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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:48 AM
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Ms. Wheelchair stripped of title for standing up
APPLETON, Wisconsin (AP) -- Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand -- and point to a newspaper picture as proof.

Janeal Lee, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a scooter, was snapped by The Post-Crescent newspaper standing among her high school math students.

"I've been made to feel as if I can't represent the disabled citizens of Wisconsin because I'm not disabled enough," Lee said Thursday

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/01/ms.wheelchair.ap/index.html

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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:51 AM
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1. Truth is stranger than fiction! n/t
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:51 AM
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2. You just can't make this stuff up, folks! n/t
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FreedomFry Donating Member (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 05:57 AM
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3. A miracle! And that's what she gets for her pains... n/t
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 06:55 AM
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4. Mien Furher! I can walk!
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