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News Archive 2004

December 29, 2004
MSDE's rehab division has formed new office, Chrisfield Times
MSDE/DORS announces the formation of the Office for Blindness & Vision Services.

November 2, 2004
Partners in Progress for disabled workers, The Dorchester County Daily Banner
Kenny Foreman starts a new job at Future Builders Supply in Hurlock, MD, with help from his partners DORS and Chesapeake Bay Industries.

October 27, 2004
Rehabilitation after stroke saves a career 
by Sue Craton, The Enterprise
Disabled by a stroke, Ronald Buttery is able to return to medicine after working with DORS Leonardtown office.

October 25, 2004
Disability Mentoring Day celebrated locally
 by Ike Wilson, Frederick News Post
Disability Mentoring Day in Frederick promotes career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career exploration.

October 1, 2004
One day at a time
 by Marc LeGoff, Columbia Magazine
After losing her sight from a shooting, college student Elizabeth Lee moves forward, not dwelling on the past.

September 23, 2004
Creating real, meaningful options for the disabled by Alan Dessoff, The Daily Record
Dr. Nancy Grasmick and the Maryland Supported Business Enterprise Initiative are named one of the 2004 Innovators of the Year by the Maryland business journal "The Daily Record."

September 3, 2004
Program trains disabled for security jobs
by Andrea Maria Cecil, The Daily Record
The Workforce & Technology Center has begun a program to train disabled people to become security guards.

August 15, 2004
Rehabilitation Services marks 75th Anniversary
, The Cumberland Times-News
The DORS 75th Anniversary celebration in Cumberland spotlighted client Robert Sinclair, who with DORS help started his own art gallery and gift store after a long series of disabilities.

July 24, 2004
Rehabilitation group celebrates 75 years
, by Tara Reilly, The Herald-Mail
The DORS 75th Anniversary celebration in Hagerstown spotlighted client Lewis Duffey, Jr., who with DORS help started his own business after a debilitating heart attack.

Summer 2004
Metro News ribbon cutting ceremony
, Transit Lines
The MTA and DORS held a ribbon cutting to open two new Metro News newstands created under the MBEPB.

May 2004
Accessible Workstation Expands Services to Customers with Disabilities
by Deidre Z. Moore-Durant, InDORS Now
DORS sponsored the acquisition and introduction of an accessible workstation at the Southwest Career Center in Baltimore.

January 22, 2004
Agency to honor disabled founder of recycling business
 by Dionne Walker, The Capital
With support from the RISE Program, John Sheehan, who has autism, founded ShredCycle, a paper recycling company.

January 6, 2004
No Stopping Ms. Wheelchair Md.
by Gail Norheim, Prince George's Journal
Juliette Rizzo, crowned Ms. Wheelchair Maryland 2004, speaks publicly about her life and how people with disabilities can use transition services to change theirs.

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