June - Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind

Cabell-Wayne
Association of the Blind
Mission and Vision Statements
O UR M ISSION :
Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind is committed to promoting
and advocating the economic, educational, and social welfare of the
blind and visually impaired of all ages so that they can maintain a
lifestyle comparable to other members of society.
O UR V ISION :
CWAB® will be seen nationally as a model for organizations and agencies that help blind and visually impaired persons achieve maximum independence. CWAB® will be known for timely and appropriate
state-of-the-art responses to the changing needs of consumers throughout
the Tri-State area and beyond.
O N T HE C OVER
CWAB® consumer Doris Altemeier concentrates on seating her flowers in a pot
during the annual “Potting Party” held Wednesday, May 13th at Cabell-Wayne
Association of the Blind.
Mission and Vision Statements ......................................2
From The Director’s Desk ...............................................4
GP Narrator of the Month ................................................6
McClanahan Memorial Concert.......................................8
Janie Fricke Concert Marks Celebration........................9
2009 Ride For Sight........................................................10
“5K Run/Walk For Sight” .............................................11
The History Of Flag Day ................................................12
Recipe of the Month.......................................................14
2009 Calendar of Events................................................15
Potting Party Is Fun For Everyone ...............................16
Support Group Meeting Schedule ................................19
Control Your Assets After You Are Gone. ....................20
GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE supporters ...........................21
Radio Outreach ..............................................................22
CWAB® Services .......................................................... 23
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F ROM
THE
D IRECTOR’ S D ESK
Hello Everyone!
May is here along with all
the outside work that is required to keep a place looking
nice. ...and I do mean work!
We have a lot of good news
to tell you!
Our Easter Egg sale was
the best we have ever had,
bringing in a total of $5,300! We
would like to thank all those involved - from the staff and volunteers, drivers, to those who
purchased the eggs. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Another successful fundraiser was the annual Rummage and Bake Sale, which this
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year made $5,161.39 for the Services Division. Our thanks to
Joanna Holbrook who brought in $246.60 in the kitchen, and to
Vivian McGinnis who sold $154.00 in jewelry. Once again we
need to thank all those involved, from transportation who
picked-up and delivered items, those who donated (especially
SITEL), to those who attended and made purchases. The
success of these events was truly a team effort.
We are pleased to announce that Alcon will again be a major
sponsor of our “5K Run/Walk/Ride For Sight” this September.
Upcoming events will include the McClanahan Memorial
Concert on Friday, July 10th. This event will feature the McQuaid
brothers (Carl & Mark), Kayla Carter, and a special appearance
from the Lincoln County Cloggers.
Don’t forget our annual Summer picnic June 13th, and the
Janie Fricke concert celebration August 22nd.
Until next month .....
2009 Rummage
& Bake Sale
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June 2009
GP Narrator of the Month
Freelance announcer
Kurt David Englehardt
Paducah, KY.
TOP: Englehardt (right)
with Kenny Loggins. At
RIGHT, Englehart in 1974
“On The Air” at WKEE in
Huntington.
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The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE Narrator of the Month for June was Kurt David Englehardt of Paducah, KY.
Englehardt moved to Morehead, Kentucky in the summer of 1968 when his father
took a teaching position in the music department of Morehead State University.
After graduating high school in 1970, Englehardt began to pursue a career in radio
by obtaining a degree from Morehead State and working part-time at the campus
radio station - WMKY-FM.
In 1972 Englehardt drove the 50-plus miles to Ashland, KY each Saturday
and Sunday evening to work the six to midnight shift at WCMI. A year later he
took the same shift at WGNT in Huntington. After a brief stay, Englehardt
moved to WKEE-FM, where he worked for the next year-and-a-half while continuing to attend MSU. He joined the station full-time in 1974 where he worked with
such notables as Jim Mack, Jack O’Shea, and the “Flyin’ Dutchman Jim Schneider.
It was at this point he met and became friends with CWAB®’s Jerry Crabtree.
In 1975 Englehardt and his wife made a brief trip to Paducah, KY to visit family - 34
years later the Englehardt’s call Western Kentucky home.
For years Englehardt has worked in radio and television and now has his own company - Angleheart Productions where he does print and broadcast advertising and
media work for businesses both locally and across the country.
In 2000 he began producing a weekly oldies program “TAKIN’ YA BACK WITH KURT
DAVID’ - sharing his memories of the music of the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s he played as
a DJ. These programs are now heard throughout Western Kentucky and on over
60 internet radio stations around the world. You can visit www.takeyouback.com
for more information.
Kurt is father to two daughters and has two grandchildren. He enjoys spending
time with them and other family throughout Western Kentucky.
He remembers fondly his days in Morehead as well as the weekends he spent in
Ashland and Huntington – “GIVING YOU THE GINO’S PIZZA FORECAST AND
PLAYING THE HITS!”
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June 2009
The History Of Flag Day
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America's birthday, but the idea
of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary
of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as 'Flag Birthday'. In numerous
magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years,
Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as 'Flag
Birthday', or 'Flag Day'.
On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned
appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing
Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June
14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on
June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution,
celebrated Flag Day.
Following the suggestion of Colonel J. Granville Leach (at the time historian of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of
Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the
mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display
the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be
known as 'Flag Day', and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
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Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of
the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania
Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution,
Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public
Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises
be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square.
School children were assembled, each carrying a small
Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June
14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ
Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the
Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day
Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting
the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894,
under the auspices of this association, the first general
public school children's celebration of Flag Day in
Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000
children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs.
Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered
a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated
words he said the flag had spoken to him that
morning: "I am what you make me; nothing more. I
swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself."
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day - the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 - was officially established by the
Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th,
1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson's proclamation, it was not
until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an
Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as
National Flag Day.
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June 2009
Recipe of the Month
Mix in a small bowl:
1 box of Jiffy Cornbread Mix
1 egg and 1/3 cup of Milk
In another bowl mix:
12 oz. tuna, drained
2 tsp. sweet pickle relish
2 tsp. Mayonnaise
1 tsp. Mrs. Dash (salt free)
1 can (3 oz.) mushrooms, drained
11⁄4 cup diced onion
1 tsp. catsup (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix ingredients together in large bowl and pour into a
greased 8x8 in. Aluminum pan.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown
Set aside to cool and serve. (makes 4 servings)
Other meats can also be used. (Ham, Turkey, Chicken or Salmon).
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June 2009
2009 Calendar of Events
2009 Calendar of Events
J UNE
3rd, 10th, & 17th - First classes of basket weaving
13th - Summer picnic
24th - Bingo
J ULY
1st, 8th, & 15th - Second classes of basket weaving
3rd - Office Closed for Independence Day
10th - McClanahan Memorial Concert
22nd - Bingo
A UGUST
12th & 19th - First classes of rush chair caning
22d - Janie Fricke concert
S EPTEMBER
2nd & 9th - Second classes of rush chair caning
7th - Office Closed for Labor Day
16th - Classes for those who did not get finished with caning
19th - “5K Run/Walk and Ride for Sight”
23nd - Bingo
O CTOBER
16th - Adult Consumer Halloween Party
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June 2009
Potting Party Is Fun
For Everyone
Playing the country song “Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands”
would certainly have been appropriate Wednesday, May 13th as
over a dozen CWAB® consumers and volunteers ascended on
the Paul Slone Activities Center and the organization’s Services
Division to plant flowers during the annual “Potting Party.”
Attendees were treated to hotdogs and refreshments before
potting flowers in 12-inch wide pots to be taken home for their
personal use. Afterwards they moved to the alley-side entrance
of the facility where they were assisted in planting a variety of
flowers.
It was then time to move to the Services Division entrance
where again, flowers were planted along the sidewalk leading to
the agency’s front door as well as around the sign on the front
lawn.
After a physically tiring morning, consumers were rewarded
with an ice cream treat before departing for home.
This Potting Party is an annual event and one of many recreational activities offered by Cabell-Wayne Association of the
Blind. For more details, contact the agency’s Services Division
at 304-522-6991.
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June 2009
G ROUP
L EADER
M EETING D AY
M EETING T IME
A
Eddy Adkins
2nd & 4th Thurs.
10 a.m. to Noon
B
Chris Hunt
1st & 3rd Thurs.
10 a.m. to Noon
C
Working
Joyce Smith
2nd & 4th Thurs.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
D
Diabetic
Kim Blake
1st & 3rd Tue.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
F
Brenda Blake
2nd & 4th Tue.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
I
Age 18-30
Heather
McComas
2nd & 4th Fri.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m
Parents
Mary Parsons
Third Thursday
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
All donations to CWAB® are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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Contribution $_____________
Your support is greatly appreciated.
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Control Your Assets After You Are Gone.
Please remember
Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind when you write your
will or would like to make other charitable gifts.
Contact Paul Slone, Executive Director at (304) 522-6991.
Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind
Services Division
38 Washington Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701
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Radio Outreach
CWAB® Services
TRANSPORTATION – Getting around is a major roadblock to the blind and
visually impaired. Consumers are offered free transportation to work,
doctor’s appointments, shopping, group activities, and more. Limited vision
no longer means limited transportation.
ORIENTATION & MOBILITY – Don't let vision loss affect your day to day life.
Whether it is traveling to places in the community or needs within your
home, such as using the phone, knowing what time it is or labeling
medications O&M can provide you with products and techniques that will
allow you to take control of your life.
COMPUTER TRAINING - Training is the key to computer technology. Utilizing
keyboard keystrokes and enhancement software, the student learns to
complete a variety of tasks sighted computer users take for granted. Limited
vision should not limit your technical training.
ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY - A CCTV is a tool which can be used to magnify
books, newspapers, and magazine print to the size of a regular television
screen allowing individuals with limited vision the ability to enjoy reading
again. Adaptive technology can bring you back to the world, and the world to
you.
RECREATION – Everyone knows the key to success is the ability to play well
with others. CWAB®’s recreational program offers a variety of activities for
any age consumer. Both indoor and outdoor events are scheduled on a
regular basis.
Call 304-522-6991 for more details!
Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind
Services Division
38 Washington Ave.
Huntington, WV 25701
, WV
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