the 2008 Pennsylvania Council of the Blind Convention and Conference will be held in Johnstown from Friday, October 31st through November 2nd.

The Holiday Inn Downtown Johnstown will be the convention hotel and the room rate is $79.00 plus tax per night. You will find the hotel intimately small, but the accommodations more than comfortable.

The Convention Program Committee is hard at work planning an exciting and interesting convention. This year's theme "Independence Through Empowerment" will be reflected in a number of presentations and workshops.

A tour is being planned that will include lunch at the Incline Restaurant and Pub. As some might remember, in 2000 when the convention was last held in Johnstown, the incline was being refurbished. I promised then that if the convention were ever held again in Johnstown, we would ride the incline, and so we will.

Look for many more details of our upcoming convention in the next issue of the ADVOCATE.

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