[Home-on-the-range] Remembering

[Cindy Ray]

And we had plenty left and had to give away at the chapter meeting. We sold some lemons and oranges I think, and we made some considerable lemonade. What an incredible hoot that all was.

On Jul 15, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Susan Tabor wrote:

> Oh yeah! And it was ghastly hot! I remember!
> Cheers,
> 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: Thursday, July 15, 2010 5:03 PM
> To: NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Home-on-the-range] Remembering
> 
> Remember, too, the time we tried to sell bagel chips with cheeses. And yes,
> lemons and oranges, OMG, what a disaster; and we were at that one time next
> to the "tough love" booth. LOL.
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Susan Tabor wrote:
> 
>> 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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