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Clerc Classic Classic X at CSDF January 14-16
California School for the Deaf will be hosting the 10th annual girls and boys basketball and cheerleading event January 14-16, 2010 at its Fremont campus. Participants include:
California School for the Deaf Eagles;
California School for the Deaf, Riverside Cubs;
Indiana School for the Deaf Hoosiers;
Maryland School for the Deaf Orioles;
Model Secondary School for the Deaf Eagles;
Phoenix Day School for the Deaf Roadrunners (GIRLS);
South Carolina School for the Deaf Hornets;
Texas School for the Deaf Rangers;
Wisconsin School for the Deaf Firebirds (BOYS) game.
Check out more info: http://www.csdf.k12.ca.us.
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MSD Athlete Makes Division I Football
Maryland School for the Deaf's Ryan Bonheyo, a deaf football player of deaf parents begins his first season at Towson University this fall.
Bonheyo dominated on the field at his school, setting numerous records as a running back and outside linebacker under coach Andy Bonheyo, his father. The 6-foot-2, 214-pounder was the all-time leading rusher in school history with more than 4,000 career yards.
He is the grandson of Richard and Lu Bonheyo, Fremont CA.
For more, read:
http://www.pressboxonline.com
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Free Admission to Museums and Tours
FREE ADMISSION -- ANYDAY:
1. Tilden Regional Park Botanic Garden, Nature Study Area & Little
Farm, Berkeley
http://www.ebparks.org
2. Museum of Children's Art, Oakland www.mocha.org
3. Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto
www.cityofpaloalto.org
4. Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
www.berkeleyartcenter.org
5. Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View
www.nasa.gov
6. Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton
www.ucolick.org
7. Jelly Belly Factory Tour, Fairfield
www.jellybean.com
8. Cable Car Museum, San Francisco
www.cablecarmuseum.org
9. Chinese Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco
www.c-c-c.org
10. Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco
www.museoitaloamericano.org
11. San Francisco Fire Department Museum, San Francisco
www.sffiremuseum.org
12. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford
www.museum.stanford.edu
13. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley
www.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu
14. San Francisco Botanical Garden
www.sfbotanicalgarden.org
FREE ADMISSION -- SUNDAYS:
1. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art—Every Sunday
www.svma.org
2. Oakland Museum of California—Second Sundays (not including special
exhibitions)
www.museumca.org
3. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco—First Sunday
www.asianart.org
FREE ADMISSION -- FIRST TUESDAYS:
1. De Young Museum, San Francisco (except special exhibitions)
www.famsf.org
2. Legion Of Honor, San Francisco (except special exhibitions)
www.famsf.org
3. Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco ("pay what you wish" day)
www.cartoonart.org
4. Museum of Craft & Folk Art (Yerba Buena), San Francisco every
Tuesday in 2008
www.mocfa.orgbr>
5. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
www.ybca.org
6. Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
www.conservatoryofflowers.org
7. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), San Francisco
www.sfmoma.org
FREE ADMISSION – FIRST WEDNESDAY:
1. San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco—For residents of San Francisco
only
www.sfzoo.org
2. Exploratorium, San Francisco
www.exploratorium.edu
3. Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
www.badm.org
FREE ADMISSION – THIRD WEDNESDAY:
1. California Academy of Sciences & Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco
Admission is on a first come, first served basis.
www.calacademy.org
FREE ADMISSION – FIRST THURSDAY:
1. Burlingame Pez Museum, Burlingame
www.burlingamepezmuseum.com
2. Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
ALMOST FREE or REDUCED FEES:
1. Tilden Park Steam Train ($1.75) or Merry-Go-Round ($1)
www.ebparks.org
2. Los Gatos Billy Jones Railroad Train or Carousel ($2)
www.bjwrr.org
3. Mrs. Grossman's Sticker Factory and Museum Tour ($3)
www.mrsgrossmans.com
4. Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose SJ— Open Access Policy
www.thetech.org
5. Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose— Open Door Policy
www.cdm.org
6. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey County Public libraries has
a "book" that residents of Monterey County can check out for free
admission for up to 6 people.
www.montereybayaquarium.org
7. A List of Free Things to Do in San Jose
www.sanjose.com
8. 25 Sacramento Museums that are Free or Nominal Fee
www.sacmuseums.org
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2010 BACDSC Schedule
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GENERAL MEETINGS:
Friday, MAY 14, 9:30 A.M.
Semi-Annual General Meeting, Luncheon and Dingo Games
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15th ANNUAL VALENTINE LUNCHEON:
Thursday, February 11th, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Check out mailed flyer. Deadline: Jan. 29.
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DINGO GAMES:
Friday, 12 Noon, March 12 and September 10
All above (except Valentine Luncheon) at Deaf Community Center (DCC) in San Leandro
Remainder: Bring your lunch. Dingo jackpot winnings are limited to current members of at least six months.
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PICNIC:
Scheduled for Fall 2010
Check detailed information in Fall Senior Quest
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Re-Defining Deaf: Syn•op•sis
1880... 2008. That's 128 years of advocacy and activism by the Deaf community in
USA. Ever since the National Association of the Deaf was founded, Deaf people
fought for the right to "just be." Today we have closed captioning, interpreting
agencies, video relay service -- auxiliary services. The fundamental question
remains: Are Deaf people respected as human beings?
How many deaf people continue to depend on Supplemental Security Income (SSI or
SSDI)? How many deaf people are fluent in American Sign Language and English?
Deafness and sign language are a multi-million dollar industry; how many of
those dollars go to deaf people themselves?
The answers are clear. Deaf people continue to be viewed and treated as
second-class citizens or worse in this country and abroad.
To fix this problem, we need to use a medium that has proven to be a powerful
mechanism in the transformatio
n of perceptions and interpretations of the world:
film.
This film draws on the work of cultural studies theorist Stuart Hall in effort
to examine the nature of representation and ideology. The goal is for the Deaf
community to understand "how we got here" and what we can do about it by seizing
control of the media as a means of putting forth a different representation of
what it means to be d/Deaf.
To watch a video now, go this link:
http://www.mosinternational.com/
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Victory! NAD Makes Touchdown in Groundbreaking Redskins Case
In an opinion issued on September 30, 2008, a federal district court in Maryland held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires the Washington Redskins “to provide deaf and hard of hearing fans equal access to the aural information broadcast over the stadium bowl public address system at FedExField, which includes music with lyrics, play information, advertisements, referee calls, safety/emergency information, and other announcements.”
more....
http://www.nad.org
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Don't Fall for These Scams!:
http://hotsearches.aol.com
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Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies
Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77
Edward S. Klima, an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages, and in so doing helped them win long-denied recognition as languages in their own right, died on Sept. 25 in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He was 77 and had lived in La Jolla for many years.
more...www.nytimes.com
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Fremont Deaf to get Smoke Detectors
A Federal Grant to Fremont Fire Department allows Fremont Deaf to get smoke detectors that will emit a bright light designed to wake people up if they are sleeping and also make a loud noise when activated. An additional option is to be hooked up to a vibrating element that can shake a bed when activated.
For almost ten years the department has had a program to install smoke detectors in homes of residents who could not afford them. In a city that has almost 5,000 deaf residents, a short criteria list must be met for the detectors. More info: (510) 494-4246 or email: FFDSmokeAlarm@ci.fremont.ca.us
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Is Your City Deaf Friendly?
DEAF411 Inc. is researching what makes a city "Deaf-Friendly" and is collecting information to learn more about such cities and to develop information on what is needed before a city can be considered "Deaf-Friendly":
http://www.deaf411online.com/
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ASL Podcast on ADA
An informational ASL Podcast on American Disability Act:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IxLbbd7AJ0A
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What's Wrong Being Deaf?
http://www.youtube.com/
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What Accommodations Should a Hotel Provide?
Making travel plans? Hotel stays can be a major pain when you're deaf or hard-of-hearing. Most of us have created accessible homes. We've got our captioned televisions, our accommodated phones with amplifiers, Captel, TTY or a VP. We might have a vibrating alarm clock, and a fire alarm that flashes lights to wake us up when we're sleeping. Our front doors might flicker lights when people knock, or when the doorbell rings. All of these things give us a sense of security and comfort in our homes.
We shouldn't have to stay in hotels that don't accommodate us. The ADA is about accessibility. That means whatever a hotel provides for its regular patrons, it must provide an equally accessible alternative for you.
Many hotels aren't aware of the law, and it's crazy since the ADA was passed in 1990! Here's a business brief you can use to help make hotels aware of their responsibility to accommodate Deaf people the next time you make hotel reservations.
ADA Hotel Business Brief:
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/hotelcombr.htm
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NAD and DSA Launch Senior Resources Listing
The National Association of the Deaf and its Senior Citizens Section together with the Deaf Seniors of America have jointly launched a resources listing of, by, and for older deaf Americans.
With the title of ‘Senior Resources’, this first-ever and comprehensive listing contains items of interest to older deaf persons and their families or caregivers. The first half provides useful names, addresses, phone numbers, and websites for various types of senior housing facilities (e.g., independent/retirement, assisted living, nursing, and others of a specialized nature). The second half focuses on senior clubs having gatherings of a recurring nature, which is of particular interest to deaf seniors who travel extensively.
This joint undertaking was first announced at the 2007 DSA Conference in Orlando, FL. “We are grateful to Amanda Boxer, daughter of Woody & Mary Sue Boxer of Maryland, who volunteered at NAD during the summer of 2007 to do initial data-gathering for this listing, said Agnes Sutcliffe, chair of the NAD Senior Citizens section and DSA member. “In addition, we are grateful to Joanne Williams of Nevada; this directory is also the result of her early efforts with the NAD Senior Citizens Section. Thank you, Amanda and Joanne!”
“This Senior Resources listing is a historic first for both organizations,” said DSA President Bob Cook. “The DSA greatly appreciates the invaluable work of the NAD in turning this into a reality.” His sentiments were echoed by NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins, who said, “We at the NAD are thrilled to work with DSA in making this first-ever Senior Resources listing available to deaf seniors nationwide.”
Click here to see the Senior Resources listing:
www.nad.org/SeniorResources
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Fremont Oak Garden's National Award
Check out FOG's National Award, The 2006 Best Seniors Project by Affordable Housing Finance magazine:
http://www.satellitehousing.org/pages/news_ahf.html
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