[Home-on-the-range] Remembering

[Susan Tabor]

Hi, Cindy:

And speaking of remembering, remember the annual downtown sidewalk sale the
Third Thursday of July in downtown Lawrence each year which wasn't really a
sale because merchants were trying to get rid of stuff they couldn't sell
and the prices weren't all that great? Remember the lemons with candy canes
we tried to sell to raise money for our chapter at the sidewalk sale? It
makes me overheat just thinking about it!
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 9:08 PM
To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] Remembering

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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