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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: Fingers Features
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Date: 13 Feb 90 05:18:57 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 AS> Jack, there is not a SHHH chapter in Lawton, I don't think.
 AS> However, it might not be a bad idea to start one here.  We do
 AS> have one HI organization called Friends.

Ann, I'm almost certain that I saw Lawton, OK listed once as having
a SHHH chapter or group.  But in my disorganized state I can't locate
the list now.  Either way, you should contact Joan Kleinrock at SHHH
headquarters, 7800 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814.  Joan is the
Chapter Coordinator for SHHH, and she can tell you how to get in touch
with a chapter or group if one exists, or can send you a "kit" to
help get one started there if not.  Local support groups are great,
but there are SO MANY benefits of being affiliated with a national
(oops, I should say international) one like SHHH.  The publications
alone are worth the cost, many times over.  (Right, Wayne?)

 AS> BTW, did anyone read a copy of the Washington Post yesterday
 AS> (Feb. 7th) about the ADA supporters?  I hunted all over town
 AS> for a copy today and could not find one.  Two of our libraries
 AS> do receive the Post but it takes 7 to 8 days to receive them.
 AS> Sigh...  I did call the local newspaper to see if they could
 AS> pick up on it since several names from Oklahoma were listed.

No, darn it!  I heard about it too late to buy a copy so I have to
wait and read it in the library.  I'll look for your name.

 AS> Also, I understand a Senator Dingell(sp?) is against the relay
 AS> system portion in the bill.  He feels the states should take it
 AS> over (which is already in effect in some states) rather than
 AS> make it a nationwide system.  Has anyone been keeping up with
 AS> what's going on in DC?

Check with your brother to see if he has any info, Ann.  I've been
wondering what (if anything) is happening.  Our statewide relay in
Pennsylvania should be operational by 4th quarter 1990.  It will be
intrastate - not interstate - and patterned on the New York state
system.  But if Dingell thinks it should be left as-is, he is WAY
off base.  Why should HI people be restricted to calling within
their state of residence?.

Someone from his state, please explain things to him.

Jack.

... HI-HoH Silver, Awayyyyy!

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