[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI, Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB Training Center OpenHouse held Monday, June 4

Wed Jun 6 13:25:30 UTC 2012

I can't speak about compliance. The fact is that there are Braille paper signs next to each door. More permanent signage is coming, according the the director of the training center.

Daniel

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Hi,

Glad to see you on the list. I have only one question though about this event. It is: "Was there raised character and Braille signage on every permanent room in compliance with the Americans with disabilities Act?"
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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI,Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB Training Center OpenHouse held Monday, June 4

> This is Daniel Garcia, one of the people who appears on one the 
> photos. It was very fun going back to the Center after having 
> "graduated" 3 weeks ago. I did not think there would be that many 
> people there. I think the guys did an outstanding job with the singing and the fine speeches given.
>
> Daniel Garcia
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI, Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB 
> Training Center Open House held Monday, June 4
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> http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2012/06/kalamazoo_center
> _for_the_blind.html
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> Michigan Commission for the Blind shows off new facilities in grand 
> re-opening (with photo gallery)
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> Photo: Aaron Mueller
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> By Aaron MuellerThe Kalamazoo Gazette
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> Published: Monday, June 04, 2012, 8:34 PM     Updated: Monday, June 04, 
> 2012, 8:43 PM
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> KALAMAZOO, MI -- Students led tours of the newly renovated Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind Training Center on Monday.
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> The facility underwent a year-long, $3.5 million renovation that 
> includes a new, state-of-the-art technology center, and the completion 
> was celebrated with a three-hour long open house that included food, 
> music and demonstrations.
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> The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center open house 
> gallery
> (19 photos)
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> Photo: Mark Bugnaski
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> All photos by Mark Bugnaski | MLive.com, The Kalamazoo Gazette
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> [photo description] A small child holds his white cane as a woman’s 
> hand rests lightly on his head.  The child faces upward, appearing to 
> be listening intently to a tall person not shown in the photo.
>
> Caption: Aaron Dare, 6, of Portage explores the Michigan Commission 
> for the Blind Training Center during the open house Monday, June 4, 2012.
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> Sidewalk and main entrance to the MCB Training Center.
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> Caption: The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center at 1541 
> Oakland Drive hosted an open house Monday, June 4, 2012.
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> A man with a white cane and a service dog stands in a brightly-lit 
> hallway, as another man with a white cane and a woman lean down to pet 
> and admire the dog.
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> Caption: People tour the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training 
> Center at 1541 Oakland Drive during the open house.
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> Looking outward from behind the reception desk, the receptionist’s 
> computer screen shows bright yellow tulips against a blue sky.  A 
> cluster of pastel balloons decorate the lobby, where a group of 
> visitors stand and talk inside the main entrance.
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> Caption: The renovations for the Michigan Commission for the Blind 
> Training Center include a new reception office at the main entrance.
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> Two women sit in front of a computer below a very large wall poster of 
> a color-coded computer keyboard and two hands with corresponding 
> color-coded fingers.
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> Caption:  Amber Willard, a rehabilitation instructor, left, works with 
> Courtney McHaffy in the computer lab at the Michigan Commission for 
> the Blind Training Center. After a year-long, $3.5 million renovations 
> including a state-of-the-art technology center.
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> A young man holding a white cane smiles and appears to be laughing as 
> he speaks.  On the wall behind him, large Braille dots spell the word 
> “Braille.”
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> Caption:  Daniel Garcia, a recent student giving a tour of the 
> Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center.
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> A man communicates with a woman using tactile sign language, with her 
> hands resting lightly on his hands as he signs.
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> Caption: Interpreter Dan Meginley, left, tactile signs with braille 
> teacher Marge Spencer during the opening house at the Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind Training Center, June 4, 2012.
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> A man holding a white cane stands facing a woman who appears to be 
> laughing as an interpreter communicates with her using tactile sign 
> language.
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> Caption: Interpreter Dan Meginley, left, tactile signs with braille 
> teacher Marge Spencer during the opening house at the Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind Training Center, June 4, 2012.
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> Two women holding white canes (one of them MCB Training Center 
> Director Christine Boone), stand with several other people chatting in 
> the hallway in front of the open door to the wood shop.
>
> Caption: People tour the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training 
> Center at 1541 Oakland Drive during the open house.
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> A woman seated at a table feeds a sheet of paper into a Perkins brailler. 
> The woman standing beside her leans on her white cane and appears to 
> be listening intently.
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> Caption:  Sherry Pelmear, left and Carolyn Carr use a Perkins Braille 
> writer at the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center during 
> the open house Monday, June 4, 2012.
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> Two women holding white canes smile, as three people holding white 
> canes stand in the background.
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> Caption: Christine Harwood of Allegan and Laurie Klocke of East 
> Lansing during the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center 
> open house Monday, June 4, 2012.
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> Large letters above the cafeteria counter spell “Out of Sight Café.”  
> With a buffet table in the foreground and the kitchen in the 
> background, four women with white canes carrying various things move 
> in four different directions, each appearing to be intent on her own task.
>
> Caption: The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center  at 
> 1541 Oakland Drive hosted an open house Monday, June 4, 2012. This is 
> the “grand re-opening” of the training center after a year-long, $3.5 
> million renovation.
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> With two people at the buffet line in the foreground, a crowd of 
> people seated at tables and standing in small groups talking fill the 
> cafeteria to capacity.
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> Caption: Guest attending a reception at the Michigan Commission for 
> the Blind Training Center during the open house. The Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind Training Center held a grand re-opening for 
> the training center after a year-long, $3.5 million renovation.
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> Two men stand talking in a brightly-lit hallway.  Their out-of-focus 
> images in the foreground frame the distant clear image of several 
> people with white canes and a service dog, all walking toward a glass 
> wall at the end of the hallway that looks out onto the courtyard.
>
> Caption:  People tour the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training 
> Center at 1541 Oakland Drive during the open house.
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> Closeup head-and-shoulders view of a group of people seated at long 
> tables, with some people holding their white canes upright.
>
> Caption: The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center held an 
> open house to celebrate the renovations.
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> Several MCB Training Center students and staff who are members of the 
> MCB Chorale, holding U.S. flags as they prepare to sing the national anthem.
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> Caption:  Some faculty and students sang for the guest during the open 
> house reception at the Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center.
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> MCB Director Pat Cannon seated beside the podium holding his cane, 
> smiling perhaps in anticipation of the upcoming performance by the MCB 
> Chorale, shown in the background holding U.S. flags.
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> Caption: Patrick D. Cannon, director of the Michigan Commission for 
> the Blind during the training center open house.
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> View of a sunny, unoccupied student room at the MCB Training Center, 
> showing a bed, desk, phone, lamp, chair, and wardrobe closet with drawers.
>
> Caption: The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center at 1541 
> Oakland Drive hosted an open house for the renovation, including the 
> student dorms.
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> Three men, one holding a white cane, stand in front of a wall under a 
> sign that says “thank you” in large capital letters.
>
> Caption:  Guest attending a reception at the Michigan Commission for 
> the Blind Training Center during the open house. The Michigan 
> Commission for the Blind Training Center held a “grand re-opening” for 
> the training center after a year-long, $3.5 million renovation.
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