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صفحه اصلی / آلبومها / Lansing, fall 1995 46
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Lansing State Journal Tuesday October 24, 1995 [Image] [Image caption] Handicapper group vents its rage. Voicing anger: Bob Liston of Ypsilanti, a member of American Disabled for Attendant Programs holds a copy of the Declaration of Independence, calling it "the real contract with America." Listo and other ADAPT members protested House Speaker Newt Gingrich's book, "To Renew America Monday at a Lansing Mall bookstore. Photo by CHRIS HOLMES/Lansing State Journal [Headline] Handicappers protest Gingrich book at malls [Subheading] Local Waldenbooks targeted; ADAPT also takes swings at Engler By David Wahlberg Lansing State Journal Scores of handicappers took over Waldenbooks stores in Lan-sing Mall and Meridian Mall Monday morning, pulling copies of Newt Gingrich's new book and demanding more federal money for in-home services. "No more nursing homes!" [text cuts off] of Denver-based American Dis-abled for Attendant Programs, or ADAPT, at the Lansing Mall store. They Jammed the aisles and stripped two dozen of Gingrich's "To Renew America" books off the shelves. "I was in prison in a nursing home for more than a year," said Dusty Hogue, 45, of Davison. "They get you up when they want to, they feed you when they want to, they turn on the TV when they want to. We have a right to more than that." ADAPT targeted Waldenbooks because the national bookstore [text cuts off] ADAPT's Michigan contingent is large, said Bob Liston of Ypsilanti. In addition, Gov. John Engler, like Gingrich, is a Republican leader of welfare reform, he said. ADAPT also protested Monday afternoon at state Republican Party headquarters on East Grand River Avenue. The group plans more events today and Wednesday before heading to other parts of the country. "Newt's message Is 'community first ' Engler's message is 'family first' We'd like to be a part of the community and the family instead of being institutionalized," said the 41-year-old Liston, ADAPT coordinator for Michigan. Dawn Lane, district manager for Waldenbooks at the Meridian Mall store, said the company faxed an ADAPT statement to House Speaker Gingrich's office Monday. But the company will continue to stock his books, she said. "Waldenbooks does not and cannot act as a censor. That would present an encroachment on the First Amendment." The Lansing Mall store has sold more than 20 copies of Gingrich's book. Protesters said Gingrich promised to funnel more Medicaid money to in-home services for handicappers, then went back on his word. "He seems more interested in profits than people," said 40-year-old Michael Auberger, ADAPT national organizer in Denver. "I have to use attendants every day," said Kelly Watson, 35, of Lansing. "They are not paid enough. They are very important." The group drew a crowd of mall observers when 9-year-old Kyle Glozier of Wisconsin played the 1972 Hillside Singers hit "I'd like to Teach the World to Sing" on his mechanical voice keyboard. All the handicappers clapped and sang along. In January 1994, ADAPT criticized downtown Lansing restaurants for not being accessible. In March 1994, it also protested the state Commission on Death and Dying because group members said the commission was not listening to handicappers.
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The Detroit News The Final Word Wednesday Oct. 25, 1995 [Headline] Disabled group demonstrates outside governor's mansion [Image] [Image caption] Protester Sandi Weber chants after chaining her wheelchair to the fence outside governor's residence in Lansing on Tuesday. Gov. John Engler was not at home at the time. [Subheading] Protesters get past security, several arrested By Charlie Cain Detroit News Lansing Bureau Chief Lansing--Nearly 70 protesters in wheelchairs stormed past the iron gates of the governor's state-owned mansion Tuesday and literally camped on his doorstep. Gov. John Engler and his wife, Michelle, were not at the sprawling ranch home during the four-hour protest by activists who want better home nursing care. But the couple's 11-month-old triplets and nanny were inside when protesters surprised security guards at the mansion. The baby girls, according to the Governor's Office, were in the rear of the house and undisturbed. The Governor's Office was outraged by the tactic. No one was hurt, but some shrubs and flowers were crushed. "It is pathetic and despicable to try and frighten the first family, and particularly the little girls, with these type of activities," said Enger spokesman Rusty Hills. Hills called the act "terrorism." "There were three little babies inside and these people should not be scaring them," said state GOP Chairwoman Susy Heintz, whose offices were taken over by the same group for several hours Monday. "I don't care what they think their right to expression is. Terrorist tactics are not the way to resolve things in America." [Pulled quote] "It is pathetic and despicable to try and frighten the first family, and particularly the little girls, with these type of activities." Rusty Hills Spokesman for Gov. John Engler [Subheading] Michelle Engler livid about protest Handicapped people at governor's mansion went over the line The demonstrators were assembled by a Denver-based group, ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Services Today), that is protesting Republican-proposed changes in the federal Medicaid program. Those changes might force people with disabilities into nursing homes and out of attendant-care situations at home. ADAPT members demonstrated on Monday by occupying state Republican headquarters for several hours, on Tuesday for about four hours by gathering on the front porch at the governor's residence and on Wednesday by blocking entrances to the state Capitol for about an hour. ADAPT spokespeople said that, even though Medicaid changes are 'before Congress, Lansing was target-led for the demonstrations because Gov, Engler, a Republican, has been a key player In advising congressional Republicans on welfare and Medicaid changes. Michelle Engler said she was advised by phone in Detroit of the disturbance soon after demonstrators pushed through the gate about noon. "It was very scary," she said Thursday. "My instinct had been to rush back to Lansing, but they said there was nothing I could do . . . They were using police talk, 'situation stabilized' and that sort of thing, but it was extremely scary to me." After the luncheon, Engler hurried --back to Lansing, and, in her words, had to sneak in the back way" in order to avoid demonstrators, who, at last, were preparing to leave under watchful eyes of plainclothes State Police and uniformed Lansing poke officers, six were issued citations for trespassing. Engler said the triplets were in the back of the house and spared direct involvement. "But they were extremely fuzzy that night, which was out of character for them," she said. "Children can sense tension and anxiety." National ADAPT officials in Denver were reported en route home from Michigan and could not be reached for comment Thursday. Michigan ADAPT' organizer Bob Liston of Ypsilanti said, "This is a nonviolent organization. We have not tart anyone and do not intend to hurt anyone. But if Gov. Engler is going to get into national politics, he has to answer to folks nationally. We were doing what we felt was necessary to call attention to this critical issue." Commenting on such claims, Michelle Engler said Thursday: "Even assuming the governor, this governor, had that much influence over members of Congress, how often do you think 11-month-old babies talk to them?" She also noted the Irony that her husband is on record supporting ABATE's position in the nursing home versus home-care debate.
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10/23/95 Lansing State Journal [Headline] ADAPT plans to protest [Subheading] Handicapper group prepares for action to improve home aid By John B. Albright Lansing State Journal They're mum about just when and where and what they will do, and to whom they will do it. But hundreds of people with disabilities rallying Sunday at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Lan-sing were preparing to demonstrate for their cause: more aid-at-home funding for handicappers. Leaders were describing what's to come as acts of civil disobedience. "In the past, we have done things like blocking traffic," said Verna Spayth of Ann Arbor, a polio survivor and one of the organizers of the group called ADAPT. "We have shut down buildings. We have trapped people who could make decisions on the redirection of Medicaid money," she said. "Trapped them in their offices to give them a little taste of what it's like to be some place, not in control," Spayth explained. "Strategically placed chairs in front of doors can cause those doors not to open at all," Spayth said, referring to the wheel chairs that she and others were using as they assembled on the mezzanine floor of the Radisson ahead of a welcome address by Mayor David Hollister. "These chairs are rather heavy." The demonstrations may come anytime today through Wednesday. "We will be in faces for three days," Spayth said. Members of Denver-based ADAPT — American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today said they are mainly angling for Gov. John Engler's support for more home-aid money from Medicaid. Denouncing nursing homes as prisons with financial bars, ADAPT members want federal legislation to tilt 25 percent of Medicaid's nursing home funds to pay for personal help in homes of handicappers. Bill Earl, 32, of East Lansing, among 300 or, more of the handicappers who attended Sunday's session, said he hated his stay some time ago in a Grand Rapids nursing home. "I was told when to get up, when to go to bed," said Earl, a cerebral palsy survivor now getting about eight hours a day of personal help at his apartment home under Medicaid funding. Hollister told the handicappers that the new baseball stadium under construction for the Lansing Lugnuts will be handicapper-accessible. A former Democratic lawmaker in the Michigan House, Hollister said he's been trying to set up a meeting between ADAPT leaders and the Republican governor. But he's not taking a side on a move to get federal legislation to mark a quarter of Medicaid's $64 billion a year in nursing home funds for home aid. "What we have to do is eliminate barriers and allow people to be their own advocates, and that's what my role is," Hollister said. A Community Attendant Services Act, not yet introduced in Congress, would help keep many people with disabilities out of costly nursing homes, advocates have said. Spending $21,000 a year for home care for one person might head off a $40,000 tab of a nursing home, said ADAPT organizer Bob Kafka of Austin, Texas.
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State of Michigan Office of the governor Lansing October 13, 1995 John Engler Governor [Addressed to] Mr. Bob Liston ADAPT 1711 Gregory Ypsilanti, MI 48917 Dear Mr. Liston: I would like to thank you for requesting that Governor Engler meet with members of ADAPT/Michigan on Wednesday, October 25, 1995. Although Governor Engler greatly appreciates your invitation and consideration, he will be unable to attend. Please feel free to write again, should you be hosting other events to which you would like to invite the Governor. Thank you for understanding. Sincerely, [signed] Jennifer Bertram [typed] Jennifer Bertram Assistant Administrative Services Director of Scheduling
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PHOTO: A crowd of ADAPT protesters fills the picture. All are in warm jackets, several with red caps. Behind them, silotted against the sky is a statue of a man standing next to something he is resting his hand upon. Some city buildings are visible above the crowd to one side and autumn trees are in the background. In the front is a red headed woman (Shona Eakin) with a red color leader flag. To her left is Gwen Jackson's face at the edge of the picture and in front is Gordie Haug with his arm over his head.
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A photo of the same crowd as in ADAPT 955 but from farther back so you can see it is at the entrance to some grounds, probably the state Capitol grounds. Several ADAPT people are facing the crowd, looking like speakers addressing a rally. At the front of the crowd a man in a motorized wheelchair and brown jacket has the ADAPT flag attached to his chair and flying over his head. The crowd goes back along the sidewalk past the statue of the man and it looks like a march ending at this rally.
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PHOTO: A mass of ADAPT protesters facing toward the Michigan Governor's house. Behind them you can see a part of the circular driveway and a fancy neighbor's house. In the forground you can see Doug Chastain on the far right side of the photo with orange and white stripes on his sleeve. Behind him is a row of people including Latonya Reeves in a white wrap, George Roberts with buttons all over his red cap, Erik von Schmetterling in a grey hoodie facing the camera, among others. Behind Erik is a man standing in a red coat and to his right is Joe Ehman, to his right is Diane Coleman in a blue hoodie, and to her right is Raymond ___ in white glasses. Behind the man in the red coat is David with Wittie in black. Everyone is very bundled up with hoodies, scarves, warm coats and more.
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PHOTO: A view of the crowd of protesters up by the Governor's midcentury modern house. In the forground four police officers are walking, one in a helmet, the other three with police caps, all looking grim.
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A crowd of ADAPT protesters further from the Governor's house, perhaps at the gateway to his driveway. On either side is a pack of protesters facing the house and in the center, somewhat lined by about 10 police officers, a line of ADAPT people are coming away from the house. In front is a woman in a motorized wheelchair with a poster that says Our Homes NOT Nursing Homes. Bheind her is San Antonio Fuentes with his hand extended out. Behind him another person in a wheelchair and behind them Sue Davis is in an orange rain poncho. To the left of the line, between the police officers you can see Bob Kafka in a brown hat and red sweatshirt, in front of him Tom Olin is taking a picture and in front of him Mike Oxford is standing looking past the police at the people in the line. Everyone is dressed very warmly.
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PHOTO: Double doors to an office are held open by two standing ADAPT members while two lines of folks in wheelchairs enter the office. In the doorway on the left is Bobby Simpson. On the far wall of the office you can see a line of equipment, a clock and a photo of a man. The office appears to be filling up with ADAPT members. This is probably the Michigan Republican Party Headquarters.
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This is a photo of further inside the same office. There is a line of ADAPT folks mostly in chairs snaking through the desks and tables. The room is lit by florescent lights, there is a coke machine and a Bush poster on the wall. A doorway in the far wall shows that ADAPT has penetrated in to other rooms in the building. Thom Wilson is looking at papers on a desk but behind him a couple of women working on computers are somewhat visible. Pat ___ from Georgia has part of her head visible at the bottom of the picture; behind her Ken Heard is heading into the room with his head back, ponytail hanging down.
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PHOTO: Mike Oxford stands in the middle of displays of books, a Waldenbooks sign over his head. He is using a megaphone. Around him are ADAPT protesters filling the aisles of the store. LaTonya Reeves is behind him in a read coat, and in front Randy from California looks down at his lap. This is the protest of Gingrich at a bookstore carrying his new book.
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PHOTO: Another scene inside the bookstore. ADAPT folks filling the aisles with book displays all around. Linda from Pennsylvania is at the center with a white sweatshirt. Someone on a vent is sitting behind her and someone in a Kansas ADAPT sweatshirt is standing behind her amid the displays.
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PHOTO: Yet another scene inside the bookstore. ADAPT folks filling the aisles so it would be difficult to get through the store. JT Templeton is in a blue hat and blue ADAPT shirt holding something, possibly a whistle on a string, in front of his chest. to his left in a tie dye ADAPT shirt with her beautiful red hair is Sharon ____ of Denver, an escapee from Tennessee where there were no attendant services.
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[Headline] Michelle Engler livid about protest [Subheading] Handicapped people at governor's mansion went over the line BY HUGH MCDIARMID Free Press Staff Writer She'd had two days to cool off, but on" Thursday, Michigan's first lady, Michelle Engler, was still furious. "It was frightening. I felt totally helpless," she said. "And I am still outraged and appalled by these the tactics." She was referring to Tuesday's raucous, surprise, midday demonstrations by more than 200 handicappers --most of them from out of state — at the governor's residence in Lansing. Neither Michelle nor Gov. John Engler was at home. But their triplet daughters, whose first birthday comes in 18 days, were there being cared for by a nanny. Sixty-seven protesters, many in wheelchairs, pushed through the outside gate and massed on the front porch, periodically shouting and chanting slogans and, for a tune, pounding on the doors and windows. The others demonstrated on the street and curb out front. "These people were banging on doors and windows . terrorizing innocent people inside," said Michelle Engler, who, at the time, was attending a Cobo Hall luncheon in Detroit she was honored for her work on breast-cancer awareness. "When they called me and told me what was happening, I was terrified...frightened. All I could think about was my 11-month-old babies." Engler, a 36-year-old attorney, described herself as "an avid advocate" of the First Amendment, including free speech and the right to peaceably assemble, but she said Tuesday's demonstration was "over the line." "If they want to picket, they should stay outside the gate. They can picket me, they can picket him," she said, referring to the governor. "But just stay away from my family." See ENGLER, Page Six (unavailable at this time) [This page also continues the article from Image 952. See 952 for full text]