2/16/16 Lighthouse For The Blind/Horizon Industries Employees by Andrew D. Brosig
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Curley Bailey negotiates a path through the warehouse on his way to his desk in the data processing department at Horizon Industries, part of the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Currie Bailey uses a special keyboard with larger keys and raised "buttons" to do his job as a data entry specialist on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Horizon Industries, part of the East Texas Lighthouse For The Blind in Tyler. The raised buttons help Bailey determine fixed finger locations on the keyboard and, knowing those, he can transfer information from customer forms into something the Horizon shipping department can use to fill orders. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Sharon Kemp, left, and Milow Christian insert bundles of cut tissue napkins into slots in a machine which compresses and packages them on the production line Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Horizon Industries, part of the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, in Tyler. Christian is one of two Lighthouse employees chosen for National Industries for the Blind awards and will represent the agency at national awards ceremonies in Washington DC later this year. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Milow Christian, left, and shift supervisor Jason Toole troubleshoot a problem on the packaging line Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind Horizon Industries in Tyler. Horizon Industries is the manufacturing arm of the Lighthouse and provides employment to blind and visually impaired East Texans. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Milow Christian, background left, and Sharon Kemp wait while coworker Dennis Johnson pulls the next bundle of pre-cut napkins from a machine and moves them to a table to be separated for packaging on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Horizon Industry, the manufacturing arm of the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
Currie Bailey at work in the data entry department Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Horizon Industries, the manufacturing arm of the East Texas lighthouse for the Blind, in Tyler, where he uses adaptive technology to transfer information from customer order forms to Horizon Industries shipping forms. Bailey, one of two recipients of National Industries for the Blind awards at Horizon Industries who will represent the agency at a national awards ceremony in Washington DC later this year, lost his site when he was shot during a drive-by shooting when he was 25, he said. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph