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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Rich,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lora’s contact info is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lora Van Lent</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>300 Walnut, Number 119<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Des Moines, Iowa 50309<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>C: 515- 480-9784<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Crawford via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 27, 2023 9:55 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'NFB of Iowa Internet Mailing List' <tall-corn@nfbnet.org><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Richard Crawford <richardpcrawfordjr@gmail.com><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Tall-Corn] Sad news from the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Scott, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I was sorry to hear of Joe’s passing. What a soldier for the NFB he and Laura have been over the years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Share their address with me so we can mail her a card.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Rich <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org">tall-corn-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Scott Van Gorp via Tall-Corn<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 26, 2023 7:53 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NFBI Listserv <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Scott Van Gorp <<a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org">svangorp@nfbi.org</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Tall-Corn] Sad news from the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good Evening Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It is with great sorrow that I write to you this evening to announce that Joe Van Lent, a long-time Federationist, BEP/Randolph Shepherd vendor, and former Iowa Commission for the Blind board member, passed away on Wednesday evening, January 25th. Services will be held in Des Moines on April 15, 2023, and we will share full details for those later. For now, let’s keep his wife Laura, and the rest of his family in our thoughts and prayers. Blind people are undoubtedly in a much better place in Iowa because of Joe’s work and we are forever grateful. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span></font><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Website</span></font></i></a><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br></span></font></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Facebook</span></font></i></a><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br></span></font></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'>Twitter</span></font></i></a><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:italic'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></font></i><br>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>