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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>I recently found out about this. 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Phelps, CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Help sponsor our youth program activities <a href="https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1003647"><span style='color:#3333CC'>Donate</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Check out information about our summer youth program: <a href="http://bism.org/r_youth_TEMP_2.cfm"><span style='color:#3333CC'>Independence 2011</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Take the NCLB at BISM in Baltimore on March 26. For information: <a href="http://www.nbpcb.org/pages/NCLBcertification.php"><span style='color:#3333CC'>National Certification in Literary Braille </span></a></span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3333CC'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>3345 Washington Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Baltimore, MD 21227<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Phone: 410-737-2642<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Mobile: 410-274-1647<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Fax: 410-737-2689<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>Toll Free: 888-322-4567<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"><span style='color:blue'>aphelps@bism.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333'>"...given proper training and opportunity, the average blind person can do the average job in the average place of business and do it as well as his or her sighted neighbor..." 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