<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">It is with great saddness that I pass on to you that Trudy Pickrel, Presidentof the Maryland Parents of Blind Children loss her father yesterday in a four wheeler accident. I am including her address for those who whish to send messages of condolence. </SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Susan T. Polansky</div>
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