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

Wed Jun 6 12:43:06 UTC 2012

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>
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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.
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> 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.
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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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> 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.
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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. 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.
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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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> Closeup head-and-shoulders view of a group of people seated at long 
> tables, with some people holding their white canes upright.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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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