Obituary: Peggy Ruth Price (Staunton)
PEGGY RUTH PRICE
(January 27, 1938 – May 30, 2009)
Peggy Ruth (Pruitt) Price, 71, wife of Charles L. Price of 409 Ramsey Street, Staunton, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville.
She was born January 27, 1938 in Durham, NC, a daughter of the late Edward B. and Anna Lee Pruitt.
Mrs. Price was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church.
In addition to her husband, family members include a son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Terri Price of Staunton; and a grandson, Dylan Price.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Charles Scott Price and Johnny Lester Price; two brothers, James Pruitt and Willie Pruitt; and a sister, Lucy Hill.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at First Baptist Church by the Rev. Dr. Steve Traylor. Burial will follow in Oak Lawn Mausoleum and Memory Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be Jesse Smith, Wayne Frick, Mike Dunham, Tom Marcum, David Hailey, and Larry Wagoner.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2009 in the Henry Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, c/o Deaf Department, 406 W. Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401 or to A.M.C. Hospice of the Shenandoah, P. O. Box 215, Fishersville, VA 22939.
Resources: Interpreter Standard Practices and Positions
Standard Interpreting Practices and Positions from Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) makes some great information available through Standard Practice Papers, which outline standard practices and positions on various roles and issues.
The latest revision to “Interpreting in Health Care Settings” has answers to questions such as:
- How do I know a sign language interpreter will be needed?
- What areas of health care may require the use of a sign language interpreter?
- What is a “qualified sign language interpreter?”
- What is the role of the sign language interpreter?
- Why should family members, friends or healthcare staff not serve as sign language interpreters?
- How can a qualified sign language interpreter be accessed?
- How do I share feedback with the sign language interpreter?
- How do I file a complaint about a sign language interpreter?
- Should the health care facility document that a sign language interpreter was present?
Download it at http://www.rid.org/UserFiles/File/pdfs/Standard_Practice_Papers/Drafts_June_2006/Health_Care_Settings_SPP.pdf
Other Standard Practice Papers from the RID include:
Professional Sign Language Interpreting
Business Practices: Billing Considerations
Mentoring
Multiple Roles
Team Interpreting
Coordinating Interpreters for Conferences
Self-Care
Use of a Certified Deaf Interpreter
Interpreting in Educational Settings K-12
Interpreting in Legal Settings
Interpreting in Mental Health Settings
Interpreting in Religious Settings
Oral Transliteration
Interpreting for Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind
Video Relay Service
You can find them at: http://www.rid.org/interpreting/Standard%20Practice%20Papers/index.cfm
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Action Alert: Recognition of Support Service Providers
Filed under: ADA Accessibility and Advocacy, Special Announcements
Call for Action: Recognition of Support Service Providers
The American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) has sent a Call for Action which asks people to contact their US Senators in support of an urgent need of the deaf-blind community. Ask your Senator to request in any Appropriations subcommittees they are involved with — including the Departments of Education, House and Labor or Department of Health and Human Services – to help improve the lives of deaf-blind people by adapting this language:
“The Committee asks the Department of Labor (or Dept of Health and Human Services) to support the efforts of Support Service Providers (SSPs). SSPs relay visual and environmental information, act as sighted guides and facilitate communication for people who are deaf-blind, using the deaf-blind person’s preferred language and communication mode. SSPs enable deaf-blind persons to access their communities and connect with other people, reducing communication barriers that otherwise would result in social isolation, incapability to live independently, and inability to participate as citizens within mainstream society.”
Elizabeth Spiers, Director of Information Services at AADB told NVRC that this is a first step toward recognizing SSPs, the work they do, and the importance to the deaf-blind communities. She emphasizes that It is important to act soon, since the deadline for such requests is approaching.
AADB provides sample letters to use with your Senator. One is intended for use by deaf-blind individuals as well as supporters such as family members and friends. The other is for professionals who work with them. You’ll find these and background information at their website: http://www.aadb.org/advocacy/2009/action_SSP_01.html
As a resource in finding your Senator, Ms. Spiers suggests www.senate.gov. After getting the information you can email or call the Senator or their legislative assistant. Here is information for Virginia and Maryland:
VIRGINIA
Senator Mark R. Warner: 202-224-2023
Email via Web Form: warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact
Senator Jim Webb: 202-224-4024
Email via Web Form: webb.senate.gov/contact/
MARYLAND
Senator Benjamin Cardin: 202-224-4524
Email via Web Form: cardin.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm
Senator Barbara Mikulski: 202-224-4654
Email via Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/Contact/contact.cfm
- Thanks to NVRC, Fairfax
NVRC’s “I Can’t Hear You!” Now Available
Off Hot the Press!
NVRC is proud to present its new publication, “I Can’t Hear You! Live and Laugh with Hearing Loss,”, written and compiled for individuals with late-onset hearing loss, their families and caregivers. Its writers were primarily individuals who have experienced hearing loss who shared their wisdom and hindsight.
This informative and entertaining booklet, a $12.95 value, is available at an introductory rate of $10.50 which includes sales tax. You can buy a copy at NVRC or we’ll mail with an additional $3 for shipping and handling ($13.50 total). Make checks payable to NVRC. Our address is in the copyright information below.
Here’s just some of what’s between the covers:
- How we hear
- Tinnitus
- Audiologist/hearing aid specialist
- The hearing evaluation
- The audiogram
- Hearing aids
- Assistive Listening Devices
- Cochlear Implants
- Virginia’s TAP/Loan to Own program
- Support groups
- Hearing dogs
- Communication strategies
- Caregiver tips
- Personal stories, poems
- Cartoons and humor
NVRC is grateful to the Grace Abelson DeFries Memorial Fund for making this publication possible.
- Thanks to NVRC, Fairfax
Access Independence’s ASL Class (Winchester)
ACCESS INDEPENDENCE IS PLEASE TO ANNOUNCE
Introduction to
American Sign Language
Discover the joy of communicating with the people who are deaf/hard of hearing in your workplace.
Donna, deaf herself, is an experience sign language instructor who designed this class for our local community to come together and learn the basic of American Sign Language.
This class is for Beginner Adults. Participants will learn the basic fundamental of finger-spelling, understanding the ASL sentence structures, including proper eye movement, facial grammar and body posture.
This class will consist of an hour and half, once a week, for a total of 8 weeks.
Class will be held at: Access Independence
324 Hope Drive, Winchester, VA. (Off Valley Ave -RT11)
Date: Begin on THURSDAY, JUNE 11th
~Please register soon as you can to guarantee your seat~
Time: 5:00-6:30PM
Class Fee: $40 (includes materials)
Class is limited to first 12 participates:
Pre-registration require to guarantee your seat by calling
Access Independence
540.662.5556 (via VA Relay #711)
Email: Donna Day
dday@accessindependence.org or
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