[Home-on-the-range] Jack has throat cancer - we'll not be at convention

[Sharon Luka]

Hello Dianne!

I'll be praying for you both.  Please keep us posted.

Sharon


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From: Home-on-the-range [mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dianne Hemphill via Home-on-the-range
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 10:18 AM
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Cc: Dianne Hemphill
Subject: [Home-on-the-range] Jack has throat cancer - we'll not be at
convention

Hello federationists - Jack and I wanted to share with you that due to his
recent diagnosis and starting a very aggressive treatment plan today, we
will not be able to join you at the upcoming convention celebration in
Orlando. Because of this recent diagnosis it is too late for us to cancel
our hotel reservation at the main convention hotel for a refund. If any of
you would like to be in the host hotel rather than a overflow hotel, please
give us a call in the next few days and we'll see if we can get the
reservation transferred to you. Call us:
316-201-1323
We enjoyed so much the beautiful flower arrangement that Emily and Shaun
delivered to the hospital from the South Central Chapter.  Your
thoughtfulness means a lot to us. 

Some of you will keep us in your thoughts and prayers  but there is also  a
special request...we would love to hear from you about the convention via
home on the range. We will stream as much as possible but hearing the impact
of the different activities would be extra special to us and those not able
to attend. I'll always be grateful for our ability to attend the 50th NFB
anniversary celebration in Dallas. Mrs. Ten Brook spoke relaying the dreams
and actions that our founder "Chick" as she called him and how we should be
okay being referred to as "millatants"...there's indeed a battle to be
fought for our rights and we need to  join as one to do the work that must
be done. I also had the special opportunity to talk to her briefly in that
long hallway joining the two parts of that hotel...she was delighted at the
little kids running back and forth using their canes joyfully laughing and
having a good time and telling me how happy her husband would be to know
that something as typical as kids running freely around,  was happening at
long last for these blind kids... ..Each of you having this wonderful
opportunity to attend this special year will have some extra special
memories. you can share.  Have a wonderful convention. Jack and Dianne
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