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<p>Alumni house renovated for disabled</p>

<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.ogle25apr25,0,5460494.story?coll=bal-local-arundel%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.ogle25apr25,0,5460494.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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John Yaeger had to carry his adult daughter Jessica into her sister's wedding reception in September at the Naval Academy's alumni house.</p>

<p>Jessica Yaeger, who uses a wheelchair, had no other way to make it up the five steps into 270-year-old Ogle Hall. Nor could she enter its women's room, forcing her to return to her home a block away to use a bathroom....

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<p>Plans call for making 1739 structure ADA compliant</p>

<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/04_25-28/NAV%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/04_25-28/NAV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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In May and early June, it's not unusual to see dozens of outdoor wedding receptions at the Naval Academy's Alumni House. Saturdays in the fall, the house rings with the sound of visiting alumni, celebrating the football team's victory - or mourning a loss - with rounds of beer in the basement Tap Room and parties on the tree-shaded brick terrace.</p>

<p>But after this morning's groundbreaking, the Alumni House will be a lot quieter, save for the sound of jackhammers and bulldozers....

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