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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Wow! I went to school with Bob. He was in my classes all the way through school. He is a kind, gental person and loves music.<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'>Thanks for the history lesson.<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'>Anne West<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><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;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> CT-NFB <ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>rivalbeth--- via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 9, 2026 16:38<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> rivalbeth@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Bob Burke history<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Burke and history<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob has had a home in Manchester for many years and has his own car even though he has had rP all his life and never been able to drive it himself. It is a red classic, ruby red inside, 1995 chevy caprice classic. His first meeting was in 1981 at the colony in Vernon. Frank Munier was a member since 1971. His friend and roommate at many conventions. Howard May was president then. Kenneth Jernigen was the national president then. He was also our national rep at that time. Bob met Sally Prentice, Jackie Billy, Bruce Woodward, Frank Munier was there. Ginney Pearmen was a member at that time, also Ruth Sager? Also belonged , then she moved out of state. Ester Barbetti,. A lot of friends that were students at Oakhill before merged with blind children into public schools. The first national convention Bob went to was 1987, where Jackie asked Bob to Joint. Affiliate. and Bob told her about his playing engagements but bob was talked into joining. Jackie was first with ACB and then joined NFB in 1987, in Phoenix Arizona. Before that Bob went to his first CT. convention in New London. Joanne was there back then at national as Joanne Estes before she married and became Wilson. Bob’s cute saying one of many is, life beckons after a while. Jan Frost worked at BESBE and put dots on Bob’s washer machine and came to some of our conventions over the years. Bob still has his streo amplifier and piano that he still fixes and tunes since 1963. back to beauty now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>