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

Wed Jun 6 14:01:52 UTC 2012

Paper signs are not compliant! They are a gross violation of the ADA, our 
collective civil rights and that is simply that. After $3.5 million in new 
construction one would think the State of Michigan would figure things out. 
This is actually quite outragious.
----- 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 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI,Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB 
TrainingCenter OpenHouse held Monday, June 4


>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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of joe harcz Comcast
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 8:43 AM
> To: NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FYI, Kalamazoo Gazette photo gallery of MCB 
> Training Center OpenHouse 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
>>
>>
>>
>> Michigan Commission for the Blind shows off new facilities in grand
>> re-opening (with photo gallery)
>>
>>
>>
>> Photo: Aaron Mueller
>>
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>>
>> By Aaron MuellerThe Kalamazoo Gazette
>>
>>
>>
>> Published: Monday, June 04, 2012, 8:34 PM     Updated: Monday, June 04,
>> 2012, 8:43 PM
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Michigan Commission for the Blind Training Center open house
>> gallery
>> (19 photos)
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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