[Home-on-the-range] Remembering

[Cindy Ray]

Yes, it is. I didn't realize Martha was still treasurer, though I guess I should have from a few things Susie had said.

Loren Schmitt? Who used to be from Iowa? Yes, I know him. He is an amazing guy. Used to have a crush on him back in the day; you don't want to know. <Giggle> OOPS. I had better confine my comments to the list. I'll have to write you off list about that.


On Jul 14, 2010, at 5:32 PM, Susan Tabor wrote:

> Hi, Cindy:
> 
> And Martha still is our treasurer today! History is an amazing thing; I've
> always loved and treasured it, and it's always interesting to get different
> people's perspectives on their shared history and how it interfaces with
> their personal histories.
> 
> Cindy, did you know Loren Schmidt? He is a member of our Lawrence chapter.
> He is amazing!
> 
> I'll look forward to getting the nuts info from you when you can. Thanks!
> Susan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:05 AM
> To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
> Subject: [Home-on-the-range] Remembering
> 
> Hi to all,
> 
> Well, here I am remembering. It seems strange to be on the list, yet not
> really a part of it. I lived in Kansas from 1982 until 1998, and I raised my
> daughter in Lawrence. When I moved to Kansas, we had been through the Iowa
> split, one that still seriously dogs the state today. In those days I had
> decided not to be a part of any consumer organization anymore. It was summer
> though, and when I had been there a while I became bored. The NFB was all I
> had known, having joined in 1964 while a student at the then Iowa Commission
> for the Blind, so I decided to visit. I did so, and I began participating.
> Of course I met Chuck Hallenbeck there, and that's a whole other story.
> Eventually because I was so mouthy, it seemed good for me to consider
> joining the chapter in Lawrence, then the Douglas County Chapter, and I
> served as its president until we dissolved it because of lack of interest.
> That was hard, so it is good to see the chapter and the state affiliate
> doing so well now.
> 
> I think it is important to always be able to tell our story. Dick Edlund was
> a mighty force in the Federation, not only building the state affiliate as
> he did, but working on the lines trying to get sheltered shops in line with
> human wages, and dealing with small business issues. Even while he was in
> the state legislature, he worked tirelessly for the rights of the blind in
> the state and in the country. Dean and Susie were right there with him,
> traveling about the state trying to get chapters up and running, selling
> nuts, and arranging for nut sales. I think Iowa uses the same company.
> (Susan, I'll get that information for you today or tomorrow.) They worked
> with us to fight the legislature when that august body tried to pass a law
> that would exempt zoos from allowing dog guides in them. I thought fondly of
> that issue as I traveled about the Louisville Zoo in June with my daughter.
> The Stanzels butted heads with the Feds with regard to blindness issues, and
> Susie has told you of that. The Federation was their family. Eileen Edlund
> continued working in the Federation until her cancer made it impossible for
> her to continue on. Dick cared for her and continued working to it
> respectbable to be blind in Kansas. All of them sacrificed themselves and
> their family sacred time to make the lives of us all just a little better,
> along with Martha and Jack Kelly, Beth and Ray Graber, and countless others.
> Martha and Beth were both willing to drive folks to affiliate and chapter
> events, and Martha served for years and years as the trusted treasurer of
> the affiliate. It is beautiful to see what is happening there in Kansas, and
> I am proud of all of you. Keep on with this hard work, and I will hope to
> see many of you soon.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> 
> 
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