Spring Dinner at Huber’s in Indiana April 17, 2004 On Saturday, April 17, we will meet at Huber’s Restaurant, St John’s Road, Starlight Indiana. We plan to begin arriving at 3:30 pm and eat at 4:00. If the weather is nice, we will eat out doors on the patio.

Directions: Take 64 across the Sherman Minton Bridge and get off at the 2nd exit onto 265. On 265, get off at the very first exit (State St). At the end of the ramp turn right onto Paoli Rd. and go up the big hill. When you get into Floyds Knobs at the top, you will find Scottsville Rd. Turn right again and take it about 5 miles to Hubers. (One can access I265 from I65 and the Kennedy Bridge but beware of the heavy road construction.)

April, Sign Practice Group. There will be no sign practice on April 5 or 12. Practice will resume on April 19 and 26. There are about 10 members who are coming to our sign group. Why don’t you join us?

April, Piccadilly Luncheon Because of Dinner at Huber’s, there will be no luncheon at Piccadilly’s this month. The room is not reserved. Join us again on May 22.

April 17, 2004 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Health Fair There will be a health fair for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People at the Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, 3520 Central Pwky., Cincinnati, Ohio 45223 on Saturday, April 17 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Lunch is free to all that register. Derbytown SHHH will sponsor a booth. Louise Wisdom, Judy Vinegar and Ed Schickel will present programs.

Shadow signed play at Assumption! Practice your sign-reading skills. Go to Mother Hicks for more details about the play.

Captioned Movies
LEXINGTON, REGAL HAMBURG, PAVILLION 16 MIRACLE .....04/11/04..... 04/12/04
LEXINGTON, REGAL HAMBURG, PAVILLION 16, STARSKY & HUTCH .....05/02/04..... 05/03/04

LOUISVILLE, SHOWCASE CINEMAs STONYBROOK MIRACLE .....04/18/04..... 04/19/04

Click here for links to local theaters to check show times.

Thanks: Special thanks go to Reva Kruer for making arrangements at Huber’s for our Dinner and to the Ky. Center for the Arts, Stacy Ridgeway, for providing us with the K-card.

Treasurer’s Report Our current balance is $1359.87. Payments have been made to St. Albert’s--$25, Hazel Tucker-36.99, Melanie Magruder-34.73. We have received payment for the newsletter from T. Rowland, Ann Rosenbaum, J Reed, J Stengel, L. Freiberger. Additional deposits were made for the auction - 110. Gifts and special funds received-- 20.

Legislative Coalition Kentucky, Hear Us met on Saturday March 20. A presentation explaining the roles of lobby groups and advocacy groups was made. It appears that Derbytown SHHH may continue meeting with this group without affecting its advocacy position. Paula Esterle and Ed Schickel attended on behalf of Derbytown SHHH. We need other volunteers to attend these meetings.

KCDHH Education Outreach and Inclusion for the Hard of Hearing study group met on March 25. Mary Lee Nelson, Paula Esterle and Ed Schickel attended for Derbytown SHHH. Six issues were added to the group’s proposal:

• Issue #1. Outreach (public relations): Identifies ways the Commission can provide information regarding services to the Hard of Hearing community.

• Issue #2: Identify marketing strategies for Hard of Hearing with audiologists.

• Issue #3: Inclusion of Hard of Hearing in projects that are sponsored by the Commission.

• Issue #4: How to improve communication with Hard of Hearing individuals at the Commission Office.

• Issue #5: Change the name of the TTY Distribution Program to the Telecommunication Access Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

• Issue #6: Web-site changes to continue to ensure information for the hard of hearing is included and updated.

These issues were discussed in an open public forum held at Piccadilly’s on Saturday March 27. The study group welcomes additional feedback from you. Contact the KCDHH office, Anita Dowd, to voice your feelings and suggestions.

Newcomers Volunteers are needed to greet newcomers as they arrive, introduce them to the group and connect them to a member who could act as a resource/mentor for them. Dale has agreed to head a committee. Are you willing to assist others? Please consider volunteering. Please contact him to talk about ways to greet and assist our new members. We have had a number of newcomers who have attended one or two meetings. We do not have their names or a way to contact them. We don’t even know why they have not returned. We need to do a better job of greeting and welcoming people. We need a way to mentor them. Remember your first meeting? What was good and not so good? How can you share the positive with a newcomer? Will you welcome a newcomer?

Ky. Center for the Arts We have received an offer from Stacy Ridgeway and the Ky. Center for the Arts to participate in a pilot program, “Access KCard”. Using the “KCard” we can purchase up to 10 tickets for each of the remaining performances of the Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Ballet and the Ky. Center on a first come first served basis. The tickets would cost only $10 each.

• Ballet: Anna Karenina 4/23-24,
  
• Orchestra:
  • Coffee Concert: Verdi’s Requiem 4/15, Mirian Fried 5/6, Lee Luvisi 5/27
    
  • Classic Concerts: Verdi’s Requiem 4/15, Mirian Fried 5/8, Lee Luvisi 5/28

Because these are first come first served, we need to apply for tickets ASAP. If you are interested, let Ed know how many tickets you want and for which performances.

Other Projects Ed represented Derbytown SHHH at a presentation by Stacy Ridgeway at the Ky. Center for the Arts on March 25. He will also be attending an ADA training on March 30-31. Hearing Assistive Technology will be presented at the KAN Conference on April 5 and at an AARP Healthfair in Mayfield, KY on May 20.