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Calendar of Events

First Monday of each month, Northwest Long Term Care Options Consortium, Ramada Inn, Hayward,
10290 Highway 27 south and County road B, 9-3.
Open to the public.

North Country Independent Living is celebrating its 20th Anniversary!

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Get Mobilized for the Upcoming Elections!

Attend a FREE Workshop offered by North County Independent Living and the Wisconsin Disability Vote Coalition.

Learn about guardianship issues, absentee voting and other voting rights issues of special interest to the disabilities community
Learn about get-out-the-vote techniques that can help you get more people to the polls this November

Consumers, providers, direct support workers, agency staff, self-advocates, parents, guardians and others interested in election issues should attend!

Ashland Area:
Tuesday, August 19
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
M & I Bank 100 East Main Street
Ashland

Superior Area:
Monday, August 18
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Superior Public Library
1530 Tower Avenue
Superior

Refreshments will be provided. $10.00 stipends are available for the first 20 consumers who register and attend at each area workshop are available. Advanced registration is required. To register, please contact Cheryl at NCIL, Superior at 1-800-924-1220 (voice and tty) or e-mail her at: ncilcheryl@superior-nfp.org

Youth in Partnership with Parents for Empowerment (YIPEE)

Dates from October 2008 – May 2009

YIPPEE provides free training for both parents (in one room) and youth (in a separate area with separate youth-friendly facilitators) around planning for the future, successful transitions and making communities a more welcoming place for youth and young adults with disabilities. Youth ages 14-21 and their parent(s), foster parent(s), grandparent(s) or guardian(s) are eligible for this program. For further information contact Phyllis Voelker at
(877) 844-4925 or E-mail: Phyllis@banbury.com by September 12, 2008.

26^th Annual Closing the Gap Conference
October 16-18, 2008
Minneapolis, MN

Reaching out to families to expand awareness about what assistive technology can do for children and adults with disabilities. Exhibit floor will be open to the public on Saturday, October 18^th. Contact Becky Hagen at becky@closingthegap.com or 507.248.3294 or visit www.closingthegap.com for more info on the conference.

Kohler-Andrae State Park will begin accepting Accessible Cabin reservations on January 10, 2008. This new wheelchair accessible cabin is one of six currently available in the Wisconsin State Park System. The cabins are available for use exclusively by people whose physical disability makes use of traditional camping facilities very difficult or unlikely.

Construction of the Kohler-Andrae cabin was funded by the Friends of Kohler-Andrae with assistance from community donations, Stewardship grants, and volunteer labor.

In addition to the Kohler-Andrae cabin, accessible modern cabins are also available at Mirror Lake, Buckhorn, High Cliff, and Potowatami state parks and Kettle Moraine State Forest-Southern Unit. Rustic accessible cabins are available at Copper Falls and Blue Mound state park.

The rental fee is $30.00 per night plus a $4.00 reservation fee. The cabins are available from May 1 to October 15. Because of high demand, reservations are limited to 4 nights per year, per location. Reservation applications (DNR form 2500-085) and details about the cabins can be obtained at the DNR website at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/access/bigcabin.html or by contacting the park office (920) 451-4080.

Reservations will be processed as follows: January 10 to January 31, applications from persons with a permanent, severe physical disability, who require a wheelchair as sole means of mobility and require assistance with personal care needs, will be confirmed. Starting February 1, applications from persons with a physical disability who require a wheelchair as sole means of mobility and require minimal assistance with personal care needs will be accepted. After applications have been processed for the first two categories, applications from persons who require a wheelchair as a means of mobility or who use adaptive equipment for mobility reasons or who have other disabilities will be processed. -- Submitted by James Buchholz, Natural Resources Property Supervisor.

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