[nfbmi-talk] a lion roars on boone affair

[Roxanna Mann]

Do you want me to arrange this?  By he way, there are many,
many students going to the NFB eeting tonite!  How awesome! 
Christine, our fight is long from over andI have several
things I have been working on since I got home on Monday. I
haven't forgotten....And I can't wait to see you next and
talk with you.  Hey, I'm going to be at the Center next
Tuesday visiting my friends. Wanna join us?

From: "Christine Boone" <Christine_Boone at comcast.net>
To: "'NFB of Michigan List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] a lion roars on boone affair
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:26:22 -0400

----- Original Message Follows -----
> I would love to meet Ken Karakula!  I wonder how a Lion
> would like a Bear Hug!
> 
> Christine
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:52 PM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] a lion roars on boone affair
> 
>
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/03/letters_blind_train
> ing_center.html
> 
>  
> 
> March 19, 2010, 8:00AM
> 
>  
> 
> Written by: Ken Karakula, Norman L. Kramer, Jon O. Flegel
> & PDTC students
> 
>  
> 
> Blind Training Center director was thinking 'outside the
> box'
> 
>  
> 
> I was totally dismayed to read about the firing of
> Christine Boone as director of the Michigan Commission for
> the Blind Training Center in Kalamazoo for
> 
> creating supposed "firearms" classes for blind students.
> 
>  
> 
> These spring-loaded rifles are not firearms. They can be
> purchased in the toy department of any store and shoot
> rubber or plastic pellets and are safe enough
> 
> for children to use.
> 
>  
> 
> I suspect there is another agenda that Patrick Cannon has
> against Boone. As a previous longtime Lions Club member, I
> had the privilege of knowing fellow
> 
> member Norm Backon who was blind and worked for the
> Commission for the Blind.
> 
>  
> 
> Norm would encourage both sighted and non-sighted persons
> to think "outside the box" in helping the blind. We
> created a memorial scholarship in his honor
> 
> after his death to help those wanting to work with the
> blind.
> 
>  
> 
> I would suggest that Cannon resign and stop discriminating
> against and hindering creative people like Boone from
> thinking "outside the box" when trying
> 
> to help the blind.
> 
>  
> 
> Ken Karakula/past president, Portage Lions Club
> 
>  
> 
> Letters: "Blind Training Center director was thinking
> 'outside the box'" and more | - MLive.com
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