When: Sept. 19
Time: 9 AM - 4 PM
Where: Sacramento Zoo at 3930 West Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95822
Web site for more information: http://www.saczoo.com/ and click on “Calendar” on left side navigation menu.

Thanks, Dale Baird.

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Marysville NorCal Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing are hosting their 2nd annual Dinner & Theater, “Follow the White Rabbit,” based on Alice in Wonderland.

Quick Info:
When: April 25, 2009
Where: Boyd Hall at 1895 Lassen Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95993 (Entrance is on Klamath)
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Doors will open at 5:45 p.m.
Cost: $10 per person. It is strongly reccomended that you RSVP your tickets now because after April 17, only cash will be accepted.

Contact Kimberly Dethlefsen-Koons at: kdethlefsen@norcalcenter.org or call 530-763-1537, 530-740-7802 TTY. She also has OAC (Outreach Advisory Commitee) members selling tickets at locations near you.

Voice Interpreting will be provided. Dinner is served from 6 to 7, play starts at 7. Come, eat, socialize and sit back to enjoy a play in which madness ensues! Alice, the White Rabbit, the Twins, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, and the Queen and King will be present along with some of their Cards. This is also for a general audience — some of the characters are children. Click to download the Alice In Wonderland Flyer.

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Click here to view the embedded video.

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Northern Interpreters Continuing Education
and NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

Presents
An Advanced ASL Skills Workshop for Interpreters

by Lance Forshay, MS

ASL/Deaf Studies Lecturer and Program Coordinator
University of Washington

Saturday, November 15, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
at the Redding Library, Conference Room
1100 Parkview Ave.
Redding, CA  96001

Cost: $60 before November 10th, 2008. $70 at the door.

Presenter: Lance was born deaf and is fourth of five Deaf generations. He graduated from Kansas School for the Deaf and Gallaudet University. He has a BA in Mathematics and Secondary Education. He also has a MS in Ministry from Southern Christian University, Montgomey, AL. He is presently an ASL and Deaf Studies Lecturer and Program Coordinator at the University of Washington. He is also a Language Mentor for Sorenson Video Interpreters for part time contract.

Description: This is an advanced interpreter workshop on classifier signs in ASL. The focus will be on expanding your understanding and improving your skills of applying classifiers based on visual images.

For more information, contact Tina at 530-604-4782 or tquisha4@yahoo.com.

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Mark your calendar for Friday, December 12, 2008

Holiday Open House at FREED
Center for Independent Living

508 J Street, Marysville

from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Coffee and sodas will be provided, and you are welcome to bring your favorite holiday treats to share!

* FREED is located in Del Monte Square at corner of 5th and J Street. 530-742-4474

from Claudia Hollis, FREED Center

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Deaf horse teaches children about disabilities - Cali, a deaf wild mustang that was adopted, responds to commands through hand signals and rope movements. 

Young boy saves deaf sister from house fire -  In Kansas, a fire broke out in a home and the family left, except for the 4-year-old deaf sister. The 8-year-old brother went back in to save her and brought her out. Pretty inspiring, huh?

And closer to home: Chico Enterprise Record did a story on Bobbie Holcraft who interprets for the deaf.

How would you handle it if you knew you were going deaf? Jessica Stone had to undergo a surgery to remove a tumor that would leave her deaf. She prepared for it by making a video diary of her last month hearing things and learned sign language. Even her family pitched in.

On the other side of the globe, a deaf African who also cannot speak, was noted for his achievements after he was brought to US and given an interpreter.

Barksdale Theatre is incorporating ASL into every show of the 2008-09 season to make their plays accessible to the deaf.

Hope you enjoyed today’s trip around Cyberspace!

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Mount Shasta Area Newspapers ran a feature article on John “Loy” Estes. Click for the original.

Speaking of ASL instructors, here is a list of local ASL classes:

Yuba College

American River College

Sierra College

California State University Sacramento

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Help him do this!

Online Relay for Life Donation web page, click here.

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I thought as a Deaf person, that it was strange that people were standing in the dark talking when we have a naturally lit kitchen with floor to ceiling windows. It’s too dark for me to “hear.”

The day was spent updating the web from any laptop that had a card before the internal battery ran out of stored power, until the ITs set up 6 working computers running off two gas powered generators. That allowed the Appeal-Democrat to pull off the day’s real “daily miracle” as Editor Len La Barth coined it in a note to Readers in the Saturday’s paper. There’s a picture in our Staff Photography Gallery of a few of us crowded in the back hallway pulling off the miracle. That’s Gordon Webb, the IT Assistant, standing in the back with a hand to his forehead. Yes, it was rather stressing.

The weekend was uneventful. Power was restored at my home by 5 p.m. Friday evening and our phone on Sunday morning. Thousands are still without electricity, though.

Today (Monday) is basically catch-up day before the next series of storms hit us.

*****

I have a couple announcements.

David Kur let me know via e-mail today that a brand-new
CalDeaf.com has been launched today. It is a calendar listing all of Deaf-related events taking place in California alone.

Features are:
-Browse hundreds of deaf events in California!
-Bookmark the website and you’ll never miss any more deaf gatherings, expos, or events!
- Discover and share events with your friends
- Post your events and pictures of past events… and more
- Search for upcoming events by keyword, month, week, or day
- Sort events by region
- Event pages can include photo galleries, videos, and maps
- Receive reminder emails, and send your friends emails about the events
- Sign up for notifications of new events
- Comment on events, either by text or video

Finally, a home for the California Deaf Community. Once you’re there, you’ll never want to leave!

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Next, FREED has a list of Support Group meeting for 2008.

Cross-Disability peer support group meets every second Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. at the FREED office, 508 J Street, Marysville, CA.

Hearing Loss support group meets every third Wednesday of the Month at 10 a.m. at the same location mentioned above.

Contact Information: Claudia Hollis, (530) 742-4474 voice and TTY.

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Here is the list of Deaf Events for this weekend and next week.

Advance Plans/Save the Date:

Deaf Pizza Social
Jan 8th, 2008.
Game starts 7:00 PM.
Sac Kings vs Orlando Magic at John’s Incredible Pizza, 384 N. Sunrise Ave. Roseville CA. (N. Sunrise & Automall Dr.) Go to “Hall of Fame” Room.
Future dates 2008 for NBA Games:: Jan 14th, Feb 6th, Feb 19th… more

COME PLAY BINGO!
Tuesday, Jan 8th, 2008.
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM.
At CHARITY Bingo, 2929 Fulton Ave., Suite 12, Sacto (Off Marconi behind Taco Bell)
$1,199 & $1,000 Games EVERY NIGHT! $250 Pay out. EVERY GAME!! (27 games!)
12 VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO HELP PER MONTH WITH EACH EVENT. Contact
NorCal if you are interesting in helping. Info@norcalcenter.org, 916-349-7500 V/TTY/VP
Future dates for 2008: Jan 8th, Feb 5th… will add more dates SOON!

Deaf Social & ASL Students
WHEN: Every 3rd Friday, Jan 18th. Round Table Pizza - Folsom,
2793 East Bidwell Street # 100, Folsom, 95630 (Exit E. Bidwell St. from Hwy 50).
Future dates for 2008: Jan 18th, Feb 15th, Mar 21st, April 18th, May 16th. NO June, July & Aug.

Wrong Game Movie in ASL.
Friday, Jan 11 - 7 PM, Saturday Jan. 12 - 7 pm
at CSDF, 34390 Gallaudet Dr. Fremont. This proceed goes to support to DEAFHope

ARDC
Greenstone Classic Basketball tourney - Jan 15, 2008.
For more information at www.americanriverdeafclub.org.

SWIRL DEAF SOCIAL
WHEN: Jan. 17th

DeafHope:
5th Annual Glimmer of Hope on Feb 23, 2008. For more info on www.deaf-hope.org

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