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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:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Greeting’s NFB of Ohio, I would like to thank Sherri for taking on this task for us. We can do this please encourage others to join us on the bus. I was at the Miami Valley chapter meeting last week and one of our member’s that could just drive himself said get on the bus spend $50 and someone else do the driving I am on the bus. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Richard Payne, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>937-396-5573or 937/829/3368<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Rchpay7@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 13, 2018 6:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org>; NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List <cinci-nfb@nfbnet.org>; richard <rchpay7@gmail.com>; sheri.albers87@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: The road to Strongsville<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hello NFB of Ohio,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Two weeks ago, I sent this email to you with the great news that we chartered a bus to Strongsville, Ohio for The Team Convention. Now, there is only one week left to reserve your spot and get your check to Sherry Ruth. Her address, again, is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>6922 Murray Ridge Road Elyria, OH 44035.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Right now, I have a count for Cincinnati, Miami Valley and Springfield. We have 25 confirmed passengers. Remember, if you are going up on Thursday and want a ride home, we leave at 1PM from the hotel for $50. Don’t be left behind!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>One Team, One Goal is the theme for our convention. As a team, we need to fill the bus to fulfill the goal of getting all of us to the convention! This will prove to be an extra special event with the return of our very own Paul and Bernie Dressell! Please join them, as they will be on that bus on the road to Strongsville!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Let’s Go Build our Federation!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sheri Albers, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>513.886.8697<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Sheri.albers87@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sheri.albers87@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hello NFB-Ohio!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Have you heard about our Team Convention in November? Have you read the articles in the Buckeye Bulletin? Did you know that registration is now available online at </span><a href="http://www.nfbohio.org/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>www.nfbohio.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>If you live in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus or Akron, do you know how you are going to get to the convention yet? Well, we have secured a bus to take care of these arrangements for you!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The bus will leave Cincinnati at 4:00 AM on Friday November 2, 2018, stop in Dayton, Columbus and Akron, and drop us off at the front door by 10:00 AM at the Holiday Inn Strongsville. The bus will leave the Holiday Inn on Sunday November 4 at 1:00 PM and reverse the trip back home. The cost for each passenger is $50.00 round-trip. If you plan on riding the bus only one-way, the cost will still be $50.00. We can take a total of 55 passengers, and this will be on a first-come-first-serve basis.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Here’s how it works:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>To make your reservation, contact Sheri Albers by email at <a href="mailto:sheri.albers87@gmail.com">sheri.albers87@gmail.com</a> or by phone 513-886-8697. A check for $50.00 then needs to be set to Sherry Ruth, made out to NFB-O with the word “Bus” in the memo. This needs to be done by September 20, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>in the event we do not get enough interest in chartering the bus by September 20, we will need to cancel the bus, and your checks will not be cashed. This is not the time to procrastinate, we cannot make this a last minute decision because we only have a limited time to get our deposit back from the bus company.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cincinnati has already made 11 reservations and Miami Valley has 2.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>One Team, One Goal! Let’s go build the Federation!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>