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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear TLC Chapter Members and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our next TLC chapter meeting is just a<span style='color:#1F497D'>round the corner</span>. <span style='color:#1F497D'>We will be meeting virtually this month. Please join us on Monday, August 19, at 7:00 PM via Zoom (Zoom details are at the end of this message). </span>We will be talking about what is going on at NFB at the chapter, affiliate, and national levels. <span style='color:#1F497D'>Hindley Williams </span>will be giving us “A Hint from a Member.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This month we will be discussing <span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert Leslie Newman</span>’s <span style='color:#1F497D'>Thought Provoker</span>: “<span style='color:#1F497D'>What Is Help?</span>” The text follows below my signature. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To dial into the meeting, call 301-715-8592. Once the call connects and you are prompted, you will then need to enter the meeting ID, which is: 621 542 3034. The link is: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6215423034">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6215423034</a>You can also simply tap the following number on your smart phone: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>+13017158592,,6215423034#<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to talking with you all via Zoom <span style='color:#1F497D'>on Monday</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ellen Ringlein, Secretary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind TLC Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>What Is Help<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> “Excuse me. It's hard to know how much help you people need.” The Service Desk clerk said, handing me the phone, which I had asked to use. Her first<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>response had been, “what number do you want?” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> I used the long white cane to line up to ascend the steps into the city bus. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> "Good morning!" The driver greeted me. "Watch your step." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Later the bus made a right and encountered an unforgettable "dip," and I knew we were on 16th street. I got ready to get off at the third street up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> At the stop I was third in line for the front door. The driver said, "Good bye," to each of the people in front of me as they passed him. To me he<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>said, "Watch your step." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Nearing the first street I would need to cross I could hear that the traffic pattern was against me. Stopping, I only had to wait about thirty seconds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>and the flow of cars moving across in front ceased and the cars on the left, the paralleling street moved ahead. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> "The Light's green!" A guy said as he came up along side. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> "Yup, that's an easy one to tell, friend." I answered, stepping out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> "Huh?" He responded and I knew by the tone he didn't get it, but there wasn't time to explain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Not a block later a car slowed, pulled close to the curb and speaking through the open side window, a woman asked, "Where is Dodge Street?" <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Pointing to the north, I said, "Two streets over." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Approaching the front doors of the building in which I worked, noticing I was the first of several to want to enter, I held the door after opening<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>it. Three or four people passed through voicing their "Thanks." The last guy in line tried to take the door from me saying, "I'll get it." His message<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>clear that he wanted to take over.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> I grinned and shook my head "No."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Inside the same guy had the inner door open so I said, "Thanks, turn-about is fair play."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> I joined several others in the elevator. A guy positioned near the control panel punched in everyone's floor request. General conversation started<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>up as the doors began closing, when there came rapid footsteps and a hurried voice said, "Hold it please!"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> The guy who had been manning the buttons was busy talking, so I stuck my arm out and purposefully bumped the leading edge of the nearly closed door<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>and it retracted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> "I got it!" The button guy said. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Up stairs we all went our separate ways. Inside our office, door clicking closed behind me, I let out a big sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Toni, our receptionist spoke up, "How's it going?"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>