[nfbmi-talk] Kalamazoo Gazette Article and Channel 3 Tonight

Sat Feb 27 15:48:08 UTC 2010

Exactly. He really has no business in the matter. You're nicer than I 
probably would have been. As long as we're invited by a student, we could do 
a meeting there, really. Thanks for the update and for helping us bring the 
NFB to the commission. I'm sure we'll stop by again soon.

J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
A premier Licensed Code Factory and KNFB Reader distributor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roxanna Mann" <roxanna at suitcaseandsandals.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Kalamazoo Gazette Article and Channel 3 Tonight

Hey, J.J.  Just wanted to keep you posted on what's up here
at the MCBTC.  After we met on Thursday evening, I was
"approached" by Bruce on Friday in the hallway, where he
basically asked me if any "staff" knew of you guys coming
and doing a "presentation".  I told him it wasn't a
presentation, just a couple of my new friends coming to
visit and show off some techy gadgetry for some students who
had interest in purchasing them.  I also told them that I
was not aware that I had to have permission to have guests
on site as long as protocol was followed for checking in,
etc.  I think the concern was more that this was an "NFB
thing".  I didn't have the heart to tell him that SEVEN
students signed on with the NFB that night!  With the
tagline of the NFB being, "We're changing what it means to
be blind in Michigan", I'm saying that the new MCB tagline
should be, "We're changing what it means to be a firearm in
Michigan" or "We're changing...our story".  So the MCBTC new
tagline will be, "We're changing what it means to be a blind
student at the Training Center".  We will continue to
perservere for justice, equality and neutrality as best we
are able.  ---Roxanna Mann, Empowered & Informed Student at
the MCBTC

From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Kalamazoo Gazette Article and
Channel 3 Tonight
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:07:45 -0500

----- Original Message Follows -----
> We're lucky to have a paper and television station that is
> eager to cover  the story. It doesn't hurt that it's
> sweeps month for TV as well.
>
> I'm confident you can get some good coverage on the MCB
> meeting in March,  among other events.
>
> You may wish to reach out to  Barbara Wieland on Twitter
> at username  bawieland as I think she could be convinced
> to write more given the right  angle.
>
>
>
> J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
> A premier Licensed Code Factory and KNFB Reader
> distributor ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Elizabeth" <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
> To: <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Kalamazoo Gazette Article and
> Channel 3 Tonight
>
>
>
> Thanks for keeping us up to date on all the local media
> coverage. Personally  I think this article is better than
> the one that ran this past weekend. it's  too bad we can't
> get the same kind of media coverage here in Lansing.
>
>
>
> Elizabeth
>
> > From: jj at bestmidi.com
> > To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:52:04 -0500
> > Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Kalamazoo Gazette Article and
> Channel 3 Tonight >
> > First, Christine Boone will be on channel 3 tonight
> (Wednesday) at 11. >
> > She may also be on the CW 7 at 10.
> >
> > Also, here's the article from Wednesday's Kalamazoo
> Gazette. >
> >
> >
> > Firing over marksmanship program protested: Supporters
> > want former blind  training center director reinstated
> >
> >
> > By Chris Killian | Special to the Kalamazoo...
> > February 24, 2010, 12:30PM
> > Protesters, Michigan Commission for the Blind Training
> > Center View full size
> > Demanding reinstatement: Protesters march Tuesday
> > outside the Michigan  Commission
> > for the Blind Training Center in Kalamazoo to protest
> > the firing of former  director
> > Christine Boone for her creation of a marksmanship
> > program there. KALAMAZOO -
> > Roxanne Mann had never shot any kind of gun until she
> > took a class at the  Michigan
> > Commission for the Blind Training Center last year.
> > On her second try, she pulled the trigger on her
> > spring-loaded pellet  rifle and hit
> > the bullseye on the target.
> > "I was amazed," said Mann, 46, who has had vision
> > problems most of her  life and has
> > been nearly blind for the past three years. "I've done
> > more here than I  ever thought
> > I'd be able to do."
> > That sense of achievement was what brought Mann and
> > several of her fellow  students
> > to a protest at Kalamazoo training center for the blind
> > Tuesday to demand  reinstatement
> > of former director Christine Boone, who was fired for
> > creating the  marksmanship program.
> > The program, conducted in a wooded ravine behind the
> > Oakland Drive  facility beginning
> > last September, was canceled in November and Boone was
> > fired Feb. 4 for  allowing
> > firearms on state property.
> > "It's a safety-work-rule violation, a serious work-rule
> > violation," Mario  Morrow,
> > director of communications for the Michigan Department
> > of Energy, Labor  and Economic
> > Growth, said last week of Boones' firing.
> > "The class was run safely, effectively and
> > professionally, just like every  other
> > program here," Phill Kelly, 26, who was enrolled in the
> > class before it  was terminated
> > in November, said from Tuesday's protest.
> > "They took all the appropriate safety measures into
> > consideration. It's  not like
> > we were shooting .22's or shotguns out here."
> > Boone, who has 30 years of experience in the
> > rehabilitation field, said  she saw the
> > activity as one that empowered students and boosted
> > their self-confidence.  She said
> > she received verbal consent in March to begin the
> > program from Patrick  Cannon, director
> > of the Michigan Commission for the Blind in Lansing, and
> > has appealed her  dismissal.
> > The Kalamazoo Gazette has been unable to reach Cannon
> > for comment. Several students at Tuesday's protest
> > praised Boone, who became director  of the training
> > center in 2006, for her progressive programs.
> > Miles Matie, 35, had a career in computer programming
> > before losing his  eyesight
> > four years ago. Although he's only been at the training
> > facility for a  month, he
> > said he's learning a lot thanks to programming that
> > Boone started. Boone replaced outdated typing classes
> > with computer training, introduced  specialized
> > technology to level the playing field between blind
> > professionals and  their sighted
> > colleagues, and established a peer-support system for
> > blind college  students, according
> > to Matie.
> > "I'm out here picketing for my fellow students," he
> > said. "When you get rid of programs, you are subtly
> > saying blind people can't  live a productive,
> > normal life," said Larry Posont, president of the of the
> > National  Federation of the
> > Blind of Michigan, which organized the protest.
> > "We say the average blind person can do the average job
> > ," he said. "We are  in the
> > right and we will continue to fight."
> > © 2010 MLive.com. All rights reserved.
> >
>
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/02/firing_over_marksmanship_progr.html
> > J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
> > A premier Licensed Code Factory and KNFB Reader
> > distributor
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