[nagdu] TSE old lounge and Zilla

Wed Jun 20 23:35:34 UTC 2012

I love reading these memroies, Lyn.
Thanks for sharing

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
> 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
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>
>> 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
>>>>
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Debbie Cole

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