<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Respectfully,<div>Angela Henderson</div><div>President, <span style="font-size: 14pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Phone: (606) 694-5096</span></div><div>Website: nfbky.org</div><div>Pronouns: she, her, hers</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Ksb Alumni <ksbalum@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> March 24, 2026 at 2:40:22\u202fPM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "Sinclair-Morris, Peggy" <peggy.sinclair-morris@ksb.kyschools.us>, Angela Dehart <angela.henderson@nfbky.org>, Lonnie Swafford <lonnie.t.swafford@gmail.com>, Ashley Swaford <Ashley.m.swafford2019@gmail.com>, carla Ruschival <carla40206@gmail.com>, Patti Cox <patticacb@gmail.com>, gmudd@aph.org, Michele Brown <mbrown@ksbcf.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Paul J. Langan Award Recipient Announcement</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon,<div>The nominating committee for the Paul J. Langan Distinguished Service Award is pleased to announce this year's recipient in the below and attached announcement. Please share with your audiences.</div><div>We hope to see several in attendance at the 184th Founders Day Program May 14 at 1:00 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><span name="City">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>KENTUCKY</b><b> SCHOOL</b><b> FOR THE BLIND</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b>184<sup>th</sup> FOUNDERS DAY
PROGRAM</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">The Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) Alumni Association
cordially invites you to attend the KSB Founders Day Program as we celebrate
184 years of providing quality educational services to students who are blind
and visually impaired students in Kentucky. This program will take place Thursday, May 14
at 1:00 p.m. in the Samuel J. Richie Auditorium on the KSB campus.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">This year\u2019s program will celebrate the history of the KSB
Colored Department (1884-1957, highlighting past administrators, educators and
alumni of the school. The school
educated African American students that were blind and visually impaired in a
three-story structure nearly a quarter of a mile on the northeast side of the KSB
campus for over 70 years, until the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that
mandated the desegregation of public schools.
KSB was one of the first schools in the state to comply with this
decision.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">The Founders
Day celebration will conclude with the presentation of the Paul J. Langan
Distinguished Service Award. This award
is presented to a Kentuckian who displays qualities that have had a strong,
positive influence on the lives of individuals who are blind or visually
impaired and KSB. The recipient of the 2026
Paul J. Langan Distinguished Service Award is John E. Musick, OD FAAO. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">Dr.
Musick is a graduate of the University
of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Optometry. He is a co-founder of the Ditto and Musick
Eye Care
Center in Nicholasville, KY,
where he specializes in laser procedures for various types of glaucoma. He is certified by the National Board of
Optometry and the American
Academy of Optometry. He
was the first and currently is the only Kentucky
doctor to achieve diplomate status in the low vision diplomate program in the American Academy of Optometry. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">For nearly
fifty years, countless Kentuckians of all ages have received exemplary low
vision services under his care. In
addition, he has provided superlative training for ophthalmologists, optometrists
and low vision professionals. He served
as a consultant and provided low vision evaluations for KSB and the Charles W. McDowell
Center for many years,
traveling many miles to do so. Dr. Musick
was instrumental in the passage of laws that permit Kentuckians to drive with the
use of a bioptic telescope, enabling nearly 500 individuals since 2001 to gain
life changing independence. He continues
to perform annual evaluations for many of these drivers as mandated by law, as
well as potential candidates for the program.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">Dr.
Musick\u2019s passion for the field of low vision has provided countless Kentuckians,
greater opportunities for employment and independence. He remains a constant reliable source for
exceptional informative evaluative services where many Kentuckians travel to
benefit from his recommendations. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%">Please
join us in celebration of KSB\u2019s rich history and honoring Dr. Musick.</span></p></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>
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