{"id":435,"date":"2006-09-17T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T21:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/farewell-party-for-dwain-thomas\/"},"modified":"2006-09-17T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2006-09-17T21:01:58","slug":"farewell-party-for-dwain-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/farewell-party-for-dwain-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Party for Dwain Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mary and Isido Gutierrez are pleased to host a farewell party in honoring of Dwain Thomas, a son of Patrick and Mamie (now deceased) Thomas which will be held on Saturday night, September 23rd at 8 o&#8217;clock at Dallas Association of the Deaf (DAD), 4215 Maple Ave., Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Dwain&#8217;s application for a job at Sign Language Association (SLA) in Silver Springs, Maryland was accepted. He will be moved to Washington, D.C. on September 27th where he will reside. He is a sign language interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>He is a current employee at the Merritt Interpreting Service of Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Dwain is a well-liked by the Deaf community. The way his personality is somewhat excellent and he does with his nice smile to anyone while dialogue with the deaf people. His ability is to become a professional interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>The Deaf people want to show how much they appreciate the way he did a wonderful job as their interpreter. Of course, it would be a great blow to the Deaf community.<\/p>\n<p>The party givers want to invite the people to their farewell party who only know Dwain, saying &#8220;Good-Bye and We Will Miss You.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to contribute money to help Dwain&#8217;s expenses to Washington, D.C. that will be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to mark your calendar, Saturday night, Sept. 23rd at 8 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nTo subscribe or unsubscribe, just follow the link: http:\/\/newsletter.deafnetwork.com and enter your email address.<\/p>\n<p>Get your own Sidekick2 at Garth Wireless today: Go to http:\/\/www.garthwireless.com !<\/p>\n<p>BETTER IP RELAY &#8211; EVERYWHERE! i711.com makes all your relay calls better. Better web calls. Better wireless calls. Better AIM calls. 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Any mention of vendors, products, or services is for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by http:\/\/www.CrazyWebHosting.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary and Isido Gutierrez are pleased to host a farewell party in honoring of Dwain Thomas, a son of Patrick and Mamie (now deceased) Thomas which will be held on Saturday night, September 23rd at 8 o&#8217;clock at Dallas Association&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/farewell-party-for-dwain-thomas\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-71","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19780,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/early-bird-registration-asap-refreshing-our-faith-deaf-conference-with-linsay-darnall-jr-dfw\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":0},"title":"Early Bird Registration ASAP! &#8220;Refreshing Our Faith&#8221; Deaf Conference with Linsay Darnall Jr &#8211; DFW","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't Miss Early Bird Registration! \"Refreshing Our Faith\" Deaf Conference - September 21-23, 2012 \"Save $25 when you register for \"Refreshing Our Faith\" Conference of the Deaf by September 1, 2012\" Linsay Darnall Jr., is leading workshops for Deaf mentors, interpreters, a Bible study, and giving a keynote address on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Refreshing-Our-Faith-poster-2012.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31362,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2015\/07\/13\/video-perfect-pitch-tourney-for-deaf-softball-players-held-in-dallas\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":1},"title":"VIDEO: Perfect Pitch: Tourney for Deaf Softball Players Held in Dallas","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"July 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Perfect Pitch: Tourney for Deaf Softball Players Held in Dallas Note: See video below July 11, 2015 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) \u2013 The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd \u2013 two sounds Larry Young has never heard. 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