May - 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.
ON THE COVER
Internationally recognized Grammy nominated recording artist Janie Fricke will
perform during Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind’s celebration of
its Services Division’s 20th anniversary August 22nd.
Mission and Vision Statements ..................................... 2
From The Director’s Desk .............................................. 4
GP Narrator of the Month ............................................... 6
Potting Party Coming Soon ........................................... 7
WSAZ Reports on Cabell-Wayne Budget Woes ........... 8
Association contends with budget woes ..................... 9
McClanahan Memorial Concert ................................... 11
International Recording Artist To Perform Here ........ 12
Janie Fricke Facts ........................................................ 14
Video Production Continues ........................................ 16
Antique Show and Sale Announced ........................... 17
Pottery at the Galleries ................................................. 18
Recipe of the Month ..................................................... 20
Derby Celebration: Traditional Kentucky Recipes .... 21
Teubert Prep Does the “Bunny Hop” .......................... 22
2009 Calendar of Events .............................................. 24
“Hatching” A Good Fund-raiser .................................. 25
Special Notice about bowling ..................................... 26
Support Group Meeting Schedule ............................... 27
Control Your Assets After You Are Gone ................... 28
GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE supporters ......................... 29
Radio Outreach ............................................................. 30
CWAB® Services .......................................................... 31
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F ROM
THE
D IRECTOR’ S D ESK
Hello Everyone!
Well, you’ve all heard the
expression “running around
like a chicken with its head cut
off” - that’s exactly how it is
around here these days! We
have several projects either just
completed, just beginning, or
on the verge of starting!
Our annual Easter Egg Sale
for ‘09 has been our most successful in history. By the time
we finish the sale, we will have
sold nearly 1,300 eggs! That,
my friends, is a lot of chocolate
and peanut butter! I want to
thank staff members Linda Worthy, Rhonda Spears, Lori
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Spears, Toni Walls, Kermit Nance, Milla Flaugher, and Dianna
Ward for all the hard work they did to get the job done. We had
volunteers as well: Debbie and Brenda Hoback - nieces of consumer Alberta Key, worked extremely hard to produce a finished
product. Our transportation staff needs to be applauded for their
efforts to see all the eggs made it safely to their destinations.
Whew!
Our annual Rummage and Bake Sale will open April 30th.
The Sitel Corporation has donated several hundred computer
systems to our agency. These systems are being prepared and
are for sale now and will also be available during the Rummage
and Bake Sale through May 2nd. Great starter systems at a great
price!
The Teubert Prep kids experienced a wonderful Easter party
Saturday April 4th. Food and games were enjoyed by all.
The annual Summer picnic is coming in June, the McClanahan Memorial Concert will be July 10th, and in August, on the
22nd, we will celebrate our Services Division’s 20th anniversary
(the actual anniversary was in April) with Angie Fletcher performing along with national recording artist and Grammy nominee Janie Fricke. Fricke has recorded 23 albums, has had 10
number one country singles and is a professional jingle singer.
Her voice can be heard on numerous commercials from Coke,
McDonalds, Red Lobster United Airlines, and Dial (soap). It will
be a very enjoyable night of entertainment.
More details will follow soon.
Until next month .....
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May 2009
GP Narrator of the Month
Rob Johnson
News Anchor
WSAZ NewsChannel 3
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The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE narrator of the Month for April 2009 was
WSAZ’s Rob Johnson.
Rob began working for WSAZ in the mid 1980’s and is currently the
Early Morning and Midday news anchor. Johnson has worked in several
capacities for the news team beginning as an intern before getting a full
time job as a general assignment reporter. Since then, he has served as
a producer and anchor for several different newscasts.
Rob has a long legacy at WSAZ. His father Bos was News Director
and Anchor for the station for 25 years before retiring in 1976.
A graduate of Huntington High School and Indiana University, Johnson and wife Mary have one daughter.
Outside of work, Rob is very active in the community, serving on
the board for Hospital Hospitality House of Huntington and as President
of Huntington Area Habitat for Humanity.
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May 2009
WSAZ Reports on Cabell-Wayne Budget Woes
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The tough economy isn't playing favorites -- just
ask the 600 people who take advantage of services offered by the Cabell Wayne Association of the Blind.
That agency has discovered its budget is being slashed nearly in half by October.
For roughly 20 years, the funding for the blind association has come from
the James and Alice Teubert Charitable Trust. Now the association's been told its
current $900,000 operating budget
will be cut closer to $400,000.
Paul Slone, director of the Cabell
Wayne Association of the Blind,
said a cut in staff and services is inevitable. That's going to hurt because -- up until now -- the services
have been free.
"We evaluate and assist their
needs, and we purchase the items
and training and all that we need, so
if you're blind and visually impaired,
up to this point, Cabell and Wayne
counties is the only place in nation
that does that."
Heather McComas has been taking advantage of the transportation and technology services for almost 20 years. She was born with a kind of cancer that
robbed her sight at the age of 12.
"My wish is everyone tries to understand they're doing the best they can," she
said.
The association's board of directors is looking at options. It could be July
until they're finalized.
The agency is currently selling Easter peanut butter eggs as a fundraiser. The
$5 eggs help pay for eyeglasses and transportation costs to those who may need
them.
However, Slone realizes there's no way that many eggs could make up the difference of $400,000. The effort now is to apply for additional grant money. The
agency is also putting together a proposal that may make them eligible for some
federal stimulus money to help keep the staff of 16 employed.
From www.wsaz.com. Used by permission.
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May 2009
Association of the Blind contends with
budget woes
April 01, 2009
LAURA WILCOX
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- Staff at the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind are
searching for ways to get more funds after losing about half of its current budget this year.
Executive Director Paul Slone said the nonprofit agency is working
on local fundraising, writing grants and contacting politicians for help.
This October, the group will lose about $400,000 of its more than
$800,000 budget.
"It wasn't a surprise, based on the way the economy has been behaving," Slone said. "We were expecting something, but this is kind of
rough."
The Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind has been around since
1975 and began receiving funds from the James H. and Alice Teubert
Charitable Trust to provide free services in 1989. Slone said funding has
steadily increased since then, allowing the agency to provide its current
programs and employ 16 paid staff. However, he said the Teubert Foundation exists primarily thanks to investments, and those have likely been
less lately.
Slone hopes to be able to keep the current programming alive. The
agency offers many free services to the blind and visually impaired, including transportation, rehabilitation and adaptive equipment.
"We're going to try to maintain some sense of free services for our
people, but we are researching ways of accumulating more funds and
maybe getting reimbursements in some way," he said.
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He said most of the people receiving the association's services are
also on Medicare, which does not reimburse the agency. All of the organization's funding comes from donations and grants, he said.
He said the cut will hurt across the organization.
"It's going to affect every program, every staff position. It's one of
those things that no one can help," he said.
Until now, Slone said funds from the James H. and Alice Teubert
Charitable Trust paid for most of the association's salaries and almost
100 percent of all other donation-supported services.
More than 600 people in Cabell and Wayne counties, including approximately 50 children, are served by the agency.
Media marketing manager Jerry Crabtree has been with the organization for 10 years and is also visually impaired. He said he's fortunate
to not need more serious services like mobility training, but he continues to be grateful for things like transportation provided by the nonprofit.
Crabtree said many more people in the area probably need assistance but have not been identified as being blind or visually impaired.
He remembers his own third-grade teacher helping him by giving
him a large print textbook as a child.
"I just wonder what my life would have been like had I had CabellWayne to assist me at that time," he said.
Crabtree went through school and graduated from Morehead State
University with a two-inch magnifying glass from his childhood ant farm
as his only adaptive technology.
"You're giving somebody with that type of disability that few services -- can you imagine what more they (the student) could have accomplished had they (the school) had some of the better services?" he said.
For more information about the Cabell-Wayne Association of the
Blind or to donate, call the association at 304-522-6991. The association
is located at 38 Washington Ave. in Huntington.
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May 2009
Internationally Known
Recording Artist To Perform
Here
"All I ever wanted to do was sing." Janie Fricke has gone from Indiana
farm girl to internationally acclaimed recording artist throughout her career. She was born in South Whitley, Indiana, and raised on a 400-acre
farm where her father taught her how to play guitar. From county fairs to
corporate trade shows, live concerts, in recording studios, or before millions on television, Fricke's individual sound and performance personality has captivated audiences around the world.
Fricke began her career singing in a "little church up the road"
where her mother played piano. She sang at local coffeehouses, high
school events, as well as her way through college where she obtained
her degree from Indiana University in elementary education. Fricke then
chose a musical career, working in Memphis, Dallas and Los Angeles.
There, as one of the marketing industry's most successful jingle singers,
her voice became known to millions as the voice for such advertising
giants as United Airlines, Coca-Cola, 7-Up, and Red Lobster. Her voice
led her to singing sessions for Country artists such as Loretta Lynn,
Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell, Mel Tillis,
Johnny Duncan and others. She has also been given the privilege to sing
on albums for Charlie Rich and Elvis Presley, after their deaths. It was a
line in Johnny Duncan's single “Stranger” that ultimately gained the
most attention for Fricke. When it hit the top of the charts in 1977, fans
wanted to know who sang the line, "Shut out the light and lead me..."
The music industry took notice as her voice was heard on duets with
Merle Haggard, Moe Bandy and others, leading her to her first major
recording contract.
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Fricke soon began to dominate the country charts with smash hits
such as “Don't Worry' Bout Me Baby,” “He's a Heartache” and “You're
Heart's Not In It.” It was only a matter of time before she started winning
awards. Included among them are: Country Music Association's Female
Vocalist of the Year, Music City News Female Vocalist of the Year, "Billboard" Top Country Female Vocalist, "CashBox” Top Country Female
Vocalist, Academy of Country Music
Female Vocalist of the Year, Britishbased Country Music Round Up Most
Popular International Female Solo
Act, and she was chosen to the Country Music Hall of Fame Walkway of
Stars. Twice she has been nominated
for the coveted Grammy Award, once
for her “It ain't Easy Being Easy.” In
her recording career, Janie has released 23 albums and 36 hit singles.
When she relaxes she spends
time with her husband Jeff and her
animals. She attends church near her
home: remembering from childhood
the importance of her confirmation.
Thankful for her blessings, Janie Recording artist and CMA Award
feels these values have helped her winner Janie Fricke performs
become the woman she is today. during the Labor Day celebration in
From an Indiana farm girl to an inter- Catlettsburg, KY in September of
2008. Fricke will perform during
nationally acclaimed recording artist, CWAB®’s Services Division celeshe has never lost the pure heart and
bration on August 22nd, 2009.
love of music that launched her career.
And today, Janie Fricke sings on..
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JANIE FRICKE FACTS:
B IRTH D ATE : December 19th
FAVORITES :
Place: Albuquerque & Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Musical Styles: Country, Rock'N'Roll, Folk, Early Motown, and Top 40.
Food: Mexican.
Hobbies: Designing home accent pieces such as pillows and throws.
R ECORDED
WITH :
Elvis Presley, Ronnie Milsap, Loretta Lynn, Alabama, Johnny Duncan, Eddie Rabbit, Charlie Rich, and others.
A LBUM P ROJECTS :
From 1977 to 1999, Janie has recorded 23 albums.
H ONORS /AWARDS :
Country Music Association: Female Vocalist of the Year (1983), Country Music Association: Female Vocalist of the Year (1982), Academy of Country Music: Female
Vocalist of the Year (1984), Billboard Magazine: Top Country Female Vocalist (1983),
Country Music Round Up (Britain): Most Popular International Solo Act--Female
(1986), RIAA: Multi Gold & Platinum Sales Awards, World Wide Grammy Nominations: Best Female Country Performance, Best Duet Performance wth Charlie Rich.
C OMMERCIALS :
Dial Corporation, Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster, 7-Up, McDonalds,
and United Airlines.
C AREER S HOWS :
The White House: President Ford, Camp David Maryland: President Reagan, Ford
Theater: President Bush, Webley Stadium Festival.
C HARITY W ORK :
St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the Arthritis Foundation.
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Video Production Continues
As part of the ongoing schedule of taping sessions for an agency-wide
video, WQCW production director Dennie Large chose numerous
camera angles of interest during a recent pottery class (top) for CWAB®
consumers at the Huntington Museum of Art and during the Easter Egg
Hunt for Teubert kids (bottom) at the Paul Slone Recreation Center. The
video project will be completed sometime this summer.
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Antique Show and Sale Announced
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Pottery at the
Galleries
Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind recently began a series of pottery classes at the Huntington Museum of Art. This six-week course,
held each Wednesday afternoon, gives consumers a chance to experience working with potters clay to create a variety of individual works to
suit taste and need. The class instructor Kathleen Kneafsey works with
each student to develop style and technique. Recreational Coordinator
Linda Worthy says the class is a fun learning experience.
To learn more about future recreational activities, call the Services
Division at 304-522-6991.
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Recipe of the Month
Ingredients:
Pie Crust:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup butter, cut up
1/4 cup ice water, more or less
.
Filling:
1/2 cup butter, unsalted, melted
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
2 tablespoons Kentucky Bourbon
Preparation:
Crust:
Mix all except water in food processor until crumbly.
Slowly add ice water until mixture just holds together.
Wrap in a flat circle in plastic wrap; Chill overnight.
Form into pie pan.
Filling:
B e a t e g g s w i t h c o o l e d b u t t e r. A d d f l o u r & s u g a r. B e a t u n t i l m i x e d w e l l .
Gently fold in pecans, chocolate & bourbon. Add mixture to pie shell. Bake at 350°
for about 30 minutes, or until set. Serve with fresh whipped cream.
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D ERBY C ELEBRATION :
Derby Celeebration: Traditional Kentucky Recipes
Traditional Kentucky Recipes
More than just a horse race, the Kentucky Derby, has been the opening event for
Kentucky's Spring season for well over a century. During the ten days preceding
the Derby, there are balloon races, steamboat races, picnics, and parades; all wonderful reasons for parties and gatherings.
Kentucky Cuisine
Like most regional cuisines, Kentucky's cooking has had many influences.
Native Americans, there when the first settlers arrived, introduced corn and many
of their uses for it with cornmeal, grits, hominy. Settlers from the British Isles
brought farming principles and techniques for preserving ham and distilling
whiskey. African Americans played an important part in the development, serving
as cooks in the South. Their use of seasonings, a variety of greens, and okra, all
have direct links to Africa.
The varied regions of Kentucky have contributed their own unique foods and
dishes to the state's culinary evolution. Louisville's influences come from its grand
hotels, mix of ethnic backgrounds, and foods associated with the Kentucky Derby.
Central Kentucky has contributed its farm-style cooking, while Appalachia gave
rise to the simple "country dishes," due to subsistence farming and isolation. The
Western part of the state is noted for its unique style of barbecue, which often features mutton.
Many of the fine regional dishes were refined in Kentucky inns. Some of the
early inns are still in operation today. Bardstown's Old Talbott Tavern, Berea's
Boone Tavern, and Harrodsburg's Beaumont Inn are a few examples. Restaurant
dining, especially in Louisville and Lexington, has developed over the years to rival
that of any other metropolitan area.
Many Kentuckians have contributed to the culinary arts. Duncan Hines was
one of the first to compile a dining guide that became widely accepted, and is probably most remembered for lending his name to the one of the earliest cake mixes.
Dean Fearing, from Ashland, wrote the cookbook Mansion on Turtle Creek, and is
widely regarded as the Chef responsible for starting many of the Southwestern
food trends in America. Other authors like Camille Glenn, Cissy Gregg, and Marion Flexner have produced wonderful classic cookbooks, helping preserve the heritage of Kentucky cuisine.
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Te u b e r t P r e p D o e s t h e
“Bunny Hop”
It was all fun and games for seven families of Teubert Prep
children Saturday, April 4th as the annual Easter Egg Hunt and
Party was held at the Paul Slone Activities Center of CabellWayne Association of the Blind.
Participants searched for “beeping” eggs outdoors then returned inside to eat snacks, color eggs, dance, and play games.
The Teubert Prep program offers blind, legally blind,
and visually impaired infants to young adults the opportunity
to participate in a variety of indoor and outdoor recreational activities while learning interactive skills and techniques.
For more information, call CWAB® at 304-522-6991.
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2009ofCalendar
2009 Calendar
Events
May 2009
of Events
M AY
1st & 2nd – Rummage and Bake Sale
6th – Potting Party
21st - Parents Group and “TalentShare” for Teubert Prep
25th – Office closed for Memorial Day
J UNE
13th – Summer picnic
J ULY
3rd – Office Closed for Independence Day
10th – McClanahan Memorial Concert
A UGUST
22nd – Services Division Celebration
S EPTEMBER
7th – Office Closed for Labor Day
19th – “5K Run/Walk and Ride for Sight”
O CTOBER
16th – Adult Consumer Halloween Party
N OVEMBER
2nd – Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
26th – Office closed for Thanksgiving
27th – Office closed for Thanksgiving
D ECEMBER
5th – Annual Christmas Dinner
25th – Office closed for Christmas
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“Hatching” A Good Fund-raiser
For staff members and volunteers, making Easter Eggs as a
fund-raiser for Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind is a labor
of love. With nearly 1,300 sold for the 2009 season, the agency
will use the funds to support programs to benefit the blind and
visually impaired of Cabell and Wayne County of West Virginia.
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May 2009
ATTENTION CONSUMERS!
The annual Consumers vs. Staff Bowling Tournament
scheduled for Saturday, May 9th
HAS BEEN CANCELLED!
The last day for bowling will be Monday, May 11th.
A small tournament among bowling regulars will be
held at that time.
For more details, call 304-522-6991.
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.
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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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