GENERAL NEWS -- WiKODA - New Organization -- IMPORTANT: FCC - VRS Non-compete Issue -- Water Tower View Apartments -- 2007 Performances at the Commonweal Theatre -- Aug 30-Sep 3: 5th Midwest Timberfest of the Deaf -- Sep 8-9: ADA 101 Workshops -- Oct 1: CONTEST- Broadband Changed My Life! -- Oct 27: WTCI Community Gathering -- Dec 31: New Years Eve 2007 -- 2008: Northcentral Technical College Reunion ================================================ WiKODA - New OrganizationWiKODA is a new program/organization that was formed over the summer. The committee welcomes everyone who have hearing children as well as the CODAs to check out our webpage, http://www.wikoda.blogspot.com. WiKODA picnic will be held on September 29th in the Token Creek Park, north of Madison.
See you there! (Contributed by: Karen Dishno, WiKODA) ================================================ IMPORTANT: FCC - VRS Non-compete IssueEd Bosson just did an Alert on www.edsalert.com on important issue called VRS’s “non-compete clause”. Check out vlog on "FCC seeks comments on non-compete clause". It is important that you comment about this.
(Contributed by: Jack Cassell, WADNet Reader) ================================================ Water Tower View Apartments Water Tower View Apartments for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf/Blind seniors1 and 2 bedroom floor plans. Beautifully designed for your needs, carpeted, all appliances,
Washer-dryer hook-up, underground parking. Many Community activities to choose from Prices range from $665-$850 heat included Apply for a position on our waiting list - must be income qualified Contact Carol TTY/VP 888-532-4107 or Katie TTY/VP 888-532-4135 Equal Housing Opportunity Katie Voss, Housing Consultant Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 135 South 84th St., Suite 100 Milwaukee WI 53214 TTY/VP: 888.532.4135 VP IP Address: 75.100.117.42 Office: 414.727.9902 Fax: 414.727.9731 kvoss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.cardinalcapital.us (contributed by Katie Voss, Cardinal Capital Management, Inc.) ================================================ 2007 Performances at the Commonweal TheatrePlease join us for American Sign Language interpreted performances of all of our mainstage productions in 2007.
Use www.goodsearch.com and select Commonweal Theatre Company as your designated cause. We'll get a penny every time you search!
Please join us for an American Sign Language interpreted performance of "Wait Until Dark" by Frederick Knott Written in 1964, and produced as a movie starring Audrey Hepburn in 1967, the play tells the story of a blind woman who becomes entangled in a scheme to procure her seemingly ordinary doll. Thinking she'll be an easy target, the three con men underestimate Susy's resourcefulness. Sunday, September 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the Commonweal Theatre 208 Parkway Ave N Lanesboro, MN 55949Patrons in need of interpreter services will receive a 50% discount on all tickets, courtesy of the Commonweal and VSA arts of Minnesota.
For reservations, call 800-657-7025 or email tickets@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov - November 4 at 2pm - in our new theatre!"Inspecting Carol" by Daniel Sullivan - December 16 at 2pm - in our new theatre!
Jill Underwood Resident Company Member Commonweal Theatre www.commonwealtheatre.org (Contributed by: Jill Underwood, Commonweal Theatre) ================================================== Aug 30-Sep 3: 5th Midwest Timberfest of the DeafCome to Midwest Timberfest of the Deaf (MTD) at Camp Lakodia for lumberjack contests, good fun and great socializing! MTD will provide daytime events and Camp Lakodia will host nightly events. Vendors will have booths to sell or advertise products and services. Bring your family to this unique lakeside setting in Eastern South Dakota!
ø Ax Throwing ø Log Splitting ø Single Bucking ø Much More!Additional information plus Combo and Combo + Lodging prices can be found here:
http://www.wi-deaf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=104&Itemid=59If you have questions, email Kevin Ryan, MTD Chairperson, at wrestkpt42@xxxxxxx
(Contributed by: Dave Surprenant, WADNet Reader) ================================================== Sep 8-9: ADA 101 Workshops ADA 101 in the WORKPLACE for DEAF and HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS TWO-DAY WORKSHOP – will be different workshop on each day! PRESENTER: Howard Rosenblum from Midwest Center on Law and the DeafHoward Rosenblum is a profoundly deaf attorney licensed to practice in Illinois. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He is presently the only deaf attorney practicing in Illinois. In addition to founding and chairing MCLD, Mr. Rosenblum is presently employed as a staff attorney at Equip for Equality, a private, nonprofit organization that operates the federally mandated Protection & Advocacy System in Illinois which safeguards the rights of children and adults with physical and mental disabilities. (source: www.mcld.org)
COST: FREE* (and lunch is provided both days) September 8th – 9th (Saturday and Sunday) 9:00am – 4:00pm each day (Registration begins at 8:30 am)NOTE: If you can’t attend Saturday, try to attend on Sunday – OR, if you can’t attend Sunday, attend Saturday – best to attend ONE day than attend NO DAYS. (Editor's note: "Free" means workshop is free. If you are coming from out of town or out of state, you will need to pay for hotel and breakfast/supper meals.)
This ADA workshop will focus on issues concerning the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
Where: League for the Blind and Disabled, Inc. (LBD) 5821 S. Anthony Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN What to expect:Learn answers to these and other questions about ADA law and workplace accommodations such as Video Phones.
• What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? • How can ADA benefit me? • What does my employer have to do under ADA? • What does the ADA say about technology? • If I need a VP to do my job does my employer have to provide it?• How much will it cost my employer? What services do video relay services provide? • What do I do if I have a complaint, or feel that my ADA rights have been violated?
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: FILL OUT AND SEND TO: George Clark 9826 Tumbleweed BlvdFort Wayne, IN 46825
or Email confirmation to OutreachAndTraining@xxxxxxxxx George Clark, MS.Ed., CI, NAD IV Coordinator Outreach and Training (Contributed by: Kim Drake, WADNet Reader) ================================================== Oct 1: CONTEST - Broadband Changed My Life! Cash Prizes: "Broadband Changed My Life" Contest! Cash Prizes Available in "Broadband Changed My Life" Contest!The Alliance for Public Technology (APT), a nonprofit association urging greater deployment of broadband, or high speed Internet access, is running a nationwide contest to highlight the breadth and scope of the impact using broadband can have at the personal level. APT wants you to share your story on line. They are offering a grand prize of $1,000, a second place prize of $500 and a third place prize of $250 to the best submissions. Awardees stories will also be highlighted on the APT web site and featured in APT-sponsored publications.
People with disabilities are encouraged to go to the web site at http://ga3.org/campaign/contest and enter the contest before the deadline of October 1, 2007. Perhaps as a Video Relay Service user your story of reaching an employer and securing a great job could be known through this contest? Perhaps you are a person with a disability running a business online that uses high speed Internet and this made you richer or off public supports? Perhaps you can now download and listen more quickly to audioclips of books and materials where previously you had to wait months for the brailled version to arrive via regular mail? Maybe your use of high speed broadband allows you to do some things that formerly with dial-up Internet access you couldn't do and it changed your life. If so, please share your story and win some cash as well! AAPD urges you to get your story in soon! Please pass this contest notice along to others also, thanks!
More about APT is available at http://www.apt.org and click on the "Broadband" contest button.
Provided by Jenifer Simpson, AAPD staffer and APT Board member, email aapdjenifer@xxxxxxxx
SOURCE: AAPD (Contributed by: Denise Pulfer, Access to Independence) ================================================ Oct 27: WTCI Community Gathering WTCI Fall 2007 Community Gathering Saturday, October 27, 20079am - 4pm (lunch is on your own, or pack a bag lunch with your own beverages)
Menasha Public Library Company "E" Room 440 First Street, Menasha Cost: FREE What We'll Do: MORNING:Review of bylaws, inclusion of any last revisions, then a vote to accept the bylaws as revised to be presented to members for ratification at the Spring Banquet.
AFTERNOON:Mini-training on strategic planning, with SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of WTCI with small group breakouts for discussions
RSVP REQUESTED BY OCTOBER 13, 2007 (for head count) RSVP to Jim Powell, President E-mail: president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx VP: niceodie.homedns.org TTY: 608-825-9791 Voice: 800-678-7960Or, to get a mail-in registration form, you can go to WTCI site at http://www.wi-deafdir.info
(Contributed by: Jim Powell, WTCI President) ================================================== Dec 31: New Years Eve 2007 West Suburban Association of the Deaf is proud to host... New Years Eve 2007 Monday - December 31, 2007 Entertainment: Pinky Tells the Real Story Videophone & Video Relay Service II Flame Juggler *Prizes *Dance Contest! *Best Outfits Contest*Photography *Surprise ! :-)
Radisson Hotel at Ballroom Entrance 1725 E. Algonquin Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 See website for more information: www.wsadeaf.org or attached flyer/announcement (contributed by: Tim Mahoney, WADNet Reader) ================================================== 2008: Northcentral Technical College ReunionWe plan to have Northcentral Technical College Reunion in 2008. I am looking for addresses for those who atteneded at Northcentral Technical College. We need help to find those addresses. If any one know the addresses, please email me or send to one of our committee members: Barb Anhalt, Scott Retzleff and Cathy Morrissey.
Here is the list of names that we try to find the addresses:Brenda Bielenski, Larry Golly, Richard Fleming, Jeff Lielenski, Daryl Christianson, Joel Shiver, Joseph Serio, Jane Dyne, Robert Call, Jame Kuzinski, Bryan Samb, Phyills Abendroth, Barb Baungandt, Sherry Christansen, Rene Petert, Mike Fehl, David Fleming, Jenny Garcia, Susie Gau, Layvonne Koskey, Sue McGabe, Terre MIscho, Laurie Passow, Nancy Shedick, Pat Smrstick, Melissa Steuber, Bryl Vardre, June Vodvarka, Sue Uollenweider, Kay Closs, Pam Joachim, Tom Smith, Keith Mischo, John Staszak, Larry Hintz, Mike Fahich, Jim Prink, Susan Fleming, Diane Vander Zander.
We would like to send the survey for the information before we plan to have the reunion in 2008. I hope to hear from them by End of October 2007, so we can work on the plan for 2008. My email address is nuttycathy1@xxxxxxx, Banhalt143@xxxxxxx, and retzleff@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Catherine Morrissey, committee of NTC- Wausau (Contributed by: Catherine Morrissey, NTC-Wausau Reunion Committee) ================================================== ================================================== Leslie Riggs WADNet Post Editor & Listserv Administrator Wisconsin Association of the Deaf -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- TO SUBSCRIBE to the WADNet Post, please email to wadnetpost-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field. IF YOU ARE CHANGING EMAIL ADDRESSES, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE TWO STEPS:1) UNSUBSCRIBE from the WADNet Post by sending an email from your OLD email address to wadnetpost-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
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