[il-talk] Illinois & BRAL Winners

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Congratulations to Kelly and Lois!  Good job!  And kudos to everyone who 
took part in the contest!

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gardner" <rgardner4 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 5:26 PM
Subject: [il-talk] Illinois & BRAL Winners


> The winners of the NFB Braille Readers Are Leaders 2010-2011 contest were 
> announced on March 16.  And we in Illinois had winners!
>
> For adults, there were four categories -- beginner, intermediate, 
> advanced, and expert -- with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each for pages 
> read.  The contest went from Nov 1, 2010 to Jan 4, 2011.  And of course, 
> you recognize January 4 as the birthday of Louis Braille.
>
> In the Beginner category, Kelly Doty placed 3rd!
>
> In the Intermediate category, Lois Montgomery placed 2nd!
>
> Both Kelly and Lois were members of the LIFE Group, one of the two teams 
> formed in Illinois to compete in the adult Team of the Year award. 
> Unfortunately, however, the LIFE Group didn't win that award.
>
> So . . . out of 12 award winners in the adult categories, we in Illinois 
> had 2 winners.  That's one-sixth  of the winners.  Not bad considering 
> we're one-fifttieth  of the states.
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