<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Dec 21, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Kathy O'Neal via LPOBC <<a href="mailto:lpobc@nfbnet.org">lpobc@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12125"><span>Did someone from Louisiana pay the $100 fee for Louisiana students to enter the contest?</span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12124"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12118"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12143"><font color="#007f40" size="4"></font> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12117"><font color="#7f007f" size="4"></font> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12159"><font color="#7f007f" size="4"><i>Kathy Simmons-O'Neal</i> </font></div><div><font color="#7f007f" size="1"><em>2013 LRA Conference Co-Chair</em></font></div><div><font color="#7f007f" size="1">International Reading Association, </font><font size="1"><font color="#7f007f"><i>Teacher Advisory Panel </i></font><font color="#7f007f"><i>2010-2013</i></font></font></div><div><font color="#7f007f" size="1">Louisiana Reading Association, <var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></font><font color="#7f007f" size="1"><i>Past President 2008-2009</i></font></div><div><span style="line-height:1.22;"> </span><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12164"><i id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12163"><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12162"><font color="#007f40" size="4" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12161">Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.</font> <br><font color="#7f007f" size="4">You don't have to read everyday, only on the days you eat.</font></b></i></div><div> </div><div><font color="#007f40" size="4"></font> </div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12166"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12170" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12169"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12168"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Eric Guillory via LPOBC <<a href="mailto:lpobc@nfbnet.org">lpobc@nfbnet.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Eric Guillory <<a href="mailto:eguillory@louisianacenter.org">eguillory@louisianacenter.org</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Eric Guillory <<a href="mailto:eguillory@louisianacenter.org">eguillory@louisianacenter.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 13, 2017 5:01 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Lpobc] Nationwide BRAL Contest Details<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12167"><br><div id="yiv1236153571">
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1513871200821_12172"> The National Federation of the Blind of Illinois, in partnership with the National Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB), now offers its first annual nation-wide Braille Readers Are Leaders contest open to kids in all states,
grades K-12. Contestants compete to read the most Braille pages, going against other kids in similar grades across all participating states. The contest runs for six weeks, encouraging kids to be proud of their Braille reading ability and to work to improve
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">A thumbnail sketch of the contest:</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• For each student who enters, a certifying official (parent, teacher, etc.) must fill out and submit a registration form. This can be done as early as November 15 2017 and as late as February 1 2018.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• Kids enter in one of five grade categories: K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, & 9-12.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• Participants record Braille pages read between December 15 2017 and February 1 2018 on a reading log.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• The certifying official must submit the completed reading log form by February 10 2018.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• Prizes in each grade category are: first, $25; second, $15; third, $10.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• Every contestant, whether a winner or not, will receive a “goodie bag” of Braille-related items at the end of the contest.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• To get the complete contest rules, registration form, and the reading log form, visit the website, <a href="http://www.nfbofillinois.org/nationwide-bral-contest">http://www.nfbofillinois.org/nationwide-bral-contest</a>.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">• Both the registration form and the reading log form can be submitted by email as attachments to Deborah Stein at <a href="mailto:dkent5817@att.net">dkent5817@att.net</a>. Please put Nationwide BRAL in the subject line.</div>
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">In addition to awards in the five grade categories, the Kelly Doty Award is given to a student who has met unusual challenges in order to learn and read Braille. Such challenges include, but are not limited to, having other disabilities
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<div class="yiv1236153571MsoNormal">If you have questions, contact the contest administrator:Deborah Stein, <a href="mailto:dkent5817@att.net">dkent5817@att.net</a>(please put Nationwide BRAL in the subject line), phone 773-203-1394</div>
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