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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi—as some probably may know, Mary Ellen Thompson will
be retiring this month from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for the Blind staff.
She has been associated with the NFB for over 25 years. Many of you may have small
snippets of stories or fond memories of her and her work with the parents division
over the past many years. If so, please email them to me and I will share them at
a lunch on this Friday at noon. If your children also have something to share,
please send that along too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>In addition, all are invited to attend this lunch on Friday.
Please bring your own lunch to enjoy. We will provide drinks and desserts. It will
be in the lunch room at noon, lasting about one hour. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Email them to: <a href="mailto:bwatson@nfb.org">bwatson@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bob Watson, Content Manager</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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