[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] When Janeal Lee was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin in January, she envisioned her role as an advocate for people with disabilities as an extension of the classroom.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Lee, a math teacher living with muscular dystrophy, was preparing to speak at functions across the state, hoping to educate wider audiences and put a face to issues affecting people. In two months, the 30-year-old Appleton woman had created a platform.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Students at Kaukauna High School, where she teaches, had raised $1,000 for her trip for the national pageant in New York in July. Her younger sister, who lives in Minnesota and also has muscular dystrophy, had entered her states own competition following Lees lead and won March 12. The sisters were going to nationals together.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Now Lee is being forced to abandon her plans.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> A steering committee led by Gina Hackel of Freedom, a former Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin and pageant state coordinator, is stripping Lee of her crown. It said she was photographed in The Post-Crescents Heart of the Valley supplement, The Current, standing in her classroom, adding that she does not always use her scooter and that she walks in her classroom.
http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_20451592.shtml
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<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Lee, a math teacher living with muscular dystrophy, was preparing to speak at functions across the state, hoping to educate wider audiences and put a face to issues affecting people. In two months, the 30-year-old Appleton woman had created a platform.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Students at Kaukauna High School, where she teaches, had raised $1,000 for her trip for the national pageant in New York in July. Her younger sister, who lives in Minnesota and also has muscular dystrophy, had entered her states own competition following Lees lead and won March 12. The sisters were going to nationals together.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> Now Lee is being forced to abandon her plans.
<!-- removed the code for including an ad until we can fix the popout issue --> A steering committee led by Gina Hackel of Freedom, a former Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin and pageant state coordinator, is stripping Lee of her crown. It said she was photographed in The Post-Crescents Heart of the Valley supplement, The Current, standing in her classroom, adding that she does not always use her scooter and that she walks in her classroom.
http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_20451592.shtml
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