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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Hello, Montana Federation Family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Two important action items: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The first is from me. If you have any Braille writers lying around, working or not, that you no longer need, we could use them in our Bell Academy. Please let me know. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The second reminder is from Gary Wunder, the Braille Monitor Editor, regarding recipes and pictures from those who submit recipes from Montana to include in the Braille Monitor. I think it would be fun for Montana to submit six recipes from all over the state, from Billings to Missoula to Kalispell, from Great Falls to Ennis. I know several of you are good cooks. So let’s meet this challenge. Sheila has offered to collect the recipes and the pictures. Her email is <a href="mailto:sheila.leigland@gmail.com">sheila.leigland@gmail.com</a> See message below from Gary Wunder. I can’t find it written anywhere, but I somehow have it in my head that we should have these in by mid-February. I’ll double check on that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Wunder, Gary <<a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org">gwunder@nfb.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 22, 2018 11:17 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Recipes for our Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Greetings to a few of you who will soon be asked for recipes for the Braille Monitor. What do we want? We want from three to six recipes from each state. They can be something particular to your geographic area, a favorite that is prepared for affiliate events, or favorites that your members prepare for their families and friends. Besides six recipes, we need a short one or two sentence biography of those whose submissions you send. “Gary Wunder is the father of four, a former president of the NFB of Missouri, and currently edits the Braille Monitor.” “Jill Smith is a freshman at the college of William and Mary and prepares these snacks for her sorority sisters.”</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Now comes the hardest part. I need a photo from those who submit. The photos do a lot to enhance our print edition and make real these people who do the impossible—cook tremendous taste treats. The recipes are more than a start on a cookbook. They show that we cook and take care of ourselves, and this can be a major source of encouragement for the blind and a source of education for those who see. Before leaving the subject of photos, let me say a few words about them. Grabbing a photo from Facebook will not meet our needs. To save computer space Facebook scales down the pictures it displays. We need high resolution photographs. Anything taken with a modern iPhone or android equivalent will work. Any modern digital camera above five megapixels will do very well. Sometimes people take high-resolution pictures but are then fooled into scaling them back when the email program offers to shrink them in order to save time and bandwidth. Please make sure that you use the “original size” option when sending. Please don’t discount photographs. They are meaningful and provide credibility.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Since we use the contributions of one state each month, you can easily figure out where you fall. Nevertheless, this statement always provokes the question “where are we in the list.” Here is how things are now slated:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Michigan, December, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Minnesota, January<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mississippi, February<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Missouri, March<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Montana, April<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nebraska, May<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nevada, June<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I will send periodic reminders, but please start working on this before the deadline. Don’t hesitate to call me at (573) 268-4245 or email me at <a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org">gwunder@nfb.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thank you so very much for your help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Gary Wunder<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editor, <i>Braille Monitor</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, First Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web Site: <a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org/">http://www.nfbofmt.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>