Volume LVIII August 2019 No. 2
Published by the American Council of the Blind
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© 2019 American Council of the Blind
Eric Bridges, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
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Table of Contents
- The Dog Days of Summer Take Over the Forum, by Sharon Lovering
- Three Cheers for Holly!!, by Dr. Ron Milliman
- Please Pet Me!, by Toni and Ed Eames
- A Well-Behaved Mom: In Memory of and Loving Tribute to Lois Jean Goss, by Shirley Manning
- Choices, by Cindy Van Winkle
- Nikki, The Best Friend a Boy Ever Had, by Ray Campbell
- Chosen by Charley, by Rita Reese-Whiting
- Dog Days, by Peter Altschul
- Don't Let These Dog Days Get You Down! Refreshment for the Dog Days of Summer, by Penny Reeder
- Doggone Good, by Ann Chiappetta
- Bite-Size Dog Tales
- From the Archives: Mehitabel, A Cat for All Seasons, by Harriet Fielding
- If Leaders Behaved Like Boy Scouts, by Larry P. Johnson
- A Night at the Opera, by Kelsey Nicolay
- Need a Lift? Is Lyft the Way to Go?, by Carl Jarvis
- Affiliate and Committee News
- Here and There, edited by Sharon Strzalkowski
- Are We in the Doghouse for This Themed Issue of 'the ACB E-Forum?,' by Ron Brooks
- ACB Officers, ACB Board of Directors, ACB Board of Publications
- Accessing Your ACB Braille and E-Forum
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