Deaf Awareness

Brianna Elliott

On September 28, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida, Brianna Elliott shows her hearing aid. Elliot hears at 55 dB,
which includes airplanes, trains, and some dogs when they bark. Elliot does not remember what rain sounds like,
so when she hears something she becomes obsessed with that sound. According to doctors Elliott would be seen
a hard of hearing, but she labels herself as deaf, because of the people she affiliates with.

In St. Augustine, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2014, Brianna Elliott demonstrates how to say "I love you" in sign language.
After having many ear infections, Elliott started to lose her hearing at the age of seven.

In St. Augustine, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2014, Brianna Elliott and Hannah Ostrus have a conversation in sign language. Elliott and Ostrus are roommates at Flagler College and Ostrus helps Elliott by interpreting for her throughout the day.

Brianna Elliot and Hannah Ostrus sign to each other on Sept. 28. 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida. After losing her hearing at the age of seven, Elliott went through eight years of speech pathology for two hours a day, five days a week.

Brianna Elliot and Hannah Ostrus sign to each other in St. Augustine, Florida, on Sept. 28, 2014.
Ostrus gave Elliott a vibrating alarm clock as a gift and Elliott puts in next to her on the bed to wake up.

Brianna Elliott and Hannah Ostrus have a conversation in sign on Sept. 28, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida.
Due to being academically behind as a child, Elliott is still catching up on English grammar.

On Sept. 28, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida, Brianna Elliott and Hannah Ostrus
make hearts with their hands and look through them at each other. 

Brianna Elliot watches Hannah Ostrus' lips to understand what she is saying on Sept. 28, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida. Elliott gets through her day mostly by reading lips. The most difficult thing for her is being in big groups because she can only concentrate on one person's lips at a time. Often, Elliott misses eighty to ninety percent of group conversations. 

On Sept. 28, 2014, in St. Augusitne, Florida, Hannah Ostrus interprets for Brianna Elliot.
As a student at Flagler College, Elliott is accompanied by interpreters during class. 

Hannah Ostrus interprets for Brianna Elliott on Sept. 28, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida.
Elliot says that the better skilled her interpreters are the easier it is to keep up in
class because if they mess up it is difficult to catch back up with the teacher.

New Lightner Museum Special Exhibit

Theresa Segal 

Photography collection from

the Lightner Museum attic.

On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine, Florida, holds photographs from
Theresa Segal, who has been working for two years on a photography collection of the museum's attic. There
will be a curator's tour on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, to introduce the collection to a small group and then
the exhibit will open up to the public on Friday, October 3, 2014, during the St. Augustine art walk.

In Time For The 100

In Time For The 100

First 100 customers at 

Buffalo Wild Wings 

get free wings for a year.

Grand Opening of 

Buffalo Wild Wings 

in St. Augustine, Florida

Shawn Hendon, Josh Pagliei, and Nick Oberg throwing a football at 8 am, 

while waiting to get into Buffalo Wild Wings for their grand opening in 

St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2014.

On Monday, September 22, 2014, Cheryl Tibbs and Brenda Marcano relax in their chairs at 

Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Augustine, Florida. Tibbs and Marcano arrived at 7 am to get 

in line to become two of the first 100 customers and receive free wings for a year.

Josh Hammond and Sharron Carrol wait in line at Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Augustine, Florida, 

on Monday, September 22, 2014. Carrol enjoys reading the St. Augustine Record cartoons, 

while she patiently waits three and a half hours to receive her free wings for a year.

On Monday, September 22, 2014, Shawn Hendon, Josh Pagliei, and Nick Oberg, sit down by their 

trash from their morning of waiting in line at Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Augustine, Florida.

Gedalih Ayala, Kat Semchyshyn, and Kyle Shearer enjoyed a long night of hanging out in front of 

Buffalo Wild Wings on Monday, September 22, 2014, in St. Augustine, Florida. After arriving at 

2 am, they brought out a television and Xbox and watched the newest Transformer movie.

In St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2013, 

Holly Moore makes a necklace at 8 am. She has been working on the 

necklace on and off since 2:30 am, when she arrived to get in line.

Ashley Cooper, Andrew White, Keegan Perry, and Spencer Bass hold up their boats of stickers at 

Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2014. To keep track of the order that 

people arrived, employees of Buffalo Wild Wings would give out sticks every so often throughout the night.

To stay awake throughout the night, Keegan Perry would do push-ups in front of Buffalo Wild Wings in 

St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2014. Perry arrived at Buffalo Wild Wings at 9 pm on 

September 21, and did not receive his coupon book to get free wings for a year until 10 am the next morning.  

Ashley Cooper holds up the shirt she won at Buffalo Wild Wings 

in St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2014. 

Buffalo Wild Wings held the Blazin’ Challenge at 2:30 am 

this morning and Cooper won by eating 12 wings.

A cop car sits in front of Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Augustine, Florida, on Monday, September 22, 2014. 

The grand opening acquired around 150 people, the first 100 customers received free wings for a year.