what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove >>>>>> everyday, then being made to go out on travel in the scorching >>>>>> heat. Some of us already knew braille,so we didn't like having to >>>>>> learn something we already knew, but for everything that they did, >>>>>> whether we liked it or not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at >>>>>> once, as if we'd planned it, said, "thank you". and then we >>>>>> explained what we did and we all enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol >>>>>> >>>>>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous >>>>>> day for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the >>>>>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith wrote: >>>>>>> wow! I've always heard great things about Diane. She's always >>>>>>> come >>>>>>> off as a very caring individual. I remember one conversation >>>>>>> during philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with >>>>>>> everything as it related to NFB Philosophy ( something that i >>>>>>> think everyone asks any leader in the federation that they respect >>>>>>> enough to do so) and what she told me made me forever respect >>>>>>> her. She basically said that she believes in much of what the >>>>>>> federationholds true. but there were things that she did not >>>>>>> believe in as much. I found that it was ok to not believe in >> everything that is said all of the time, and >>>>>>> from that point, I've began to shape my views and understanding >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> growth here with the understanding that I'll not always agree >>>>>>> with everything and that's okay. >>>>>>> As for a person that I thought was my favorite on staff... It was >>>>>>> and is still indeed tough. I still hold dear to me many people. >>>>>>> Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to >>>>>>> name a few. >>>>>>> one of the special people that I remember would be Samara. >>>>>>> samara taught me travel and showed me that traveling as a blind >> person was >>>>>>> not so bad and that using a cane is not limiting. >>>>>>> That said everybody taught me something that I'll take with me >>>>>>> and I'll forever be proud of the accomplishments and the >>>>>>> journey. It still stands as the single best decision I've made so >> far. >>>>>>> Darian Smith >>>>>>> ccb04 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley wrote: >>>>>>>> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped >>>>>>>> to change my life! I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has >>>>>>>> probably had the biggest impact on my life and success. She has >>>>>>>> and continues to be a very positive mentor for me. She is always >>>>>>>> direct with me and tells me how it is. She has never said things >>>>>>>> in a way that made me feel inferior or said them in a hurtful >>>>>>>> way. I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I have >>>>>>>> learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right! >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> may >>>>>>>> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but >>>>>>>> I love her for caring enough to say them to me. She has often >>>>>>>> said that I am one of hers and I cannot think of any higher >>>>>>>> complement. I was once told that I was a little Diane because I >>>>>>>> took the same side of an issue as she did. >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> turned to this person and said THANK YOU! Diane and Ray are part >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>> family and I love them both very much. I owe my success to them. >>>>>>>> They >>>>>>>> got >>>>>>>> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things. One of the >>>>>>>> most important lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must >>>>>>>> care about all blind people if we are going to be successful in >>>>>>>> changing the live of blind people. I try to live this in my >>>>>>>> life. Diane has believed in me when I have not been able to >>>>>>>> believe in myself. For this I will always be grateful. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM >>>>>>>> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list >>>>>>>> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I know we don't always get a strong showing of topics on this >>>>>>>> list. >>>>>>>> So I wanted to throw out a topic.. >>>>>>>> Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at the CCB when >>>>>>>> you were a student and why? >>>>>>>> thanks, >>>>>>>> Darian CCB 04 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>>>> >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/jbeasley%40jb11. >>>>>>>> net >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/dsmit >>>>>>>> hnfb%40gmail.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel >>>>>>> destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility >>>>>>> stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is >>>>>>> now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make >>>>>>> good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm >>>>>>> ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. >>>>>>> Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be >>>>>>> done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq >>>>>>> Obama >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/valand >>>>>>> kayla%40gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>>> for >>>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/eadams1 >>>>>> 5%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>>>> for >>>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate >>>>> 56%40juno.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>> Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! >>>> Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 >>>> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=rpwlaMbnGBdhrln4KGYxigA >>>> AJ1CgXArSna38XXBHHX0HgaalAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV >>>> BAAAAABodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ= >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/david.hyd >>>> e%40wcbvi.k12.wi.us >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Ccb-alumni mailing list >>>> Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> Ccb-alumni: >>>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/graduate5 >>>> 6%40juno.com >>>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> Compare Reverse Mortgage >>> Get great rates on reverse mortgage. 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Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be > done, and > usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama > -- "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama From BCordell at nfb.org Thu Nov 19 22:55:08 2009 From: BCordell at nfb.org (Cordell, Becca) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:08 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading and Writing Message-ID: Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading and Writing June 10-12, 2010 Denver, Colorado at the Denver Marriott City Center The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute is cosponsoring, with the National Center for Severe and Sensory Disabilities and the Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities, a conference on Research in Braille. We hope to advance the state of research in the area of Braille in the USA. We encourage you to submit an abstract to this conference and request that you diffuse it to all colleagues who might have an interest in this field. Research related abstracts will be accepted from all members of the Braille community and will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary panel including academics, practitioners, and parents. Call for Papers Sponsored by National Center for Severe and Sensory Disabilities (NCSSD) Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan Institute Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to explore current and emerging research from a wide range of disciplines that pertains to Braille reading and writing. Call for Papers Submission Guidelines: * Submit 250-word abstract online at: www.unco.edu/ncssd * Submission deadline is January 4, 2010 (Louis Braille's 201st birthday!) * Anything submitted after midnight on January 4, 2010 will not be accepted * Presentation formats: a. Research paper presentation (20 minutes) b. Panel (minimum 60 minutes) c. Poster (posters will be presented in roundtable sessions) * If you have problems with the online submission form, please contact: ncssd at unco.edu Please note that any handout material must be made available in Braille, large print, and electronic formats. Provide explanations for all Power Point presentations. Proposals invited from: Cognitive scientists, linguists, educators, rehabilitation specialists, neurologists, sociologists and experimental psychologists, researchers in haptic and tactile perception, demographers, occupational therapists, and others From RCarranza at nfb.org Thu Nov 19 22:55:22 2009 From: RCarranza at nfb.org (Carranza, Rosy) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:22 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Announcing www.TeachBlindStudents.org! Message-ID: The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your help! As a part of this effort, we developed www.TeachBlindStudents.org, a new online resource to help promote the rewarding career of teaching blind students. The site features a wealth of information for perspective teachers, a program for current blindness education professionals, and an opportunity to join our teacher recruitment efforts! Currently, we are looking for individuals to make presentations to high school and college students in their local communities. This teacher recruitment project is great for current students, parents of blind children, local chapters, state affiliates, and for others interested in the education of blind students. To learn more about the Teacher Recruitment Network, or to get involved, visit www.TeachBlindStudents.org. There is a link from our home page that will take you to an area where you can sign up to help. If you have any questions about this program, contact Rosy Carranza at (410) 659-9314, ext. 2283, or email her at rcarranza at nfb.org. Together, we really can make a difference in the education of blind students! From dianefilipe at peoplepc.com Sun Nov 22 14:33:51 2009 From: dianefilipe at peoplepc.com (Diane) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:33:51 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Fw: [Blindtlk] Future NFB Conventions Message-ID: <8973F05455104D37B3A68834DF92DE36@DianePC> Wow! Get out the suntan lotion! Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman (by way of David Andrews)" To: Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:47 PM Subject: [Blindtlk] Future NFB Conventions > FYI: > > Hello, all. > > We all know that the NFB convention in 2010 will be in DALLAS. I have now > learned that the 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 conventions will be held at one > of two hotels in Orlando, Florida, owned by a Mr. Rosen who owns a number > of hotels there. I am also told that the 2012 convention will again be at > the Hilton Anatole in Dallas as in 2010. The room rates will be going up > some over these conventions but are still phenomenal, being something like > $63 a night for singles in 2011. We had to schedule that far ahead in > order to keep the rates down. > > Mike Freeman > > > _______________________________________________ > blindtlk mailing list > blindtlk at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindtlk: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/dianefilipe%40peoplepc.com From dandrews at visi.com Mon Nov 23 03:47:28 2009 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:47:28 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] New Lists on NFBNet.org Message-ID: I am pleased to announce several new lists here on the nfbnet.org server. They include: albinism-talk at nfbnet.org, blind-international-students at nfbnet.org, CapChapOhio at nfbnet.org, flagdu at nfbnet.org, idparents at nfbnet.org, nmabs at nfbnet.org, nfbk at nfbnet.org, nfbk-lexington at nfbnet.org, Please read on to find out more about each new list, as well as how to subscribe to each of them. David Andrews, List Owner albinism talk Albinism-talk is the listserv of the National Federation of the Blind relating to albinism. The purpose of this list is to present and discuss issues concerning albinism. This list is designed to promote discussion among albinos about problems and issues that we face. It will also share information with people who have an interest in the topic of albinism. There will also be occasional posts concerning issues of major importance to the blind as well as announcements concerning activities of the National Federation of the Blind. To subscribe either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/albinism-talk_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to albinism-talk-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of the message. blind-international-students The purpose of the Blind International Students mailing list is to unite international students and provide them with a common platform through NFB to voice their opinions, to share their knowledge and information with one another, meet new people and make friends. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-international-students_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to blind-international-students-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line. Capital Chapter Ohio The purpose of this list is to discuss issues of interest to the blind of the Columbus Ohio area. This includes the promotion and growth of the chapter. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/capchapohio_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to capchapohio-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of the message. Florida Association of Guide Dog Users The purpose of the Florida Association of Guide Dog Users-FLAGDU list, is to provide a forum for discussion and information to guide dog users and other interested persons. This list will feature announcements and activities of the Florida Association of Guide Dog Users. Topics related specifically to this division will include business, fundraising projects, advocacy issues, and planning for our annual meeting which takes place during the Florida affiliate’s State convention. General topics will include information for those interested in learning about obtaining and working with a guide dog, guide dog schools, training, care and retirement of a dog, and access and legislative issues pertaining to guide dog use. We welcome questions and lively discussion, but showing respect for each member on the list is imperative. Keep messages on topic, and make sure that they are intended for the benefit of everyone. There will occasionally be posts concerning issues of major importance to blind people, as well as announcements concerning activities of the National Association of Guide Dog Users, and the National Federation of the Blind. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/flagdu_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to flagdu-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe, by itself, in the subject line of a message. Idaho Parents of Blind Children This is a place where parents of blind and visually impaired children and youth in Idaho can share experiences. Events may be announced; advice can be sought; accomplishments should be shared! As there are developments in the education of blind children, we will try to pass them along. To subscribe to the list you can either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/idparents_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to idparents-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of a message. New Mexico Association of Blind Students This list is for the discussion of anything student-related in New Mexico. Announcements related to NMABS will also be posted here. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nmabs_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to nmabs-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of a message by itself. nfb of Kentucky The purpose of the list is to provide a resource for sharing information relating to the NFB, NFBK and NFBK chapters and divisions. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbk_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to nfbk-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of a message. nfbk of lexington The purpose of the nfbk-lexington list is for members of the Lexington chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky to communicate about chapter business and other important issues. Anyone, who is blind, knows someone who is blind, or loosing site, in other words, everyone is welcome to join and take part. To subscribe to the list either go to: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbk-lexington_nfbnet.org or send e-mail to nfbk-lexington-request at nfbnet.org and put the word subscribe in the subject line of a message by itself. Dave From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Mon Nov 23 10:01:39 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:01:39 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] follow-up Message-ID: <409c235c0911230201u51973dd8u2468c9799ad6cd8a@mail.gmail.com> -- The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your help! To Get Involved go to: www.TeachBlindStudents.org "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama Hello all, I recently spoke with Carol Elzi at the center, and she indicated that the center will be updating it's site. She made it sound like the center may look to create a "students" page on the site, where reflections and memories can be posted. This may be a better forum to post those items as opposed to the newsletter. Should this take off, individuals who wish to have something posted on this site would probably do so via the "ccb at cocenter.org" electronic mailing address. I hope this brings resolution to an un-solved issue. While I don't know when this site will update, I would suggest that if you have any stories you wish to share. go ahead and writ them and keep them saved on the computer for a future date, so we can flood the center with good vibes and good memories. Thanks, Darian Smith CCB Graduate 04 From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Nov 24 18:10:30 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:10:30 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] (no subject) Message-ID: <409c235c0911241010y38495a2waf3ec31bf20bec37@mail.gmail.com> For anyone who so happends to be in the area of San Francisco, or know of someone who plans to be. on December 5. If you like wine tasting and blind people (I assume you liking blind people is a given) then you'll enjoy this event. Pass it on. Darian A.G. FERRARI PRESENTS: The National Federation of the Blind, San Francisco Chapter Eric Holm, President 155 Andersen Drive, #3302 San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: (415) 455-9133 ericholm at att.net November 24, 2009 Come join the San Francisco Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind for a very enjoyable festive holiday season afternoon of good food, good friends, and good wine!!! The National Federation of the Blind is recognized as the largest collective action national organization of consumer blind persons, since 1940, now well over 50,000 strong in number in the US, as well as their families. We are involved with the increasing number of persons, loosing their vision each year, to assist them in order to become fully pro-active, and productive tax-paying, citizens just as our sighted colleagues. We are registered as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization IRS recognized non-profit charity (Federal Tax ID # 953416224. The National Federation of the Blind: San Francisco Chapter (NFBC SF) will be holding it?s annual Holiday party/fund raiser at A.G. Ferrari San Francisco ? SOMA. 686 Mission St. (between New Montgomery St. near 3rd St.), San Francisco, CA 94105, on Saturday afternoon, December 5, 2009, from 2 P.M., until about 4 P.M. At this event we plan to have a raffle, of a number of items, (including a $100.00, gift basket contributed from A.G. Ferrari), wine tasting, and an opportunity to talk about blindness and all things blindness-related with the entire NFBCSF chapter board and membership. Raffle tickets will be sold at the door, and inside the store at $1.00, per ticket, and $5.00, for six tickets. In addition to the raffle, as part of this holiday fund raising event, at A.G. Ferrari?, we will be conducting an auction where participants will have an opportunity to have lots of fun bidding on a number of items. All contributions from registered participants to attend our holiday party celebration, for $10.00, along with contributions for raffle tickets sold inside of A.G. Ferrari, as well as contributions for items to be auctioned, will go directly to The National Federation of the Blind San Francisco Chapter. Just a ten dollar contribution, by RSVP, to Jim Blacksten, or at the door assures you two raffle tickets, and an opportunity to participate in both the raffle and the auction. Also, you will have an opportunity to sample as many great parings of tastings of A.G.F. Rosso, Bianco and Prosecco. , and cheese as your heart desires. The tastings of Rosso, Bianco and Prosecco, and cheese parings will be provided as compliments of A.G. Ferrari.. Please RSVP, by calling Jim Blacksten, at 415-543-3727, and arrange to make your $10.00 contribution, in advance. Contributions of $10.00, will be accepted at the door as well, if you cannot RSVP. Ten percent of all purchases made in-store, from 2 P.M., to 4 P.M., will be donated to the NFB of San Francisco, so it can continue it?s role of serving as a Vehicle for positive change and collective action for blind adults, seniors, youth and parents of blind children in and around San Francisco. -- The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your help! To Get Involved go to: www.TeachBlindStudents.org "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Flyer,WineTastingEvent,12-05-09.doc Type: application/msword Size: 31744 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed Nov 25 07:48:15 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:48:15 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] national Federation of the Blind of California, San Francisco Chapter Prisents wine and cheese tasting . Message-ID: <409c235c0911242348g3dd3d1dbt7b2f982c7ccc3eb8@mail.gmail.com> Hello all, Please excuse the Mis-information on the last version of the flyer. Here, with no further delay is the updated and corrected version of the NFBCSF chapter flyer. Please do pass on to any interested parties who may be in the bay area around the time of this event as stated below. A.G. FERRARI PRESENTS: The National Federation of the Blind, San Francisco Chapter Eric Holm, President 155 Andersen Drive, #3302 San Rafael, CA 94901 Phone: (415) 455-9133 ericholm at att.net November 24, 2009 Come join the San Francisco Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind for a very enjoyable festive holiday season afternoon of good food, good friends, and good wine!!! The National Federation of the Blind is recognized as the largest collective action national organization of consumer blind persons, since 1940, now well over 50,000 strong in number in the US, as well as their families. We are involved with the increasing number of persons, loosing their vision each year, to assist them in order to become fully pro-active, and productive tax-paying, citizens just as our sighted colleagues. The National Federation of the Blind: San Francisco Chapter (NFBC SF) will be holding it?s annual Holiday party/fund raiser at A.G. Ferrari San Francisco ? SOMA. 686 Mission St. (between New Montgomery St. near 3rd St.), San Francisco, CA 94105, on Saturday afternoon, December 5, 2009, from 2 P.M., until about 4 P.M. At this event we plan to have a raffle, of a number of items, (including a $100.00, gift basket contributed from A.G. Ferrari), wine tasting, and an opportunity to talk about blindness and all things blindness-related with the entire NFBCSF chapter board and membership. Raffle tickets will be sold at the door, and inside the store at $1.00, per ticket, and $5.00, for six tickets. In addition to the raffle, as part of this holiday fund raising event, at A.G. Ferrari?, we will be conducting an auction where participants will have an opportunity to have lots of fun bidding on a number of items. All contributions from registered participants to attend our holiday party celebration, for $10.00, along with contributions for raffle tickets sold inside of A.G. Ferrari, as well as contributions for items to be auctioned, will go directly to The National Federation of the Blind San Francisco Chapter. Just a ten dollar contribution, by RSVP, to Jim Blacksten, or at the door assures you two raffle tickets, and an opportunity to participate in both the raffle and the auction. Also, you will have an opportunity to sample as many great parings of tastings of A.G.F. Rosso, Bianco and Prosecco. , and cheese as your heart desires. The tastings of Rosso, Bianco and Prosecco, and cheese parings will be provided as compliments of A.G. Ferrari.. Please RSVP, by calling Jim Blacksten, at 415-543-3727, and arrange to make your $10.00 contribution, in advance. Contributions of $10.00, will be accepted at the door as well, if you cannot RSVP. Ten percent of all purchases made in-store, from 2 P.M., to 4 P.M., will be donated to the NFB of San Francisco, so it can continue it?s role of serving as a Vehicle for positive change and collective action for blind adults, seniors, youth and parents of blind children in and around San Francisco. -- The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your help! To Get Involved go to: www.TeachBlindStudents.org "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Flyer,WineTastingEvent,12-05-09.doc Type: application/msword Size: 31744 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Thu Nov 26 13:42:12 2009 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:42:12 -0800 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Happy Happy Terkey Day. Message-ID: <409c235c0911260542jb61b667q48bc82e9efd55f42@mail.gmail.com> -- The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your help! To Get Involved go to: www.TeachBlindStudents.org "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be done, and usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama Hello all, I just wanted to wish you all a wonderful, happy and safe thanksgiving! i know that we all have much to be thankful for, and even if you are having a tough go of things right now. I'm sure there is a positive to look to. My thoughts are with you all. Best, Darian From sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com Thu Nov 26 13:44:46 2009 From: sanchez.maryellen at gmail.com (Mary Ellen Sanchez) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:44:46 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Happy Happy Terkey Day. References: <409c235c0911260542jb61b667q48bc82e9efd55f42@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: happy thanksgiving to you all as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darian Smith" To: ; "cabs-talk" ; "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" ; "Colorado Students" ; ; ; "Illinois Students" ; ; "Kansas Students" ; "Kentucky Students" ; "List for NABS State Presidents" ; "Louisiana Students" ; "Minnesota Students" ; ; "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" ; "Nebraska" ; "New Hampshire Students" ; "New Jersey Students" ; "New Mexico Association of Blind Students" ; "NFB of California List" ; "NFB of San Francisco List" ; "NFB Talk Mailing List" ; ; "Tennessee Students" ; "Utah Students" ; "Virginia Students" ; Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 7:42 AM Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Happy Happy Terkey Day. > -- > The National Federation of the Blind has launched a nationwide teacher > recruitment campaign to help attract energetic and passionate > individuals into the field of blindness education, and we need your > help! To Get Involved go to: > www.TeachBlindStudents.org > > > "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny > calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching > before us; > if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our > slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe > past and future generations, > then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with > you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be > done, and > usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama > > > Hello all, > > I just wanted to wish you all a wonderful, happy and safe thanksgiving! > i know that we all have much to be thankful for, and even if you are > having a tough go of things right now. I'm sure there is a positive to > look to. > My thoughts are with you all. > Best, Darian > > _______________________________________________ > Ccb-alumni mailing list > Ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Ccb-alumni: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ccb-alumni_nfbnet.org/sanchez.maryellen%40gmail.com From graduate56 at juno.com Mon Nov 30 04:38:48 2009 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:38:48 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] conference call Message-ID: <2522AF6604E242779397C3764EF18E34@melissa> Hello all. It is time to have our first cabs conference call since convention. Which day will work for everyone? Dec 5, or Dec 6, at 7:00? Please let me know ASAP. The conference calls are open to all. Hope that you all had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday. Sincerely, Melissa Green Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's because of Christ I am able to stand!!! Live journal topaz5674 Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com Facebook: melissa green northern colorado twitter: melissa5674 msn: graduate1531 at msn.com Skype: lissa5674 ____________________________________________________________ Online Psychology Degrees Earn your psychology degree online. Earn your BS, MA, MBA, Ph.D now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=NKet1gDuUp7iJj8zhAhSwgAAJ1DfvkIAl_oNlLp6_KrC62ReAAQAAAAFAAAAAHvbNz4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWSEwAAAAA= From dianefilipe at peoplepc.com Mon Nov 30 13:27:14 2009 From: dianefilipe at peoplepc.com (Diane) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:27:14 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] conference call In-Reply-To: <2522AF6604E242779397C3764EF18E34@melissa> References: <2522AF6604E242779397C3764EF18E34@melissa> Message-ID: <8BA395213CD64D049FB086F1480E66E4@DianePC> Mel, Finals start at 8 am on Monday, Dec 7. I need all the help I can get, so neither the 5th or the 6th will work for me. Toward the end of the week, say Thurs Dec 10 or Friday Dec 11 would be better, although I know everyone will be ready to fly the coop and head home for Christmas. PS: Do you guys want to go skiing during break? I would love to work with that man who came to talk with us at our student meeting! Di ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Green" To: "Cabs" Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:38 PM Subject: [Ccb-alumni] conference call > Hello all. > It is time to have our first cabs conference call since convention. > Which day will work for everyone? > Dec 5, or Dec 6, at 7:00? > Please let me know ASAP. > The conference calls are open to all. > Hope that you all had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday. > Sincerely, > Melissa Green > Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's > because of Christ I am able to stand!!! > Live journal topaz5674 > Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com > Facebook: melissa green northern colorado > twitter: melissa5674 > msn: graduate1531 at msn.com > Skype: lissa5674 > ____________________________________________________________ > Online Psychology Degrees > Earn your psychology degree online. 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