Pittsburgh Associtation of the Deaf (PAD) and Greater Pittsburgh Community Center for the Deaf (GPCCD) hosted 4th annual ASL Picnic, to support our local of Deaf sports team for Women’s and Men’s softball team. Don’t miss to click 132 137 photos here!

Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf hosted one day celebration of the Uptown community, POP UP PITTSBURGH on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Don’t miss to see the POP UP PITTSBURGH photo album here!

Hope you all will enjoy Spring and Summer for your vacation this year. If you have any news please email me and I will be happy to post it on the PADETTE or the PAD Website. Let enjoy our weather this year!!!

Lori Ann LaSorsa

Spring is here! Everyone is looking forward to be outdoors – enjoying yard work, planting, walking and much more! Summer is around the corner and the kids can’t wait for school to be out – they can drive their parents crazy all summer. HA!

A few months ago, we had a Kick Off and Open House as PAD became the owner of PAVRS. Please use our VIDEO RELAY SERVICE by dialing PAVRS.TV

Coming soon is a “Pop UP” Pittsburgh project where the Uptown community will host a block party on May 30^th from 1pm to 5pm on Gist Street and Surrounding area. Let us know if you are interested in selling items such as arts and crafts or want set up an information booth. Our club will sell hot dogs, water and pop. The neighborhoods have other events and various other programs scheduled. We want to work together as a community to help make the best for the Uptown area. For more information, see Chairperson Larry Hast.

This summer PSAD will host Kennywood on Father’s Day on June 21, 2009. See Chairperson Paul Mente for details.

The ASL Picnic will be held on June 6^th at North Park. See Lea Marcoullier

PAD/GPCCD will host the End of Summer Picnic on Saturday August 29^th, at South Park. See Chairperson Jeff Janaszek

I wish you and your family a great and enjoyable SUMMER!!!

Cheryl Noschese

WHEN START:
September 12th, 2008 and every Fridays. The starting time will be at 8:00 p.m. and takes about 4 hours to finish.

HOW MANY WEEKS:
We will have 3 sessions in one season.  The 1st session – 1/3rd of 16-week game schedule, starting on September 12th and ending on Jan 2nd, 2009. The Finals will be on Jan 9th.  The 2nd session of 1/3rd of  season will start January 16th  and ending April 24th the Finals will be on May 1st. The 3rd session of 1/3rd of the season will start on May 8th and ending Aug 21st the Finals will be on August 28th. You can play in all 15 games in one session and the 16th week will be FINAL session of tournament. Most people do have some other commitments so we decided to give every player an opportunity to sit out 2 games throughout the each Third of the session. If a particular player decides to play in all 15 games, we will eliminate the lowest 2 games. There will be no SUBSITUTION TO REPLACE YOU FOR ONE GAME!!!

OVERALL TOURNEY (FINAL NIGHT):
All players who have played at least once in our League are eligible to play in the Final Tournament. For Who showed up between 9 to 13 games each player’s points will be multiplied by 50 (rounded up to the nearest 25) and receive that amount in chips. For who showed up between 5 to 8 games each player’s points will be multiplied by 30( rounded up to the nearest 25) for less than 4 games each player’s points will be multiplied by 10 (rounded up to the nearest 25) If there are 54 players in our league then we will have 7 tables and the top 7 point leaders will be seated at Seat #1 in each table. If a person doesn’t show up that night, he/she will be placed in Seat #3 and the chips will go in the pot during Small Blinds and Big Blinds until the half-hour mark and then the chips will go in at the highest amount of Big Blinds that time in every hand until the chips run out.

PLAYING YOUR HOLE CARDS
You are required to show both of your cards in a showdown and if you only showed one card, the other card automatically goes into the muck. If you have both cards together and one of the cards is face up and the other one is face down, the “facing down” card is automatically into the muck. If you had both cards together (face up), and then lay it down, sliding the top card sideways, that is acceptable.

COMMUNICATION DEVICES
Using cell phones, pagers, or any other communicable devices during the league is PROHIBITED. If you need to make a call or answer message, you can do so but you have to leave your table first and then making call. After the completion of the call, you may return to the table and play the next available hand.

POINTS SYSTEM:
Depending on the number of players playing that night… For example, if 20 players show up on one Friday, the 1st place will earn 20 points, 2nd place gets 19 points, all the way to the 20th person getting 1 point.

We also give out bonus points to the final table (8 players), 1st place will get 8 extra points, all the way down to the 8th place finisher getting one point.

We will still have the “Bust-Out” chips but the points will be different than last year. You will get 1 point for busting a player out and 2 points for busting out this season’s weekly champions. For the first week, all chips are worth one point and in the 2nd week, if that 1st week champion plays in that night, his/her chip is worth 2 points.

In order to win the Royal Flush pot, you have to have a showdown between yourself and 1 or more player(s). If everyone else folded and you are the only one left, you CANNOT win this points. The points will be carried from week to week, and continue throughout the season.

If you plan on coming to that night and will be late, please give us a call at PAD VP 412-566-7778 or e-mail me at BIGJEFF@sprint.blackberry.net That way we will put your chips at a particular table and the blinds will be put in accordingly. If you are not there within 1 HOUR, The Chips will be taken away.

MEMBERSHIP:
I encourage all of you to be a member of the Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf Club. If you are not a member of PAD and you win prize, some of the prize will be allocted to cover the PAD membership fee.

HOLIDAY PARTY

on November 14, 2009 at

Crowne Plaza Hotel
1160 Thron Run Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108
Directions on Google Maps or Mapquest

Donation: $40 per person, before October 23, 2009.

GIVEAWAY: $10,000.  Includes $3,500 Door Prizes and $6,500 Grand Prizes.  Depends upon attendance.

Deadline Dates:
Before Oct. 23, 2009: $40 per person.
After Oct. 24, 2009: $50 per person.
At the door on Nov. 14, 2009: $50 per person.  CASH ONLY!!

Party Schedule:
Registration: noon to 2pm
Social: 2pm to 4pm
Buffet Dinner: 4pm SHARP
Giveaway Prizes: 6:30pm to 9pm
DJ and Dance: 9pm to closing

PLEASE NOTE:
NO personal checks!!
ONLY MONEY ORDERS!!
NO children under 21
No jeans, t-shirts, baseball caps
No refunds after October 24, 2009.
We are not responsible for any accidents or stolen items.

To print out the PDF flyer for forms, click here. Ypu need Adobe Reader to open this file.

Map Directions:

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GPCCD Softball for Men’s, Women’s, Coed’s League and Tournament..

Players WANTED!!!!

Sign up – Please Contact Lori Ann LaSorsa, Athletic Director at GPCCDSports@gmail.com. Need players for league or tournament..

CAAD on July 2^nd weekend TBA

NSAD in Ft. Lauderdale Florida on

August 6 to 8, 2009.

Thanks Lori Ann

Our deaf club hosted Super Bowl XLIII party on February 1, 2009, watched Pittsburgh Steelers defeated Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, a thriller game!  Watch out for Terrible Towel everywhere in our picture album!

Congrats to Pittsburgh Steelers for NFL-record sixth Lombardi Trophy!

Hello all let you know that I am an editor again with my assist Jeff Janaszek for the year 2009.  If you want any story or news to announce on the newsletter, let us know!  My email is on the officers.  We are trying to save our stamps and printing costs for the newsletter.  We want to post it on the WEBSITE at www.pghdeafclub.org.  Let us know if you want to stop newsletter and check out on the website would save us a bunch!!  THANKS!!

Your Editor,
Lori Ann

I am back as President for another year.  I would like to take a moment to give a round of applause of my former officers for the year 2008.  Each one deserves praise as they have gone throughout the year working with me and also during months of remodeling from water damage.  I also want to take a moment to praise those who sacrificed a lot of time in helping me out in certain ways.  For example, the House Committee keeps the club updated in repairs, etc.  They are Charles Fisher, Jim Toner, Chris Noschese and Jeff janaszek; and the housekeeping staff, Monicah Muli and MJ Shahen.

In reviewing the year 2008, I want to thank all those who hosted various activities such as the fundraiser held in Mt. Washington, the Turkey Bash, Christmas Bash, Steelers Party, New Years Eve Party, Picnic, Bingo, Pingo, and the Holiday Partycommittees.  I am hoping for another positive year for our club and it members.  The most important thing for this club is cooperation and assistance from all the members.

Most of all, I want to remind you that this club is your second home and the members are like family.  The members own this club and your membership dues help with utlilty bills and other expenses.  It’s important to remember that Deaf leaders worked hard years ago to establish a club for us.  If it were not for them, we would not have a club today.  Think about that!!

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to share them with me or the other officers.  We will be glad to help in any way we can.  I will take time to listen to your criticism or advice.  I hope you make the best of 2009 as I intend to do.  I wish all of you a healthy and good new year.  God Bless you all.

One more thing I want to say that we will have CSDVRS KICKOFF FOR OUR PAVRS on March 7th 2009.  Keep eye for post around PAD!!

DON’T FORGET TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2009.

Cheryl Noschese

In the photo, Thomas DeFazio (center) was Steelers best costume in 2007, and he shares with 2008 winner of Steelers best costume, Ricky Bloom (left) and Emily Noschese (right) at our PAD clubhouse.

Don’t miss to see photo album taken by David Fulmer.

Steelers was lost by Tennessee TItans, and we do believe that both teams will rematch in playoffs, we want to make this happen like what Steelers did with Indianapolis Colts in 2005!

Let’s go Steelers!

We have Holiday Dinner at Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf clubhouse annually. David Fulmer took some photos, including one video inserted here in this page, for your taste on our PAD album.

PAD wishes all of you the warmest Christmas holiday!

2nd Vice Prez – Thomas DeFazio
Assistant Treasurer – Elaine Mifflin
Secretary – Kathy Campero

Congratulations all to the officers!

Merry Christmas! We are giving you the good Christmas present: we shot a set of 125 photos in our Pittsburgh Association of the Deaf gallery. Sit back on your chair and take a relax to view the marvelous slideshow.