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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deborah. Just get here when you can. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 11, 2014 7:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> cinci-nfb@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Christmas party<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hello Cinci NFB chapter members,</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>By now, all of you who plan to attend the Christmas party have placed your orders with Karren Innis and are looking forward to a festive time at Arnold’s Bar & Grill</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>December 17. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We will be gathering in the courtyard – which is accessed by coming in the font door and walking directly through the restaurant to the courtyard in back. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Gathering begins at 6:00 and dinner will be sometime between 7:00 and 7:30. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jim</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Tudor will bring the usual holiday music for beforehand, and Emily and Lillie Pennington along with Dale Barta will be leading us in song afterward. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On a personal note, I wanted you all to know</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>some personal challenges that have occurred </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As many of you know,, I have been working for the National library Service for the blind and Physically Handicapped since September. As some of you also know, I made my holiday plan for visiting Florida, to be with my children, based on the date of our party. I flew to Florida two days before Thanksgiving, and am returning</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>to Cincinnati</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the week of December 14, to go back to Florida Dec. 19. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>My selection of that</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>week for returning to Ohio was chosen based on our NFB Christmas party. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>You know the old saying about the best-laid plans, right? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Well, my best-laid plan with scheduling when to be in Cincinnati has been somewhat interrupted.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Three weeks ago, I learned that there is a meeting I am required to attend at NLS on – you guessed it – December 17!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I will be flying to Washington Tuesday morning, and taking the earliest flight back to Cincinnati on Dec. 17. My flight lands at 7:00 p.m. and my</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>plan is to come directly to Arnold’s from the airport. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I’m disappointed that I will be arriving late, but very happy that I will be able to attend at all. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I’m so looking forward to our time together and</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>wanted you all to know the challenges I am facing with getting to the party. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Save me a chair and some holiday cheer and I’ll see you as soon as I am able! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Merry Christmas!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Deborah</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>