[il-talk] Newsline

Wed Apr 18 22:44:50 UTC 2012

Welcome to Il-talk.  I'm Debbie Pittman

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From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jennifer Perdue
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:48 PM
To: GlennMooreIII at yahoo.com; NFB of Illinois Mailing List
Subject: [il-talk] Newsline

Hi again,

I'm relatively new to the NFB, but I'd like to get hooked up with newsline
if possible.  

Could someone tell me how to do that?  I use to try it over the phone and it
had its uses, but I've heard it's gotten much better since then, and I
haven't tried it since I moved up here.

Anyway, I'd like to know what options I have to use it too.  Phone,
computer, maybe talking book or daisy download?  I'm still an NFB baby but
any advice would be appreciated.

Jenny
On Apr 14, 2012, at 2:49 AM, GlennMooreIII at yahoo.com wrote:

> Oh, that's a shame. I can imagine how it feels, cause I also enjoy biking
(i never had a pink bike though)
> 
> -Glenn III
> (from iPhone: 1 (847) 899-9801)
> 
> On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:24, "Don Gillmore" <don.gillmore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: NFB-NEWSLINE Online 
> To: Donald Gillmore 
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:50 AM
> Subject: Article from Chicago Sun Times Metro 2012 04 06
> 
> 
> Blind bicyclist and his partner just want their stolen tandem bike back By
STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter sesposito at suntimes.com April 6, 2012 6:06PM
Updated: April 6, 2012 6:08PM There are times in life when Terry Gorman, who
is blind, feels invisible. Like when he walks into an elevator, says 'hi,'
and in the way of keep-to-themselves city folk no one replies. That's why
the 63-year-old Edgewater resident's tandem bicycle, which he rides with his
partner, Sheldon Atovsky, is hot pink so that Gorman is sure to be noticed.
Unfortunately, thieves took notice of the bike Friday morning while it was
locked up outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital. It's very upsetting, said
Atovsky, 61, a retired DePaul University music professor. It's just so
surprising. It was locked very carefully. That's perhaps an understatement.
Atovsky and Gorman used four different locks to immobilize the bike and
secure it to a low, wrought-iron fence on East Huron, while Gorman
> went to a doctor's appointment. When they returned less than two hours
later, the bike and locks were gone stolen in daylight on a street where
there's almost always a constant stream of patients, doctors and other
hospital staff. The bike is worth about $3,800, Gorman said. Gorman and
Atovsky have called their insurance company; they've filed a police report;
they've checked with hospital security to make sure someone didn't
confiscate the bike. They just want their bike back. Perhaps you've seen
Atovsky and Gorman as Chicago Sun-Times photographer Al Podgorski did this
week for a photograph that ran in Wednesday's edition riding along the
lakefront. Last year, they logged 3,300 miles. I love the sound of the
bicycle and the sound of the environment around us, said Gorman, who has
been blind since birth and takes the back seat the stoker position. You hear
birds, you hear the sound of the wind, you hear traffic along Lake Shore
Drive. You hear golf
> balls hitting this and that. Perhaps you've heard Gorman's bicycle bell.
It's part of a little game the couple play: Whenever someone waves or smiles
at them along the lakefront, Atovsky takes notice and tells Gorman to ring
his bell. Sheldon is someone who doesn't want to be noticed, Gorman
explained. I want to be noticed. The missing bike is a C-Motion Scout, in a
color that's technically called pearlescent magenta. The bike is about eight
feet long and it has no fenders. If you see it, email Atovsky at
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