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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Greetings Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Last month when we met on the 25<sup>th</sup> we discussed the fact that the Legislature had pretty much done all they were going to do for this year on anything that wasn’t budget or appointments. Since then they have finished those tasks up with no fanfare and are happily back away from the Statehouse. As far as we know the only Director Appointment that went without opposition in the Senate was the appointment of Emily to continue as Director of the Department For The Blind. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please keep watching here on the Tall-Corn list to see new developments for next year. In the meantime, please, get to know your Legislators, Representative and Senator, and talk with them about who the NFBI is and about our need for accessible Prescription Labelling, more accessible voting, and the need to update the Braille bill, for teaching of Braille and technology to blind students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We will be sending out updates from time to time to keep you up-to-date on what is happening.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa Legislative Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Bob Ray, Legislative Chair, NFB of IOWA</span></font><font size=3 color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Address:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>3900 76<sup>th</sup> Street<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Urbandale, IA 50322<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Email: <a href="mailto:bray@nfbi.org"><font color="#9cdaec"><span style='color:#9CDAEC'>bray@nfbi.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Phone. 515 334-7231<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Mary L. McGee</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Address: 201 Locust, #341, </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Des Moines, IA, 50309</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Phone: 515 280-1281</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>EMAIL: <a href="mailto:mmcatitude@gmail.com"><font color="#9cdaec"><span style='color:#9CDAEC'>mmcatitude@gmail.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Helen Mejia<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Address: 1342 York Street<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Des Moines, IA 50316 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:13.8pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Phone: 570 983-7867<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>EMAIL: <a href="mailto:hstevensnfb@gmail.com"><font color="#9cdaec"><span style='color:#9CDAEC'>hmejianfb@gmail.com</span></font></a></span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Aptos><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Aptos><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></font></p></div></body></html>