[Nfbwv-talk] BRAILLE LITERACY STORY ON WV PUBLIC RADIO

[Ed McDonald]

Yesterday I did a phone interview with Beth Vorhees, host of "West Virginia 
Morning," the daily news magazine on West Virginia Public Radio.  We 
discussed the Louis Braille Bicentennial and related matters--the coin, the 
Braille literacy crisis in America, and Governor Joe Manchin's recent 
appearance at our meeting with state agencies that provide services to the 
blind.  (The governor issued a "Braille Readers Are Leaders" proclamation 
and pledged his support for our efforts to improve the level of Braille 
instruction in the state.)

I do not know for certain when the story will air, but it might well be 
tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday.  I make no claims for the quality of my 
performance, but if any of you wish to try to hear it, "West Virginia 
Morning" is broadcast statewide on WV Public Radio at 7:30 AM.  The story 
will also probably appear eventually on their website at

http://www.wvpubcast.org


I had audio clips from the governor's remarks which I offered to make 
available to her, but she was not interested.  That meant I had to try to 
tell the whole story myself.  Guess we'll see how it turned out.

Ed