AGENDA

Friday, November 13, 2009

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm - On Site Registration and Pre-registered Attendees'

Information Pickup

2:00 pm to 3:30 pm - Legislative Forum

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - State ACB Board Meeting

Dinner on your own

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm - General Session

Presentation of Colors

National Anthem - Mr. Larscene Turk, Director, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, Birmingham Regional Center Invocation Welcome to Birmingham - The Honorable Linda Coleman, Alabama State Senator, 20th District State ACB President Opening Remarks - Ms. Judy Stewart, State President, Alabama Council of the Blind

7:15 pm to 7:45 pm - Keynote Speaker - "You Can Hear the Corn Grow", Mr.

Mike Royer, News Anchor, WVTM-TV,

7:45 pm - 8:15 pm - ADRS Update - Ms. Rita Houston, Asst. Commissioner, Blind/Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services

8:15 pm - 8:45 pm - AIDB Update - Dr. Terry Graham, President, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind Roll Call of Delegates Adjourn

Saturday, November 14, 2009

8: 00 am to 9:30 am - On Site Registration and Pre-registered Attendees'

Information Pickup

8:30 am to 11:15 am - General Session

8:30 am to 9:00 am - Invocation and Opening Remarks 9:00 am to 9:30 am - "Move it Along, Little Doagies, or How Re-Gifting Means More Than Just Giving Away Your Third Toaster", Mr. L. J. Ganser, Renowned Talking Book Narrator 9:30 am to 9:45 am - Gentry Students

9:45 am to 10:00 am - break

10:00 am to 11:00 am - "Advances in Eye Research", "Presentation on the Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education", Dr. Robert Morris, Retina Specialists of Alabama

11:30 am. to 1:00 pm - Awards Luncheon

Invocation

"The Heart of a Leopard", Mr. Stephan Middleton, ACB Scholarship Winner and Luncheon Speaker Awards Presentation - Ms. Judy Stewart, State President, Alabama Council of the Blind

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - ACB Auction

Mr. Norman Culver - Auctioneer

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm - Round Up

Plenty of chow, entertainment, and lots of fun!

Drawing for 2009 Ford Focus

Sunday, November 15, 2009

8:00 am to 9:00 am - Prayer Breakfast and Devotion

9:00 am to 11:00 am - Business Meeting

11:00 am - Adjourn