Sign Language Blog

May 29, 2006 on 5:00 am | In Sign Language |

Struggling seniors get a new lease on life
Miami Herald - For hours on end, Christine Cowan sits in her apartment at Douglas Gardens North in Pembroke Pines and watches movies. It’s the ultimate in independence for the 64-year-old, who spent most of the past 10 years homeless. ‘’I love movies,'’ said Cowan

Make My Day
American Reporter - SYRACU.S.E, Ind. — All thinking must stop! - in Ireland, at least. According to a story in the London Observer, the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Investment in Belfast, Ireland will no longer allow “brainstorming,” at least not by that name

Bills would give class credit for religion, sign language
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - A bill that would allow high school students to earn credit toward graduation for taking an off-campus religious class received key approval Wednesday in the House. State law already allows public school students to take the off-campus courses during

Students reach far in deaf culture
Riverside Press Enterprise - MURRIETA - One might expect that Shannon Starr’s classroom at Calvary Chapel Christian High School in Murrieta would be very quiet considering she only teaches American Sign Language. Barbara McLean / The Press-Enterprise Jaylee Well, 18, Sarah

Events & Activities
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Free Community Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Community United Church of Christ, Fort Seneca. The Point Cruise In Car/Bike/Truck Show, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., corner of SR 199 and 103, Carey. Register 11 a.m.-1 p.m., awards 3 p.m. Pre-entry/$5, day of show/$7