WCB Newsline Unleashed

Join myself, Reginald George, and Ken Olson, their Volunteer Museum Coordinator, as I experience and learn all I can about the beautifully restored automobiles and aeroplanes in Hood River Washington from WWI through the 1930s on this memorable tour. Contact them to go flying in one. The Museum website is here. https://www.waaamuseum.org/ “The WAAAM Air & Auto Museum  has one of the largest co...

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Show Notes From Reginald George: Carl has played a pivotal role in the blindness movement of Washington state over his long life. We feel it is important to bring you this conversation from November 2019, hosted by Heather, while Carl is among us to enjoy it. The following excerpt is from an article published in the Winter 2020 issue of the Washington Council of the Blind Newsline: From Heather Me...

In this Podcast, we interview Sarah Kolat, Institutional Giving Manager and I.D.E.A Co-Lead at PNW Ballet about how they are bringing audio description of dance to Seattle. From their web site: “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility at PNB” Pacific Northwest Ballet recognizes the historical and present inequities in ballet and is committed to shifting the culture in our Company and art...

Learning to Live Independently for Today and Tomorrow at LIFTT We met Steve Lowry on a brisk fall morning at the site of their brand-new building for this exciting tour. Frankly, by the time it was over, we were all ready to move right in. Your guides are Donna Elkins, Reginald George, and Brandy Hill, all from Washington State Department of Services for the Blind. Brandy is not formally introduce...

Title: Three Visions of Love without vision Description: Three Couples with varied levels of eyesight share with us how true love works in their lives. Welcome to our milestone twentieth episode. WCB Newsline Unleashed celebrates spring and May flowers with this special never before released interview, featuring three couples of Washington Council of the Blind. For context, this interview was reco...

Welcome to the Puppy raisers Part 2. In this chapter we zoom in with a tight focus on Marilee Richards, and her first guide dog Taryn. Her puppy raisers are Bailey McDermott, Rob McChrystal, and her friend Lisa Comstock. Viola Bentson recorded, produced, and made valuable contributions to the content of this episode. Marilee provided the following additional information. Bailey and Rob were Taryn’...

**The Puppy Raisers Part 1 Raising Guide Dogs - an Act of Joy and Love** Hosted by Linda Wilder This is part one of an in depth two part look at the fascinating world of raising and training future Guide dogs, and how these life-long relationships contribute to the program they serve. For this episode the cast included: Marie Celeste Condon, Interviewer Howard Hirshman, Puppy Raiser Karen Hogle, P...

Show Notes by Heather Meares I love strong women. I admire and respect their fiery spirits, stubborn grit, and determination. I learn from their experiences in education, travel, love, and loss, and how life events mold you into the person you become. I am one.   Let me say that it is not easy to carry the weight of expectations that come with being this type of person. You take risks to accomplis...

Readers’ Choice Award 2022 Show notes by Heather Meares   Welcome to our 3rd Annual Virtual Readers’ Choice Award Gala! Join us as we read and discuss each of the four finalist articles from 2022.   Special thanks to Steve Pierce for being our reader and for all his editing expertise throughout the year, and to Viola Bentson, for hosting our Zoom event. In addition, as the editors, Reg and I would...

Join Dorene, Judy, Zandra, and Zack as they talk about the push in Washington State for accessible medication labels. They discuss the lack of equal access to the information on medication labels for those who speak another language or who are visually impaired or blind. They discuss what’s being done to address this issue and illustrate the flaws in the current system. AccessibleLabels@gmail.com...

Show Notes:         Join us as Zack sits down with Livu Babitz of Cyborg Nest to discuss the Sentero. Sentero is a piece of wearable tech that connects the user to the world via haptic feedback using vibrations to indicate direction and increase awareness of special orientation. The device also allows you to feel other users heart beats, find the direction of locations around the globe. Want to kn...

Show Notes by Reginald George "Glass-blowing for many may bring to mind a handsome, young dude somewhere in a Mediterranean country, wearing thick leather gloves and blowing into existence a beautiful flask through a long tube that he constantly keeps rotating. The brilliant orange object on the end of the tube is so hot it singes his eyebrows. At 2,100 degrees, the liquid in a glass-blowing...

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Newsline Committee Part Two: Biscuits and Gravy Welcome back! If you enjoyed the first half of our Newsline Committee podcast,which I will refer to as the biscuits, hang  on to your hats and buckle  yourr bootstraps, because it’s about to get real. In part two, we take a deep dive into the gravy and open up with candid conversations, covering everything from our favorite ice cream flavors, employm...

Getting to Know Your Newsline Committee In this episode we sit down with the Newsline Committee. They're responsible for creating the quarterly issue of the publication, and producing this podcast. This is a two part episode, and in the second part we get to know the members on a much more personal level. The first episode goes over the beginnings of the WCB Newsline, how we operate, and the 50 ye...

Please note that not all the audio is as clear as we would prefer in this podcast, but the content makes it extremely worth your time and attention. This is a phone interview that took place recently between Heather Meares and Mark Adreon for her Cheshire Cat column. Cheshire Cat Interviews #13 A Tapestry of the Happy Warrior by Heather Meares hdmeares@gmail.com Mark Adreon. Those are two very pow...

Valdemar Estates Winery: Part One That All May Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Show notes by Heather Meares hdmeares@gmail.com     Almost 2 years ago, I received an email from Valdemar Estates Winery, in Walla Walla, Washington, asking if I would be willing to consult with them and discuss ways they could become more inclusive and accessible for people with all types of disabilities. Yes, yes, and yes!...

Episode Notes WCB Unleashed brings you another exciting show. From Frank Cuta: One of my favorite Snap Circuits projects is the SC-12 FM radio. If you like the tech look, the resulting radio looks like something that was built in a research lab, and it is totally accessible. You can find it on Amazon for $40, and you can assemble it in as little as a half an hour with the recorded audible instruct...

WCB Newsline Unleashed Presents: FrankCuta's Virtual Escape Room Simulation This is an audio simulation of an escape room. The purpose is to give a blind person an understanding of the basic escape room structure, and the associated problem solving experience. Our team consisted of a small group of WCB members who participated in a conference call. They will remain unnamed because the point was to...

Contact information for Barb Chamberlain, Director of the Active Transportation Division of WSDOT: ChambBa@wsdot.wa.gov ; Twitter: . Larry Watkinson, Deputy Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity: larry.watkinson@wsdot.wa.gov ; Twitter: . Resources: For information about open houses for the active transportation plan: http://bit.ly/WSDOT-ATP-Online-Open-House   For Manual on Uniform Transport...

Episode Notes Matt Santelli of "Pierce County Aging and disability Resource Center" talks Medicare with Pierce County Association of the Blind. https://www.co.pierce.wa.us/1986/Aging-and-Disability-Resources Email: adrc@piercecountywa.gov   This content is provided by President Elect David Edick, and sponsored by PCAB and WCB Newsline. Pierce County Association of the Blind Tacoma, Pierc...

Learning to Fly by Awesome Possum Not long ago on a warm summer day, I found myself standing on a platform high in the air, tied to a tree. I was visiting the beautiful Mountain Springs Lodge, about 20 miles north of Leavenworth, WA, in search of a new experience. My ziplining adventure was just beginning. As my guide Becca told me “you got this” for about the 15th time that day and I stepped into...

Listen to this short episode to experience a high-fidelity binaural demonstration of this best in class Keurig coffeemaker: My original review from the summer 2020 WCB Newsline appears below. Listen to experience a high-fidelity stereo demonstration of this best in class Keurig coffeemaker. Purchasing information may be found at the following link: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/ke...

Welcome to the WCB Newsline Unleashed Podcast! This podcast will consist of an occasional series of Interviews, Audio, Tech Reviews, and Adventures based in Blindness and Low Vision Experiences supporting the mission of Washington Council of the Blind Find out more at https://wcb-newsline-unleashed.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .