[Oagdu] Getting around Springfield, Ohio

Wed Feb 4 13:30:29 UTC 2015

You are correct, the teacher is Debbie Baker, and she should be on this list.
Deanna

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From: Oagdu [mailto:oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andy Leach via Oagdu
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 1:31 PM
To: 'Chaim B. Segal'; 'Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List'
Subject: Re: [Oagdu] Getting around Springfield, Ohio

Hello Chaim:

The teacher you may be thinking of is Debbie Baker; she has been a teacher in Springfield for a number of years and if I'm not mistaken, she is a member of this list.  Personally, I don't know a great deal about Springfield because I've only been there for specific reasons and don't have a great deal of knowledge about the city layout, transportation options ETC.
Hopefully you can get some good information in a timely manner.

Andy and Brie

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From: Oagdu [mailto:oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chaim B. Segal via Oagdu
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 12:06 PM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: blindtlk at nfbnet.org; oagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Oagdu] Getting around Springfield, Ohio

Hi Everybody:

To those of you on Oagdu, I will make a more formal introduction later. I want to ask in advance for all responses to this message to be made off-list.

My wife Brooke just landed a job as a reservationist with Red Roof Inn.
Though she will be working out of our house, her initial training is taking place in Springfield, Ohio at their call center. Unless we hear otherwise from her OOD counselor, she is responsible for her transportation to and from Springfield, as well as buying food to have in her motel room during the afternoons and evenings of her four-week stay. (She will be coming home to me for weekends.) Even if OOD does provide transportation for her from Dayton to Springfield, I will inevitably come see her at some intermittant points during training. Once upon a time, when I was a young boy on into my adolescence, our family dentist was in Springfield. Occasionally, my parents took us to stores here and there while visiting the small city. My father also had a temporary job there with treating Kosher meat at a meat-packing place.  However, that was so long ago, that I would not have paid any attention to the city's layout. I understand that the Red Roof Inn call Center is across the street from some mall.

When I trained with Einstein at Seeing Eye, there was an older teacher in class named Debbie, whose last name escapes me. I had subsequent contact with her on one occasion while researching the possibility of becoming a teacher. That was around 15 years ago. If anybody knows her, perhaps it might be a good idea to re-initiate some contact. 
Is anybody here familiar with the Springfield, Ohio metropolitan area from a blind perspective? What taxicab services are blind friendly? Does Springfield have a public transit system and a corresponding paratrransit system? Other than the Kroger's, which is apparently not far from where she will be staying, what other grocery stores/supermarkets are there?

I need info as soon as possible. For faster access, you can call us. Our home number is, 937 293-2815. My mobile number is, 937 231-6119. BROOKE'S cell phone is 937 430-2273. She prefers to be called Hava. (Rhymes with
lava.) 

Thanks in advance!

Chaim

Chaim B. Segal
Customer Service Representative: Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio

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