Deaflympian Matthew Klotz on CBS “Big Brother”; Maryland School for the Deaf receives $750k grant for Hessian Barracks
Here are two Deaf News briefs.
Deaflympian Matthew Klotz on CBS “Big Brother”
The first — Matthew Klotz, a 27-year-old deaf swimming star who is one of the most decorated U.S. Deaflympians of all time with 22 medals, will be a deaf contestant in CBS’ “Big Brother” reality show competition.
Klotz will be one of the 16 houseguests on “Big Brother’s” 25th season. It premieres live at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The show will also be available on Paramount+. The show airs three weekly episodes on Sundays and Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Contestants in the show have to stay in a house, where they are watched and recorded by many video cameras placed throughout the house. They compete in weekly challenges and vote on which contestant they want to evict each week. The winner gets $750,000.
A news article explained that Klotz is a former student and swim team member at Louisiana State University and was a part of LSU’s 200 Free Relay team that broke the school record at the SEC Championships.
Klotz is already getting attention and buzz on the internet. You can see him on TV starting this Wednesday.
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Maryland School for the Deaf receives $750k grant for Hessian Barracks
The second Deaf News brief is a press release from the Maryland School for the Deaf that it received a $750,000 Semiquincentennial grant from the National Park Service that will be used for the preservation of the historic Hessian Barracks with a focus on stabilization and foundation work.
The release explained that the barracks were built in 1777 during the Revolutionary War. The building served as MSD’s initial meeting place beginning in 1868 before MSD’s first building was constructed in 1871.
MSD Superintendent John Serrano said the school is deeply honored to receive this grant and that it will ensure the preservation of the Hessian Barracks for future generations.
That’s the two Deaf News briefs for today.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/maryland-school-deaf-awarded-semiquincentennial-120000658.html
https://www.msd.edu/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1114232&type=d&pREC_ID=1289153