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BOARD OF DIRECTORS - SIGB MARCH 2004
LARRY E. FROHMAN- PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR
211 21ST STREET
SIOUX CITY, IA 51104
PH: (712) 258-8151
larry1139@msn.com
Will Kitto VICE PRESIDENT
815 Jackson Street SIOUX CITY, IA 51104
PH: (712) 252-1168
mazaadidi63@msn.com
Jeanette Reichenbach- BOARD MEMBER
1511 West 30th Street
SIOUX CITY, IA 51103
PH: (712) 252-1007
email: mamasharley1511@earthlink.net>
Tamara McGinnis - TREASURER
1508 West Street
SIOUX CITY, IA 51103
PH: (712) 258-2494 tammcg1@aol.com
DARCEL BOYOK- SECRETARY
APT 811
4230 HICKORY LANE
SIOUX CITY, IA 51106
PH: (712) 276-9057
dboyok6801@peoplepc.com
Each of our board members
and officers are elected by the membership for two-year terms. We are thankful for the time and energy
each puts forth to support, educate and work for us.
We would appreciate a word
from you. If you like what you
see, if you need additional information, or if you just like to visit about
blindness or what it might be like to have a visual disability, drop any of us
a line.
For basic information on
what SIG-B (Sioux Land Informational Group for the Blind) is up to these days,
contact us at:
We will answer your
questions, tell our stories and be friends with you. Please remember, though, that we are all volunteers. It may take a day or so to get back to you,
but we will return your mail in a timely fashion, we promise!
While you are here, why not sign our guest book? We have a lot to celebrate these days.
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COURTESY RULES OF
BLINDNESS
When you meet me don't be
ill at ease. It will help both of us if you remember these simple points of
courtesy:
1. I'm an ordinary person, just blind. You don't need to raise your voice
or address me as if I were a child. Don't ask my spouse what I want-"Cream
in the coffee?"-ask me.
2. If I am walking with you, don't grab my arm; let me take yours. I'll
keep a half-step behind, to anticipate curbs and steps.
3. I want to know who's in the room with me. Speak when you
enter. Introduce meto the others. Include children, and tell me if there's a
cat or dog. Guide my hand to a chair.
4. The door to a room, cabinet, or to a car left partially
open is a hazard to me.
5. At dinner I will not have trouble with ordinary table
skills.
6. Don't avoid words like "see". I use them, too. I'm always glad
to see you.
7. I don't want pity. But don't talk about the
"wonderful compensations" of blind-ness. My sense of smell, touch, or
hearing did not improve when I became blind. I rely on them more and,
therefore, may get more information through those senses than you do-that's all.
8. If I'm your houseguest, show me the bathroom, closet, dresser,
window-the light switch, too. I like to know whether the lights are on.
9. I'll discuss blindness with you if you're curious, but
it's an old story to me. I have as many other interests as you do.
10. Don't think of me as just a blind person. I'm just a
person who happens to be blind.
In all 50 states, the law
requires drivers to yield the right of way when they see my extended white
cane. Only the blind may carry white canes. You see more blind persons today
walking alone. Not because there are more of us, but because we have learned to
make our own way.
"...never tickle a sleeping dragon..."