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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='color:#1F497D'>Hi Shawn,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have just read your story inbn Slate and Style and I really enjoyed reading it. It is very interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>By the way, I am back in the US. I came last week andf I expect to stay a little longer this time. Perhaps I will even be able to attend the State Convention in November.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fred.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Frederick J.M. Kamara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Disability Issues Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Chairman, Sierra Leone Blind Welfare Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>232-77-434020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>232-78-709-300<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jacobson, Shawn D via MD-Sligo<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 24, 2018 12:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland (md-sligo@nfbnet.org) <md-sligo@nfbnet.org>; Jacobson Cheryl (cheryl.jacobson@siemens.com) <cheryl.jacobson@siemens.com>; Stephen Jacobson (srj1784@verizon.net) <srj1784@verizon.net>; Z Jacobson12 <z.jacobson12@gmail.com>; falloutwest (falloutwest@comcast.net) <falloutwest@comcast.net>; Nan Ripley <nripley22@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Jacobson, Shawn D <Shawn.D.Jacobson@hud.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> [Md-sligo] FW: NFB Writers' Division: Fall 2018 Issue of Slate & Style<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was blessed to get another story published. The issue of Slate & Style in which it appears is attached.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The story is meant to be humorous, but to make a serious point about advocacy and taking control of your life and your future.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Me<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Robert Gardner <<a href="mailto:rgardner4@gmail.com">rgardner4@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 21, 2018 10:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> ;<br><b>Subject:</b> NFB Writers' Division: Fall 2018 Issue of Slate & Style<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Forwarded for Shelley Alongi, editor, Slate and Style<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>See attached for the subject item. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>