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

[J.J. Meddaugh]

Joe, we get the point.
Time to move on.
Please don't cheapen what was an excellently-executed event.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI,Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB 
Training CenterOpenHouse held Monday, June 4


> 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?"
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Garcia" <dangarcia3 at hotmail.com>
> To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 8:32 AM
> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of trising
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:33 PM
>> To: NFBofMichigan List
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>>
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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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.”
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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>>
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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