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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Second
Annual Braille Challenge to be Held at State Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>COLUMBIA, SC – The second annual Braille Challenge to be
held in South Carolina will take place at the State Library’s Talking
Book Services Library on Thursday, February 4, 2010. Applications are due by
December 11, 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%;text-autospace:
none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Organized by the Braille Institute, the Braille Challenge is an
academic competition designed to motivate blind students to emphasize their
study of Braille. The competition is open to 1st -12th grade students.
Students are welcome to bring their own equipment for the contest. Lunch will
be provided by Chick-Fil-A and prizes will be awarded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%;text-autospace:
none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>The South Carolina Regional Braille Challenge current sponsors
are: All American Awards, American Council of the Blind - Charleston Chapter,
Charleston County Schools, HumanWare, Inc., National Braille Press, SC American
Council of the Blind, SC Association for Education & Rehabilitation of the
Blind and Visually Impaired, SC Commission for the Blind, SC Department of
Education, SC Regional Braille Challenge SC School for the Deaf and the Blind,
SC State Library - Talking Book Services, Seedlings Braille Books, University of
SC – Upstate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%;text-autospace:
none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>For more information, contact Kathryn Ouzts at 843-345-5787 or <a
href="mailto:kathryn_ouzts@charleston.k12.sc.us"><span style='color:black;
text-decoration:none'>kathryn_ouzts@charleston.k12.sc.us</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>###<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>About
the S.C. State Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The
South Carolina State Library is the primary administrator of federal and state
support for the state’s libraries. The Library is a national model for
innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. The
Library’s mission is to optimize South Carolina’s investment in
library and information services. In 1969, as the result of action by the
General Assembly, the State Library Board was redesignated as the South
Carolina State Library and assumed responsibility for public library
development, library service for state institutions, service for the blind and
physically handicapped, and library service to state government agencies.
Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the Library is funded by the state of South
Carolina, by the federal government through the Institute of Museum and Library
Services, and other sources. For more information, visit </span><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.statelibrary.sc.gov</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> or call
803-734-8666.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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