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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings dear friends and colleagues,<b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wow! This is a big one! You may know that on December 16<sup>th</sup> we posted open letters of apology from the President of the National Federation of the Blind Mark Riccobono, as well as from our NFBCO State President Scott LaBarre. We hope you will read those letters. <a href="https://theblindcoloradan.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-truth.html">This issue</a> will shine a light on some of the issues Misters Riccobono and LaBarre deal with in those letters. But, we also highlight the variety of activities and the love always present in the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado. We celebrate the holidays and we share the joy! <o:p></o:p></p><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This Issue Is Not Going to the Dogs<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>What a Year, What a Year! Mountain Time at 5 Series Brought Peace, Information, and Connections to the Blind of Colorado and Beyond by Kevan Worley<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Curbside Holiday Cheer! From Colorado School from the Deaf and the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Building May be Quite but the Center is a Hive of Activity by Julie Deden<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Standing Up for Understanding, Guidance, and Love. A Note from Maureen Nietfeld<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Katie Goes to Blind School by Dan Burke and Katie Carmack<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Loyalty Runs Deep by Mark Lucas <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Braille Press Launches Free Children’s Braille Book Club<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Colorado Association of Guide Dog Users Joins National Effort to Push Back on Restrictive Federal Airline Regulations <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Smart Cities Summit by Kevan Worley<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Accessible Pharmacy for the Blind is Now Available Statewide in Colorado! <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At Your Service,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kevan Worley<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Manager, Project Literacy<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>303-929-2369<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbco.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbco.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>