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בית / אלבומים / Reno/Sparks, Spring 1989 26
תאריך יצירה / 2013 / יולי
- ADAPT (445)
DISCLOSURE the national newspaper of neighborhoods Issue No. 112 September-October, 1989 [Headline] American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit On the Road. . . To Equal Access Cover PHOTO: Most of the picture is filled with a long double line of ADAPT folks, with no steps logo T-Shirts, in wheelchairs marching along a street empty of cars. The group is lead by Julie Farrar and Lillibeth Navarro. Both have a sign across their legs; Julie's reads "Together - Not Apart" and Lillibeth's says "Access Equals Gentler and Kinder". Behind them is Larry Ruiz, then Arthur Campbell, then Mark Johnson and behind them is Anita Florum pushing someone in a manual chair. Reverend Willie Smith can be seen further back on the line. [The article that goes with this cover photo is in ADAPT 441 & ADAPT 436, the text of the article is on 441.] - ADAPT (446)
PHOTO Tom Olin: A man in a manual wheelchair with no legs, Jerry Eubanks, is being pushed by a skinny uniformed police man. Jerry is looking to his left, the police man to his right. Another cop looks down at Jerry. A couple of other protesters (Stephanie Thomas and ET, Ernest Taylor) can be seen in the background, with 2 other uniformed police men looking toward them and at the very back a man in a sports jacket and tie is looking right. Everyone is in an empty parking lot. All the ADAPT folks are wearing their uniform, a black T-shirt with a gold ADAPT "no steps" logo on the front. - ADAPT (447)
PHOTO Tom Olin?: ADAPT marches down a curvy street, the line snaking back out of sight. All but a couple of people wear their black ADAPT t-shirts with the gold "no steps" logo on the front. Julie Farrar with her "Together Not Apart" sign, and Lillibeth Navarro, with an "Access equals gentler + kinder" sign are at the front of the photo. Behind them are Kim Horton, George Roberts and Mark Johnson. Then Arthur Campbell is guiding the edge of the line from the side, with his grey hair in a headband and pony tail, and next to him a quad with a blue cap sits and Sue Davis is walking toward them. In the next row of marchers is Larry Ruiz and Tommy Malone. Behind them is a woman in a white shirt and behind her is Ken Heard. Behind Ken is a someone walking on crutches with lots of buttons on their shirt. Beside that person a woman (possibly Rhonda Lester) walks and behind her is Jim Parker and Devorah Kappers is pushing someone in a wheelchair. Being pushed by Frank Lozano, Paulette Patterson is riding off to the side of the line, wearing a white t-shirt. Behind her is Lori Eastman and what looks like Rick James and Barb Guthrie. - ADAPT (448)
Reno Gazette-Journal 5-2-89 Nevada [Headline] Handicapped protest expenses: $116,000 Last month's disturbances by handicapped activists at John Ascuaga’s Nugget and other locations in Sparks cost taxpayers at least $116,000, according to preliminary figures reported Monday. The estimates are from the Sparks Police Department, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office and Sparks - Municipal Court. About 75 members of the American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation demonstrated outside the Nugget, where the American Public Transit Association was holding its Western regional meeting. The members of the Denver, Colo.-based group picketed to support their demands for more wheelchair ramps on public transportation. There were 72 arrest during nearly a week of protests. About half that number went to jail. Sparks police estimated their expenses in controlling the group at $79,275. The sheriff's Department, which runs the consolidated city-county jail, placed its costs at $34,164. Municipal Court Judge Donald Gladstone expects his costs will run about $3,000. Sparks City Manager Pat Thompson says the expenses can be paid out of contingency funds. - ADAPT (449)
The Daily Sparks Tribune Tuesday April 11, 1989 Photo 1 by Ken Johnston: Man (Bill Bolte) in a wheelchair, wearing glasses, bent forward, almost lying in his lap. He is holding up a sign that is only partially readable, "Give me a lift -- Not [the shaft]." Photo 2: A policeman in a cap and mirror sunglasses pushes a woman in a motorized wheelchair (Kim Horton) away from a glassy doorway. Kim is wearing the black ADAPT shirt with the access logo. Caption reads: Proving a point——-Bill Bolte of Los Angeles (above photo 1) got his message across Monday at John Ascuaga’s Nugget during the second day of protests aimed at the American Public Transit Association. Bolte said he will be out protesting again today. Kimberly Horton (below, photo 2) gets taken away after her arrest by Sparks police for blocking the entrance to the Sparks casino. The ADAPT handicapped rights group vows to continue picketing until the transit association's convention ends Wednesday. [Headline] 25 arrested on second day of demonstrations [Subheading] Protesters straining nerves, budgets By Faith Bremner Tribune Staff The handicapped protests in downtown Sparks are costing local residents time and money. Time in the sense that police officers who would otherwise be helping local citizens are spending their time keeping the peace on B Street. Money in the sense that the police and the court are working overtime just to keep up with the 100 or so demonstrators who are protesting the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) convention at the Nugget this week. “ While (the Sparks Police) are out there handling these individuals and if you call 911, the response times change dramatically," Sparks Municipal Court Judge Andy Cray said. The demonstrators come from all over the country and are members of the Denver, Colo. based American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (ADAPT). They are demonstrating against APTA because that organization opposes the federal government forcing public transit authorities to install wheelchair lifts on all buses purchased with federal funds. APTA represents public transit authorities around the United States and Canada. In two days of protests, Sparks Police have arrested 72 demonstrators, mostly on charges of blocking fire access to the Nugget, obstructing police officers and assault and battery, Cray said. Most of those arrested Sunday, the first day of the protest, were given warnings and had their fines suspended, Cray said. Those who were rearrested Monday were given three day jail terms and fines ranging from $200 to $500, he said. The arrested were brought into court directly from B Street and checked out by two nurses, then arraigned and transported to jail via a special lift-equipped van, Cray said. The two judges worked until midnight both nights, Cray said, just to handle the crowd. Likewise the sheriff and the police department are working their crews overtime. The Sparks Police have canceled all days off and vacations and during the demonstrations called in all available officers Lt. Tony Zamboni said. "Everybody's tired and we've put in some long hours but morale is still relatively high," Zamboni said. Likewise, the Nugget is working its security guards overtime, spokesman Parley Johnson said. “I think it's hurting us a little bit but you have to feel sorry for these people,"Johnson said. “It's a tough situation. There but for the grace of God go I.” It has been business as usual at the Nugget, Johnson said, and few customers have been inconvenienced. “Most of our customers didn't realize what was going on," Johnson said. Meanwhile, ADAPT co-founder Mike Auberger complained that the Washoe County Consolidated Jail is unprepared to house the handicapped prisoners. As of this morning about 30 protesters were still in jail, Auberger said. Auberger, a quadriplegic, was arrested Sunday and posted bail and was released late Monday night. "There were only three people handling 30 people's medical needs and helping them to transfer from their chairs to the beds or the bathroom, the litany of what it takes for a disabled person to survive," Auberger said. “Most of the nurses and staff at the jail clearly had never dealt with disabled people. They had no idea what you were asking for." But Sheriff Vince Swinney denied that the jail is unprepared to handle the handicapped. “Somebody should realize this is what these people want to do," Swinney said of the group that has staged numerous similar demonstrations around the country. “If they were treated like royalty, they wouldn't be happy. And the media is playing it up 100 percent. I really think that we who have been here and will continue to be here deserve some credibility.“ - ADAPT (450)
4B / Las Vegas Review-Journal Monday, April 10, 1989 [Headline] Disabled protesters arrested in Sparks Associated Press SPARKS — About 75 wheelchair-bound people blocked the entrances to a casino Sunday to protest what they called their lack of accessibility to public bus systems. Police said about 40 protesters were arrested by late Sunday evening and more arrests were expected. Members of a national group calling itself The American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit staged the protest by chanting slogans and blocking entrances to the Sparks Nugget. The target of the protest was the American Public Transit Association, which is holding its western regional meeting at the Nugget through Wednesday. The association represents the nation’s bus and rapid transit systems. The transit association opposes a move to install wheelchair lifts on new public buses and the disabled group sought a meeting with its leaders inside the casino to discuss the issue. “We try to make their conventions as inaccessible to them as they have made transportation to disabled people,” said protest organizer Mike Auberger of Denver. “They can't just come and have fun.” However, Nugget security personnel blocked outside entrances to the protesters and denied them access, saying they posed a threat to the safety of casino patrons. Police said four protesters were arrested on a charge of blocking a roadway on the group’s march to the Nugget, while 36 others were arrested at the casino on a variety of charges, including obstructing justice and blocking a fire exit. Protesters started out by blocking two entrances and later blocked all but one entrance for a brief time. Police said they were forced to drag several protesters away from the doors after they resisted arrest. In February, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled in favor of the disabled group, saying all new public buses purchased with federal funds must be equipped with wheelchair lifts. Auberger, who uses a wheelchair because of a neck injury suffered in a bobsledding accident, said only about a dozen U.S. cities now have buses with the lifts. “We want to be able to wait in the rain and hot sun and ride a bus like everyone else," he said. “The lifts would force integration and change the way most people view disabled people.” However, Jack Gilstrap, executive vice president of the transit association, said his group opposes the court ruling because of the cost involved. “Every lift costs $15,000 and they’re very expensive to maintain,” he said. - ADAPT (452)
PHOTO by Tom Olin: A Sparks policeman a man in a white hat pile on the lap of a protester, also in a cap, who is sitting on the ground by the glass walls or doors of the Nugget Casino. Behind them, against the glass, Barb Guthrie turns her face and body away, in an attempt to protect herself from this tussle. Behind this group three other police are bending forward, presumably over another protester on the ground. Behind them another policeman is bending down toward someone else. Someone's arm is reaching from off camera toward the policemen's backs. At the very back of the photo and in the reflection in the glass you can see a small crowd watching. Legs and feet and one hand of another protester on the ground are visible in the front of the picture. - ADAPT (453)
PHOTO by Tom Olin: On the left side of the picture you can see through a glass door men in tuxedo type outfits looking outside as two men, one in a uniform and one in a sports coat, try with all their force to pull an open glass door closed. On the right, two men in wheelchairs (Joe Carle and Ken Heard) try with all their strength to keep the door open. Ken's face is twisted in determination. Behind them Paulette Patterson and JT Templeton in their wheelchairs watch with concern, as do several other protesters. Larry Ruiz in his chair, and a man standing next to him against the wall of the Casino, look out across the street. At the very edge of the picture you can see a small child (Lincoln Blank?) riding on possibly Laurie's back. - ADAPT (454)
The Daily Sparks Tribune Friday, April 14, 1989 [Headline] Last of protestors freed from jail The last of the handicapped demonstrators were released from jail Thursday night and both sides of the five-day confrontation said they accomplished everything they set out to do. Municipal Court Judge Don Gladstone said he is pleased with the Sparks Police Department's and the court's performance during the confrontation in which members of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation (ADAPT) were arrested 72 times for acts of civil disobedience on B Street. The Colorado-based ADAPT came to town to protest a convention held by the American Public Transit Association (APTA) held at the Nugget earlier this week. APTA represents public transit authorities across the country and it is against the federal government forcing those authorities to install wheelchair lifts on all their buses. ADAPT co-founder Mike Auberger said his group accomplished what it wanted to do in Sparks -— make life difficult for APTA conventioneers and raise public awareness for handicapped issues. “Like I said before we even came here, not everybody is going to like what we do but when we leave everybody will have an opinion,” Auberger said. “I can change opinions but creating opinions is the hardest thing to do. "Most people are so busy in their own lives that they don't have time to be very creative and to make that happen." Thursday night Judge Gladstone released the remaining 30 ADAPT members who were serving jail time for such things as blocking fire exits at the Nugget and for obstructing police officers. Their fines ranged from $10 to $600. Wednesday afternoon, the city attorney’s office worked out an agreement with the group's attorney to allow the protesters to leave jail if they paid $100 towards their fines and agreed to pay the remainder after they go home. The protestors also had the option of staying in jail and working off their fines at $25 a day. Thursday night, however, Gladstone dropped the minimum payment to $50 and lectured the protesters. “I told them they need to review their leadership," Gladstone said in an interview this morning. "Society changes. Methods used in the past to get a message across aren't necessarily valid today.” Gladstone said the Sparks Police Department did a good job of handling the demonstrators after they were arrested. The court also made the point that “regardless of your race, color or creed you are held accountable in Sparks for your crimes." “I think the city and the jail facility will be a model to the country for the reasoned handling of a major demonstration by a group that required extraordinary medical care," Gladstone said. Auberger agreed that Sparks Police treated the protestors with care. “I believe they worked very hard at trying not to harm anyone," Auberger said. “There was a real intent on their part to be as professional as possible." However, Auberger said he believes the police over reacted and arrested the protestors for petty things. “I suppose that’s because you need a strong police force to keep the gambling in control," Auberger said. “But that (show of force) gets carried out into a lot of situations that have nothing to do with casinos. "Unfortunately, that relays to tourists the image of a really heavy hand." Auberger also accused the Nugget security force of reacting violently to the demonstrators. One protester suffered a broken knee when a casino security guard pushed a door against her knee. “If we had been in Reno, it would've been a different set of circumstances," Auberger said. “We would've been dealing with corporations instead of an individual (John Ascuaga). “(The Reno casinos) have a corporate image to protect. l think they would be less likely to do the kinds of things (the Nugget) did." - ADAPT (455)
This is a continuation of the story on 461 and the complete text of the article is included there for ease of reading. Photo of Arthur Campbell being arrested. - ADAPT (451)
[This article is a a continuation of ADAPT 458, and the entire text is included there for easier reading. ]