[NFBWV-Talk] MILESTONES

[Joseph Regnier]

Hi Ed and Karen
This is joe. In Florida saying hello
Your voice will always be heard on here
And missed over the airwaves 
I love ya all and hope to stay in touch

Joe

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> On Sep 7, 2019, at 3:23 PM, Karen McDonald via NFBWV-Talk <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sheri, you said it all. We're proud to know you and call you a friend, too.
> 
> On Sep 7, 2019 3:19 PM, Sheri Koch via NFBWV-Talk <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> It is an ending with some sadness and the beginning with some joy. Your
> show will be missed by many! Irregardless of how everything turns out  i’m
> so proud to call you a friend and to know you
> 
> Sheri
> 
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 3:06 PM Ed McDonald via NFBWV-Talk <
> nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Friends,
>> 
>> We know that there are those events--some ceremonial and some
>> circumstantial--which mark milestones in our lives.  Sometimes we don't
>> recognize them until after they occur, but this one is pretty clearly a
>> milestone.
>> 
>> Tomorrow night will be the last time my voice is heard statewide (and even
>> worldwide, for that matter) as host of a weekly radio show on West Virginia
>> Public Broadcasting (WVPB).  I knew in my gut that it was time to retire
>> and move on, and so it is something I have been planning for some time.  !
>> Nevertheless, the end came a little more quickly and in a way that I had
>> not anticipated.  I declared that I wanted to conclude production of the
>> show by the end of 2019, but asked the folks at WVPB to decide on an ending
>> date that would work best for them.  As a result of an overlooked email
>> message (it's Outlook's fault, if anyone is to blame), I learned just two
>> days before the delivery deadline that this Sunday, September 8, would be
>> my last WVPB broadcast.  This meant some quick decisions about what to say
>> and what to play for an appropriate farewell show.  Ultimately, it was
>> better this way, since it prevented a slow and agonizing demise.  For those
>> who care to hear the result, it will be tomorrow evening at 8:00 on WV
>> Public Broadcasting
>> 
>> 
>> www.wvpublic.org<http://www.wvpublic.org>
>> 
>> 
>> With Karen's constant help, I have been doing some kind of weekly music
>> show on the radio for about 25 years, and so closing a chapter that has
>> been such a significant part of our lives for so long is a big deal.  Maybe
>> I'll reflect a little more on the business of life's decisions and
>> transitions and the role that blindness has played in all of that during
>> our upcoming convention of the National Federation of the Blind of West
>> Virginia, but that's a different story for another time.
>> 
>> Meanwhile, perhaps the most important part of this milestone event is that
>> we will now be able to extend our love of radio and music even more fully
>> into the work of building Mountain Streams Radio, our local little LPFM
>> station, into something valuable and sustainable for the music and for the
>> community.
>> 
>> I will not add further to the drama of the occasion.  Just something I
>> wanted to share with some of you who may care.  So let me send it before I
>> overthink it!
>> 
>> Peace,
>> 
>> Ed
>> 
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> Sheri Koch, President
> National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia
> 304-993-5103
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