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St. Peter?s Lutheran Church helps member get wheelchair ramp (TimesLeader.com)
The social ministry committee of St. Peter?s Lutheran Church, Hanover Township, spearheaded a fund-raising effort to assist member Robert Gill with the purchase of a wheelchair ramp for his van.

No wheelchair for Dick Clark, says co-host (Omaha World-Herald)
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Dick Clark, who suffered a stroke last December, won't be in a wheelchair when he appears on ABC's "New Year's Rockin' Eve," says co-host Ryan Seacrest.

Police charge amputee with lying about wheelchair theft (Journal-News)
CANTON, Ohio ? An amputee lied about three men stealing his wheelchair so he could con a sympathetic public into giving him a new one, authorities said.

Man charged with lying about stolen wheelchair (The Plain Dealer)
Canton- An amputee lied about three men stealing his wheelchair so he could con a sympathetic public into giving him a new one, authorities said. Virgil Stewart, 52, was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of falsifying a police report.

Wheelchair user may sue; wants to go amphibious in the fountain (The Villager)
With the key hearing only two weeks away that could make or break the embattled Washington Square Park renovation project, another clash has opened up in the ongoing conflict over the park?s centerpiece, its fountain.

Seacrest: On ?Eve,? Clark will not be in wheelchair (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Dick Clark , who suffered a stroke last December, won?t be in a wheelchair when he appears on ABC?s ?New Year?s Rockin? Eve,? co-host Ryan Seacrest says.

Lives Well Lived: Too busy to notice the wheelchair (The Burlington Free Press)
Published: Friday, December 30, 2005 A rare bone disease kept Richard Lefebvre in hospitals much of the time as a child. He used a wheelchair from his teens to the day he died of lung cancer in November, said his widow, Pat Lefebvre.

Stairs force wheelchair passengers off the rails (The Scotsman: Scotland News)
DISABLED rail passengers are being discriminated against at many Lothian stations, campaigners claimed today.

Theft victim gets wheelchair offers (Tacoma News Tribune)
Five people offering new wheelchairs have contacted a Pierce County woman whose wheelchair was stolen Monday as she watched, her roommate said Thursday.

Police Charge Amputee in Wheelchair Scam (ABC 13 Toledo)
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - An amputee lied about three men stealing his wheelchair so he could con a sympathetic public into giving him a new one, authorities said.

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