[nagdu] TSE old lounge and Zilla

[Lyn Gwizdak]

The old lounge was in an old Victorian house near downtown Morristown. 
there were a ton of steps to get out the front door to the sidewalk but it 
was a georgous building with this really neat stained glass inset in the 
front door.

The place we waited was a small room with a bunch of soft chairs.  there was 
this old, wonderful lady named Zilla who was so cheerful and sang all the 
time.  She was Jamaican, I think.  She served us all coffee, tea, or hot 
chocolate and she was absolutely WONDERFUL - an absolutely wonderful human 
being.  she loved us all and we loved her back!  She was a volunteer and, I 
think, at one time she was an employee for TSE in Dietary Services.  I don't 
know if she's even still alive - never heard anything.  Hey, Ginger, you 
know what's become of Zilla?

Also, in the back of that old house, there was a garage and a place in the 
shade for the dogs in training to wait.  We would occassionally see a 
trainer with one of the dogs in his or her string.  I remember being in Doug 
Bohl's class in 1988 and wwe'd drive into that driveway in the back of the 
old lounge.  there was this huge speed bump and Doug would say it was an old 
lady he ran over - what a sick mind, that Doug Bohl! Hahahaha!  He'd get us 
laughing so hard!  We did have alot of fun with Doug.  And that is the 
memory i had about that place besides Zilla.  No, and Douog wasn't infering 
that he ran over Zilla - just some other unnamed generic "old lady". LOL!

In the new lounge, do you still have coffee or something to drink while 
waiting your turn to work with the instructor?  I think they should name the 
new lounge after Zilla - never did know her last name.  She deserves that 
honor!  Anyone else have memories of that great lady, Zilla?

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhard Stebner" <raydar11011 at yahoo.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] training at TSE


> What was the old lounge like?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:09 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] training at TSE
>
> They have internet now in the lounge and the like. Maybe, though, if you
> weren't there when they had the old lounge, you wouldn't appreciate the 
> new
> one as much. LOL.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
> On Jun 15, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Reinhard Stebner wrote:
>
>> I think taking the shuttle is a much better use of my time than waiting 
>> at
>> the lounge. It is basically one large room with chairs, tables and 
>> couches
>> grouped up in to conversational areas. The lounge is nice, I just wish
> they
>> would have more comfortable seating. The next time I go, I will bring 
>> more
>> entertainment with me since much of one's time is spent waiting for your
>> time to walk. I appreciate the fact that I am able to spend more time
>> on-campus.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf
>> Of Lyn Gwizdak
>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 3:48 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] training at TSE
>>
>> I'm surprised because it takes more gas to do all that transporting when
>> they could just drive to the lounge, train everyone as usual, and
> transport
>> everyone back to the campus.  But, maybe they have their reasons (grin!)
>>
>> When I was there in 2007, I got to see the construction site where the 
>> new
>
>> lounge was going to be.  For those of you who have been in the lounge,
> what
>> is it like - what's in there?
>>
>> Lyn and Landon
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sam Hogle" <smhogle at gmail.com>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] training at TSE
>>
>>
>>> I saw the post with the question about waiting in the training lounge at
>>> TSE, and thought I'd reply. When I went in 2009, we waited in the lounge
>>> for the first week. However, we spent the rest of the class waiting back
> on
>>
>>> the main campus, and had vans take us back and forth when it was time 
>>> for
>
>>> our trips. Hope this helps.
>>> Sam and Mason
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nagdu mailing list
>>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nagdu:
>>>
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/linda.gwizdak%40cox.net
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/raydar11011%40yahoo.com
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nagdu mailing list
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nagdu:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/cindyray%40gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/raydar11011%40yahoo.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nagdu mailing list
> nagdu at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nagdu:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/linda.gwizdak%40cox.net