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!Summer Safety Sun Safety: One in five Americans develop skin cancer. Learning about sun safety and dangers of sun beds is the key to reducing future health problems.!

Water Safety: About 3,000 people die a year due to drowning, Many receive care for nonfatal submersion injuries. Be careful!!

Heat Stoke: Heat illness includes a range of disorders that result when your body is exposed to more heat than it can handle. Stay cool and keep hydrated.!

Impaired Driving: In 2010, 10,300 deaths in crashes involving a driver with a BAC of .08 or higher. If you are drinking, do not drive. If you plan to drink, designate a non-drinking driver.!

Fireworks Safety: Summer brings picnics, BBQs, parades and fireworks. Summer also brings an increase in injuries from backyard grills, bonfires and fireworks. Stay safe!

Summer Happenings!

June 19-21 - Deaf Camp Out in Mio, Michigan - 810 515 8136 VP

June 23-25/26-28 Extreme Ropes Camp for Deaf & Kodas - [email protected]

June 28 - MSDAA Picnic at Elms Park, Swartz Creek - [email protected]

June 28 - FAD Softball Fundraiser at FAD

July 12-18 World Deaf Golf Championships in Traverse City, MI - [email protected]

July 15 - FDSC Summer Picnic

July 19 - FAD Annual Field Day

July 25th RID Region III Conference - Lansing Michigan - dmitre-

[email protected]

August 16th - FAD Old Fashioned Picnic (Members Only - contact Mel Frelich)

August 29 - Sept 1 Deaf Arts Festival at Arts Beats and Eats in Royal Oak -

[email protected]

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2014 FAD OFFICERS President: Marty Galentine !

Vice President: Ron Lanning!Secretary: Peter Virtue!

Treasurer: Tom Vasas!Dues Collector: Steve Gemmill!

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Ron Smith, Mark Woodworth, !Leslie Webber, Alan Haywood, !

Jason Riedel, Jerry Beaver, - alt.!AUDITORS

Ron Deschler (1st year)!Tim Hudkins (2nd year)!BAR COMMITTEE

Harry Lewis & Alan Haywood!!FAD AUX OFFICERS President: Laura LaBudde!

Vice President: Tammy Delikta!Secretary: Cindy Blackman!

Treasurer: Andrea Riedel!AUX BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Micki Lewis!Jules Chapko, Florida Wicliffe!

Hallie Smith, Miranda Kennedy!AUDITORS

Miranda Kennedy (1st year)!Bonnie Jo Gemmill (2nd year)!

Darlene Lewis (3rd year)[email protected]!!

FAD NEWS STAFF Stevie Naeyaert, Editor!

Tom Vasas & Peg Frelich, Subscriptions !Bonnie Jo Gemmill, Proofreader!

Janet Deschler, FDSC News!!FAD NEWS is published once a month by the Flint Association of the Deaf, Inc. 4156

Holiday Drive!Flint Michigan 48507!

[email protected]!!VP: 810 515 8545 www.fadarrows.org

Kitchen Duties

June 6th Euchre - Theresa Love!

!June 14th Lucky 52 - NEED WORKERS!!

!June 27th FAD Meeting - NEED WORKERS!!

!Contact Tammy Delikta

VP# 810 515 8394 to work in June.

Thanks!

FAD News Fees Sponsors link on website and flyers in FAD News - $50 a year!FAD News E-Mail Subscriptions FREE at www.fadarrows.org!Snail Mail Subscriptions Members $10/Non-Members $12

DRIVERS!! Please drive SLOW when visiting CAC in the back of the MSD Campus.

There are kids around and MSD !Campus Security says CAC visitors are

driving way too fast!

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Big apologies! !Cindy and Jim Bayer did not go to San Francisco for a ball game. They actually went to the Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Angels games. Cindy received a surprise from Jim for her birthday. beautiful pearl necklace. !!GLDBA Committee was Linda Scripter, not Laura. !!Alana Rich, daughter of past members, Ella and Allen Rich, has serious complications from diabetes and surgery.   Thoughts and prayers go to her and her family for a speedy recovery. !Sheila and Bob Wollard became great grandparents for the seventh time.  Son, Albert, is the new grandpa. Sheila said it’s possible great grand baby number 8 is on the way.! !Johnnie Hughes's great-granddaughter had a baby named Jayceon Garrison. He was born on February 4th. This makes her a great-great-grandmother! Johnnie is also proud of her grandson Tyrone Hibble who graduated from Georgia State University with Master of Business on May 11th.!!While Christina Mofield and Bob Alward were in Escanaba for Christine’s

mom’s funeral around Easter time, they noticed a pick up truck sitting on Lake Michigan covered with ice.!They later discovered it was a fundraising project. A motor-less and seatless truck!was placed on frozen Lake Michigan. People then made bets on date and time the truck will sink.  Whoever made the closest guess wins $500.00  A fundraising idea for FAD?!!Shirley Fritz was beaming with pride after witnessing her grandson’s graduation from boot camp in California. Damien is now a member of the Marines.!!Emily and Ed VanBuskirk hosted a tailgate shower for their son, Eric and his fiancee, Taylor. They are getting married on July 12th. !!Dallas and Margaret Barker hosted a deaf coffee hour with Senator Jim Ananich , State Representatives Pam Farsi and Dale Phelps.  Many people were there to share their concerns for the PA 204 Deaf Person’s Interpreter Act. We need this law and it’s rules and regulations to pass to protect ourselves and our future deaf children. !!If you haven’t yet, be sure to call your legislators and ask that they support passing the rules of PA 204 as written.

You can find your legislators contact information online. !!Lucky 52 now has a Theme Competition. May’s theme was Detroit Tigers. Winners were Bobby Lewis & his fiancée.  2nd place winners were Diana & Frank Hardenburgh. Theme for June Lucky 52 will be Golf and July Lucky 52 will be Flags.  !!Flint Deaf Senior Citizens will have their annual Picnic on July 17th. The color theme will be red, white and blue. Wear patriotic colors!   !!Fad will host 4th annual Old Fashioned picnic and 95 years as an organization on August 16th. See advertisement for more info.  !!Big thanks to Mel Frelich, Mark Naeyaert, Ron Smith, Marty Galentine, Terry Misener, Fred Johnson and Leslie Webber for their help in upgrading the bar.!!The RID Region III Conference Committee is happy to announce that members of the community can purchase tickets to attend the Banquet and Entertainment on July 25, 2014 from 7p-11p in Lansing. Don't miss out on a fabulous evening!  Contact Debi Mitre-Smith for more information. [email protected].

Tidbits from FAD Members

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Flint Association of the Deaf 4156 Holiday Drive Flint, MI 48507

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