| Transportation issues ratchet up frustration
Jack and Julie Heniford are both college educated. He's a retired teacher. She's worked in the newspaper business and for a pharmaceutical company. Yet occasionally, someone looks at them and slowly says, "HOW ARE YOU?" "We're pretty independent," said Julie Heniford. She and Jack have spina bifida and use wheelchairs. "People think if you're handicapped you don't go to church, you don't work, you just stay home and watch TV." There are many frustrations when you have a disability. One of the most frustrating things for the Henifords of York is transportation. Although most of us wouldn't park in a handicapped space, they said many people feel the "grids" or hash-marks beside the handicapped spaces are fair game. "We can't get the ramp down," said Jack Heniford, the primary driver of their van.
The less-than-idyllic childhood of Hannibal the Cannibal
Hannibal Rising: Thriller. Starring Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Dominic West and Rhys Ifans. Directed by Peter Webber. (R. 117 minutes.)
As you may have guessed already, Hannibal Lecter didn't exactly have a carefree childhood in the suburbs. Young Hannibal the Cannibal watched his parents flee from their Lithuanian castle, get killed by a Nazi warplane and later eaten by wolves ... all before the really atrocious stuff started happening. If you went through half the ordeal that Lecter faced near the end of World War II, you would probably want to saute Ray Liotta's brains in butter and scallions, too. "Hannibal Rising" isn't a classic, but it's entertaining and a surprisingly fitting addition to the franchise. "Silence of the Lambs" author Thomas Harris writes an interesting screenplay that is true to his famous character, even though Gaspard Ulliel isn't a perfect match for the lead role.
Operation Smile and Free Wheelchair Mission Partner with ...
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Commentary: Police need to start enforcing law that protects ...
"Vehicles must yield to pedestrians in crosswalk, Wisconsin Statute 346.24." The previous is on signs over crosswalks on Main Street in downtown Oshkosh. To my sense of logic, crosswalks on Main Street are intended to help pedestrians go from parking space to store, or from store to store, providing additional safety while shopping and living in downtown Oshkosh. Our city leaders have been struggling as of late and for quite some time to find ways to revitalize the heart of downtown, to bring more people to Main Street. Well, we have a state statute designed to help reach this end, the crosswalk statute. Main Street is Oshkosh's and our country's first mall, our first meeting place, and our first point of pride. How many times I've stood off the curb in a crosswalk waiting for cars to pass so I may cross is a number I've long ago lost track of.
Temecula man has special reunion; He spent lifetime working for ...
TEMECULA ---- At 88 years old, Alfonso B. Perez cannot stay out of the classroom. The Temecula resident, the former principal of two special education schools and assistant superintendent in the Los Angeles district still advises educators on how to teach those students.His work has not been ignored. Students with disabilities now study at Alfonso B. Perez Special Education Center in Los Angeles. And he hasn't been forgotten by those he taught. .
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