| Mrs. Marilyn B. Blankenship noticed what a lovely | | | | Blankenship took very seriously as a Texan and |
| day it was as she went into vote early at the | | | | as an American.After finishing college she had |
| Renner-Frankford Branch Dallas Public Library at | | | | begun teaching school in 1952. Over her career as |
| 6400 Frankford Rd. two blocks from her home in | | | | an educator she had watched the school system |
| Collin County, Texas near Dallas. Mr. Arthur | | | | of Texas change in troubling ways. Children, she |
| Edwards, the widower of her oldest friend from | | | | believed, need not just information, they need to |
| the 4th grade, accompanied her on the short ride | | | | acquire inquiring minds so they can think for |
| to the Library; he waited in the car for her to | | | | themselves.Mrs. Blankenship went into the familiar |
| finish her brief civic obligation. A native Texan, | | | | interior of the Library and picked up her ballot. A |
| Mrs. Blankenship appreciated the mild autumn | | | | long time Republican this time she was determined |
| weather. Growing up in Texas, the daughter of | | | | to vote for change. Taking her ballot she went |
| two strong parents, had left its mark on her. She | | | | into the voting booth and inserted her card into |
| had learned self discipline from both of them, | | | | the Diebold Voting Machine. Diebold is a local |
| along with a strong sense of honesty.Exercising | | | | company in Texas; one of their facilities was just |
| her civic obligations was something Mrs. | | | | down the street. |