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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good luck, Fred!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I lost my luggage at convention, a few years ago. That was scary!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thankfully they found both, by the evening!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I make sure I am right there when they put mine on the buss!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Terry Powers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lloyd Rasmussen via MD-Sligo <md-sligo@nfbnet.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2019 9:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland <md-sligo@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lloyd Rasmussen <lras@sprynet.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Md-sligo] Lost luggage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you check your luggage they will give you tickets with the tag numbers on them. But they don’t keep track of your luggage at a station where you have changed buses; you have
to keep it with you. Except at the starting bus station, Judy and I have had to be rather paranoid about where our luggage is and how it gets on the right bus. Traveling by Greyhound has become more stressful each time we have used it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Fred, I hope you still get your luggage back.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org" title="md-sligo@nfbnet.org">Deborah via MD-Sligo</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:05 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org" title="md-sligo@nfbnet.org">'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland'</a>
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<a href="mailto:deborahb14@verizon.net" title="deborahb14@verizon.net">Deborah</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [Md-sligo] Lost luggage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If you have homeowner’s insurance (I’m not sure if you still own a house), you should report it to your insurance company. My lost luggage got found before I
had to actually file a claim, so I can’t tell you more about the experience than that. If you are suspicious, you should file a police report. I have never had Greyhound load anything for me, so I don’t know what their procedure is. Do they normally give
you a receipt as the airlines do? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> MD-Sligo [<a href="mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Frederick Kamara via MD-Sligo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2019 6:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland' <<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">md-sligo@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Frederick Kamara <<a href="mailto:fredjmkamara@gmail.com">fredjmkamara@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Md-sligo] Chapter meeting and other news<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Guys,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have had a very bitter experience with Greyhound Bus Company. I traveled with two suitcases from Columbus Ohio to Pitsburg PA on the morning of Tuesday January
1. I had the two suitcases with me when I got off the bus in Pitsburg. About two hours later when I was about to board the bus that was to take me from Pitsburg to Baltimore, the lady who was then in charge of the bus station instructed another member of
staff to help me. That person took my ticket and left me for a few minutes. When she returned I asked about my luggage and she told me that the two suitcases had been loaded into the bus. Unfortunately, however, when we got to Baltimore where I was to board
the bus that should bring me to New Carrollton, my two suitcases were nowhere to be found. They were not in the bus. Up to this moment they have not been found. I have been calling Greyhound almost every other day. I am now at the point of giving up any
hope of them being found.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I wonder if any of you have had a similar experience; if so, how was it resolved. I will greatly appreciate any advice or suggestion. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fred.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Frederick J.M. Kamara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Disability Issues Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chairman, Sierra Leone Blind Welfare Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">232-77-434020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> MD-Sligo [<a href="mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah via MD-Sligo<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 8, 2019 8:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland' <<a href="mailto:md-sligo@nfbnet.org">md-sligo@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Deborah <<a href="mailto:deborahb14@verizon.net">deborahb14@verizon.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Md-sligo] Chapter meeting and other news<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The chapter meeting this Saturday will be at the Long Branch library, 8800 Garland Avenue, at 1:30. I know that there is a forecast for snow, but we will plan to meet unless something serious materializes.
We have many things to do, so if the library is open and MetroAccess</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">is running, we will have a meeting.If I ever decide to cancel a chapter meeting, I will do so by 9:00 on the day of the meeting, and I will try to call everyone.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Our new NFB of Maryland president, Ronza Othman, will be coming to the meting on Saturday.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We have several events in January.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">January 19—Louis Braille birthday. We will play games and demonstrate braille products. It will be at the Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda. The event will be from 2:00 to 4:00,
but if you are coming to help out, be there by 1:00.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">January 24—Day in Annapolis. We will leave from Glenmont or New Carrollton at 7:00 and return to New Carrollton at 8 p.m. We will be walking around</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">the House and Senate buildings</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">and talking to legislators.
</span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> We will discuss the issues on Saturday. Please let me know by then if you plan to go.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Monday, January 28—Great gathering-in meeting of the Washington Seminar. People from all over the country will gather at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street S.W., in Washington, DC. The meeting
is from 5:00 to 7:00 in the evening. There will be a legislative seminar and other events in the afternoon. Fact sheets about the issues are on the NFB’s website.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday,</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">January 29—Appointments on Capitol Hill and evening reception. I will let you know about the appointments as they are scheduled. The reception will be in the Capitol</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Visitors Center from 5:30 to 7:00. I will let you know more about that as we get closer to the time.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Saturday, April 6--Bid for Opportunity. This will be at the VFW-Morningside, where we were last year. Tickets will be $40. We will need auction items and people to buy them.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is competing for an award of $35,000. If we read and log our reading hours, we can help the library get the money. Library patrons must read
for 50,000 minutes. You can sign up at marylandlbph.beanstack.org or call LaShawn Miles at 410-230-2455.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have not paid dues, please do it for the year. Dues are $5.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We have nuts left. The kinds we have are butter toffee nuts, $2.50; Jeppi #82 mix, $3.00; Baltimore bar mix, $3.50; nut and fruit mix, $3.50; pistachios, $6.00; and mixed nuts, $6.00. Please buy
them.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I hope to see all of you on Saturday so that we can start the New Year in motion.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Debbie</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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