[Nfbk] First prize winner

[george4581 at gmail.com]

Congratulations to our first prize winner

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On Sep 11, 2017, at 5:26 PM, adrijana prokopenko via NFBK <nfbk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> This is making me extremely glad!
> 
> An 8-year-old Louisville, Kentucky, girl who has been blind since
> birth can now call herself a National Braille Challenge champion--the
> best Braille reader and writer in her age group in the entire country.
> Carmynn Blakeley, a mainstreamed student at Breckenridge Franklin
> Elementary, won first place in the competition in Los Angeles this
> spring. Fifty students from the United States and Canada participated
> in the national competition, and Carmynn came home with first place in
> the apprentice category, which includes first and second graders. "I'm
> one proud mama," said Rebecca Brown. There is no world braille
> competition, so this is the end of the road this year. But Carmynn
> plans to work hard next year to go back to Los Angeles on a quest to
> win a second title.
> 
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