The TAPING RECORDER June 2006
News from & about Taping For The Blind, Inc. www.tapingfortheblind.org
MARVIN AND MAGIC VISIT TAPING

We were very pleased to welcome local television icon Marvin 
Zindler to taping this month. Marvin included his 6-year-old bichon frise 
dog, "Magic," during his visit. We had invited Marvin to record some 
station breaks, a spot for our Listener Campaigns, as well as an 
introduction to his biography, "White Knight in Blue Shades" by Dr. Joseph 
Agris, which volunteer reader Ted Pfister recently finished recording for 
broadcast on HTBR. After doing his recording, Marvin was given a tour by 
Cynthia Franzetti and then we sat in the front room and discussed the work 
Taping does. Mr. Zindler was very interested and asked many good questions 
about our services. Magic spent a good share of his time sitting in 
Marvin's lap as they obviously thought a lot of each other. While Marvin 
was generally soft-spoken, Jim Martinez said he really cranked it up when 
he did his standard finish to all his work, "MARVIN ZINDLER, EYEWITNESS 
NEWS." We were very pleased to have Mr. Zindler visit us, and our sincere 
thanks to volunteer Dena Marks Sokolow for making this happen.
CAN YOU SUBSTITUTE?

We are having our usual challenges keeping the schedule going 
because of summer vacations, so if you have some extra time and can do some 
substitute work, please let Radio Manager Jim Martinez know.
TAPING RECORDER FIVE YEARS OLD

It is hard for your editor to believe, but the TAPING RECORDER has 
been bringing "News from & about Taping For The Blind, Inc." to you for 
five years. We started in February of 2001 without a name. One of the 
first orders of business was to do a name-the-newsletter contest which Nate 
Swardland won with the moniker we currently sport. Thanks to all who have 
contributed to this effort, and most of all, thanks to our wonderful 
volunteers who make this duty such a pleasure--it is great fun to brag 
about our incredible volunteers!
LIGHT THE CANDLES

Please join us in congratulating the following volunteers 
celebrating their birthdays in June: 06/01 Scott Burman, Paul Lester; 06/05 
Lyn Schmaltz; 06/06 Ulyesse LeGrange; 06/15 Dr. Ed Bradley, Stephen Wood; 
06/20 Jill Carter; 06/28 Kenneth Grigsby; and 06/29 Barbara Crawford. If 
you have a June birthday and do not see your name here, please let any 
staff member know so we can update our records.

HOLIDAY HOURS

As we celebrate Independence Day, Taping will have reduced hours 
on July 4th. We will have the building open from 7 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. We 
hope this doesn't seriously inconvenience you, and we hope you have a 
wonderful Fourth of July! (Note: on Monday, July 3 we will observe our 
normal operating hours from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.)

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