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Page 8/The Battalion/Wednesday, July 27,1983 Disabled man protests, uses window approach United Press International CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. — A one-legged, transplanted Texan upset over the lack of access by the handicapped to Teller County Commission meetings used a hydraulic “cherry picker” Monday to attend a gathering of commissioners. Dan Mosley, who moved to Cripple Creek in 1979, was hoisted to the second floor meet ing room in the 80-year-old courthouse and rapped on the window. When no one answered his knocks, he opened it and yel led, “Can I come in, or am I gon na have to sit out here?” Mosley, who has been feud ing with the commission to do something about the access situation, didn’t wait for a reply. He hoisted himself with his arms through the window and leaned on a radiator until his wife brought his crutches. Mosley, who lost his right leg at the hip in a Texas industrial accident 17 years ago, said he borrowed a friend’s hydraulic bucket truck for the demonstra tion. He filed a discrimination complaint in May with the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Revenue Sharing that could jeopardize the county’s annual location. A small crowd of onlookers seemed to appreciate Mosley’s efforts, Commissioners Charles Mattson, June Fuhlrodt and De nnis Luttrell weren’t amused. Fuhlrodt called it a publicity ploy and noted commissioners have offered to help Mosley up stairs to attend the meetings. They even have offered to meet downstairs to discuss anything he wants. “And then they go back up stairs and finish the rest of the meeting,” said Mosley. Welfare fraud discovered Woman to apologize in Welcome to Orcinae vJuliu United Press International HOUSTON — A judge has ordered a working woman, 19, to apologize with a classified ad to taxpayers and the jobless for fraudulently accepting $1,425 in welfare payments. Hamburgers Ranch Fries POST OAK MALL Now Introducing: Strawberry Yogurt Julius. It’s a natural. State District Judge Ted Poe said Monday Lavel Foster could reach many of the people she had cheated by taking out an ad in the Houston Chronicle or Houston Post. “The crime was committed against the taxpayers of the community who foot the bill for all welfare,” Poe said. “There fore, it’s just fair that she apolo gize to those individuals, and to those who may need welfare and cannot get it.” Foster pleaded guilty to the fraud Monday. Poe ordered also that the woman make restitution for the $1,425, pay the state $175 for her court-appointed lawyer and spend five years on probation. Foster is not to receive any pub lic financial aid during those years, he ruled. Foster is the mother of one young son. Court records indi cate she was employed at a fast- food restaurant last summer during the eight months she was receiving welfare and food stamps. “A crime like welfare fraud incenses me because many peo- Lnited Press Int ARLINGTON rteran-laden Ni ;corded their foi in — their 1 Itli Mjast 12 games ighi thanks to tl vo kounsters. pie who need wdfarecaiM f he 25-yea — like the elderly oniiluihpaw, Ray 1 They can’t get itbecaus jed the Texas R pie like this,” Poe said ix Jut ter, 5-0, fo not stealing from ihc orlleague shun f rom the people thatr >let< game, and the money." keve Balboni, Poe chose the daswiislfirst major section of the paper fo ilani ogy “because the peoftR'I hat wuis c read that section art A'as really nice a work, hxiking for jobssaid Font those are the folkssh. Ranger farm from and must apok :ariie< ^ his thin lauding his s o | Miracles real for recipient Texas. U. <p"l H Buy one Strawberry Yo gurt Julius and get another one of equal value free!! )));> Good only with coupon expires 8/3/83 Post Oak Mall only United Press International HOUSTON — A Tennessee research chemist says he believes in miracles since his successful heart transplant surgery four months ago. “Before my heart attack and all the things that happened up to the time of the transplant, I didn’t believe miracles could occur in today’s world,” said Charles A. Washington, 47. “But I assure you my being alive today is a real miracle.” Washington, who works at Union Carbide Corp.’s Nuclear Divison in Oak Ridge, Tenn., said he underwent seven coron ary bypass operations before getting a heart transplant at the Texas Heart Institute in March. He said his life before the trans plant operation was hectic and for “many weeks, I’d have five or six meetings, racing from this place to that.” Now, however, he has made a promise to himself to slow down and spend more time with his family. “I accepted several times the fact that I was not going to live — and I appreciated what ‘here to day, gone tomorrow means,”’ Washington said. “Then when I made it, I truly knew what get ting a new lease on life meant. . . and I understood for the first time the power of prayer. “I also came to appreciate rather dramatically just what the priorities in one’s life are and should be,” he said. He said after the heart attack last Labor Day, doctors in Ten nessee said between 40 and 60 percent of his heart was des troyed. In Birmingham, Ala., doctors performed seven bypass opera tions, restoring enough blood flow through his body to give him a chance to return to nor mal activities. “Actually, I got progressively worse. . . and it was scary. I couldn’t sleep except sitting up with my head on a table. . .and the pain was constant,” Washington said. “My skin be gan to peel off, 1 gasped for breath almost all the time.” He said his weight dropped from ■ “The Yan Biy veterans, Bpy for mysi 210 to 130 pounds, and w< ? rookies wl not able to walk moreikB as much as steps at a time. , ™ n o,wh< The transplant ocn 1 n» Ran g ers l ln March 27, aher a youn* u l< ’ 1 u ton-area man who was. 3 jV'Vr'P‘ U dead was found to Kf lbl ke > match for Washington.!J " as ma( 1 1 identified donor died inf*" dent. by Miltc UPI Si COMPARE COMPARE COMPARE COMPARE Compare the cost of a complete meal at the Memorial Student Cen ter with the cost of a similar meal anywhere else. Compare the cost of a complete evening meal at the Memorial Student Cen ter with the cost of a ham burger, cola, and french fries anywhere else. 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