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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">This was on the News last night and I thought you all may find it interesting. My comments are at the bottom, following the article.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">MAINEVILLE, Ohio -- A woman with a registered service bird was asked to leave a Kroger store this past weekend -- and the moment
was caught on video.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">The bird, a registered service animal named Cooper, has been in the store before with no problem, GeeGee Jackson said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">Jackson, who is known as "the bird lady" around Maineville and South Lebanon, said a store employee asked her to leave the Kroger on SR 48 in Maineville Sunday.
She said the manager told her the bird wasn't allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">She said she needs the bird with her to help her cope with depression and anxiety. The bird, a cockatoo, is a nationally registered
service animal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">Cooper travels everywhere with Jackson, mostly around town, often traveling by moped. In public, she puts a diaper on the bird
to prevent any messes and keeps him on a leash, she said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">Jackson said she's shopped in the same store with her bird in the past with permission from employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">Kimbery Hibbler was shopping on Sunday and shot video of the incident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">"I felt horrible for her," Hibbler said. "I felt like something needed to be done."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">A Kroger spokesperson told WCPO store officials do not have to let the bird inside under federal law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">The spokesperson said Kroger follows the Americans with Disabilities Act's regulations on service animals. According to the ADA,
only dogs can be service animals. Cooper the bird is registered but is technically an emotional support animal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">But Jackson said Kroger's policy is not fair and she wants the company to reconsider.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#111111">"Not everybody can have a service dog," she said. "There are other animals out there that can do the same thing a dog does."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My comments: I say, way to go Kroger for following the ADA regulations! Although, they should have mentioned that miniature horses are also covered under the ADA.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Speaking of the ADA, I participated in a 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary ADA celebration yesterday. I wrote a poem and won first place, I had the honor of reading my poem in front of everyone at the event. I would say there were 150 people
at least. I also was interviewed by the news and had my poem published in the Cincinnati Enquirer. It was a very good event, and I met with some people and did get to pass out a few Oagdu cards.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deanna<o:p></o:p></p>
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