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Thursday, September 14-September 20, 2023 www.rutherfordweekly.com 828-248-1408 Rutherford Weekly - Page 17 6 DAY FORECAST RUTHERFORD COUNTY'S RUTHERFORD COUNTY'S For Up To The Minute Rutherford County Weather Go To rutherfordweekly.com 79 57 TUES SEPT 19 MOSTLY SUNNY THUR SEPT 14 77 52 FRI SEPT 15 SAT SEPT 16 80 56 SUN SEPT 17 79 59 79 57 MON SEPT 18 PARTLY CLOUDY SUNNY MOSTLY SUNNY SUNNY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS 78 54 ©Community First Media Community First Media www.duffi escopier.com www.duffi escopier.com 828-245-5116 828-245-5116 LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 50 YEARS LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 50 YEARS SUPPLIES EQUIPMENT SERVICE PRINTED MATERIALS 671 Oak St., Forest City, NC 28043 BUY LOCAL • SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED DOLL ARS! BUY LOCAL • SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED DOLL ARS! 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This year's festival includes three live bands - Pleasure Chest, Picante, and Continental Divide. The Asheville Ballet will also take the stage. Food trucks will be on site with a variety of food choices. There will be an alcohol garden, a Lake Lift competition and a special screening of Dirty Dancing later in the evening. The Chamber says this will be a "one-of-a- kind event that celebrates dance, music and theory of Patrick Swayze. Tickets are available at LakeLureFestival.com.com Article Provided By: Jean Gordon Lake Lure Music Festival is Saturday In an ongoing effort to encourage increased awareness, understanding and recognition of the many contributions made by Deaf people across the state of North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed September 2023 as Deaf Awareness Month. Recognizing Deaf Awareness Month demonstrates North Carolina's ongoing commitment to promoting communication equity among all of our state's residents. In North Carolina, more than 200 infants are diagnosed each year with permanent hearing loss, and each year about 200 additional children acquire hearing loss prior to starting school. It is projected 1.6 million North Carolinian adults will have a hearing loss by the year 2030. Early and constant exposure to a fully accessible language, whether spoken English or American Sign Language, has been shown to help provide a strong linguistic foundation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children fostering meaningful attachments to their parents and ensuring their readiness for kindergarten, capacity to regulate their own behaviors and emotions, and their future successes as self- suffi cient adults. "As a member of the Deaf community, I am frequently inspired by the diversity, vibrancy and ingenuity of its members, the richness of its culture and the sophistication of ASL," said Jan Withers, Director of the NCDHHS Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. "We learn so much from one another in this community on how to live fully in our society. That is why we at the department have dedicated ourselves to educating and supporting all North Carolinians in fully engaging this vital community." This year commemorates 72 years since the fi rst congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, which was held in September 1951. Governor Cooper's proclamation celebrating Deaf Awareness Month serves as a celebration and a renewed commitment to raise awareness of the many people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing who belong to a cultural and linguistic community with shared language, social norms, rules of behavior and history, as well as the vibrant population they comprise within the state of North Carolina. The NCDHHS Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and its seven regional centers provide services, including advocacy for communication access, consultation, Deaf culture and ASL awareness, linking those who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or DeafBlind to needed services and resources, and training for agencies and businesses on ensuring communication access in their service delivery. Honoring NC's Deaf Community During Deaf Awareness Month Article Provided By: ncdhhs Questions Questions 828-248-1408 828-248-1408 Email news and events to Email news and events to events@rutherfordweekly.com events@rutherfordweekly.com or go to or go to www. www.rutherfordweekly rutherfordweekly.com .com to submit your news and events online. to submit your news and events online. Have interesting news about your business or organization? 157 West Main St., Forest City, NC 28043 Rutherford Weekly's publisher reserves the right to edit, reject or accept any articles or information to be printed. 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