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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> This past Saturday, April
23rd, the NFB of Greater Louisville held it's annual April Luncheon.
Although the sky outside was gloomy and Mother Nature was pounding us with
unnecessary rain, the weather did not discourage the 38 Federationists in
attendance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> Our guest, Mr. Ron Gardner,
NFB of Utah President was excited and was pleasantly surprised over the turn
out. Mr. Gardner could not get over the rain and the river. He kept
saying, "I'm from the desert, I'm not used to this much water." Mr.
Gardner gave a motivational speech and I truly feel it inspired our
members. </FONT><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Our plan of breaking out into
small groups was crushed due to the area of the restaurant we were placed in,
but we did get member involvement and positive feedback.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> The outline for the
upcoming year I have is "Out of the Box." Breaking away from the norm and
really getting hands on with projects and activities. As I explained at
the luncheon, with the amount of information one can find sitting in the
comforts of home, there is no need to talk "blindness" to death.at a
meeting. If you want to know what's happening on a National level you can
visit <A href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</A> and find out. If you
have questions about a piece of technology, you can Google it. Due to the
amount of NFB e-mail lists and the world wide web the "traditional" meeting is
no longer prevalent. Getting in touch with one another, our community
and educating the public should be our main focus.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> With many thanks and great
appreciation to, Sandra Williams, Melanie Peskoe and Anna Gregory who
served on the nominating committee, a new board was elected as well on
Saturday. I'm very excited and anxious to get down to business with
my girls! The Greater Louisville board is, Nickie Pearl,
President. Tonia Gatton, Vice President. Maria Jones, Treasurer. Denise
Franklin, Secretary. Sarah Williams, Director and Hellena
Keaton, Director. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> The winner of the Great
State Convention Giveaway was drawn at the luncheon. Mr. Kenny Jones
is getting an all expense paid trip to the 2011 NFB of Kentucky State
Convention in Frankfort. I must say, Kenny has to be the luckiest person
I've ever known. His name or split pot numbers seem to be drawn
a lot. Congratulations Kenny! </FONT> <FONT size=4
face=Arial>Our chapter also gave away a Louis Braille Coin, and that winner was
Josie Kennedy. Josie is a GL member from Hardinsburg. Josie was
able to join us due to her good friend Gretchen who drove in the horrible
weather. Gretchen really enjoyed the luncheon and positive message behind
Mr. Gardner's motivation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial> I'd like to thank everyone
who attended the luncheon and for those who did not, I hope you can join us
this year so you can take advantage of what you
missed</FONT> <FONT size=4 face=Arial>at the luncheon. Our first
activity will be a gardening project. This will take place at the Kentucky
School for the Blind on Saturday May 14, 2011 from noon till 3pm. On this
day you will learn all about gardening. What flowers and plants are good
for our area. Which flowers like sun or shade, which ones need lots of
water or not so much. You'll be given a chance to plant your own flower in
a pot to take home with you. We encourage everyone to bring a sack lunch
and bring your kids. Kids like playing in dirt and they may even learn a
thing or two about flowers! If you have any questions about this project,
please feel free to contact me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Thank You!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Nickie </FONT></DIV>
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