This is the GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE web text edition for

May 2018.

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1The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE is published monthly by:

CWAB® (registered trademark), Inc., 38 Washington

Avenue, Huntington, WV 25701.

Phone (304) 522-6991, Fax (304) 522-6924

e-mail: cwabadm@cabellwayne.org

Internet: www.cabellwayne.org or www.cwab.org

Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind, Inc.

Executive Officers:

Joann Wallace - President

Vice President position will be filled at a later date

Leah Thompson - Secretary

Brenda Fletcher- Treasurer

Board Members: Laundle Powers, Wanda Annis,

Mike Fitzpatrick, Sue Canterbury, James O’Neil, Trish

Walker, and Mark Oldaker

Emeritus members: Ken Hicks, and Ernie Golder

Paul Slone, Executive Director

Jerry Crabtree, GUIDE PAGE editor

Major funding provided by the Teubert Foundation,

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® (registered trademark) 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.

Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind will be hosting

their annual Spring Rummage and Bake Sale, Thursday

and Friday, May 3ed and 4th, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each

day. Great lunch specials available. YOU WON’T

BELIEVE THE BARGAINS! For pick-up of your items,

call 304-522-6991.

Volume 29, Issue 5, May 2018

In this issue: Mission and Vision Statements, Spring

Rummage & Bake Sale, From the Director’s Desk, Trip

To Jenny Wiley, GUIDE PAGE “Narrator of the Month”,

Potting Party Time!, Eddy Adkins Passes, GUIDE PAGE

Audio Now A Podcast!, CD Audio Editions Now Have

Tracks, McClanahan Concert Coming!, Excerpts From,

“The Rock”, by Kermit Nance, Wednesday Recreation,

Support Groups, Wyngate Car Show, Activities

Calendar for 2018, Association Meeting Schedule,

CWAB® Services.

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ON THE COVER: Association Vice-President, Support

Group Leader, and Consumer Eddy Adkins.

FROM THE DIRECTOR’s DESK

Hello Everyone!

Let me begin this month by thanking everyone who

made, sold, or bought Easter Eggs during our recent

sale. As expected, we sold out within two weeks! It is

teamwork like this that makes us so successful with all

our fund-raisers.

Speaking of fund-raisers, our next big event will be

the Spring Rummage and Bake sale! This sale will be

held Thursday, and Friday, May 3rd and 4th. If you

have items to donate, call the Services Division office,

we will be glad to make arrangements to pick your

items up. Make your plans to shop with us - YOU 

WON’T BELIEVE THE BARGAINS!

Other upcoming events will include the “Potting

Party”, Summer Picnic, and our trip to the Jenny Wiley

Theater. Come on out and join us for some great fun!

I would like to take this moment to congratulate

Ken Hicks and Ernie Golder on returning to our Board

of Directors as emeritus Members. The association

membership voted for their return to show their

gratitude to them for their guidence and hard work they

do for the blind and visually impaired of their

community. Again, congratulations Ken and Ernie!

It is with great saddness that I offer condolences to

the family of Eddy Adkins. Adkins, a longtime

consumer and board member, passed away Easter

weekend. His presence, energy, sense of humor, and

efforts with volunteering, will be greatly missed.

We will be receiving two new shuttles in the near

future. With this in mind, I would like to remind

consumers and volunteers who regularly use

transportation, PLEASE DO NOT bring food or drink

onto these vehicles! You have no idea the havoc that

can be caused due to an accident with these items. Be

an adult and show some respect for your fellow

travelers

Until next time - remember, my door is always

OPEN!.

This year’s Summer trip will be on Tuesday, June 19th

to the Jenny Wiley Ampitheatre, (in Prestonsburg, KY),

to attend the play, “Footloose!” You may bring a

sighted guide. There will be fifty seats available. Once

all seats are spoken for, a waiting list will be made.

The bus will depart the Services Division by 4 p.m.

We will return between 12 and 12:30 a.m. Dinner

served at the lodge.

If you sign up and DO NOT ATTEND this trip, you

will be REQUIRED to reimburse Cabell-Wayne for the

cost of your place on the trip.

To sign-up, call the Services Division at 304-522-

6991.

THERE IS A GRAPHIC OF A PASSENGER BUS WITH

THIS ARTICE.

The GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE’s “Narrator of the Month”

for April 2018, was Cabell-Wayne’s Media-Marketing

Manager Jerry Crabtree.

First, let me offer a big “THANK YOU”, to Paul

Slone and my co-workers for the very nice party

honoring my 20th anniversary with Cabell-Wayne! I

would also like to thank those consumers who

attended, and offer a special thank you to those who

presented me with cards and gifts. Your generosity is

greatly appreciated!

Later in this issue, you will read about something

of which I am especially proud - the availability of the

GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE’s audio in podcast form!

Podcasting and podcasts are a popular form of

presenting audio material in a timely and regular

fashion. Coupled with the use of Apple’s iTunes and

the Podcasting app, a wide variety of podcasts are

available on a variety of subjects. The biggest

advantage of having the GUIDE PAGE audio in podcast

form is portability. Now, you are no longer tied to your

audio CD, or your computer, for that matter! Since you

most likely will always have your smartphone at your

fingertips, then you will always have your GUIDE PAGE 

audio with you! Neat!

Full details can be found on page 12.

To add, or modify your FREE subscription to the

GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE, information on services,

volunteering, or planned giving, please reach out to our

Services Division office at 304-522-6991.

THERE IS ONE SMALL INSET PHOTO OF TAYLOR

EATON WITH THIS ARTICLE.

POTTING PARTY TIME!

The party will be held Wednesday, May 9th at the

Activities Center. A light lunch and dessert will be

served. You must sign-up by Friday, May 4th to attend.

Call 304-522-6991 to schedule your transportation!

THERE IS A FULL-PAGE PHOTO OF CONSUMER MIKE

NUCE WITH THIS ARTICLE. Nuce, with his mobility

cane tucked under his left arm, is seen placing a

flowered plant inside a pot. The caption reads,

“PICTURED: Consumer Mike Nuce seats his flowers

during the 2017 Cabell-Wayne “Potting Party.”

Association Vice-President, Support Group Leader,

Eddy Adkins Dies

The CWAB® community was recently stunned to learn

of the untimely death of association vice-president, and

support group leader Eddy Adkins.

Adkins, 63, of Huntington, was a staunch supporter

of Cabell-Wayne and was always ready and willing to

lend a hand wherever needed.

Eddy was a former board member, association

officer, and also was a regular attendee of the annual

“potting Party”, and was always lending a hand to

assist during both Spring and Fall rummage and bake

sales. He was a regular at bowling as well.

Transportation provider Gordon Bloss and Eddy

were great friends, having shared many hunting and

fishing outings. Eddy had many other Cabell-Wayne

friends including staff members, and consumers.

Joann Wallace will assume the role of leader for

Eddy’s support group. A temporary vice-president will

soon be appointed. This person will serve in the post

until elections are held this coming October.

Staff, board, and consumers extend their deepest

sympathy to the Adkins family.

JAMES EDDY ADKINS, 63, of Huntington, passed away

Friday, March 30, 2018, at Cabell Huntington Hospital.

Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday,

April 3, 2018, at Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel with

Pastor Mike Dillon officiating. Burial followed at Mt.

Vernon Cemetery, Wayne. He was born July 24, 1954, in

Huntington, a son of Glenna Mae Hazelette Adkins of

Huntington and the late Ottie Adkins Jr. He was

preceded in death by a brother, Danny Lee Adkins. He

was retired from Marshall University and was very

active with the Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters,

Hilda Ferguson and Charlotte Ann Roush; three nieces,

Chrissy Ferguson, Kathy Jo Ferguson and Amy Dawn

Francis; one nephew, Isaac Ray Williams; a great niece,

Tori Lynn Ferrell; and a cousin, Rose Marie Gray.

Visitation was one hour prior to the service at Wallace

Funeral Home, Barboursville. In lieu of flowers,

contributions may be made to Cabell-Wayne

Association of the Blind.

Online condolences may be expressed to the

family at:  www.timeformemory.com/wallace.

Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Apr. 2, 2018

THERE IS A SMALL INSET PHOTO OF ADKINS WITH

THIS ARTICLE. The photo is a cropped version of the

issue cover page, which shows Adkins sitting on a

leather recliner. He is wearing his “signature” blue-

tinted glasses, a CWAB® shirt and ballcap. He has his

legs crossed, (not seen), and his chin is resting on his

fingers.

Going “digital”, brings the ability to take an audio or

video file and transfer it actoss multiple platforms:

internet, computer, smartphone, etc. This digitization

makes sharing entertainment files simpler, more

convenient, and also provides an opportunity to share

material to a wider audience.

Since creating our website,

(www.cwab.org/cabellwayne.org), and the development

of our audio CD, Cabell-Wayne Association of the

Blind’s advancement from audio tape has made the

narrative of the GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE more widely

available, and easily accessible. It’s only natural that a

progression of change be inevitible.

Beginning with the March 2018 issue of the

magazine’s audio edition, a “podcast” issue has been

made available.

A “Podcast” is defined as, “a digital audio file

made available on the Internet for downloading to a

computer or mobile device, typically available as a

series, new installments of which can be received by

subscribers automatically.”

Accessing these issues is simple. You must have

iTunes installed on your computer, or have the iTunes

or Podcast apps installed on your smartphone.

Log into the iTunes store with your Apple ID and

pasword. (The iTunes program looks like the image in

Figure A). In the upper right-hand corner of iTunes,

type, “Guide Page Magazine”. Press <ENTER>. You

will be presented with a second screen showing several

entries. Since “GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE” also includes

the word, “GUIDE”, there might be other podcasts

included in that search.

From this second screen you will see a large image

of the cover of a recent magazine, click it. On the

following screen, on the left side you will find the word,

“Subscribe”. Click that. You will be presented with a

message stating by clicking “Subscribe” again, you will

automatically recieve future episodes when they are

made available. (See Figure B).

This new delivery system for the GUIDE PAGE 

MAGAZINE is not meant for a substitute for your

monthly CD, rather it is an alternate method of getting

your audio.

Questions, contact the Services Division at 304-

522-6991.

THERE ARE TWO PHOTOS WITH THIS ARTICLE –

BOTH PHOTOS ARE A SCREENSHOT OF ITUNES. The

first photo shows iTunes main page. The caption

reads, “FIGURE A: This is the iTunes user interface

window. Your podcast, when subscribed, will appear in

the “Library” section.” The second photo, also a

screenshot, is of a “podcast” screen. Its caption reads,

“FIGURE B: This is the podcast selection window. It is

from here where you can play individual podcasts, as

well as subscribe to a podcast.”

CD Audio Editions Now Have Tracks

Recent iquiries have led to changes in the audio CD 

edition. It is now “track-selectable”. This means you

now have the ability to skip a segment, or go back to

replay a particular story. If you have a CD player with

visual indicators, you will see the total time for the

entire audio edition, plus a number for how many

tracks, or stories there are Those stories could be 30

or more in any given audio edition.

Thanks to Wanda Annis for her request and input on

behalf of the association, this significient change will

greatly increase the flexibility of maneuvering through

the audio CD.

The GUIDE PAGE audio edition can also be placed onto

a thumb drive, (at the consumer’s request, and

expense). This thumb drive can be used in most, if not

all current-day computers.

If you have any questions, PLEASE direct them to any

staff member. It will get re-directed for the right

answer. If you rather, ask Wanda Annis, or your

association president Joann Wallace.

To subscribe to any format of the GUIDE PAGE 

MAGAZINE, contact the Services Division office at 304-

522-6991.

Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind will again

present the McClanahan Memorial Concert on Friday,

July 6th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Paul R. Slone Activities

Center, (located at 63 West 3rd Ave., across from Taylor

Metal). Plenty of food, dun, and a silent auction. For

more details, call 304-522-6991!

This month’s installment of “The Rock” will conclude

with a final chapters, an Epilogue, and some thoughts

from the author, Kermit Nance.

XX. New Face in School ---

Louista Smith appeared at the school early in her

eighth grade year. She had transferred from a school

in Gallia County that no one had heard of, not even Mr.

Downs. She immediately became the center of

everyone’s attention. The kids at school became so

absorbed with her that they even stopped calling the

teacher “Mr. Ups” behind his back!

They figured out that she was an average student,

never making the best grade nor the worst on any test

given to her and the other four eighth graders in the

school. She dressed better than most of the girls. That

fact alone made her the object of envy in the school.

But her overriding trait was not her grades or her

wardrobe. Unfortunately, it was her face! She had a

sharp nose that drooped down over her upper lip and a

long bony chin that jutted outward. In fact, she could

have been a poster child for the American Witches

Association had there been such a thing. The poor

dear was undeniably homely.

Some of the boys almost immediately began bullying

her on the playground, accusing her of riding to school

on a broom among other cruelties. Mr. Downs put a

stop to that by paddling five boys one day right after

lunch hour when Louista reported the bullying to him.

The paddlings were carried out in front of the whole

school to be both a punishment to the guilty culprits

and a warning to any more would-be offenders.

However, she had one redeeming quality…her

generosity! She happily shared her ample paper bag

lunches with a growing number of the girls. Sometimes,

she was known to lend quarters or half-dollars to needy

girls. While doing this, she also let it be known that she

was about like most other thirteen-year-old girls! She

desperately wanted a boyfriend!

But none of the older boys were interested in having

anything to do with “Miss Witch” as they called her

when out of hearing range of Mr. Downs or Louista.

Most had gone so far as to make a pact among

themselves to not even talk to her unless they just had

to regarding school matters.

On the playground her flirtatious glances at attractive

boys near her age were met with averted eyes and

turned backs. Louista watched with fascination and

increasing jealousy as some of the couples who “liked”

one another either ducked behind the big Rock by the

creek or sneaked into the nearby brush for a couple

stolen minutes to satisfy their growing desires for the

sensual pleasures of the flesh caused by their raging

adolescent hormones! Oh, how she longed to be the

object of some cute guy’s desire! But no one ever

approached her with such scandalous ideas.

Increasingly despairing, a plan began to incubate

within her. She would spread the word amongst the

older girls that she would actually pay money to any

boy, sixth grade or older, who would be willing to kiss

her! Yes, that’s what she would do! Now to figure out

how much she would pay was the next task. Five

dollars…ten…twenty? Money was not a problem for

Louista! Her family, unlike the other school families,

was very well-to-do. Twenty! Yes, that would be the

sum she would pay! Surely, one of the boys would yield

to that much temtation!

Word spread like wildfire through the small school

population at noon hour the next day. Small groupings

of excited girls clumped around the playground talking

only in hushed whispers. Clusters of boys could be

seen, also whispering, with heads shaking left to right

in over exaggerated motions of absolute negativity! Mr.

Downs had never seen anything like this, and, oddest

of all, no one was coming forward with any information!

It continued the next day and Mr. Downs began to be

fearful for his own safety. There had been several

grumblings against his teaching methods in the last

couple months.

Then, as suddenly as it began, all the small groups of

whisperers stopped on the next day. What Mr. Downs

did not know was what had happened after school the

day before on the road just west of the Rock. So

absorbed with his own paper work, he had not noticed

that nearly all of the students had gone west after

school yesterday afternoon, even the ones who lived

east! Poor Mr. Downs was not the brightest bulb in

Teacher Land.

Someone had finally succumbed to the temptation of

twenty dollars! Leo Olsen had never seen twenty

dollars in his whole life. He had resisted at first, but

then told his teasing friends “I don’t care how ugly she

is! I gotta have that money!”

So they had all met down the creek about a quarter-mile

past the Rock to watch the spectacle of Louista’s first

kiss. “Well, git on with it, you two! I gotta git home and

do chores!” someone yelled from the back of the small

crowd. Louista had already moved to the center of the

group and appeared nervous but eager. Leo came

forward more slowly.

“Where’s the money?” he asked suspiciously.

“Hazel has it!” Louista answered, motioning to a

classmate. “You’ll get it after the kiss…and it better be

a real kiss, not a peck on the cheek…or you don’t get it!

One thing though, you can’t put your tongue in my

mouth…just a good kiss on my lips…about a minute

long!” She had been told by older girls at her former

school that if a boy put his tongue in her mouth that

she might get pregnant, and she wanted to take no

chances.

Slowly, the pair moved into an awkward embrace. Leo

shut his eyes and tilted the wrong way, bumping noses

in the process, but then their lips finally met and

Louista locked onto him tightly and rolled her head in a

slightly circular motion.

“Thirty seconds, Leo! Yuh got thirty more, or ye don’t

git the money!” Hazel yelled. Nervous laughter came

from the gathered group of excited adolescents, faces

shining with fascination, more at the twenty dollar bill

than the scene before them!

Hazel kept looking at the pocket watch she carried.

Mercifully, for Leo, she finally called out “Ok, the

minute’s up! I guess ye git the money.” Reluctantly,

Louista released Leo and moved back toward Hazel

who was handing her the twenty- dollar bill. The

somewhat dazed looking Leo snatched the money,

stuffed it into his overalls, said nothing, turned away,

and broke into a full run, heading east and home.

“Is that all?” someone called. Slowly, the crowd began

moving toward their respective homes, chattering

about the after- school spectacle. No one had ever

seen anything quite like it! Leo refused to talk about it

the next day. Louista said very little, surprisingly, and

she still looked longingly at the few couples who held

hands on the Rock. A very few attended high school

the next year, but Louista’s family moved back to Gallia

County.

The kids who witnessed the event talked about it for

years. Rumors were started about Leo. Some said he

had taken to washing out his mouth regularly, even

with soap! However, others said he went to the county

fair that summer and spent most of the twenty dollars

on buying kisses from the pretty lady in the kissing

booth!

Ahh…a twenty-dollar kiss…the stuff of which legends

are made!

****************************************************

XXI.Looking Back, Hoping Onward ---

Carl Wells slowly and unsteadily made his way,

supporting himself with his cane, from his car parked

on the unpaved county road to the graveled entrance of

the old school building, then turned into the lower

section of the grounds where the Rock lay. His wife,

Betty, stayed by the car. She knew he wanted to be

alone a few minutes, alone on the Rock…alone with the

Rock…alone with God. She knew that her husband

looked at the Rock as a symbol of the Holy Trinity,

strong, unchanging, steadfast, unmovable, unyielding.

She knew, as did Carl, that this would be his last trip.

Carl Wells was dying. The doctors had said three

months…maybe. He had acquired tuberculosis in a

German POW camp during the recent war, and the

treatments after had had no effect. Hope had been

abandoned by the doctors and by Carl and Betty.

Struggling for every breath, he pressed on doggedly

toward the Rock. Realizing his efforts would probably

only make things worse, he had decided to make this

little trip anyway. He also wanted to stop and see his

boyhood friend Dee Wilson who had a little house on

the same road. Finally getting to the Rock, he leaned

against the lower part before easing into a sitting

position there at the bottom. There was no strength left

to climb any higher.

He stared across the creek and field to the far hill and

tried to take it all in. The peaceful scene before him was

in stark contrast to what he had gone through

overseas. A cacophony of sounds reached across the

few hills between him and the river valley. Train sounds

from both the Ohio and Kentucky sides of the river, the

rumble and screech of big metal wheels on strong

metal rails…the lonesome wailing of the steam engine

whistles that reached out and touched men’s souls like

few other sounds could…the occasional bellow from

riverboats navigating up and down the river…all were

welcome to his ears. They were in stark contrast to his

battlefield memories of the blast of guns, bombs

exploding, clanking tanks, and the sound he hated

most…the agony of men dying.

He had been captured while on reconnaissance patrol

in Italy. He thought of the long, crowded train ride north

into Germany, the filthy conditions of the camp, too

little to eat…all of it. A sudden cough wracked his body,

and he spat out the bloody contents of his mouth into

the gently flowing water below which carried away the

ugly red bubbles. Quickly putting those thoughts aside,

he turned his attention toward the immediate

surroundings of Little Ice Creek valley where he had

spent most of his life. Crows cawed in the woods to the

south, cardinals and other birds chirped around him,

and tears creased his face as he heard them. But they

were tears of joy in the realization that he was getting

to hear them once more, near home. that he hadn’t died

in a land far away, like his brother-in-law had.

“Thank you, God,” he prayed aloud. “Thank you for

giving me strength enough to make this visit to this

beautiful place one more time. Thank you for the place

I’m going when I die. Thank you for Betty, and Lord,

give her your comforting Grace to go on with her life

when I’m gone, in the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.”

Peace settled through his spirit as he listened to the

natural symphony of the light afternoon wind that

sighed through the sycamores, walnut, and willow

trees. A few dragonflies buzzed along the creek

surface. Strangely, he felt content. Yes, he was going to

die soon. But his faith in God was unshakable. He was

convinced beyond doubt that Heaven was his

destination because of his belief in Jesus, as he had

learned long ago at Ice Creek and other churches. His

faith had gotten him through the war, and it would get

him through Death.

He looked with fondness at the old school where he’d

spent eight years of his youth as he struggled back

toward the road. The word was that it would be closed

forever in a few years.

Betty met him at the steepest part to help him make the

small climb. Settling into the car, Carl looked at Betty

and said “Now, let’s see if Dee and Josie are home! We

may not get another chance…you know, all four of us! I

hear those boys are growin’ like weeds!” Behind the

steering wheel, Betty had to fight back her tears for a

moment before pressing the starter.

“Carl, I love you,” she said softly, as she shifted the car

into gear and let out the clutch. As the car began

moving, as the finality of the moment set in, it was then

Carl’s turn to fight back tears as he watched the old

school and the Rock recede forever from his view…and

into memory.

The End

###

Former Cabell-Wayne Computer Instructor Kermit

Nance retired in 2010, and now enjoys spending time

with his grandchildren, as well as playing harmonica in

church.

“The Rock” by Kermit Nance

Copyright C) 2017, by Kermit Nance

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

USED BY PERMISSION

Epilogue:

Perhaps, as the character Wilbur Summers concluded,

you can’t go back home, literally. But you can

remember. Memories can be enlightening, amusing,

sometimes comforting, and, yes, even painful. They can

add to our understanding of the past, help in our

understanding of the present, and can, if we let them,

give hope for the future.

As with most things good and bad, they must come to

an end somewhere. So it must be with this small

literary effort which began from a suggestion by my

brother a few months ago that I write something about

the Rock. More episodes could have been included, but

the preceding episodes, centered on the one-room

school and the Rock, surely show us a glimpse of rural

life in the first half of the twentieth century. They

remind those of us who experienced some of it what

once was… and never will be again.

Hopefully, whether an “alumnus” of a one-room school

or not, readers have gained something from this

reading experience, have been entertained at times,

sobered at others, and have been stimulated to take an

in depth look at their own lives, memories, and life

experiences.

Kermit F. Nance

THERE IS ONE PHOTO PLACED AT THE CONCLUSION

OF THE EPILOGUE, it shows Nance, in a very relaxed –

almost skouched – sitting position with script papers

on his lap. A recording microphone is in front of him

and he has an almost-smile.

Wednesday Recreation

(1:00 TO 3:00 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)ay

May 2nd Make-up class for baskets

May 9th Potting Party

June 6th Outdoor Games

June 13th Cooking

June 20th Music Appreciation

June 27th Bingo

July 11th Heritage Farm Tour (10a - 2p)

August 1st Outdoor Games

August 15th Cooking

August 22nd Bingo

BOWLING!

Bowling is a popular CWAB® (registered trademark)

activity.

FIRST RULE! You don’t need to know how to bowl to

have fun!

Bowlers meet from 12:30 to 2:30 P.M. on specified

Mondays at the Strike Zone Bowling Center, in

Huntington. To sign up, call the Services Division

office at 304-522-6991.

RECENT HIGH SCORES

WITH BUMPERS:

Joann Wallace, 126; Mark Robertson, 87

WITHOUT BUMPERS:

Harvey Green, 109; Pearl Church, 98

SUPPORT GROUPS

Cabell-Wayne Association of the Blind offers its

consumers a variety of specific interest support

groups.

These groups “hold up”, or “give assistance” to

consumers with similar needs. Whether that need be

for diabetics, for individuals who work and are either

blind or visually impaired, or parents of blind or

visually impaired children, the goal is the same:

discuss problems and situations, and offer possible

solutions or comfort. Groups occasionally make trips

to local areas of interest. Free transportation is

provided.

For more details, call the Services Division at 304-

522-6991.

Here’s the schedule:

Group A: Joann Wallace, 2nd & 4th Thur., 11a to 1p.

Group B: Paul Slone/Brenda Fletcher, 1st & 3rd Thur.,

10 a.m. to Noon

Group C, Working: Heather McComas, 2nd & 4th

Thur., 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Group D, Diabetic: Paul Slone, 1st Tue., 11a to 1p.

Parents Group: Mary Parsons, 3rd Thursday, 6 p.m. to 8

p.m.

The Wyngate of Barboursville will again host their

“Mayberry Days”, Summer Car Show and Vendor Sale.

The event will be held Saturday, June 23rd from 9 a.m.

to 1 p.m. at the Wyngate Senior Living Community, 750

Peyton Street, in Barboursville. Entertainment,

cookout, inflatables, games, and good ole fashioned

family fun! All donations to benefit Alzheimer’s

awareness. Call The Wyngate at 304-733-6800.

Activities Calendar for 2018

April

19th - Teubert Prep Talent Share

May

3rd & 4th - Spring Rummage/Bake Sale

9th - Potting Party

28th - Closed to observe Memorial Day

June

2nd - Summer Picnic

16th - HIMG Health Fair

19th - Summer Trip to Jenny Wiley

July

4th - Closed for Independence Day

6th - McClanahan Memorial Concert

30th - Preparations for Rummage Sale

ASSOCIATION MEETING DATES:

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 and to be able to discuss

and vote on association business, a fifty-percent plus

one attendance of voting-eligible 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.

For 2018, meeting dates include:

May 15th, June 19th, and July 17th, and August 21st,

CWAB® (registered trademark) 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, and group activities.

Limited vision no longer means limited transportation.

ORIENTATION & MOBILITY – O&M’s goal is to train

consumers with techniques of safe, efficient travel both

in the home and into the community. Skills are taught

that are vital for independence, confidence and self-

satisfaction. Instruction is built around the goals and

needs of the student.

REHABILITATION – Learning new skills to improve

daily living enhances quality of life for the visually

impaired. Magnifiers and talking devices are available.

Instruction in Braille, cooking, and even simple tasks

like phone dialing can lead to a more independent life.

COMPUTER TRAINING - Training is the key to computer

technology. Utilizing 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 can be used to

magnify books, newspapers, and magazine print to the

size of a regular television screen allowing individuals

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.

For more information on services, volunteering, and

planned giving, call 34-522-6991.

This is the end of the GUIDE PAGE MAGAZINE web

text edition for May 2018.

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