<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I have attached the press release for our upcoming state convention. I will be sending it out to the Missouri Press Association first thing Monday morning.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">I strongly encourage everyone who lives in the Columbia and Jefferson City regions to physically take a copy of this press release to your local media sources. The media is much more likely to run these types of stories when we hand deliver them.</div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Thanks,</font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Randy Carmack</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Public Relations Chair</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">National Federation of the Blind of Missouri</font></div></div></div></div>
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