Muldrow resident Macey Millar earned a gold medal at Oklahoma School for the Blind’s 11th Oklahoma Regional Cane Quest competition in Muskogee.

Millar, an OSB eighthgrader, earned points and prizes in a fast-paced contest with 32 other cane users from across the state.

Millar’s award in the Explorers category included competitors in grades sixth through ninth.

Cane Quest is a national program of the Braille Institute of America, based in Los Angeles, Calif.

Explorer and Trailblazer competitors successfully completed five types of street crossings and demonstrated more advanced cane skills along a route in downtown Muskogee.

Contestants in the Scouts category demonstrated basic cane skills, guide skills and worked with their volunteer teammates to complete orientation and mobility tasks on the OSB campus at 3300 Gibson Street in Muskogee.

More than 60 volunteers teammates from across the state scored performance and partnered with each participant.

“Proper cane skills and travel techniques are keys to independence for people who are blind,” Oklahoma School for the Blind Superintendent Rita Echelle said. “Our free Cane Quest competition helps OSB students and those who attend other schools improve and master travel skills that will help them become employed and self-sufficient.”

“I appreciate Cane Quest Coordinator Faye Miller and all the many volunteers who helped make this event successful,” Echelle said.

OSB and Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired are divisions of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services.

For more info, call 877-229-7136 or visit http://osb.k12. ok.us/.