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IDB Bids Farewell to Director Keninger
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15, 2012
Blind Youth Test Braille Skills in Annual Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 17, 2012
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25
WHERE: Iowa Department for the Blind, 524 Fourth St., Des Moines, IA
Blind and visually impaired youth from across Iowa will come to Des Moines on Saturday, Feb. 25 to test their Braille skills in the annual Iowa Braille Challenge.
Traveling Exhibit Highlights History of Blindness in Iowa
FOR IMMEDIEATE RELEASE
February 20, 2012
Des Moines, IA – Blind Iowans are giving voice to the rich and varied history that’s been too long absent from Iowa’s history.
Features
Departments
- Independent Living: Changing Attitudes and Influencing Lives; Kathryn's Story; I Can
- Vocational Rehabilitation: Iowa: A State of Firsts in Vocational Rehabilitation
- Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: The Evolution of Audio Magazines; Booklist; From the Librarian
From the Director
In December, I retired my Seeing Eye Dog Korbin after seven years of excellent partnership.
Korbin was ready to retire, but I am not. So I flew to New Jersey and over a period of three weeks trained with my new guide dog, Jimi.
I have partnered with a Seeing Eye dog since I graduated from high school, and for me, using a guide dog is as natural and imperative as walking. However, here at the IDB, our emphasis in training is on the long white cane.
From the Editor
The Department for the Blind has a rich and complex history. As with any history you read, there are events that can produce an outcome no one saw coming. Such an event happened in Iowa. Within this issue you’ll discover how the long, white cane came to Iowa and changed lives.
Inside you’ll learn how the cane is an intrinsic part of the Department’s philosophy and programs; read about how the IL program changed one woman’s life; and discover how the library is stepping into the future.
Contents
White Cane Magazine, Winter 2012 Volume 3, Issue 1
Upcoming Events & Notes
Notes
Director
Karen Keninger
karen.keninger@blind.state.ia.us
Deputy Director
Bruce Snethen
bruce.snethen@blind.state.ia.us
Commission for the Blind
Next meeting: December 20 at noon
Mike Hoenig, commission chair
Steve Hagemoser, member
Peggy Elliott, member
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