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SNOPES! I Can't Say it Enough (Apparently)

Check with Snopes before you forward that oh so helpful informative email to all your friends about Obama Acceptance Speech Cell Phones and Telemarketers Microsoft/AOL Giveaway Applebee's Gift Certificates #77 Emergency Call http vs. https Mail Server Report Lee Iacocca 809 Area Code Nancy Pelosi #-9-0 Phone Scam Joshua Bell Jane Fonda Life Is Beautiful PPA Recall Alert

Learning ASL (Sign Language) in Grand Rapids

Hey, interested in learning to communicate better with the deaf? Grand Rapids has many options for learning to sign. Grand Rapids Community College (http://grcc.edu) SL-150 Orientation to Deafness SL-155 Fingerspelling SL-171 American Sign Language I SL 172 ASL II Classes are 3 Credits, Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 82.50 per contact hour NonResident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 173.00 per contact hour Out of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 253.00 per contact hour Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (http://deafhhs.org) ASLI-IV and Conversational ASL 12 week classes are $125 each, and many of the instructors are local deaf. Deaf Expressions (http://deafexpressions.net) Workshops at various times, and tutoring. Sign Language Classes at the Y (http://grymca.org/visser/) $40 for members, $80 for non-members for a 12 week class. Baker College in Muskegon (http://baker.edu) and Lansing Community College offer ITP programs. Become a