REALTIME CAPTIONING OF L.A. COUNTY COMMISSIONER JANET NEAL'S DISABILITY-BASED RADIO SHOW JANET'S PLANET ON KTYM AM 1460 LOS ANGELES, WWW.KTYM.COM CAPTIONED BY TOTAL RECALL, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM **PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS TRANSCRIPT FOR ADDITIONAL INFO** 10/5/11
[MUSIC PLAYING] JANET: GOOD MORNING. I HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL TODAY. AND THAT IS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5TH. YOU'RE LISTENING TO JANET'S PLANET, AND SANDY ARE YOU THERE. GUEST: GOOD MORNING, JANET. WENDY AND I JUST WENT FOR A WALK IN THE RAIN. JANET: WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT? GUEST: SHE LOVED IT. JANET: I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE RAIN. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST DAY I REMEMBER WAKING UP WITH NOTHING HURTING. USUALLY WHEN IT RAINS IT LET'S GO ON AND LOG ON AND THEN I CAN BELABOR. GUEST: TO VIEW THE LIVE CAPTIONS OF OUR RADIO SHOW PLEASE GRAB A PEN, AND WRITE DOWN THIS WEB ADDRESS. IT IS HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET AND ONE MORE TIME HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET. IF MISSED ANY OF THAT GET IN TOUCH WITH ME. AND I'M SANDY AT INFO@YOURCAPTIONER.COM, WWW.YOURCAPTIONER.COM. AND I'M GOING TO LOG INTO IT ON THE IPHONE. JANET: IS IT THE IPHONE 9 AND A HALF OR 16. GUEST: 4. JANET: SANDY IS ONE OF OUR SPONSORS, AND THE NAME OF OUR CAPTIONER IS GAY. GUEST: YES. JANET: IT'S CLEAR IT'S THE NAME OF THE CAPTIONER. I WAS READING SOME OF THE TRANSCRIPTS, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT'S WHAT THE CAPTIONER'S NAME IS. AND I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF I WANT TO SAY TODAY BUT I'LL START OFF WITH WE DON'T HAVE THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COMMISSION WHICH I USUALLY READ TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I'M HOPING THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THERE TO SEND IT TO ME. THEY ARE LOCATED AT 213 974 1064. I THINK THAT THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS DEDICATE THE SHOW TODAY TO THE BEGINNING TO YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG FOR ME. ONE OF THEM I'VE KNOWN ALL OF HER LIFE. HER NAME WAS TYLA GRAY GREY. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF MY FRIEND REATHA GRAY GREY. SHE USED TO BROADCAST ON THIS STATION. AND THE OTHER IS ANGELA GAIZON. SHE WAS A VARSITY CHEERLEADER AT FREEMONT HIGH SCHOOL, AND SHE DIED BECAUSE SHE HAD AN ENLARGED HEART. VERY SAD. YOUNG PEOPLE. VERY, VERY SAD. SO I WANT TO MOVE ON TO SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE WHICH IS THE LUNCHEON FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON MONDAY OCTOBER 17TH, 2011 AT 11:30 A.M. AT THE KYOTO GRAND HOTEL AND GARDENS. AND THE TICKETS ARE $65. AND IT IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE. IT GOES TO FUND OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND WHERE WE GIVE AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE. THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A DISABILITY. AND WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING AT THIS LUNCHEON THE 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON DISABILITY. 36 YEARS. OCTOBER IS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH AND WE'LL BE CELEBRATING THAT TOO. AT THE LUNCHEON WE'LL ALSO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO DONATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORSHIPS, AND CAPTIONING SPONSORSHIP. THE COMMISSION HAS GOTTEN VERY LARGE DONATIONS FROM A TEACHER'S UNION. THEY GAVE US $2,500 SANDY. AND WE HAVE AN EXHIBITORS'S FEE. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME AND BRING SOMETHING TO DISPLAY, MERCHANDISE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AN EXHIBIT IS A $165 FEE AND THAT INCLUDES 16 FOOT TABLE WITH A TABLE CLOTH, SKIRTING, AND 2 CHAIRS, AND ONE LUNCHEON TICKET. ADDITIONAL TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $65. A NONPROFIT IS NO EXHIBIT FEE. AND TABLE, TABLE CLOTH, AND SKIRTING, AND CHAIRS. LUNCHEON IS NOT INCLUDED. WE'LL HAVE ROUGHLY 300 PEOPLE THERE. YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR FORM AND MAIL YOUR CHECKS TO THE LOS ANGELES COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT ENTITY. AND YOU CAN CALL AT 213 974 1053. AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER CATEGORIES FOR SPONSORSHIP WHICH IS OUR 36TH ANNIVERSARY UNDERWRITER. IT'S A $10,000 DONATION. YOU'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FIVE SIGNATURE SCROLL AND A PLAQUE AT THE LUNCHEON, SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON. A DISPLAY AD AND A SOUVENIR PROGRAM, AND FULL PAGE AD. CORPORATE NAME. AND UNDERWRITERS WILL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 24 LUNCHEON TICKETS. THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSOR IS $7,500. PRESENTATION OF SCROLL, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE LUNCHEON AS A MAJOR SPONSOR, FULL PAGE DISPLAY AD, AND YOU'LL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, AND 16 LUNCHEON TICKETS. GOLD, $5,000, PRESENTATION OF A SCROLL, SPECIAL RECOGNITION AS A MAJOR SPONSOR, A DISPLAY AD AND EIGHT LUNCHEON TICKETS. AND YOU HAVE ONE PREFERRED TABLE. $3,000 SILVER, DISPLAY AD FULL PAGE, AND EIGHT LUNCHEON TICKETS WHICH IS ONE TABLE. BRONZE SPONSOR $1,500 SPECIAL RECOGNITION AT THE CEREMONY, DISPLAY AD AND IT'S A HALF A PAGE, FOUR LUNCHEON TICKETS. SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR $1,000, INVITATION TO THE BERNARD TAINTER SEIGAL SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION. LISTING IN THE LUNCHEON SOUVENIR PROGRAM. CAPTIONING SPONSOR IS $2,400. PROVIDING DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING WITH REALTIME CAPTIONING. THAT'S SANDY. GUEST: YEAH. JANET: INVITATION TO BE A GUEST ON THE SEGMENT. SPONSORS WILL BE THANKED AT THE COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND A LISTING IN THE SOUVENIR PROGRAM, AND THE TICKETS FOR THE LUNCHEON ARE $65, AND A TABLE IS $550. A FULL PAGE AD IS $1,000. HALF PAGE $500. QUARTER $250. AND BUSINESS CARD $100. THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED. AND THEN YOU STILL USE IT FOR NEXT YEAR WHERE YOU'LL BE SPONSORED OR LISTED AS A SPONSOR. THE CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO BE IS THE CHAIRPERSON'S BOARD, AND PEARL JOHNSON SERVICE AWARD. THE BILLY BARTA AWARD, HARLEY RUBINSTEIN CAREGIVER AWARD. THE FIRST DISTRICT BECAUSE THE SUPERVISORS SELECT THESE, THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH DISTRICT HAS SELECTED SOMEONE, AND I'LL SAY THAT'S A NICE SURPRISE AT THE LUNCHEON. AND NOW ON TO SOME REALLY, REALLY EXCITING NEWS. I THINK SANDY I THINK MENTIONED THIS TO YOU. I'M GOING TO READ THIS LETTER. THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD. IT'S ADDRESSED TO ME. ABOUT THE DISABILITY NETWORK. DEAR JANET, CONGRATULATIONS. THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD DISABILITY ADVISORY BOARD HAS VOTED THE DISABILITY NETWORK WITH A 2011 DISABILITY SERVICE AWARD IN MEDIA FOR EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. THAT'S US. PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. THE AWARDS PRESENTATION WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE AWARDS OCTOBER MEETING AS PART OF THE DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH ACTIVITIES. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 26TH 2011, 6 7:30 CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, GROUND FLOOR. WEST HOLLYWOOD LIBRARY 625 SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD. WE HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO JOIN US TO ACCEPT THE AWARD AT THAT TIME. THE MEETING WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE ON THE TV'S CABLE CHANNEL. AND IN A SEPARATE ENVELOPE WE'LL BE SENDING YOU POSTCARDS TO JOIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING CHOSEN FOR THIS AWARD. AND THEN IT'S CONTACT INFORMATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW HAPPY AND PROUD I AM TO BE RECEIVING THIS AWARD. AND I THINK THAT THE REAL THING GOES OUT TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING AND THAT SUGGESTED THIS AWARD BE PRESENTED TO THE DISABILITY NETWORK. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL FOR LISTENING, FOR TELLING YOUR FRIENDS, AND THANK YOU SANDY, WITH ALL YOUR HELP WITH THE CAPTIONING AND ALL THAT STUFF LIKE THAT. GUEST: IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE PART OF THIS. ALL OF US HAVE APPRECIATED. ALL OF THE CAPTIONERS THAT ARE INVOLVED. AND THE CAPTIONER THAT WE REACHED BY COMMUNICATING. EVERYBODY IS VERY EXCITED, AND INTERESTED IN THIS. JANET: WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS DOING I HAD IN MY HEAD. ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT. HOW I GOT TO THIS. COMMISSIONER ERNEST HAMILTON, HE WAS A TRICKSTER. THE LATE COMMISSIONER ERNEST HAMILTON WHO WAS MY FRIEND LONG BEFORE HE HAD HIS SPINAL CORD INJURY. HE WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY DOING A LOT OF THINGS AND NETWORKING, AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD COME UP WITH SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY BIG, AND EXCITING AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE, AND HE WAS GOING TO LET ME KNOW SO HE FINALLY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE A GUEST ON A PROGRAM OVER HERE AT KTYM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TALK ABOUT. SO I GAVE HIM SOME SUGGESTIONS. WE KIND OF WORKED IT OUT, AND CAME UP WITH A SEGMENT QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT, AND THEN LIKE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE THE SHOW HE SAYS I DON'T FEEL GOOD, I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO. CAN YOU GO IN MY PLACE. SURE, ERNEST, ANYTHING TO HELP YOU. AFTER THE SHOW WELL, CONGRATULATIONS THAT'S YOUR SHOW. THAT WAS HIS PLAN ALL ALONG. HE SORT OF TRICKED ME. I'M GLAD THAT HE DID. AND IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT I THINK THAT IMPACT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I REALLY WANTED TO BE A TEACHER WHEN I WAS COMING UP, AND GOING TO SCHOOL AND STUFF, AND ERNEST PROVIDED ME WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE PUBLIC SOME THINGS THAT I THINK WERE IMPORTANT TO HELP KEEP THEM FROM FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM. THE INFORMATION IS OUT IN THE PUBLIC BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT. LAST MONTH THE COMMISSION HAD A SPEAKER THAT CAME FROM THE INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS AND SHE RATTLED OFF THE NAMES ALL OF THE CENTERS IN THE VALLEY, AND WAY ON THE WEST SIDE, I MEAN ON THE OTHER SIDE WEST OF LA CIENEGA, AND ALL AROUND LOS ANGELES CITY, AND DID NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT ANYONE BEING SERVED IN THE INNER CITY SO I HAD TO TAKE A BITE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS PERSON HAS DONE THIS. IT'S REALLY WHY I WANTED TO DO. THERE ISN'T ANY REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL THE INNER CITY. WHETHER IT IS OR ISN'T ISN'T WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I'M TALKING ABOUT LA CIENEGA TO COMPTON. THERE IS NO REPRESENTATION. AFTER TAKING THIS BITE ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS PERSON SAYS, OH, I'M SO SORRY SHE REMEMBERED THERE IS CA LIF, AND THAT DOES SERVICE THE INNER CITY. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET IT, AND OTHERS NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUBLICAN IN ORDER TO GET THE INFORMATION OR NOT. BUT IT'S LOOKING THAT WAY TO ME. I WANTED TO MENTION A FEW PEOPLE WHO I CARRY IN MY HEART WHEN I'M DOING IS NANCY ROWGASKI FROM THE EHLERS DANLOS FOUNDATION. SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL LISTENING. SHE LIVED IN WESTPOINT, AND I'M HERE ON THE WEST COAST BUT SHE TALKED, AND TALKED SOMETIMES FOR HOURS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANYONE ELSE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS CRAZY STUFF, AND THEN MY FRIEND TERI CRUZ IRELAND WHO DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. THEY HAD THE VASCULAR TYPE. I DO NOT HAVE THAT. I HAVE THE HYPER MOBILE TYPE. TO MY JOHN THORNTON MCDONALD III WHO I KNEW ALL OF MY LIFE. HE DIED IN OFFICE AS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP. AND JUDITH PITT HUNTER WHO LOST HER BATTLE WITH CANCER SOME YEARS AGO. JUDITH IS THE ONE THAT GOT ME IN THE PROGRAM IN THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MOST VALUABLE PART OF ALL OF MY TRAINING WHERE I LEARNED TO WORK WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE WHICH ENDED UP BEING MY FORTE. I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING. I CAN'T FIND THEM. I HAVE LOOKED. I CAN'T FIND THEM ANYWHERE. SOME I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS. LINDA LI. LINDA HAS EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME AND I CAN'T FIND HER. SHE MAY BE IN A HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE IN SAN DIEGO/ WHEN SHE GETS OUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW SHE'S STILL MY FRIEND. SHE'S STILL MY FRIEND. AND A LONG TIME FRIEND HER NAME IS PRISCILLA JANE HOWE. PRISCILLA STARTED LIVING ON THE STREETS SOME YEARS AGO. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW SHE'S SAFE. CAPTAIN CARLTON MACK. WHEN I WAS REALLY SICK HE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. THOSE PEOPLE AND OTHERS HAVE REALLY HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THEM AGAIN. I KNOW I CAN'T. SOME OTHER PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT REALLY KIND OF HELPED ME KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND STUFF IS JANET ROBERTS AND HER FAMILY ESPECIALLY HER BROTHER KEITH. CHERYLE AND JUANITA MATLOCK AND THE CUMMINGS, BUTCH AND BRIAN. AND BRIAN IS THE FIRE CHIEF ELECT. HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE GETTING THAT POSITION, AND CAPTAIN LORENZO ARMSTEAD, AND SHARON AND KATHY. SHARON WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TELEPHONE LINEMAN. I KNOW SHE WAS THE VERY FIRST FEMALE TO CLIMB THE TELEPHONE POLE FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. VIVIAN MCDONALD AND HER HUSBAND JAY WHO'RE THE PARENTS OF MY FRIEND I MENTIONED JOHN MCDONALD, AND MY FRIEND REATHA GRAY GREY, AND MY FRIEND RAUL RAMIREZ, AND MY FRIEND SANDY EISENBERG. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND THINGS YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS. THE SPONSORS, THEY'RE SPONSORING THE SHOW. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, AND I THINK THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE EXECUTIVE STAFF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. RHONDA RANGEL GIVES ME ARTICLES AND INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL, AND AUDRA GALANG DOES ALL OF OUR ARTWORK, AND EMMA, AND WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON TRANSFER OUT BUT SHE WAS STILL A VERY BIG PART OF EVEYRTHING, MARIA. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM. AND THEN TO KEEP ME ALIVE A BUNCH OF DOCTORS THAT HELPED ME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND TO LIVE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL THEY FOUND WHAT IT IS, AND THAT WAS A DR. JOHN BUCKNER WHO DIAGNOSED MY EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. DR. JOANNE BANNISTER EWING WHO'S OUT OF PRACTICE, IS THE ONE THAT LISTENED TO ALL OF THE CRAZY THINGS I HAD TO SAY, AND WROTE EVERYTHING DOWN. WHEN I DID SEE DR. BUCKNER HE WAS ABLE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND IT DIDN'T TAKE HIM FIVE MINUTES TO FIGURE IT OUT. DR. HERBERT AVERY. I MENTIONED BEING SICK AND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SIX MONTHS IN 1981, AND DR. AVERY WAS THE SURGEON THAT SAVED MY LIFE. I DON'T THINK I SAID WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAD SALMONELLA BOTULISM. AND THEY WROTE ME OFF. AND DR. AVERY SAVED MY LIFE. DR. BEVRA HAHN WHO IS THE FIRST DOCTOR WHO STARTED TREATING THE EHLERS DANLOS, AND THE FIBROMYALGIA, AND DR. WILLIAM KING WHO TREATED MY HIV. AND DR. RAMIREZ FOR JUST EVERYTHING, KEEPING ME OUT OF PAIN, AND SO I USED TO CARRY AROUND TWO BACKPACKS FULL OF MEDICATIONS AND STUFF. I DON'T TAKE ANY OF THAT ANYMORE. DR. KELLEY FOR TAKING CARE OF MY DENTAL WORK. DR. OTOMO. EHLERS DANLOS IS VERY COMPLICATED WHEN YOU HAVE DENTAL WORK DONE. A DOCTOR AT UCLA, DR. FABIOLA UNI. SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV. I HAVE SOME THERAPISTS, BARBARA CANCELLA, KAREN KURTOVICH, TINA SPITZER, AND NANCY ADACHI, AND AT THE FACE PAIN CLINIC, SYLVIA AT UCLA, AND THAT'S ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT KEPT ME TOGETHER SO THAT I COULD COME HERE AND DO THIS. I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR HELP. ONE OTHER THING, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF GYMS I'VE GONE TO. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER, AND KNOWING GETTING TO KNOW MYSELF BETTER. AND BALLY'S. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AT BALLY'S FOR THEIR HELP. YMCA AND FOR THEIR HELP. AND I WANT TO THANK TWO TRAINERS FROM THE SPECTRUM. BERNARDO AND I WANT TO THANK I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME. HIS NAME IS TROY. VERY NICE, VERY PATIENT. AGAIN THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE AT SPECTRUM. YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT SINCE THEY TERMINATED MY MEMBERSHIP. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. I'M HOPING I'LL BE ABLE TO OPEN A GYM FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND SOME THAT ARE LISTENING. THERE NEEDS TO BE A GYM SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. I'M REALLY TIRED OF THEY REMODEL, AND THEY MAKE IT NONCOMPLIANT. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE DID I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. LET'S SEE I THINK WHEN I MENTIONED THE COMMISSION'S FAMILY THAT GOING TO BE THE NEW CHIEF AND THEY WERE PALLBEARERS AT MY DAD'S FUNERAL. I HAVE A PICTURE OF SOME LADIES THAT ARE THE VARSITY CHEERLEADER, ALUMNI CHEERLEADERS FROM DORSEY. ANY OF MY FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLING ME ON SUNDAYS DORSEY IS WHERE I'VE BEEN HANGING OUT. DORSEY NEEDS OUR HELP. WELL AS SOON AS THEY CAME BACK THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CHOIR ANYMORE. I THINK IT'S SOME INTERNAL POLITICS THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF MANY OF THE PROGRAMS OVER THERE. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I WAS THERE BECAUSE I GO OVER THERE FOR THE CHEERLEADER PRACTICE. THEY WANT ME TO BE THE MASCOT. I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO A FULL SPLIT. I GRADUATED IN THE SUMMER OF '66, AND THESE WOMEN I KNOW GRADUATED IN THE 80S AND 90S. WE LOOK ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS IN OUR GREEN AND WHITE. ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED WHILE I WAS THERE IS THE ACCESSIBILITY OF DORSEY. BUT I WANDERED AROUND AND I LOOKED AT THE SIGNAGE AND I FOUND THE SIGNAGE. IT'S ALL QUITE CLEAR, AND THEY HAVE HANDICAPPED PARKING ON CAMPUS. I SAW TWO SPACES. THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO IS UP TO SNUFF ON DISABILITY ACCESS. I DO REMEMBER KIDS AT DORSEY THAT HAD DISABILITIES AS WELL AS AUTOBAHN. DORSEY IS ALL ON ONE LEVEL, AND SOMETHING INTERESTING I FOUND FROM THE OTHER LADY NAMED JANET THAT'S AN ALUMNI, I THINK SHE GRADUATED IN THE EARLY 60S, THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO DORSEY IN THE BOY'S GYM, IT WAS MODELED AFTER AN AIRPLANE HANGAR WHICH I HAD NO IDEA. AND I BELIEVE SHE'S STILL IN CONTACT WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ARCHITECT THAT DESIGNED THE SCHOOL. I THINK SHE ALSO IS IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SUSAN MILLER DORSEY WHO THE SCHOOL WAS NAMED AFTER. SO ANYWAY TO CASSANDRA YOUNG WHO IS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS EVENT TOGETHER FOR THE HOMECOMING WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER WILL BE ON THE SHOW, ON THE NEXT SHOW ON THE DISABILITY NETWORK, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE. BUT IT'S JUST BEEN FUN FOR ME TO BE BECAUSE I TELL PEOPLE BECAUSE I HAD TO BE 63 YEARS OLD AT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I CAN STILL DO THE FULL SPLITS. CAN YOU DO THAT, SANDY? GUEST: I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE FULL SPLITS NOT THAT LONG AGO. JANET: THOSE ARE THE CHINESE SPLITS. GUEST: TO THE TELL THE TRUTH IF I STRETCHED PROPERLY FOR A WHILE I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE FRONT SPLITS BECAUSE I'M PRETTY FLEXIBLE. JANET: I DON'T HAVE TO STRETCH. GUEST: GO SHOW OFF. JANET: THAT'S THE EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME. IF I DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, STRETCHING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THE SPLITS, IT'S STRETCHES AND WHAT I NOTICED WHEN I DID IT FOR THESE LADIES THEY WERE TOTALLY FREAKED OUT THAT MY HIP POPPED, AND WENT BACK INTO PLACE. IT'S JUST BEEN A NICE NICE EXPERIENCE. I'M LOOKING AT RUBIN. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU RUBIN. GUEST: YOU'RE WELCOME. AND CONGRATULATIONS. JANET: AND I THINK THAT'S ALL YOUR DOING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF LITTLE CREDITORS YOU HAVE IN THE BOOTH. I WANT TO THANK GARY, AND GENE AND THE MR. BERREGO WITH HIS TIME. SO I CAN EXCHANGE ALL THESE IDEAS AND THE INFORMATION WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW, AND BY THE WAY STICKING UP FOR THE DEPARTMENT ON DISABILITY WAS A VERY, VERY BIG PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO, AND TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SO TIME IS UP. SO I GOT TO GO. I'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS ON THE THE AWARD WINNING DISABILITY NETWORK. THANK YOU, SANDY, AND THANK YOU GAY FOR MAKING THE SHOW A SUCCESS. GUEST: THANKS EVERYBODY. JANET: BYE BYE. [END] PLEASE JOIN US EACH MONTH, 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY, AT 9:30AM PACIFIC TIME ON THE RADIO AND LIVE REALTIME CAPTIONING ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET WHEN: 1ST AND 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH, 9:30-10:00AM PACIFIC TIME "JANET'S PLANET" AIRS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH - CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY JANET NEAL, TOTAL RECALL CAPTIONING, AND OTHER VALUED SPONSORS. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" AIRS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. "THE DISABILITY NETWORK" IS SPONSORED BY LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, WWW.LACCOD.ORG. LET THEM KNOW YOU WANT THIS SHOW CAPTIONED EACH AND EVERY MONTH! LOG ON LIVE TO VIEW REALTIME CAPTIONS: HTTP://WWW.STREAMTEXT.NET/TEXT.ASPX?EVENT=JANETSPLANET FOR STREAMING AUDIO, LOG INTO WWW.KTYM.COM OR AM 1460 LOS ANGELES ON THE RADIO. 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