Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind, Inc. Executive Officers: Patricia Fitzpatrick, President Joyce Smith, Vice President Brenda Blake, Secretary Bobbi Swanson, Treasurer Board Members: Kenneth Hicks, Ernie Golder, Mark Oldaker, Eddy Adkins, Cheryl Asbury, Carol Clemons, Heather McComas Published monthly by: CWAB, Inc. 38 Washington Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 (304) 522-6991 Fax (304) 522-6924 e-mail: cwabadm@cabellwayne.org Internet: www.cabellwayne.org Paul Slone, Executive Director Jerry Crabtree, Editor Major funding provided by the Teubert Foundation Unless otherwise noted, all material property of CWAB, Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without prior written consent is prohibited.
Mission and Vision Statements Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind Mission and Vision Statements OUR MISSION: 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. OUR VISION: 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 ON THE COVER A photo sampling of items sold during the annual Rummage & Bake sale conducted by CWAB the weekend of April 1, 2011.
ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC............................ 2 MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS...................... 4 FROM THE DIRECTOR S DESK......................... 6 NARRATOR OF THE MONTH........................... 8 CWAB VOLUNTEER, BENNY KEY DIES................ 10 NARRATING THE ARTS............................. 11 2011 5K RUN/WALK FOR SIGHT.................... 12 2011 RIDE FOR SIGHT........................... 13 AGENCY STORE READY TO SERVE.................... 14 WHITE CANE DAY 2011............................ 16 CWAB IS AN OTTLITE DEALER.................... 17 MCCLANAHAN MEMORIAL CONCERT................... 18 2011 CALENDAR OF EVENTS........................ 19 SUPPORT GROUP MEETING SCHEDULE.................. 20 GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE BY E-MAIL.................... 21 RECIPE OF THE MONTH............................ 22 CONTROL YOUR ASSETS AFTER YOU ARE GONE.......... 24 GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE SUPPORTERS.............. 25 ASSOCIATION MEETING SCHEDULE..................... 26 CWAB SERVICES............................... 27
From the Director s Desk Paul Slone Hello Everyone! April has been busy - very busy, and productive! Staff, volunteers, and I have been doing our best to keep ahead of the rummage and Easter eggs! Speaking of rummage, this year s Rummage and Bake Sale netted $4,800 for the Services Division! I would like to thank consumers Joanna Holbrook, Eddy Adkins, and Clarence Martin for assisting with the Rummage & Bake Sale. Consumers Marvine Hurst, Bobbi Swanson, Brenda Blake, as well as volunteer Pam Preston should receive our thanks for donating baked goods. Staff members Rhonda (Spears), Lori (Spears), Linda (Worthy), Toni (Walls), Milla (Flaugher), Dianna (Ward), Mark (Floyd), and Gordon (Bloss) all did an outstanding job! Once again, our thanks to everyone! Our annual Easter Egg Sale was another success. The exact dollar amount is not known at this time. I ll fill you in on that later. I d like to thank Heather McComas for volunteering to answer our office phone while staff was assisting in making eggs, as well as collecting and selling rummage. I would also like to thank volunteers Brenda Hoback, Debbie Hoback, former staff member Kermit Nance and wife Pat, current staff
May 2011 Page 7 members Rhonda (Spears), Lori (Spears), Toni (Walls), Linda (Worthy), Dianna (Ward), Milla (Flaugher) all for their work in making the Easter Eggs. Our future events will include the Potting Party the first Wednesday in May, and the summer picnic the first Saturday in June. We re all excited about the June 11th trip to Jenny Wiley in Paintsville for dinner and a play. This is our first trip in several years. Be sure to sign up before all the seats are gone! It seems repetitive to say thank you as often as I do, but I really need to express appreciation to the staff and volunteers for their countless hours of hard work to make sure each event we plan, each fundraiser we host is a success. To all, I tip my hat to you with gratitude. Until our next event... The Easter Egg Session April 11th-13th saw the CWAB staff preparing more than 1,500 Easter Eggs as an annual fundraiser. Pictured counterclockwise: Kermit Nance, Toni Walls, Rhonda Spears; eggs being decorated; Toni Walls places a tray of eggs in the freezer for firming; boxes awaiting eggs.
Page 8 May 2011 Jerry Crabtree Media-Marketing Manager Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind
May 2011 Page 9 The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE Narrator of the Month for April 2011 was CWAB Media-Marketing Manager Jerry Crabtree. Crabtree is responsible for publishing the various forms of the GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE. When I first came to CWAB The magazine was very different, Crabtree says. It was more like a newsletter. he added. The printing process was so much more complicated. We printed four pages - two on the front, and two on the back - on sheets of paper eleven by seventeen inches. The pages were then sorted and stacked to form one issue. It was then stapled and folded. Address labels were printed and placed on the front of each magazine. All this work was done by hand. We had two separate mailings - one for our consumers, the others for businesses and the general public. The whole process was very time consuming, he stated. To put out one monthly issue took about four days of work - including doing the braille and tape copies, Crabtree said. We later added the CD issue along with the website access. If I was still doing it the old way, it would take me a week! he grinned. Now the process is pretty much automated - for the print copy anyway. It still takes time to use the software to build an issue. We go through three, maybe four copies before all the bugs and errors are ironed out. Our current copier can put out a thirty-plus page book in under a minute. That's including stapling, he said. We no longer use address labels. Addresses are inserted in a Microsoft Word document from a database. This document is used as the magazine s back, or address page. I can only imagine what future production methods will be like. I have gone from a four-day printing time down to a one-day job. It can only get better from here! he said smiling.
Page 10 May 2011 CWAB Volunteer, Mourns Loss Of A Friend Benny Key Dies GREGORY Benny KEY, 62, of Kenova, WV, died Friday, March 25, 2011, at his home. He was born Sept. 7, 1948, in Huntington, WV, a son of the late H. N. and Alberta Turner Key. Benny was a talented musician who was associated with many musical and theatrical organizations in both the Tri-State area and New York City. He is survived by one sister and brother-in-law, Darla and David Slater of Huntington; a niece, Andi Tilly and her husband Jason; a great niece, Erin Tilly, all of Clearwater, FL; one uncle, John Turner of Kenova; two aunts, Geraldine Tait and Leanna Ford; and several cousins. The family received friends from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2011, at Rollins Funeral Home. Funeral services began at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial followed in Woodmere Cemetery in Huntington, WV. Flowers were accepted and memorial contributions may be made to Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind for which Benny volunteered. Condolences Posing after a support group meeting may be expressed at in December of 2005, Benny Key, www.rollinsfh.com. Juanita Souder, and Beth McVay.
May 2011 Page 11 Narrating The Arts Narrating The Arts Describing art, plays, film and video for the visually impaired Visible elements of any object, whether it be a painting, a play, movie, or television program, helps convey meaning, feelings, or enjoyment to its audience. If any member of that audience is either blind or visually impaired, then the full scope of enjoyment intended for the audience as a whole is lost. The Huntington Museum of Art recently hosted a workshop for audio describers to help eliminate the lack of description of any art form. William (Bill) Patterson, founder of Audio Descriptive Solutions headed a two-day workshop April 7th & 8th to train individuals in proper methods of describing for the blind and visually impaired. Patterson has worked in arts accessibility and audio description for more than 30 years and narrates audio description for films, videos, television, photo exhibits and computer interactive stations for the National Park Service, other government agencies, and independent production companies. Workshop attendees were taught guidelines for proper description of a variety of media. Training included classroom exercises and hands-on applications such as in-person describing of actual artwork within the galleries. The workshop was sponsored by the Appalachian Education Initiative and the Huntington Museum of Art with support from VSA, the international organization for the arts and disability, through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Additional support was provided by the Center for Excellence in Disabilities at West Virginia University.
Page 12 May 2011 2011 5K Run/Walk For Sight
May 2011 Page 13 2011 Ride For Sight
Page 14 May 2011 Open For Business! Agency Store Ready To Serve Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind s new Low Vision Store has officially opened and is community accessible, offering the general public the opportunity to inspect and see demonstrations of a variety of items which enhance the daily living skills of the visually impaired of Cabell and Wayne County. The store, located in the lobby of the agency s Services Division, will allow its visitors the opportunity to purchase a variety of low vision aids. Items such as signature guides, clocks, watches, magnifiers, TV remotes, large print calendars, and kitchen aids are among those on display. The store is open during the agency s regular office hours which are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For inquiries, you may also call 304-522-6991.
May 2011 Page 15 Magnifiers Jumbo Remote Control Talking Blood Pressure Monitors Big Button Remote Control Kitchen Aids Double Spatula Cordless Phones with Caller ID Tactile Timers Big Button Speaker Phone Talking Watches Talking Calculators Pill Organizers Large Print Address Books & Calendars
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CWAB is an OttLite dealer Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind is proud to announce its partnership with OttLite, the manufacturer of a series of reading lamps specifically beneficial to the visually impaired. For details about OttLite and their products, visit www.ottlitebettervision.com/slone, or call CWAB s Services Division at 304-522-6991. OttLite reading lamps from left, clockwise: DesignPro Floor Lamp, Crane Desk/Clamp Lamp, and the Rechargeable Battery Task Lamp.
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May 2011 Page 19 2011 Calendar of Events June 4th................... Annual Summer Picnic June 11th.................... Trip to Jenny Wiley July 4th.............. Closed for Independence Day July 8th............. McClanahan Memorial Concert August 19th.......... Volunteer Appreciation Dinner August 27th..... 9th Annual 5K Run/Walk for Sight September 5th............... Closed for Labor Day September 17th......... 3rd Annual Ride for Sight October 15th..................... White Cane Day October 20th.......... Teubert Prep Halloween Party October 21st... Halloween Party for Adult Consumers November 24th & 25th...... Closed for Thanksgiving December 3rd........... Annual Christmas Dinner December 26th............... Closed for Christmas 2011 Adult Recreation Schedule Bowling, May 2nd!
Page 20 May 2011 GROUP LEADER MEETING DAYAY MEETING TIMEIME A Eddy Adkins 2nd & 4th Thurs. 10 a.m. to Noon B Paul Slone 1st & 3rd Thurs. 10 a.m. to Noon C Working D Diabetic Joyce Smith 2nd & 4th Thurs. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Kim Blake 1st Tues. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. F Brenda Blake 2nd & 4th Tues. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Parents Mary Parsons Third Thursday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
May 2011 Page 21 GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE by e-mail offers alternative The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE offers a variety of formats to suit the vision requirements of its readers - large print, Braille, audio tape & CD, computer disk, web text, web audio, PDF file format, and email - all available at no cost to anyone who wishes to receive it. It is the email edition we would like to highlight here. On average, CWAB produces over 900 copies of its magazine each month. The majority are print editions circulated to consumers and the general public. Each issue requires expenditures for ink, paper, cassettes, CD's, packaging, and postage. The most cost effective edition to produce is email. As you can guess, email issues use no ink, paper, packaging, or postage. Recipients of email issues simply open the message on their computer and read or let their screen reader software read it for them. As CWAB s Media-Marketing department searches for more efficient and cost effective means to reach its consumers and the community - we urge you to consider changing your print, tape, or CD subscription to an email-only one. Doing so will greatly assist CWAB in continuing to provide services. For more information, please call 304-522-6991.
Page 22 22 May 2011 INGREDIENTS 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 2 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup butter 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 eggs 3/4 cup white sugar 1/3 cup butter 3 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons vanilla extract D IRECTIONS Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. In a large bowl, mix the flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Blend in buttermilk, 1 cup of butter, 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 4 eggs. Beat for 3 minutes at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.
May 2011 Page 23 Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Prick holes in the still warm cake. Slowly pour sauce over cake. Let cake cool before removing from pan. To Make Butter Sauce: In a saucepan combine the remaining 3/4 cups sugar, 1/3 cup butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the water. Cook over medium heat, until fully melted and combined, but do not boil. Recipe from: www.allrecipes.com
Page 24 May 2011 Control Your Assets After You Are Gone Cabell-Wayne Control Association Your Assets of the After Blind relies You heavily Are Gone the generosity of our community for continued financial support. Please consider CWAB when planning your final expenses. Your gift would greatly benefit the blind and visually impaired of Cabell and Wayne Counties of West Virginia. With your help, vital services such as transportation, rehabilitation, mobility training, or adaptive technology can continue to enrich the lives of those in need. For details, please call the Services Division at 304-522-6991.
May 2011 Page 25 GUIDE PAGEAGE MAGAZINE supporters! GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE supporters are important. They provide goods and services which are essential to the continuance of this magazine. If, in the course of your day, you patronize one of our supporters, please tell them you saw, or heard their name mentioned in the GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE, and let them know how much you appreciate their support! Your business would be a welcome GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE supporter! Call 304-522-6991, ext. 15 for details!
Page 26 May 2011 ALL CONSUMERS of Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind are urged to attend regularly scheduled monthly association meetings. These meetings are designed to keep consumers informed and up-to-date on events and activities of the Services Division and topics relative to the association as a whole. Remember, to have a quorum, to be able to discuss and vote on association business, a fifty-percent plus one voting members must be present. Free transportation to these meetings is provided upon request with advance notice and scheduling availability. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. May 17 June 21 July 19