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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi, Brendy:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for all this good info. Sounds like we can be proud of all of our Kansas contestants! Reading is so important that I’m especially proud of Luther! (smile!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think, if it’s OK, Brendy, that I’d like to post this on Home On The Range so that they have this information as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> jayhawk-chapter-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:jayhawk-chapter-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brendy Latare<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 25, 2012 2:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Lawrence KansasJayhawk Chapter list; NFB Kansas<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Jayhawk-chapter] Fwd: Luther!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div id=yiv1481528041><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks, everyone! We are of course very proud of Luther and all four Kansas contestants!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Luther would want me to clear this up:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>he did not win the Braille Challenge!!</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He won the overall Reading Comprehension award</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> which is given by an LA NBC news channel. This means that out of 60-some participants, ranging in age from 5 to 18, Luther got the most points in the Reading Comprehension section of the test.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There are other sections such as Proofreading, Speed and Accuracy, Charts and Graphs, and for the younger kids, Spelling. The scores from all these sections are added up to determine each age group's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Luther did not place in his age group.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The really fun part was that three other contestants from Kansas (Kelsey Mendenhall, 18, Ashlee Thao, 11, and Audrey Bethay, 6--I think) qualified for Nationals and we got to spend time with their families having fun in Los Angeles! Audrey placed 3rd in her age group, her first Braille Challenge.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Braille Institute does a wonderful job with the rigorous testing, educational workshops for parents, and fabulous prizes and accomodations. We had a great time.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for your support, and for letting me brag on Luther!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brendy<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 6/24/12, Chikako Mochizuki <i><<a href="mailto:extremepositiveness@yahoo.com">extremepositiveness@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #1010FF 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>From: Chikako Mochizuki <<a href="mailto:extremepositiveness@yahoo.com">extremepositiveness@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: [Jayhawk-chapter] Fwd: Luther!<br>To: "<a href="mailto:jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>>, "NFB Kansas" <<a href="mailto:home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org">home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org</a>><br>Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 7:37 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=yiv1481528041><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Chikako Mochizuki <<a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=extremepositiveness@yahoo.com" target="_blank">extremepositiveness@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 24, 2012 9:46:35 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org</a>>, "<a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Luther!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Our very own Luther Fuller proudly won the overall national braille competition yesterday. I received a note from Brendy this morning. Our chapter is extremely proud of Luther and needless to state, his parents are very proud of their son.<br>Very hearty congratulations to Luther. A wonderful accomplishment.<br><br>Chikako Mochizuki<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_______________________________________________<br>Jayhawk-chapter mailing list<br><a href="http://us.mc808.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Jayhawk-chapter:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org/bjl.1746%40sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jayhawk-chapter_nfbnet.org/bjl.1746%40sbcglobal.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>