Pyle s counselor with the Texas Commission for the Blind sent her some information about the vocational program at LWSB that trained in computer programming and offered good job placement opportunities. Glads and Grads Opportunities for a new life were opened to former trainees at LWSB as they were placed in jobs. Lee Giurlanda , IRS manager from Richmond, Virginia, represented the offices who hired. Included in the sessions were orientation and mobility experiences and sighted guide techniques under occluders. The kitchen where three meals a day are prepared for the trainees received some new equipment.
Trainees can now enjoy an ice machine which was installed in a trainee lounge area.
Also, the administration building has a new look with bright, sparkling tile, and new desks in the reception area and secretaries office. Two people were recently hired as instructors in the independent living skills area. Bonnie L. Fehrenbach graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a master s degree in rehabilitation and will teach orientation and mobility. Janet L. Winsett graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a master s degree in rehabilitation teaching for the blind. She is a rehabilitation teacher.