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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>COLUMBIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>$1 NFB LAS VEGAS CONVENTION TICKETS!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> $1 Las Vegas NFB 2019 Convention tickets were passed out at the September 20 Columbia Chapter meeting. If you did not get your 50 pack or if you need more, contact David Houck at 254-3777. The drawing is set for Saturday, January 5 at the Statewide Seminar. The winning ticket buyer will receive $300 and the seller will receive $100. The chapter selling the most tickets will receive $300 for their treasury. Let’s sell these tickets and be sure your filled out ticket stubs and money are turned in to David Houck at the Federation Center by January 5, 2019. Buy some for yourself and you might win $400. Let’s not let Columbia lose out on the $300 prize for the chapter treasury. These funds will help transportation efforts for those flying from Charlotte, NC to Las Vegas in getting to and from Charlotte and the Mandalay Bay Hotel. If you need information concerning flying to Las Vegas at a group rate, contact Tiffiny Mitchell at 603-2098.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NOVEMBER 22 THANKSGIVING DINNER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The third annual Thanksgiving Dinner will be held on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at the Federation Center located at 119 S. Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC, 29201. The time of the dinner will be 2:00 o’clock p.m. the menu consists of: baked turkey, baked chicken, ham, rice and gravy, dressing, mac and cheese, potato salad, green beans, lima beans, cranberry sauce, sweet potato soufflé, dinner rolls and sweet potato pie and cake. Drinks will also be served with meals. The cost of the meal is $15.00 for adults and $7.00 for children 5 thru 12 years old. If you are planning to attend this dinner please bring your money to the Columbia chapter meeting in November. Also, you may call Dorothy Barksdale at 803-765-1622 if you are planning to attend so that we can get a number of people attending. Ike nelson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NOVEMBER 15 COLUMBIA CHAPTER MEETING<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> President Tiffiny Mitchell gaveled the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m The meeting hall was packed as the Church of the Harvest hosted a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner, singing of patriotic songs and hymns, and the devotional message from Rev. Ken Jumper. We appreciate all the volunteers from The Harvest who prepared food, decorations and who participated in any way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The book club is reading “The Walk” by Richard Paul Evans. Contact Steve Cook about the book club meeting on Tuesday, December 11 by email at cookcafe@sc.rr.com or by phone at 254-0222. It will be available on talking book as well in a downloadable format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#006600'>The walk DB 71348 <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/lastname/page/1/sort/s/srch/Evans%252C%2520Richard%2520Paul"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Evans, Richard Paul</span></a>. Reading time 5 hours, 38 minutes. <br>Read by <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/narrator/srch/Guy%2520Williams"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Guy Williams</span></a>. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. <br><br>Subjects: <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/subject/page/1/sort/s/srch/Inspirational"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Inspirational</span></a><br><br>Series: <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/series/srch/Walk%2520series"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Walk series</span></a> volume: 1<br><br>Description: Seattle advertising executive Alan Christoffersen has everything--until his beloved wife dies, his business partner steals their clients, and his house is repossessed. Alan decides to walk across America to Key West, Florida, in search of new meaning while keeping a journal and befriending people along the way. 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> The December13 Christmas chapter meeting will feature a pot luck dinner. Please bring a dish and have it at the Federation Center by no later than 5:30 p.m. If you are participating in the gift exchange, don’t forget to bring your gift with you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have a blessed Thanksgiving!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tiffiny Mitchell, President, Columbia Chapter, NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>