Registration will be from 9 to 9:45
a.m., and the fingerspelling bee will start at 10 a.m.
Those attending should enter through
the Main Gate of the fairgrounds, Eighth and Sangamon, and go to the
first building on the left.
The event is sponsored by Illinois
Telecommunications Access Corp., the Chicago's Mayor's Office for
People with Disabilities, Sprint, Springfield Center for Independent
Living and the Illinois Association of the Deaf, along with the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Commission.
For more information, contact Mark
Gresholdt, fingerspelling bee coordinator, by e-mail addressed to
mgresholdt@idhhc.state.il.us or by calling toll-free, (877)
455-3323, by voice or TTY.
[Illinois
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission news release]
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