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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">HISTORIC FREDERICKSBURG CRIER – February 5th 2021</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guten Tag my
friends and fellow Federationists. Welcome to another edition of the Crier. I
hope all are well and surviving this strange time in our lives. Sue and I are
scheduled to receive our vaccinations next week. Hopefully, we can stay out of
harm’s way until we get our shots. I hope you and yours can get your shots as
soon as possible. We definitely need herd immunity to get us back to normalcy. It
will be great to get back to meeting in person and living normal lives.</font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides the large
and sad loss of human life that we have suffered, many of us have suffered
financially due to job losses. Sue and I are lucky in that we are retired and
are income remained stable. That stability allowed me to take the government
check and invest it in Delta Airlines stock. It was really my first-time buying
stock from a broker. As of the closing bell Thursday it had basically doubled.
I guess that sort of proves some of the old sayings that imply that sometimes
some good comes out of the bad but I would prefer the bad had not happened.</font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe I wrote
about the ENVISION APP in an earlier CRIER.It is an APP that uses your phone;s
camera to connect you to visual help. The APP is now able to function using
special glasses. I have forwarded the e-mail from the company<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talking about the glasses<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This e-mail was sent to all chapter
presidents.</font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to
strongly suggest that you go to BlindAbilities.com and read or listen to the
podcasts aboutseveral interesting subjects including <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>STRAP, Braille Doodles, Tech Abilities, and
several other options. STRAP is a device that is sort of like a hockey puck
that you attach to your chest. The device has sensors in it that can take the
place of a white cane or supplement it if you prefer. It sounds very
interesting. Braille Doodles is an electronic device that could help teach
Braille among other uses. </font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please check out
Blind Abilities on the web or your Alexa or other device. You owe it to
yourself.</font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please be safe and I hope we can actually
meet in person in the fall, if not sooner.</font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Dick Byrne</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><a><font face="Calibri" size="3">rtbyrne@aol.com</font></a></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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