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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This is Russell Ewell, I know that it has been a long time since man of you have heard from me but as you may remember, I had to resign from every board and committee to pursue my academic endeavors. I wanted to announce and invite anyone who will be in the St. Louis Metropolitan area next Friday to my graduation service.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">I WILL BE THE FIRST BLIND PERSON to graduate from Eden Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity Degree in its 156-year history.</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The ceremony will begin at 7:30pm on Friday May 15, 2009. Because of its accessibility, the ceremony will be held at Manchester United Methodist Church, 129 Woods Mill Road, Manchester, Missouri.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Please invite others from our community because I believe we need to make a statement.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was told by many people from our community, from academia, from social service organizations that a blind person “especially one that does not read brail” has never, nor could complete this program because of its academic requirements. Therefore, to make a statement I would love to have as many people as possible with your white canes and guide dogs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The graduation does not require tickets so it is open to the public.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">For more information, you can email me at </SPAN><A href="mailto:elohim1992@sbcglobal.net"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">elohim1992@sbcglobal.net</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> or via phone at 314-306-4298, or via mail at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1106 Martin Manor Place, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Florissant, MO 63031<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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