Table of contents December 2009.

TRACK 1.

  1. Harry C. Moores underwriting announcement.
  2. Clinton Lindgren with the song "You Whispered in the Snow."
  3. Irwin explains why Newsreel is late.
  4. Marilyn Smith with the poem "Revisiting Christmas"; comments on sayings and describing colors.
  5. Rita Tester tells us about a book on sayings and that the LS&S catalog is available from Home Readers.
  6. Amy Phillippi with old expressions and is looking for a song.
  7. We have a correction from Talking Book Topics concerning Script Talk.
  8. Al Zubillaga is looking for an Optacon.
  9. Bill Lewis needs a DOS utility to find files.
  10. Ruth Failor tells us that her husband passed away and a friend is looking for a recitation.
  11. Shirley Jett has a video remote control to pass along.
  12. Camille Petrecca tells us about a person who collects and sends blindness related material to Africa and has prepared music instruction material.
    13. http://www.themusicsuite.net
  13. Christine Chaikin on braille translation; http://www.dolphinpress.biz wonders about tele-commuting jobs and has redone her website. http://www.visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com
  14. Marilyn Smith reports on The Voice of the Diabetic.
  15. Ginger Harms on opening pull tab cans.
  16. We have holiday wishes from Kate Sniderman.
  17. Franek Kozorowski is looking for a friend.
  18. Paul B. Smith tells us about a Christian website http://www.seasonsofrefreshing.net and phone ministries.
  19. Rita Tester discusses accessible cell phones; cane tips; Prodigy meters; would like a demonstration of a talking Bible; is looking for information about a cooking club; discusses taking medical transcription courses and using a bookmark.
  20. Joan Andrews says e-mail her husband about Tracfones and has another version of "The Sweet by and by."
  21. Barb Fohl on cleaning drinking glasses and on cats.
  22. Linda Brown has "Away in a Manger."

TRACK 2.

  1. Tom D'Agostino in the Wax Works with a Bing Crosby selection for Christmas.
  2. Maggie Nettles has some Christmas drinks.
  3. Pam Spurlock with some recipes.
  4. Robert Levy has a recipe.
  5. Arleen Hebert has some holiday recipes.
  6. Mary Snelgrove on peeling a banana and is looking for a recipe.
  7. Ed Fedush tells us about a website where you can find out about foods and how to keep them fresh.
    8. http://www.stilltasty.com
  8. Laurie Pettis with a Christmas song she wrote and has a ginger bread cookie recipe.
  9. From Marianne Daley: The Difference Between Cold and H1N1 Flu Symptoms.
  10. Marylou Phillips has holiday greetings.
  11. Start your day with a Smile.
  12. Amy Phillippi shares a couple of poems.
  13. Alice Fields with holiday wishes.

TRACK 3.

  1. Thanks to the Ohio Lions Sight and Hearing Committee for their support.
  2. Kate Sniderman brings us "Carol of the Bells."
  3. Nancy Scott with "The Gift of a Voice."
  4. Jay Stitely discusses the ACAA and the ADA as they relate to guide dogs.
  5. From Dave Ulman: special Thanksgiving programs available. http://www.hearandthere.net/default.aspx http://www.sendspace.com/file/236usc http://www.sendspace.com/file/8qr0d4 http://www.sendspace.com/file/e5fxzw http://www.sendspace.com/file/f7i69n
  6. Clinton Lindgren with "A California Christmas" and "Christmas in the Northwest."

TRACK 4.

  1. Francis Donbrosky has "The Twelve Dogs of Christmas."
  2. Jackie Warren has a braille Bible to pass along.
  3. From Ann Bliss we hear about Signs and Such.
  4. We learn about B-Canes.
  5. Ruthie Tipps tells us about a home-based business operated by a friend and Ruthie would welcome correspondence.
  6. Jean Marcley has part 14 of her travel journal.
  7. Duncan Holmes on his trials and tribulations flying.
  8. Pat Munson tells us about a catastrophe.
  9. Jim Bemiller with the November puzzle answer.
  10. Glenn Fishbeck has holiday wishes.
  11. Things Your Burglar Won't Tell you.
    12. http://www.faketv.com
  12. Frank Spurlock with "Christmas in Canada."

TRACK 5.

  1. Bob and Mickey Prahin start us off with two songs.
  2. From Ann Chiappetta: Textbooks for the Disabled.
    3. http://www.accesstext.org
  3. Rita Tester wants to know where to learn how to repair Perkins braille writers; would like ideas for a scanner to read printed material; wants a medical dictionary and a website for blind medical transcribers and would like a phone number for the I-Bible.
  4. Holiday greetings from Barbara Corner.
  5. Kevin LaRose tells us about his new dog guide and has a new phone number.
  6. We have December birthdays.
  7. Abbie and Bill Taylor have holiday greetings.
  8. From Leslie Miller: "Audio Labels Speak to the Blind."
  9. Irwin demonstrates the Pen Friend.
  10. Charles Beasley has an update on his health and a WORLD War II story.
  11. Leslie Miller talks about accessibility at Jack in the Box.
  12. Gayle Adams with an update on her Amateur Radio activity.
  13. Walter Woitasek has moved to Maine and would welcome correspondence.
  14. Mimi Winer comments on signatures and the Hadley school computer course.
  15. Amy Phillippi has a song for us.

TRACK 6.

  1. Katie Mangrum has two Christmas songs.
  2. Blindness and Technology.
  3. John Wesley Smith has an update on long-distance calling.
  4. Barry Humphries talks about his allergy to wheat products; the Prodigy meter and introduces himself.
  5. John Stroot lost his brother and thanks veterans.
  6. We hear about an inventor whose blindness was just a legal technicality.
  7. Duncan Holmes sends in two Christmas selections.

Track 7.

  1. Jerry Gabrielli takes a trip into nostalgia.
  2. We have greetings in the next ninety minutes from: Patty Silver, Tom Lykins, Sam Bates, Dennis Schaffner, Lee Youngblood, Karen Kelting, Linda Martino, Roberta Fromme, Jan Blatz, John Lizza, Julia Ann Cobb, Bob Self, Pat Keating, Loretta Jurkiewicz, and Mary and Tom Deitz.
  3. Joan Cox comments on Matilda Ziegler magazine.
  4. Debbie Blank about Matilda Ziegler and has an update after her stroke.
  5. Marg Campbell comments on the Ziegler and talks about braille magazines from NLS.
  6. Federation of the Blind and Motorola to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind.
  7. James Macchi on accessible cell phones.
  8. Jim Flusche demonstrates his cell phone.
  9. Diane Motchuk with Winter Wonderland.

TRACK 8.

  1. Christine Chaikin sends in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
  2. Duncan Holmes is reissuing "Not Your Average Christmas CD."
  3. Hope for Blind After Scientists Turn Skin into Eye Cells.
  4. Dana Ard would like help with the PacMate Omni; has a client who wants to improve her Arabic and has questions about GPS systems.
  5. Ed Snively has the jumble answer.
  6. John Brickweg has a jumble.
  7. Vinnie Wojtusik has a couple of unusual Christmas recordings.
  8. Ann Chiappetta with a note from her Blog.
  9. Lois Howard has recordings from the Ohio State School for the Blind in 1952.
  10. Carl Belnap tells us about a Christmas long long ago and would like help learning the guitar.
  11. From Deb Caldbeck: "I just Need a Nap."
  12. Paul B. Smith with the answer to the October Memory Lane Voice Slice and a new one for December.
  13. Clinton Lindgren with "Don't Take Down the Mistletoe."