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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><h1>NEWSWIRE<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>National Federation of the Blind of<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>North Dakota<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Vol. 1, No. 12<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Next Meeting<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be holding our next monthly meeting of the National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota on Saturday, November 18, 2017; time: 2:00 PM at Happy Joe’s Pizza and Ice Cream, 2211 South University Drive.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For those who are unable to make the meeting and or live too far outside of Fargo, you can join us by phone by dialing (712) 832-8300 and enter 9381122 #, and state your name.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you are arranging transportation with MAT Paratransit, I suggest that you schedule your pick-up time accordingly so that you have enough time to order something from the menu before the meeting starts. We will end the meeting by 4 PM so schedule your return trip accordingly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, if you missed our last meeting, we had about 10 people present. We are beginning a series of seminar on the Brand and Philosophy of the National Federation of the Blind and this is being led by Jesse Shirek who earlier this year was sent to Baltimore, the NFB Headquarters to attend a seminar on Communication. These sessions will last as long as it takes him to cover the various topic areas that he needs to cover and we are basically giving a hour for him to conduct this portion of the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Should you have questions, please contact President Milton Ota at (701) 731-0511 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:mota1252@gmail.com">mota1252@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Cardtronics testing<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to thank the Fargo Lion and the NDSU Campus Bluc Lion that help drive both Jesse and Sherry Shirek to complete the testing of 11 different locations. We were not the first 10-state affiliates to complete the testing by the deadline of October 15 to get a free copy of the KNFB Reader® to give away at our next state convention which won’t be until sometime in September of 2018.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>2018 NFB Scholarship<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On November 1, 2017, application for the class of 30 scholarship will open. A link on the <a href="http://nfbnd.org/">http://nfbnd.org/</a> homepage will be put up for those interested in applying.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You must be a senior in high school graduating in the spring of 2018, planning to attend a trade school, community college, pursueing a 4-year undergraduate degree or masters or doctorate, a citizen of the United States, going to or attending an accredited program in the United States. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Complete the online application by following the instructions on the website, be available for an interview by the President of the affiliate, and possibably another person at the same time with the President.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Should you be selected by the NFB Scholarship Committee in late April of 2018, you must be able to attend the National Federation of the Blind national convention to be held in July in Orlando, Florida. This is an all expense paid trip and must participate in all the required meetings and programs by the scholarship committee. The dates for the convention are tentative and will be announced sometime in November.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What you will get besides the all-expense trip—the scholarship also includes a minimum of $3,000.00 which has no strings attached to it, and there are at least close to another $3,000.00 in monies and gifts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have received a scholarship before, you can apply again as long as you meet the basic requirements mention above.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for your completed application is March 31, 2018. There is no extentions given.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For questions you may contact President Milton Ota at (701) 731-0511 or by e-mail at <a href="mailto:mota1252@gmail.com">mota1252@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you no longer wish to receive this the Newswire, please send an e-mail message to <a href="mailto:mota1252@gmail.com">mota1252@gmail.com</a> and in the subject field put the word REMOVE.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please feel free to distribute this Newswire to anyone that you think might be interested in reading this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If there is something you would like to put in the NEWSWIRE, please send me your story/article in either the body of the e-mail message or an attachment in Word. NO PDF Please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NEWSWIRE has no schedule for its publishing. Submission should be sen to <a href="mailto:mota1252@gmail.com">mota1252@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Milton Ota, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: http://nfbnd.org/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>909 8th St., S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fargo, ND 58103-2723<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: (701) 731-0511<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: mota1252@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND KNOWS THAT BLINDNESS IS NOT THE CHARACTERISTIC THAT DEFINES YOU OR YOUR FUTURE. EVERY DAY WE RAISE THE EXPECTATIONS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OF BLIND PEOPLE, BECAUSE LOW EXPECTATIONS CREATE OBSTACLES BETWEEN BLIND PEOPLE AND OUR DREAMS. YOU CAN LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT; BLINDNESS IS NOT WHAT HOLDS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>YOU BACK. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR OURSELVES.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With Love, Hope and Determination, We Turn Dreams Into Reality.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Together We Change What It Means to Be Blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>