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CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Industries for the Blind (NIB) will honor Kenneth Fountain, Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, as the 2010 Milton J. Samuelson Career Achievement Award winner during tonight's awards banquet at the "AbilityOne: People Make it Happen" Annual Training Conference hosted by NIB and the National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind (NAEPB) in Cincinnati.
The Samuelson Award is presented to an individual who demonstrates career advancement at an NIB associated agency or in the private sector. The award was named for the late Milton J. Samuelson, who championed upward mobility and placement programs for people who are blind.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (91cv3255).
John P. Meade, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appell...
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) signed a memorandum of understanding June 21, 2010, with the intent to generate mutually beneficial business development initiatives through strategic sourcing of existing and new operational supplies, retail products, services, and contract management support.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100624/DC26192)
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CINCINNATI, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Industries for the Blind (NIB) will honor Joyce Talbert, Bosma Enterprises, as the 2010 Peter J. Salmon Employee of the Year Award Winner during tonight's awards banquet at the "AbilityOne: People Make it Happen" Annual Training Conference hosted by NIB and the National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind (NAEPB) in Cincinnati.
The Peter J. Salmon Employee of the Year Award honors employees who excel in their positions at NIB associated agencies. The award was named for the late Dr. Peter J. Salmon, who was instrumental in the passage of the Wagner O-Day Act and the formation of NIB.
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Lions brooms available for sale
StellarOne Bank at the corner of Virginia 122 and Diamond Hill Road in Moneta has agreed to sell Lions brooms for the Moneta Lions Club. Regular brooms and whisk brooms, made at The Industries of the Blind in Greensboro, N.C., are available. Karen Burks, StellarOne vice president/financial center manager, displays the brooms, which are set up in a stand made by Moneta Lion Del Bailey.
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Coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Economic and Personal Independence for People Who are Blind
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Grady Lee Shields, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro, N.C., for defendant-appellant.
J. Wilson Parker, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winsto...
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, 82, of Princeton, NJ, formerly of Mountville, passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2011. She was the wife of the late David O. Price, who passed away in 2007. She was born in Columbia, daughter of the late Robert and Anna Hilgert Poff. Her career included lab work at Armstrong World Industries to nursing positions with Columbia Hospital, Goodwill Industries and the Lancaster County Association for the Blind. She was a graduate of Columbia High School Class of 1947 and Lancaster General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1950. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Columbia and she enjoyed gardening, crocheting, traveling with her late husband and visiting with her grandchildren.
She is survived by one son: Steven D. husband of Caroline M. Price, Robbin...
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Coinciding with the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
WASHINGTON, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chairman Edolphus (Ed) Towns (D-10th-New York), will be presented the "Spirit of Independence Award," in recognition of his lifetime commitment to advancing economic and personal independence for people who are blind by National Industries for the Blind's President and CEO Kevin A. Lynch at a ceremony on Capitol Hill 9:00 a.m. on July 30, 2010 in Room 2232 Rayburn House Office Building.
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Business Editors
HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2002
The Pennsylvania Industries for the Blind and Handicapped (PIBH) today announced i...