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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all. Velvet’s making steady progress with the aid of her physical and occupational therapists. Yesterday, she stood up and walked from the bathroom to the bed assisted only by her cane. The wheel chair and walker were nowhere in evidence. To understand how big this is, the people at the convalescent home had her convinced that she should just resign herself to being wheel chair bound and that she should not even think about living in her home again. At the end of next week, she’ll be an outpatient and will be doing her therapy at the clinic 6 blocks away. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Drawing tickets will be ordered tomorrow and I’ll send some off to Tina, Robert and Roger as soon as possible. There will be 250 tickets for each drawing. I’m sorry this wasn’t done sooner, but I had a lot on my plate. Take care everybody. And we’ll see you in Oct. Ken and Velvet the Stockton Volontes; not those rowdies who live in the foothills.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>