[Nfb-idaho] Brett Windchester my memories of.

[Ramona Walhof]

That was nice, Bill.  I forwarded it to Marie.
Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Morgan" <billmorgan124 at cableone.net>
To: "NFB of Idaho Discussion List" <nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Raelene Thomas" <Raelene.Thomas at icbvi.idaho.gov>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:35 PM
Subject: [Nfb-idaho] Brett Windchester my memories of.


>I met Brett and Marie shortly after moving here to Boise from the Bend 
>Oregon area in 1982.
> At that time Brett was working for I believe A.T.T here in downtown Boise.
> Marie was just getting started working in the banking industry if I am 
> correct.
>
> I remember so well when Brett would come in to the Cafeteria down stairs 
> in the Blind Commission almost daily dressed up in his suit and tie 
> carrying his brief-case everywhere he would go.
>
> After several months of Brett coming in all dressed up with no place to 
> go, I asked him to sit down with me and have a cup of coffee with me.
> Of course Brett didn't drink coffee, he was a big tea guy.
>
> We had sat and talked many times over the months after he was laid off at 
> A.T.T.
> We hit it off for some strange reason.
> Brett as we all know was the huge brain that happened to be carried around 
> by this guy named Brett Winchester!
>
> I had heard a few days before that the guy who was working in the radio 
> reading room was gone, and they were looking for a replacement.
> That day when we sat down to talk, I told Brett what I had just heard 
> about that job, and that it was now open.
> Brett didn't think he wanted to do that, but I said to him. "Brett, why 
> not go upstairs and ask about it?"
> Aren't you really tired of getting all dressed up, and having no place to 
> take your brief-case?"
>
> Brett then told me "Alright, I'll go upstairs and see what it is about, 
> but I don't know if I want to do that?"
>
> The rest is history, as we know. Not only did Brett take the job, what a 
> job he did with that job. Not just radio reading of the local newspaper 
> and all the adds, but all the tapes of books for blind students he got 
> volunteers to read.
> He also got Braille produced long before we had a Braille Embosser.
> There was so much Brett did behind the seen, most of us will never have 
> any idea what a asset he was working out of that back hallway.
>
> I will never forget his sense of humor, and his intellect, and mastery of 
> so many different tecknowledages.
>
> We had many many conversations back there in his office.
>
> Of course always ready and willing to do anything he could was Brett's 
> faithful quiet helper always there no matter what, was Don.
>
> Brett thank you, you helped so many blind people in the state of Idaho, 
> and never said a word about it.
>
> Brett and Marie were also very long term faithful and very active 
> outstanding members of the National Federation of the Blind here in Boise.
>
> Thank you Marie for all those many hours you put in behind the wheel 
> getting people where they needed to go.
>
> I will miss Brett greatly! As I sit here writing I can't help think that 
> Brett and Becky were the first two people teaching me about what a thing 
> was called "A computer."
>
> Thanks again Brett.
>
> Bill Morgan
>
>
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