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style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Donna’s on
TV Monday, December 22<sup>nd</sup>!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There’s a Link, if you can’t
catch it Live!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">*Caption to Photo: Donna Hill, blind
songwriter/recording
artist and avid knitter, presents pink afghan with “Buddy Check” in
Braille to
Lyndall Stout at WYOU’s studios in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Wilkes-Barre</st1:place></st1:City>.<span style=""> </span>Photo
by Rich Hill</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Donna & Buddy Check</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Donna’s Appointment to Post of
Innovative
Nonprofit</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Quick & Dirty</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Knit Wits!</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Going to the Dogs!</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Next Time</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Contact Info</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Donna
& Buddy Check<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Monday, December 22 at 7 P.M., TV-22 WYOU
(Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
CBS affiliate) is featuring <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Endless</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Mountains</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'
singer/songwriter Donna Hill on “Buddy Check.”<span style="">
</span>Donna, a <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lehigh</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType> native, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stroudsburg</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
grad & long-time <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place></st1:City>
area resident, is a two-time breast cancer survivor.<span style=""> </span>If
you miss it, it will be posted.<span style=""> </span>Go to this
link, look for “WYOU Buddy Check
News” & click on the Play Media Button for December 2008 – screen
reader
users, “WYOU Buddy Check News” is a non-linked text: </span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pahomepage.com/content/health_wellness/wyou/buddy_check">http://pahomepage.com/content/health_wellness/wyou/buddy_check</a></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style="">Donna has been cancer-free for eighteen years.
<span style=""> </span>She found both tumors herself despite negative
mammograms.<span style=""> </span>“Buddy Check,” a monthly
segment on the local news, encourages regular breast self exam.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">“Not only did self examination save my life,”
says Donna, who started in her twenties after losing both grandmothers
to the
disease, “It also limited my treatment.<span style=""> </span>Start
checking now; Get familiar with what’s normal for you.<span style=""> </span>I’m
so grateful to be alive and healthy
now.<span style=""> </span>In addition to living in a
beautiful rural environment with my husband Rich and our black Lab,
Hunter, I’m
doing the best work of my life.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Donna’s
Appointment to Post of Innovative Nonprofit<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Born legally blind from Retinitis Pigmentosa
(RP), Donna, who plays guitar and piano, learned to use a computer with
a screen
reader several years ago.<span style=""> </span>Her second
cancer, diagnosed just after she had finished her third album “The Last
Straw,”
ended her dreams of marketing herself as a songwriter in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nashville</st1:place></st1:City>. <span
style=""> </span>Nonetheless, Donna is now using her talents as
a writer, singer and speaker to improve understanding of and
opportunities for
all blind Americans. In July, she was appointed head of media relations
for the
volunteer-run nonprofit Performing Arts Division, National Federation
of the
Blind (PAD, NFB):</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span><a
href="http://www.padnfb.org/"><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><span style="">www.padnfb.org</span></span></span></span></span><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></a><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">PAD supports blind entertainers through
scholarships, subsidies, networking and mentoring.<span style=""> </span>Funding
comes from tax-deductible
contributions and sales of the “Sound in Sight” CD, a multi-genre
compilation
of eighteen original tracks and covers donated by blind recording
artists.<span style=""> </span>Donna came to PAD after being asked to
donate
her song “The Edge of the Line,” particularly meaningful in the current
recession.<span style=""> </span>Hear clips at:</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span><a
href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/padotnfotb"><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/padotnfotb</span></span></span></span></span><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></a><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">“Strong media presence is a powerful tool for
social change,” says Hill, who worries about the seventy percent
unemployment
rate among working-age blind Americans, “It’s made a big difference for
other
minorities, but there are few blind people in the mainstream media and
virtually no blind women.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">*Caption to Photo: PAD President Dennis
Holston
& 12-year-old, blind jazz singer and Braille advocate Rocco
Fiorentino (NJ)
after Rocco’s performance at NYC’s Birdland jazz club.<span style=""> </span>Unknown
photographer.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Donna is also concerned that only ten percent
of
blind kids are taught to read Braille.<span style="">
</span>2009 marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis
Braille
who developed the raised-dot code which remains the only tool offering
blind
people true literacy.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">“We don’t consider sighted children literate,
just because they listen to someone read to them,” says Hill, “But,
that is
what most public school educators are essentially saying.<span style="">
</span>Braille literacy is the major link among
successful blind adults.”</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Quick
& Dirty<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Is this where she asks us for money, or to
become volunteers or something?</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Well, we certainly wouldn’t turn down either,
but let me guess.<span style=""> </span>Is this you? You’d
really love to help but even ten bucks would be painful and you’re
going nuts
with your current schedule.<span style=""> </span>Here’s a
list of quick, no cost alternatives to cash donations</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Link to PAD from your web site.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Forward this to people you know.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Tell your favorite nonprofits they
can earn $4
for each $12 order they take for the “Sound in Sight” CD with no
minimum or
upfront costs.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->I’m pretty sure I don’t know what
I’m doing at
least half the time, so if you have a suggestion, let me know.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Hey, words of encouragement are
always appreciated.<span style=""> </span>It really is an uphill
battle.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Knit Wits</b>!</span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Yes, guys, you can skip this, if you like.<span
style=""> </span>On our camping trip through <st1:State w:st="on">South
Dakota</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wyoming</st1:State> and <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Utah</st1:place></st1:State> this fall,
I spent
a lot of time knitting.<span style=""> </span>Well, what else
was I going to do, drive?<span style=""> </span>I made several
lap warmers and shawls, all in the same pattern -- Butterflies from
“The
Pattern Library: Knitting” edited by Amy Carroll, 1981 (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>
publisher, Ballantine Books).<span style=""> </span>I already had it
memorized – all 14
rows.<span style=""> </span>No matter that it doesn’t look as
much like butterflies as big seashells.<span style="">
</span>Each butterfly, which is on a lattice-work background, is a
solid fabric
of reverse stockinet with 6 ribs which start out separated by 3
stitches and
ultimately come together in a wrapped cluster.<span style="">
</span>The ribs are made by knitting through the back loop.<span
style=""> </span>There’re a lot of “k 1 - TBL” stitches in the
lattice as well and just as much decreasing either by knitting 2
together or
using slip, knit pass.<span style=""> </span>I couldn’t help
but wonder why sometimes you knit 2 together and sometimes slip, knit,
pass?<span style=""> </span>After a thousand miles or so, I
realized that the reason was to keep the “TBL” rib stitch on top of the
stitch
that it was being combined with.<span style=""> </span>If the
“TBL” stitch comes first, you use slip, knit, pass.<span style=""> </span>If
“TBL” comes second, knitting the two
stitches together gets the “TBL” on top of the finished stitch!<span
style=""> </span>OK, tell me your latest knitting revelations.<span
style=""> </span>I’ll use the best one next time and give you
credit.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Going to
the Dogs!<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">*Caption
to Photo:<span style=""> </span>Donna’s 5-year-old Lab guide
dog, Hunter, takes a well-deserved rest.<span style="">
</span>Photo by Rich Hill.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:324pt'>
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o:title="Hunter in Fall Leaves, 11-08"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img
src="cid:part15.01060002.03000604@epix.net" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"
border="0" height="432" width="576"><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">A few weeks
ago, Hunter and I were walking cross-country on paths through the
fields near
our house.<span style=""> </span>With him guiding me, I often
… well, space out and get lost in my thoughts of new songs and stories
as well
as the physical joy of walking.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Suddenly,
Hunter stopped, and I was brought back to my senses.<span style=""> </span>It
seemed like a strange place to stop.<span style=""> </span>Fortunately,
more than thirty-five years of
using guide dogs had taught me something.<span style="">
</span>The procedures for occasions like this that I had learned during
my four
visits to the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Smithtown</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State></st1:place>)
popped into my head.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">First, I
stuck my left foot forward and swept it around in front of us.<span
style=""> </span>This would have revealed a ditch or a branch
across the path, but I found nothing.<span style=""> </span>I
heard an animal in the brush and thought Hunter may have stopped just
to look
at it.<span style=""> </span>I encouraged him to go forward.<span
style=""> </span>He didn’t<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">O.K.,
what’s next?<span style=""> </span>I lifted my right arm
forward and swept it through the air at head level.<span style=""> </span>I
was sure that there weren’t any overhanging
branches, and I was right.<span style=""> </span>Was he
staring at a rabbit?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Next, I
inched ahead and as my foot swung forward, it hit …<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">A
wire?<span style=""> </span>A really long extension chord
about ten inches off the ground?<span style=""> </span>Ah,
yes, I remembered. They were looking for natural gas deposits in the
area.<span style=""> </span>The company doing the seismic testing had
draped wires all over the place.<span style=""> </span>We
carefully stepped over the obstacle and continued on our way.<span
style=""> </span>How could I have thought he was goofing off?<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">“Good
boy, Hunter! You deserve to bask in the leaves!”<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Next Time<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Donna’s visit with US Congressman Chris Carney!<span
style=""> </span>Till then, have a joyous holiday season!</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"
align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><b
style="">Contact
Info<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">For house concerts, other bookings and
information about PAD or acquiring Donna’s writing services:</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Donna Hill, Head of Media Relations</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">Performing Arts Division, National Federation
of
the Blind</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">(570) 833-2708</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span><a
href="mailto:dwhill@epix.net"><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><span style="">dwhill@epix.net</span></span></span></span></span><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></a><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">RR #3 Box 15-C, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Meshoppen</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">18630</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">For Donations to PAD, Make checks payable to:</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style="">“National Federation of the Blind, Performing
Arts Division” & send to above address, or use PayPal at:</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span><a
href="http://www.padnfb.org/"><span style=""><span style=""><span
style=""><span style=""><span style="">www.padnfb.org</span></span></span></span></span><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></a><span
style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style=""></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span style=""></span><span
style=""></span><span style=""></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Published 12/18/08
by D.W.
Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
For my bio & to hear clips from The Last Straw:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill">http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill</a>
Apple I-Tunes
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Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.padnfb.org">www.padnfb.org</a>
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