[Menvi-discuss] Blind Drivers

Bill billlist1 at comcast.net
Tue Aug 9 14:36:54 EDT 2011 

Dear All,

I have changed the subject of this thread to more closely reflect the
subject now being discussed.  That having been done, may I also point out
that the subject of blind people driving is not exactly on topic for the
Music Education Network for the Visually Impaired.  Maybe someone should
start a DENVI list.  Of course, that would be:

Driver's Education for the Visually Impaired 

Regards,
Bill 

Bill McCann 
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692

-----Original Message-----
From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
[mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:05 PM
To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life

My friend Laura who happens to be the best massage therapist in my book, in
my town, from church, was at my high school graduation and had heard that
Ray Charles wanted to learn to drive and so she got it in her mind to teach
me three weeks after the graduation and so when I went to buy some clothing,
I and mom saw a $15.95 shirt normally marked $32, at Old Navy, it said on
the front of the lavender colored shirt "I can't drive." so I bought it and
when I had made up my mind to wear it when I went to see Laura at her house,
I was told by my mom and Laura that I was wearing the wrong shirt but I
insisted I wasn't.
so we got into the car, Laura drove some distance from her house, just me
and her, mom already left to do errands and gave me 4 hours with Laura, and
then Laura pulled over and told me to switch seats, then I realized, indeed
this was the wrong day to wear the "I can't drive,"
shirt because that day I learned how to drive. Funny though that the cop
thought I was sighted! That kills my other friends who are sighted and blind
making them laugh because both Laura and I prayed we wouldn't get caught, it
was smooth sailing! I'd love to do that again sometime! Only did it twice
onece in 2004 and once 2005 we were gonna do it sometime in 2007 when I got
back from college, but the private road was under construction.

On 8/9/11, Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Glad you made that clear.  I was still wondering!
>
>
>
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 7:31 AM, STEPHANIE PIECK wrote:
>
>> Just clarifying that my teacher died of natural causes, not as a 
>> cause of my shooting lessons!
>>
>> Stephanie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "STEPHANIE PIECK"
>> <themusicsuite at verizon.net>
>> To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy"
>> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>> Cc: <richardtaesch at menvi.org>; "This is for discussing music and 
>> braille literacy" <Menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 6:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>
>>
>>> Two things;
>>>
>>> 1. If you use Braille novels like that, who needs to pay for
audiobooks?!
>>>
>>> And second; My last piano teacher--an incredible lady who very much 
>>> reminded me of Bettye Krolick for her fierce determination and 
>>> demand of excellence--was convinced I could drive ... and shoot ... 
>>> Seems the "pioneer women" figured that, blind or not, one had to 
>>> learn to do for oneself. And so, she had me driving on Kansas 
>>> country roads (her argument being "They're flat, they're straight, 
>>> and it's my car, everybody in town knows me, and I've got my hands 
>>> on the steering wheel if I need to do something in a hurry"!)
>>>
>>> And yes, I did learn to shoot, although this lady's son--in the 
>>> military!--had to finish the teaching as my teacher passed away 
>>> after only finishing the "load, unload" part of the education!
>>>
>>> (I don't plan to use any of these skills on an even irregular basis, 
>>> but you never know when skills will be called upon ... Ask anybody 
>>> who grew up on a farm about that.)
>>>
>>> Stephanie
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bettie Downing"
>>> <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com>
>>> To: <taeschr at ix.netcom.com>; "This is for discussing music and 
>>> braille literacy" <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 4:37 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>>
>>>
>>>> E-gad!  She was driving!  Yikes!  I'm glad I wasn't on the highway!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:37 PM, taeschr at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bettie,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just to take that wonderful story a bit further, I once sent her a 
>>>>> license frame that said: "Driver Reads Braille." She called me 
>>>>> laughing, and said it was true; apparently she used to travel the 
>>>>> country to demonstrate the first computer programs for transcribing.
>>>>> While driving from college to college, she would get quite weary. 
>>>>> One day she tried putting a braille novel on the seat of the car 
>>>>> next to her, and began to read. She learned to read whole books 
>>>>> while driving from lecture to lecture. As a result, she could even 
>>>>> proof music that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yours,
>>>>> Richard Taesch
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Aug 8, 2011 7:15 AM
>>>>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy 
>>>>>> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her 
>>>>>> Life
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From Bettie Downing:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bettye Krolick told me when she was driving somewhere with her 
>>>>>> husband (HE was driving!) she would sit in the car with an 
>>>>>> embossed braille page and proofread the braille with her fingers!
And she was sighted.
>>>>>> How I admired her!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Jared Rimer menvi webmaster wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've posted this to our web site menvi.org.  Thanks for the 
>>>>>>> link, Bill.
>>>>>>> Jared Rimer
>>>>>>> Webmaster: The Music Education Network for The Visually Impaired 
>>>>>>> http://menvi.org
>>>>>>> Telephone: 818-921-4976 or toll-free 866-824-7876 Part of the 
>>>>>>> Jared Rimer Network, the place to find everything in one place.  
>>>>>>> http://www.jaredrimer.net
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> If you find broken links, please let me know where you've found 
>>>>>>> them, I.E. the application or links page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" 
>>>>>>> <billlist1 at comcast.net>
>>>>>>> To: <goodfeel at freelists.org>; <ddots-l at freelists.org>; "This is 
>>>>>>> for discussing music and braille literacy" 
>>>>>>> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>; <braille-music-chat at yahoogroups.com>; 
>>>>>>> <braillem at topica.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 2:57 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her 
>>>>>>> Life
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I found a detailed obituary of Bettye Krolick at:
>>>>>>>> http://obitsforlife.com/obituary/390337/Krolick-Bettye.php
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> N. B.: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the 
>>>>>>>> National Braille Association, 95 Allens Creek Road, Bldg. 1, 
>>>>>>>> Suite 202, Rochester, New York 14618, or to the Alzheimer's 
>>>>>>>> Association of Northern Colorado, 415 Peterson St., Fort 
>>>>>>>> Collins, Colorado 80524.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also, see the obituary on the page Albert references below.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bill McCann
>>>>>>>> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 
>>>>>>>> www.DancingDots.com
>>>>>>>> Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: goodfeel-bounce at freelists.org 
>>>>>>>> [mailto:goodfeel-bounce at freelists.org]
>>>>>>>> On Behalf Of albertm13 at juno.com
>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 8:28 AM
>>>>>>>> To: goodfeel at freelists.org
>>>>>>>> Subject: [goodfeel] Re: Bettye Krolick - Celebrating Her Life
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is sad news.  It was also sad when I found out she was 
>>>>>>>> retiring because she was one of the people I'd look forward to 
>>>>>>>> seeing whenever I went to a conference.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I found her obituary at
>>>>>>>> http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20110807/OBITUARIES/108070341
>>>>>>>> I tried the link to view her online obituary at www.allnutt.com 
>>>>>>>> but I could not find her in the list.  Perhaps it hasn't been 
>>>>>>>> set up yet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Albert
>>>>>>>>
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