OCTOBER 4, 2024 ON MY CORNER ASK YOUR VENDOR What was your favorite subject in school? Reading and writing. — Donna McGaughy, #310 History. — Ramón Roberto Isla Caballero, #347 Geography. — Wayne Sparks, #615 Physiology and anatomy. I enjoyed it so much my professor tried to convince me to switch majors to biology. — Ken Parks, #490 Smoking a cigarette in the hallway. — Shawn Swoffer, #574 History and civics. — Cindy Gere, #279 The girls. — Tony Schohl, #9 By the time I started liking school, it was math. I love numbers! — Lonnie Baker, #99 Probably should have been politics. — Terri Demar, #322 Physical education. — Pony Bush, #305 Doing the cars … body work! — Schillington Morgan, #148 English. — Stephanie Dent, #84 Home economics. — Tre McAlister, #519 History and social studies — and later I discovered sociology, knowing people, helping people. — Dezz Clark, #643 Lunch. But I excelled in math. — Jason Lozon, #212 Impromptu writing. — Will Shakespeare, #258 Math, as a student and a teacher. — Jim Clark, #139 History. — Mike Jones, #113 GROUNDCOVER NEWS The hidden truth about mental disorders People don’t understand the ones who have or know someone with a mental disability, that one in every eight people have to deal with. The people in this world think that they don’t have a problem but they don’t want the world to see the real you! Now people don’t know how widespread mental disability is. The funny thing is that people don't know that people who have a physical health disability are more likely to show it than that side of their mental disability because the physical is more visible. No one can see the mental pain that you know is there but can‘t do anything about it. The problem is people tend to hide their disorder. It becomes a factor in all of their life. Now as a person like myself who has PTSD, I DEZZ CLARK Groundcover vendor No. 643 have experienced a lot of unwanted looks and finger pointing because they have a disorder themselves. You also have those who know it is hard to hide the things we go through but we only wish for someone to help, to please just listen. Maybe one day people who feel that they are usually exempt from any connection person with a mental disability will recognize it’s not true. But maybe as a PERSON WHO HAS A MENTAL DISORDER, I need to come to to any type of 3 understand my own mental disability. I’m OK after a long stay in prison where I was subjected to a lot of abuse from the Michigan Department of Corrections, but this is about me, you or anyone that has been through the same thing. It is the person who has the mental disability who has to understand what brought this on. With my PTSD, I find myself speaking to others who have similar illnesses with different experiences and different disorders, feeling, thinking psychosis. The medical field comes with its own understanding. This results in people getting misdiagnosed and now you have people who don’t believe that they're suffering. Sometimes, especially in the case of misdiagnosis, people’s families try to hide their disabilities — the hidden truth. Undercover art intel: Luna gallery Low income and struggling artists took a huge hit when the pandemic raged through Michigan. All art galleries and art shops were closed. It only took three months to destroy the art communities in Ann Arbor. New art locations have now popped up across the Michigan landscape; one such location is the new Luna Gallery in downtown Ypsilanti. This location is a place for local artists to display and sell their beautiful creations and build a sense of community. Undercover Intel’s purpose is to bring people together, out and away from their computers and out of their shells, The pieces are from around a CINDY GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 and out into the community. Luna Gallery was first established in fall 2022 and the community totally received the gallery well. Luna is located at 50 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti. dozen local artists across southeast Michigan from all demographics, including LGBTQ artists. The kinds of art shown include paintings, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media and locally made soaps. There are also tarot readings with Madam Brule on the weekends! Luna Gallery hosts ongoing activities. The Michigan Pagan Gathering is going to be there on October 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will be located at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse at 100 Market Place in Depot Town. Come one, come all! Improvements for FlexRide I appreciate all public transportation because me and other people really need it. If we didn’t have public transportation, we all would be in bad shape. I especially appreciate the FlexRide that's part of our local transportation options, too. FlexRide is a shared shuttle service that helps riders connect to fixed-route bus stops and other hard-to-reach destinations. FlexRide provides on-demand, curbto-curb transportation in select locations of the greater Ann Arbor and Gold Card I.D. (Free). There are things I wish were different about the Flex. I wish the rides were easier to get for people with leg problems like I have. It’s too hard to climb up into the car. The step is too high. I wish that there were nicer drivDENISE SHEARER Groundcover vendor No. 485 and Ypsilanti area. A regular, oneway fare is $1 — unless you have a half-fare card ($0.50) or an A-Ride ers and dispatchers; I wish they would be nicer and more understanding to the riders. That’s the only thing I wish was different about the Flex. I wish they would pick people up when they say will, and be more compassionate.
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