DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, May 13, 2014
-- An event at Twitter headquarters praising a deaf-owned business
This is the National Small Business Week. An event took
place at the Twitter's Mid-Market headquarters that
recognizes America's small businesses. During that
event, a deaf-owned business was brought up and praised
- the Mozzeria, a restaurant that serves pizza and operated
by Russ and Melody Stein. It is located in San Francisco.
-- a deaf pro golfer not giving up
Deaf golfer Kevin Hall is not giving up on his pro
golf career despite struggles in recent years. He
is trying again at the U.S. Open Qualifier this
week, hoping to make it to this big tournament.
In the meantime he is trying to make it with the
minor league NGA satellite tour. Hall is a great
golfer but competition among with hearing golfers
is intense. How good is Hall? He won the Big Ten
championship in 2004. And once he competed in a
major deaf golf championship, and laughed his
way into a very easy win, by about 20-25 strokes!
He was invited to compete in a couple of major
golf tournaments some years back but failed to
make the cut. Why? Competition and competition!
-- Refusing to provide interpreter may cost $500,000
Michael Argenyi, who is deaf and is a former medical
sudent at Creighton University (NE), had to pay for
interpreters out of his pockets. The university
refused to pay, forcing him to drop out and to
file a lawsuit. While he won the lawsuit, the jury
would not give him monetary damages. He appealed
and won – thus possibly costing the university
nearly half million dollars. The university,
however, may appeal – and what this means, it may
end up in the Supreme Court, several years away.
A very ugly case – same as the famous Rowley case!
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