OF ILLINOIS
BLACKHAWK CHAPTER

HAWK TALK

The monthly newsletter of the Blackhawk Chapter,
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

September, 2017

Co-Editors:  Patrick Olson, Jay Blanchard, and Leah Slightom

Contact info:
Leah Slightom, President
 (309) 429-0696
8leahsli86@gmail.com

THIS MONTH’S MEETING

We will be meeting on September 9th at 1:00 p.m. The address is:
Hope Creek Care
4343 Kennedy Dr.
East Moline
Go in main entrance and follow hallway to first intersection. Turn left… First door on the left.

Officer Elections
We will be holding officer elections at our next meeting. We will be electing President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. We will fill Board Member vacancies left by those that were elected an officer.
	Only those that have paid membership dues can vote.
Program
We will discuss plans for what we will do in October for Meet the Blind month, White Cane week, and Disability Employment Awareness Month. 

LAST MONTH IN REVIEW
In August, we had a Swim & Pizza Party. It was a lot of fun. Thank you to the Montgomerys for providing their pool for the party.

BIRTHDAY CORNER
The following chapter members celebrate birthdays in September:
		 9  Don Olson
		20 Lois Montgomer	

FUND RAISING
Yonkers Community Day Booklets are here!
At the next meeting pick up Yonkers Commnity Day Booklets. If you are interested in sitting at a table in Yonkers to help sell these books, please let Pat Olson know. 
	Don’t live near a Yonkers, but want to support our chapter? No worries. These books work at Bergner’s and Carson’s also.
	
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 9th Blackhawk chapter meeting

October 27-29 NFB of Illinois State Convention in Naperville

Audio Description
We received a grant to help pay for new audio description equipment. Thanks to the Moline Foundation for providing this grant.

October 6th The Deviners at Richmond Hills in Geneseo
October 7th Ring of Fire at Circa 21 in Rock Island

BOOK REVIEW
				The True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Review written by Patrick Olson
	Jeremy Marsh, a journalist well-known for proving paranormal phenomena are generated through humans, science, and logic, is invited to visit Boon Creek, North Carolina to investigate ghostly lights. While investigating he has a romantic entanglement with Lexi Darnell, a librarian who helps him in his research of the background story of the lights in an abandoned cemetery.  
	A plan was made a long time previously to put the railroad through the black section of a cemetery. One black woman warned that if it happened, all the dead black would be moved and only the white would be affected.  Ever since then, there were ghost lights in foggy nights about midnight in the cemetery.
	During his stay in Boon Creek, he gets pushed into the political scene when the mayor, who advertises the ghosts in their town to keep the economy alive, creates an event to honor Jeremy Marsh. 
	After getting involved, Lexi and Jeremy have past bad experiences in the past and each had their doubts and are concerned about long-term ramifications..

	Is the ghost light a hoax? Will Lexi and Jeremy be together in the end? Is there a conspiracy? To find out, read and see for yourself. No matter what happens, you will be at the edge of your seat.