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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><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The time is coming fast. This Saturday, April 15, 11:00 a.m. Place is the IDB Assembly Room. This celebration of Joe Van Lent’s life will be coming this Saturday and the blind of Iowa should show our appreciation and love for Joe. He gave most of his life to making life better for blind people. Whether he was at the Iowa Legislature, a political gathering, a Board meeting of the Iowa Commission For The Blind, a meeting of any chapter, division, or statewide function of the NFBI, the Business Enterprise Program, blind persons anywhere in the United States, over the past forty plus years if the meeting had importance to blind persons Joe was there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Come this Saturday and hear what his friends have to say about him. Afterwards sit down an have food with Joe’s friends and family. Lora Van Lent has put together a great program and spread of food. A gathering of this magnitude could only be done by Lora Van Lent. Come join us and celebrate the life of a person who believed in blind people and promoted the successes of everyone especially people in the Business Enterprise Program.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We are looking forward to seeing a large number of you there. Lora is planning approximately 100 people let’s show her the love we all feel for Joe and Lora.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Ray<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>