Date: August 5th 2009

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
 6 Aug 2009               Issue No. 102           Circulation 870
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Announcements

1.
Ina Heuermann (Inahb yahoo.com) is searching for Texas School For The Deaf (TSD) Class of 1984 members for a class reunion.

2.
Addition to the church listings: Southern Hills Church of Christ in Buda: http://austindeafevents.com/church.html#southernhills

3.
Hope Landin (hope2682 aol.Com) asks for your help finding these people for the upcoming TSD Homecoming:

The Former Homequeen Of Tsd(Texas School For The Deaf) 1949 Mary Ann Pekar (Passed Away)
1959 Betty Alexander (Got Contact)
1969 Sue Chapman (Need To Find Her)
1979 Janet Foreman (Got Contact )
1989 Tesha Lodholm (Need To Find Her)
1999 Viola Benavides (Need To Find Her)

I need them to come for the TSD Homecoming on Sept 19th and Sept 18th for the riverboat ride. Please contact me before Sept 12th 2009. I willl give more information when you contact me. --Hope Landin (hope2682 aol.Com)

4.
I generally hesitate to tout this sort of thing. There is plenty of word of mouth and social networking for that. But this Thai Pantene television commercial that features a Deaf girl struck me as inspirational and special:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9KsrH377A --David

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In this issue...
(CC) Closed Captions; (OC) Open Captions; (SI) Sign Interpreted

Sections
AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf
AA, NA Meetings
Churches -- http://austindeafevents.com/church.html Monthly Recurring Events (Deaf Coffee Chat, Deaf Seniors, etc.) Movies
Event listings by date

Alphabetic index:
AAD Banknight (following Business Meeting) 08/15 AAD Coffee & dessert chat (3rd Saturday) 08/15 AAD Executive Board Meeting (usually 2nd Friday) 08/14 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 08/07 AAD Open Social 08/01, 07, 08, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 AAD Pool Tournament (3rd Friday) 08/21 AAD Regular Business Meeting (Saturday after Board Meeting) 08/15 AAD Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday) 08/28 AAD TINGO (1st Saturday) 08/08
ACC Fall 2009 Registration--Now!
ASL Semantics: Precision of Expression in ASL 08/05 Austin Deaf Crusade 2009 - "Jesus is Mine" 10/23-24 Deaf Awareness Week (Houston) 09/26
Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 08/15 Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 08/06 Deaf Seniors of Austin--social (3rd Thursday) 08/20 DEAFensive Driving (SI) 09/26
Distinguished Artist Veterans of Texas Art Exhibit 08/05-10/03 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (OC) 08/04-05 PUBLIC ENEMIES (OC) 08/23-24
South Central Deaf Biker 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off 10/03 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (OC) 08/21-22 Training: Visual Interpretations of the Miranda Warning 08/28 TSDAA Reunion Party and river cruise (Deadline 09/04) 09/18 Vacation Bible School at JLCD 08/17-21

Date index:
Now! Registration for 2009 Fall Semester at ACC 08/01, 07, 08, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 AAD Open Social 08/04-05 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (OC) 08/05 ASL Semantics: Precision of Expression in ASL 08/05-10/03 Distinguished Artist Veterans of Texas Art Exhibit 08/06 Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 08/07 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 08/08 AAD TINGO (1st Saturday)
08/14 AAD Executive Board Meeting (usually 2nd Friday) 08/15 AAD Banknight (following Business Meeting) 08/15 AAD Coffee & dessert chat (3rd Saturday) 08/15 AAD Regular Business Meeting (Saturday after Board Meeting) 08/15 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 08/17-21 Vacation Bible School at JLCD 08/20 Deaf Seniors of Austin--social (3rd Thursday) 08/21 AAD Pool Tournament (3rd Friday) 08/21-22 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (OC) 08/23-24 PUBLIC ENEMIES (OC)
08/28 AAD Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday) 08/28 Training: Visual Interpretations of the Miranda Warning 09/18 TSDAA Reunion Party and river cruise (Deadline 09/04) 09/26 Deaf Awareness Week (Houston)
09/26 DEAFensive Driving (SI)
10/03 South Central Deaf Biker 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off 10/23-24 Austin Deaf Crusade 2009 - "Jesus is Mine"

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AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf (Austin Deaf Club)

Confirm calendar at http://austindeafclub.org/events.htm

August

No regular business meeting 7 Fri 7pm Mexican Train games (1st Friday); Open for social

 8 Sat      Open for social; BankNight at 9pm
14 Fri      Open for social

15 Sat 9am Coffee & dessert chat (3rd Saturday); Open for social 21 Fri 7:30 Pool Tournament (3rd Friday) 22 Sat Open for social
28 Fri 7:30 Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday); Open for social 29 Sat Open for social

September
5 Sat 8pm TINGO (1st Saturday; 7pm seating), Open for social 12 Sat 8pm Regular Business Meeting; BankNight following

• $1 for social games.

Happy Hour 7 - 10pm Fridays and Saturdays. Open social: Fridays and Saturdays 7 pm - closing. Admission: Friday $5, Saturday $7

Where: Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX 78748

Social Affairs: Connie Dannels (DirectorofSocialAffairs austindeafclub.org)
Newsletter: Melissa Montoya-Calogar (austindeafclubeditor yahoo.com)

----------------------- AA and NA MEETINGS ----------------------

AA, NA meetings with sign language interpreters

AA Meetings at 2203 Lakeway Blvd at Community Ecumenical Church August 16, 6:45 pm (sign language interpreter provided by Communication Services for the Deaf) August 20, 6:45 pm women only (sign language interpreter provided by Communication by Hand)

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (Saturdays)
11:30 am - 12:30 am
AA meeting for Women
601 Bouldin
(interpreters provided by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)

August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (Saturdays)
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
AA Meeting - Open to all
601 Bouldin
(interpreters provided by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)

August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (Mondays)
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
NA meeting
212 E. Monroe
(interpreters provided by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)

August 6, 13, 20, 27 (Thursdays)
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
NA meeting
Holy Word Lutheran Church
10601 Bluff Bend Drive
(interpreters provided by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing)

AA Meetings at 2203 Lakeway Blvd at Community Ecumenical Church August 16, 6:45 pm (sign language interpreter provided by Communication Services for the Deaf) August 19, 8:00 pm (sign language interpreter provided by Communication Services for the Deaf) August 20, 6:45 pm women only (sign language interpreter provided by Communication by Hand)

You can contact the Austin AA Hill County Intergroup at: 512-444-0071 (v) or visit
http://www.austinaa.org/

This 24 hour hotline can help with meeting locations and times, and requests for interpreters. Also, if there is a meeting on the schedule where you would like to have an ASL interpreter present, call 512-448-9017 and ask for Clint Ritter. They will check with local providers, and do their best to help.

Also,
AA meetings via WebCam led by Deaf and HoH sobriety facilitators: http://doda.nefsis.com/doda

---------------------------- CHURCH ----------------------------- Church Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Please see: http://austindeafevents.com/church.html

-------------------- MONTHLY RECURRING EVENTS ------------------- DEAF SENIORS OF AUSTIN (South Central)
Travis County Deaf Association
08/06 Meeting 1st Thursday of Month, 1-4 pm 08/20 Social 3rd Thursday of the Month, 1-4 pm Senior Activity Center, 3911 Manchaca, Austin TX 512-448-0787, TDD: 512-462-2853

Deaf Chat Coffee schedule for Austin area: http://www.deafcoffee.com/html/tx_austin.html Open to everyone (deaf, hearing) with an interest in ASL.

AUSTIN ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF--Every 3rd Saturday, 9a-Noon 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX 78748
Committee: Sally Porter, Brenda Mills, Brenda Oates, Beth Strain

STARBUCKS COFFEE (West)--Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10pm 08/08 6600 S Mopac Expy, Austin TX 78749
Host: Monica Mason monicamandrew/yahoo.com

DEAF DEAFBLIND CHAT
STARBUCKS COFFEE (Central)--Every 3rd Saturday, 6-8pm 07/18 3706 Guadalupe St, Austin TX 78705
Host: Lizzy Berry Elizabeth.Berry/dars.state.tx.us

---------------------------- MOVIES ----------------------------- Find captioned movies by zipcode or city, state with this link: http://fomdi.com/
http://captionfish.com/

Captioned movie trailers and search for captioned web videos. http://ccmovies.org/

Open Captioned (OC) Movies:
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
http://www.originalalamo.com/Default.aspx?l=4

Mopix rear-window Closed Caption (CC) movies: AMC Barton Creek Square 14. 2901 Capital of Texas Hwy. ph 306-1991, Auditorium #7.
http://movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=6059

Bob Bullock State History Museum
1800 N Congress Avenue at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd IMAX Theatre (some films) and Spirit Theatre http://thestoryoftexas.com/special/site_accessibility.html

Cinemark Tinseltown 17, 5501 IH-35
S I-35 North Of Stassney Ln, Austin TX 78744 http://www.cinemark.com/
08/21-22 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (OC) 08/23-24 PUBLIC ENEMIES

Regal Gateway Stadium 16, 9700 Stonelake Blvd - 343-5480 For show times go to http://insightcinema.org/links.html and follow the links to the theatres, or call theaters for details.

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Now! Classes begin August 24th
Registration for 2009 Fall Semester at ACC

Where: Austin Community College

Registration for the 2009 Fall Semester is going on NOW!

We are offering a series of eleven ESOL: English for Speakers of Other Languages classes. HUDE 0111: Human Development is a "Transition to College" to help new students learn important time management & study skills. These classes are taught by four Deaf and two hearing Instructors, and the ACC Tutoring Lab at Riverside has three Deaf and two hearing tutors, all fluent in ASL. There is also a Basic Math class