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Restaurant serves up intricate dishes
The college newspaper for the University of Texas takes a look at a deaf owned and operated restaurant in the area here.
Olympic Hopeful
Michael Hubbs is an Olympic short-track speed skate hopeful - even though he never laced up speed skates before coming to the Olympic Training Center in Salt Lake City just a couple of years ago. The 29-year-old was born deaf and completed as an inline skater as a teen. He switched to swimming at the Texas School for the Deaf, becoming a state champion and later setting records for Gallaudet University. Hubbs decided to return to inline competition after a decade away from the sport, winning some won medals before moving to Utah to pursue an Olympic dream on the ice.Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
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Texas Suit over Accommodations
A East Texas man is suing his former employer. Steven White says Broadway Home Center in Tyler violated ADA law by not accommodating his disability. White says he suffered hearing loss during his time working for the company as a salesman but he was not given a telephone that he could use and was insulted by his superior for his difficulty hearing. He eventually quit when he was criticized for failing to a complete a job because he couldn't fully understand the instructions.
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Michael’s Olympic Bid
KTBC-TV in Austin reports on a deaf speed skater looking to make the US Olympic team. See the video below on DeafNewsToday.com.
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DeafNation Dallas
The DeafNation Dallas Expo comes to the Dallas Marriott in Irving on March 31. There's more info here.
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Police: Deaf Student Assaulted
There's an investigation underway in the bullying and sexual assault of a 15-year-old deaf student in San Antonio. Police have already arrested one South San Antonio High School. The 18-year-old allegedly talked another deaf student into grouping the victim in October. The 15-year-old was threatened into not telling anyone. The two students continued to harass the victim until she eventually told her interpreter. There are reportedly more victims.Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Getting to Know… Russell Harvard
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ASLFest
Austin's first ASLFest takes place this week at the Texas School for the Deaf. Hosted by Gallaudet University Regional Center, Southwest, things kick off Thursday with Student Day and runs through Saturday. There will be booths with services and products related to ASL as well arts & crafts and food. Performers include Rapper Sean Forbes. Take a look at the agenda here and below is a video introduction.
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Hottest Chef
A deaf chef from Austin, Texas is in the running for the title Hottest Chef in America, an annual competition sponsored by a site called Eater that started a few years ago in New York and has expanded to other cities. Kurt "The Irishman" Ramborger beat out the 32 Austin competitors and is now among 17 chefs vying for the title. Ramborger made it through the first round by beating Portland's Greg Gourdet. He'll face a Seattle competitor next. Deaf since birth, Ramborger opened a new restaurant with some friends in the Austin suburb of Buda just a few months ago. Ramborger is executive chef at ViUDA Bistro (pronounced View-dah), owner Paul Rutowski is also president of the Texas Association of the Deaf, and their partner, Rene Alcala, got the idea off the ground by convincing the two men to quit their catering service and go into the restaurant business. His sister, Heidi Branch is posting video updates of his progress. KEYE-TV interviewed Ramborger this past Friday. Watch that video here.
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Woman Hit By Car
A deaf-blind woman was hit by a car in Corpus Christi, Texas yesterday. KIII-TV has a video report posted below (no captions). You can read the station's report here.
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