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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>A message from Karla Gilbride, Metro Washington Association of blind athletes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal style='margin-right:1.0in'><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal style='margin-right:.5in'><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Hi MWABA friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>The plan is to have goalball practice tomorrow morning at the Columbia Heights Community Center at 1480 Girard St. NW starting at 10 AM. If the weather looks bad and you’re not sure whether practice will be happening, check with Justin Chan at 941-585-9503.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Also, the next adaptive rock climbing clinic at Sportrock in Alexandria is taking place on Sunday, January 26 from 4:30-6:30 PM. If you’d like to sign up, please contact Judith Erger at Catalyst Sports at <a href="mailto:judith@catalystsports.org" target="_blank">judith@catalystsports.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>That’s all for this edition of the newsletter. Until next time, have fun and stay active!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 color="#26282a" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Karla<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=ydp7ae5b5e8yiv7420236494msonormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>