Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living July 2013 CONNECTIONS

JACIL to host Low Vision Fair August 1 An event which has been event. A number of new and will be given throughout the an annual event in Springfield developing technologies will day. For further information is coming to Jacksonville this also be on display. please contact: summer. The featured speakers at JACIL: The Jacksonville Area this year’s fair include: Dr. Ja- 217-245-8371 Center for Independent Living son McDowell, O.D.; Josh (Larry or Becky) will be hosting a Low Vision Dugan, Rehabilitation/Mobility Fair on Thursday, August 1, Instructor; William Tennill, Dave Jackson: from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at MSW, ACSW, LCSW and 217-241-1795 the Lincoln Avenue Baptist Rhonda Bargiel, Independent Steve Brewers: Church, 951 Lincoln Avenue. Living Specialist 217-243-4146 Over 15 supply and adap- Registration begins at tive equipment vendors are 8:00 a.m. and the speakers Dan Thompson: already confirmed for the start at 9:00 a.m. Door prizes 217-243-6781

JACIL seventh annual Wheelathon a success JACIL’s 7th annual Wheel- athon was another terrific day helping us raise a lot of greatly- needed funds. On Saturday, June 8, teams walked and wheeled their way around the Commu- nity Park road. Prior to the big day these wonderful folks re- cruited sponsors who contrib- uted thousands of dollars. Participants enjoyed our Disability Awareness Beach Party and a chili dog lunch. Coverge of this event con- Wheelathon 2013 “Spokes” Person Kim Pate leads the way as the tinues on page 2. wheelers begin their trek around the Community Park.

1 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living WHEELATHON RESULTS OUR WHEELATHON SPONSORS: We are still receiving contributions but at press time we have passed the $11,000.00 GOLD WHEEL SPONSOR - $1000.00 mark. Congratulations to all involved on a su- perb effort. WAL-MART Prizes were awarded in these categories: SILVER WHEEL SPONSOR - $500.00 TEAM RAISING THE MOST MONEY BOUND TO STAY BOUND BOOKS Kiwanis Beauties & the Beast - $875.00 THE FARMERS STATE BANK & TRUST CO. Kiwanis Club Members Roger Deem & Konnie Trace with Anna & Abigail Mayberry, Kymberly Deem JACIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS & Chloe the Wonder Dog! THE JACIL STAFF ------WJIL - WJVO INDIVIDUAL RAISING THE MOST MONEY WLDS - WEAI Konnie Trace - $300.00 ------BRONZE WHEEL SPONSOR - $250.00 BEST TEAM SPIRIT AWARD THE HONOLULU HAWAIIANS LAW OFFICES OF BOB BONJEAN Brenda Bell, Jessica Motley, Jodi Rees & Bonnie Watson CARGILL ------50/50 DRAWING WINNER CPO SERVICES Mike Manker won $500.00! ENVISION AMERICA ------ILLINOIS RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CARDINAL TICKETS DRAWING WINNER INTERNATIONAL EYECARE Jessa Hall is going to St. Louis! ------JACKSONVILLE KIWANIS CLUB DISABILITY AWARENESS BEACH PARTY MASON SOUND, INC. ACTIVITY PRIZE WINNER PASSAVANT AREA HOSPITAL Amy Irwin

Thanks to all those who also contributed to this year’s Wheelathon: DOT FOODS CITY OF JACKSONVILLE PIZZA HUT PONDEROSA ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ORGANIZATION SONIC Best Team Spirit winners were the Honolulu BRUCE SURRATT Hawaiians: Brenda Bell, Bonnie Watson, Jodi US BANK Rees and Jessica Motley.

2 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living The Kiwanis Beauties and the Beast captured the top money-raising prize for the sixth year in a row: Konnie Trace, Abigail & Anna Mayberry, Kymberly Bill & Kelly Latham play Twister using hand sign & Roger Deem and Chloe the Wonder Dog.. communication with Paul Pyers and Joe Knuth.

Several members of the Friends Helping Friends Action Club in Beardstown enjoy the Wheelathon Staff member Monte Hall helped bring us the walk around Community Park. Monte’s Gals team: Jessa Hall, Kelsi Dobson,Kalli Penner, Judy Hall, Diane Gioscio (seated).

Past JACIL Board President Terry Karsgaard and the first Jim Mullis tries making a S’more Jodi Rees tries surfing with help Wheelathon “Spokes” Person with one hand, assisted by Katy from Andrew Frields and Ron Jim Stice enjoy the day. Schmedeke and Mark Peters. Price.

3 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living FOR SALE 2005 Ford E150 XLT Van 3 Door, 8 Passenger, RWD 4 Speed with Ricon Unilite Wheelchair Lift  Full Size Van, 74,600 miles  Dark Toreador Red Exterior with Me- dium Flint Gray Cloth Interior  Lift has Power Swing Doors and Dash Control for Lift and  Doors and a Lock Down that is right Anna Mayberry and Konnie Trace help young Abigail now positioned behind the drivers seat with a sand drawing at the Wheelathon.  Excellent Tires  Power Driver’s Seat  Remote Keyless Entry  Privacy Glass  6 Slot CD Stereo  Full Length Running Boards  16" Alloy Wheels  Non Smoker Contact Becky Stirrett 2616 Clifton Drive, Springfield, IL 62704 217-546-7414 or [email protected]

JACIL Treasurer Mark Arnold and Mary Mullgardt count the money being turned in.

by Kathy Price Each issue Kathy will answer your ques- tions about anything--from household hints to the price of tea in China. This Month’s Question: Even at my far- from-teenage status, I still get unsightly blem- ishes. Any suggestions on how I might get rid of those nasty old zits? Kathy Says: Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey Liliana Costa helps Chris Samaras complete a kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and drawing with his non-dominant hand. speeds healing. Works overnight.

4 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living Mark Peters served JACIL as a student worker while attending I.S.V.I. He has now graduated and is attending Lincoln Land Community College and volunteering for JACIL. Getting Accommodations in College by Mark Peters

Are you a person with a determined the appropriate ac- disability that wants the oppor- commodation arrangements - tunity to attend a community professors cannot refuse to college or university? Well you comply with these accommo- certainly have the ability to go. dations. Back when you were in el- Transition to college from ementary and secondary high school is a struggle for schools, your teachers had to students with disabilities and try to identify the person with a disability. In being their own self advocates is very impor- college however you will have to be able to let tant. If they cannot tell a professor what they the disability services office know after you get need then he or she will not be able to help them. accepted to that school that you need accom- The same thing goes for people with ADHD, a modations by sending in the appropriate docu- behavior disorder or a learning disability. mentation. That lets the disability coordinator I really encourage every high school gradu- know what you are needing (it is based on your ate to go to college. Remember, even though needs, not your wants!). you might be a person with a disability, you will Maybe you are a person with a physical be able to do whatever it is you set your mind disability and you have a class on the second to accomplish. floor. The school might be able to make ac- commodations to have the class rescheduled QUICK FACTS: to the first floor. If you are deaf, you will need  Advocate in college to make sure that you ask to get an interpreter.  How? see Disability support services The disabilities service office recommends  Ask for what you need that people with disabilities meet with profes-  Need class moved to ground floor? Yes! sors in advance to discuss reasonable accom-  Need interpreter? Yes! modations for the student. The college will have  Go to college!

JACIL OFFICES CLOSED Barb & Larry Whewell sell an 11th-hour raffle ticket to Rick McGinnis at the Wheelathon. THURSDAY, JULY 4

5 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living for a response from the website's server. Not DAN THOMPSON’s only is it faster to view the content from your temporary Internet files rather than from the web TECHNOLOGY TIPS server, but if your Internet connection is unavail- able you can view the cached versions of re- cently visited Web pages while offline. Clean up your internet Many different types of files are saved to for greater efficiency the Temporary Internet Files folder when you visit a Web page, such as HTML, images, Did you know that every time you visit a JavaScript, style sheets, video files, cookies website a complete copy of that website as well and more. as all the pictures on it is downloaded and stored c. "Cookies" are small files that some on your computer? This is called the "cached websites place on your computer to track your copy" of the website and it's stored on your visits to their sites computer for up to 999 days depending on the d. "History" (List of websites you visited) setting on your computer. The more internet 5. Optional checkboxes to consider in- surfing you do the more cached copies of clude: website you probably have saved to your com- a. "form data" remembers how a specific puter. form was treated the last time you visited. If I will show you how to quickly delete cached you check this box, all information related to copies of websites and how to set the number that form including username and passwords of days you'll keep a cached copy on your com- will be removed. puter. b. "passwords" is useful to check if your In Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE): password for a specific site suddenly doesn’t 1. click on tools or press alt plus the letter work anymore. This can happen because IE is t for tools. remembering an old password and will not let 2. Click on "Internet Options" or press the the new one be used. Then once setting a new letter o. password, this box should be checked. 3. Click on "delete" or press alt plus the c. "In Private Filtering" analyzes and filters letter d. "third party" content on web sites when such 4. Make sure the following checkboxes content occurs frequently enough to track your are checked by pressing the spacebar. browsing habits across multiple sites. In order a. "Preserve Favorite Website Data" to do this, IE must collect an extensive record b. "temporary Internet Files" of the sites you visit and the sources of third A "temporary internet file" is a file located party content. If a person were to check this on your hard drive that a browser uses to store box, IE would not collect that information and website data for every web page you visit. When the InPrivate filtering feature would no longer the web server sends the web page files to the work. If you don't use that feature, then you might browser, they are stored in a file so that the as well as not collect the browsing history infor- next time you visit the same web site the browser mation. takes the data from the temporary Internet file. 6. Tab to "delete" and press the spacebar. Loading the Web site in this way from a tempo- 7. After a few seconds, tab to "okay" and rary Internet file is called caching. press the spacebar. With this method, the page displays in the browser more quickly instead of having to wait You are finished!

6 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living JULY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Thu 4 Independence Day. JACIL OFFICES CLOSED

Thu 4 People First marches in the Fourth of July Parade!

Tue 9 Lunch & Learn - 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at JACIL Topic: What Assistant for Caregivers is Available as a Homeowner is in Danger of Losing Their Home. Call (217) 767-9342 to make reservations to attend.

Thu 11, Personal Assistant Orientation in Havana 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Thu 11 Morgan County Fair Kids Day Disability Awareness activities by JACIL - 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Thu 11 VisAbility Support Group - 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Thu 11 Parents of Children with Autism Group - 6:00 p.m.

Wed 17 People First Aktion Club - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Thu 18 Visions Support Group in Havana - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Thu 18 Friends Helping Friends Action Club in Beardstown. - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Thu 18 Deaf Silent Club - 6:00 p.m.

Fri 26 Twenty-Third Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

7 Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living “JACIL Connections” is published by the Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living. JACIL is organized to serve people with disabilities in Morgan, Scott, Cass and Mason Counties. JACIL is committed to serving persons with disabilities to gain control and direction of their lives in the home, workplace and community. JACIL’s goal is to stimulate and promote a growing sense of personal dignity through individualized services designed to provide the tools necessary for JACIL is a Prairieland maximum independence and community participation. We invite your comments and sugges- United Way Agency tions.

JACKSONVILLE AREA CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING A Proud Member of the 15 Permac Road, Jacksonville, IL 62650 Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 217-245-8371 Voice/TTY  217-245-1872 Fax  888-317-3287 Toll Free 866-790-5311 Deaf Advocate’s Toll Free Videophone Line E-mail: [email protected]  Website: www.jacil.org

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