Thomas A Barretta, Editor

Marina A Eastham, Special Editor

Published in large print and cassette by
The National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut

Betty Woodward, President

Outreach Office
580 Burnside Avenue
East Hartford, CT 06108
Phone: (860) 289-1971
Web Page Address: http://www.nfbct.org

Letters to the President, address changes, subscription request, orders for NFB literature should be sent to the Outreach Office.

Letters to the editor, and articles for the CT Federationist should be sent to:

Thomas A Barretta
64 High Street, Apt 3
Bristol, CT 06010
thomasbarretta@home.com

Please note that all articles may be edited for length and clarity.

Any articles that are not posted in this issue may be published in the next issue of the The Connecticut Federationist.

I would like to thank Betty and Bruce Woodward, Suzanne Rowell, Donna Balaski, and Charlene McMahon for contributing to this issue of The Connecticut Federationist.

A special thanks to Marina Eastham who has helped edit the articles and the layout of this issue.

Table of Contents

• Message from the President

• Legacy of a Great Leader

• Braille Bill 2000

• Life as a Federationist

• CT State Convention

• CT Scholarship Winners

• Coccomo Foundation

• Greetings from Larry Alibozek

• The Bend in the Road

• Newsline for the Blind Update

• NAGDU: What Is It, What Does It Do?

• I See Many Things

• Messages