Hello to my old Paquin Neighbors

Life is so much more pleasant for myself since moving I do not think some of you can truly imagine. 

No stress over residents not being on their medications or drinking heavily while on their medications or having the police always showing up and wondering just who is causing trouble on what floor and at what hour. 

Life is very fine when you can breath clean mountain air and not having to smell those who smell like a smokers chimney 24/7 and especially on the elevator.

Being able to wake up in the morning to no speeding traffic flying down Paquin Street or hearing the sirens of fire engines and ambulances or police cars on a around the clock basis is so nice. 

Yes life is good and I sincerely pray and hope each one of you can find a way some day to "Escape From Paquin" and find your own little home or apartment away from HUD Housing and all of it's restrictions. 

Yes I did need Paquin Tower in it's time but...............in that time we all must come to the realization of do we want to live in a "human warehouse" all of our lives or do we want to live out here in the real world and really live life like God intended us to? 

The choice is always yours and is always in your hands. All you have to do is be ready, willing and able to walk through that door when it does open because it only opens for a very short period of time and it may never open ever again. 

Don't think I do not hear about things going on around Paquin. There are a few with my email who still and will keep in touch and tell me all of the silly BS people try to pull over on all of the residents. 

Peace unto my true friends, the CHA Staff and those who service the building still there in Paquin Tower BUT to the posers, fakers, trouble makers, haters and those who have no lives but to cause anybody and everybody there any form of traumatic pain they can get away with.......................................PPPfffffttttttttzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!! 

Millions On Tap For Disability Housing - Disability Scoop

The federal government plans to send an additional $85 million to states to provide rental assistance for people with disabilities living on extremely modest incomes.
Obama administration officials said Tuesday that state housing agencies may apply for the new round of funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 811 program now through July.
Ultimately, the money is expected to provide rental assistance to about 2,800 people with disabilities across the country, federal officials said.
In order to qualify for the aid, individuals must earn no more than 30 percent of the median income for their area.
For the first time, housing agencies will need to partner with their state health and human services and Medicaid agency in order to be eligible for the grants. The requirement is intended to ensure that rental assistance goes toward those with the greatest need and to allow aid recipients to receive casework services so they are successful, officials said.
Advocates praised the effort for offering more people with disabilities the supports they need to live in the community.
“The Section 811 program is a lifeline for people in the disability community who want to live normal lives in society, but cannot afford the cost of even modest rental housing,” said Andrew Sperling who leads the housing task force at the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, a coalition of about 100 disability organizations.

Millions On Tap For Disability Housing - Disability Scoop

Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm - New Philadelphia, OH - The Times-Reporter

 Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralyzed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.
In the past year, similar stories have included a quadriplegic man in Pennsylvania who made a robotic arm give a high-five and stroke his girlfriend's hand, and a partially paralyzed man who remotely controlled a small robot that scooted around in a Swiss lab.
It's startling stuff. But will the experimental brain-controlled technology ever help paralyzed people in everyday life?
Experts in the technology and in rehabilitation medicine say they are optimistic that it will, once technology improves and the cost comes down.

Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm - New Philadelphia, OH - The Times-Reporter

Passing of a Friend

      Yesterday, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Paquin Tower lost another resident and loving soul who has moved on to be with our Father in Heaven.  Gloria Tieman: mother, grandmother, mother and law, sister, friend and neighbor will be remembered as a kindhearted person.

      Gloria, we made many plans to try new and different things but the one I will remember most is the many teas that will never be.  I will always love and cherish my memories of you.  Your friend forever, Joe.  

I am pleased to inform all interested parties that Mr. Charles Dudley Jr. and travelers have reached their destination of California.  I have not yet spoken with Charles but I am assuming that all arrived unscathed.  As you may know, Charles has moved to California to be with a friend of many years; fellow travelers are continuing on with a well deserved vacation.  I wish them well.

Joseph Lyle Stock  

As a member of the "Bylaws Committee" of Paquin Tower I have performed a little research and located three good definitions:

• Bylaws are your organization's operating manual.
• Bylaws are designed to help a group function in an orderly manner.

• A bylaw is a law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization.  

Joseph Lyle Stock

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:30 PM, <ngharter@aol.com> wrote:

City Council Meeting on Monday, May 7 at City Hall. If you are able come learn what the City Council, REDI and others want to do to Columbia and Columbia's central city.

Please if you read this and are on a Neighborhood List Serv in Columbia, post this emai to your List Serv, put it on your Facebook, and share it with as many people you know who might want to know what their City is planning on doing.

Below was put together by another individual:

This coming Monday, May 7th Columbia City Council will be meeting and discussing EEZ/Blight which REDI brought forth and which City Council established in February by a Resolution (illegal).. and did not establish by an Ordinance (which is required by Columbia's City Charter and then gives to the public meeting/s before whatever the Ordinance is, and then is voted on). There will also be discussions about a proposed TIF (Tax Increment Financing) in Ward 1: which is defined as a legal tool to force redevelopment to increase local political subdivisions' tax base..... or is regarded, as others believe, will mean a slow and steady destruction of existing neighborhoods (right now Odles new student apartments are encroaching on Ward 1's old and historic homes and on the Art District of which Orr St Studios is part of) and small commercial structures to be replaced with larger parcels, bigger buildings, and more intense uses such as high density residential, intensified commercial etc. Central Columbia is THE location of affordable single-family residential housing, for low and moderate income families to purchase homes, build some wealth, maintain and or establish neighborhoods and community. The homes in Ward 1 though small are historic. If this area of the city is destroyed, then neighbors, neighborhoods, communities and social net works that have lasted for decades will also be destroyed, and many people dislocated. There are those in this city who are talking about improving conditions of structural property in town, while wanting to change/destroy the poor and moderate community's neighborhoods for their own financial gain..... as was done back in the 1950s and 1960s to Columbia's downtown area when eminent domain took place.

Nancy Harter

As of Tuesday, May 8, 2012; Paquin Tower will be losing a resident who will be moving back to California.  This person is Charles Dudley Jr., a longtime resident of the “Tower.”  He is not necessarily liked by all but he should be respected by all for the many functions he performs in, around and for the residents of the “Tower.”  Charles should be remembered for his speaking the truth even though it sometimes hurt.  I, Joseph Lyle Stock, am definitely going to miss him because Charles has become a friend.  Many people will miss him when things are not getting done; things that chuck used to do without complaining.  He always told me to “Lead by Example” a method which I am trying to absorb as a practice myself. 

Joseph Lyle Stock 

Another Resident Remembered(Update)

A neighbor and more our friend Connie Davidson passed away yesterday in Kentucky where she was living with her daughter after moving from Paquin Tower due to her failing health. She was 66 hears old. She will be remembered by many for her love of gardening,feeding her birds as well as the various other animals in Paquin Park and for just being herself at times as we all can be. None of us are perfect. Connie leaves behind two daughters and a small host of grandchildren. Connie no matter what people at Paquin Tower think or say about you and even if they will not admit it openly will miss you in one form or another. Rest In Peace Old Girl, Rest In Peace.

 Her family has decided that Connie is going to be cremated and her ashes buried between her parents in what I think she said was Yakima, Washington.  There will be no service.

Here's to ya old girl.

Bedbugs can infest your office, too

Add bedbugs to your list of potential occupational health hazards. A new report reveals nearly half of the employees of a U.S. government office in Tennessee were bitten by the blood-thirsty invaders while at work. A bedbug-detecting German shepherd confirmed the infestation at an unidentified building in Clarksville, Tenn., last September, and investigators concluded that at least 35 workers had suffered bites. Although one woman had bite marks all over her body, the bugs didn't cause serious health problems, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Bedbugs can easily expand their territory beyond bedrooms, said Michael Potter, professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. "They start in homes and beds, and as people move about, they get transported into office buildings, schools, libraries, movie theaters, retail stores, you name it." Clarksville, home to about 125,000 people in north Tennessee, is one of many cities combating bedbugs in nonresidential settings in recent years. Bedbug infestations have soared since 2000 across the United States, sending even customers of luxury hotels and upmarket clothing stores into a panic. A 2011 survey of U.S. pest control companies found that 38 percent had responded to infestations at office buildings, up from 17 percent the year before. Treatments at schools and day-care centers rose to 36 percent from 10 percent, and visits to hospitals jumped from 12 percent of their jobs to almost one-third. Bedbugs bite people, often at night, and become engorged with their blood. The bites cause welts, itching and swelling. However, bedbugs do not carry disease like some other insects. The building in question serves children and has 76 employees, said Dr. Jane Baumblatt, a CDC epidemic intelligence services officer based in Tennessee. Employees began reporting bites and itching last June, she said, and the state health department responded. Theories about the source of the bites included scabies and fleas. But a German shepherd, one of many dogs around the country trained to detect bedbugs, found them in cubicles and offices within the building, Baumblatt said. Also, dermatologists confirmed that the bites were from bedbugs. Baumblatt interviewed 61 employees and found that 35 had suffered from bites, often on their legs. "It wasn't that severe. It was more of a nuisance than anything," Baumblatt said. "The anxiety was that people didn't know what it was," she said. "Once people figured out they were bedbugs, they were relieved." The office brought in a pest control company to rid the office of bedbugs and performed steam cleaning, Baumblatt said. Potter, the entomologist, said bedbugs prefer beds and stationary furniture such as couches and recliners because they don't like disruption when they feed on people. But they may be transported to offices, day-care centers or myriad other locations in personal belongings such as backpacks, briefcases and purses. Once an office becomes infested, managers may not want to tell workers in order to avoid a panic, he said. "In the best of all worlds, the office would inform the employees that some bedbugs have been spotted and they have a pest control company that's hopefully involved in dealing with things," he said. However, Potter added, "nothing is easy when it comes to bedbugs." Source and More: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-bedbugs-infest-office.html

Oak Towers sprinkler snuffs apartment fire | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri

Oak Towers sprinkler snuffs apartment fire | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri

City to begin bus service to Columbia Farmers' Market

The route begins at 7:45 a.m. at Rollins Road and Maryland Avenue on the MU campus, and will run to the Columbia Farmers' Market in the parking lot of the Activity and Recreation Center, 1701 W. Ash St., according to a news release from the city of Columbia. The bus will run in 30-minute cycles until 11:45 a.m.

The route will run every Saturday until Oct. 27. It is being funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farmers Market Promotion Program grant.

Source and More:

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/03/06/public-transportation-will-be-provided-columbia-farmers-market-april/

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/04/02/farmers-market-bus-times/