Friday, April 10, 2009
In memory of Robin Higbee
With sadness, we announce that Robin Higbee passed away on Saturday, April 4th. Robin was involved with Special Olympics for a number of years. She was with ARC in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Event Photos
As you may have noticed....we have uploaded a lot of photos on the website. Make sure to check older posts, because some of the photos have moved onto the second page! If you want to see everything from the event, click on the following link:
http://s457.photobucket.com/albums/qq292/grandarea/Athletics%20Spring%202009/?albumview=slideshow&track=share_email_album_view_click
Congrats again to Jim Oldroyd....our Grand Area Volunteer of the Year!
http://s457.photobucket.com/albums/qq292/grandarea/Athletics%20Spring%202009/?albumview=slideshow&track=share_email_album_view_click
Congrats again to Jim Oldroyd....our Grand Area Volunteer of the Year!
Volunteer of the Year
Congratulations to Jim Oldroyd for being named the Grand Area "Volunteer of the Year". Jim is truly deserving of this award, as he has done so much for our area chapter over the past years! Congrats Jim!
Athletics Competition
It was a bit windy, but otherwise a fantastic day for the Grand Area Athletics Competition! Thank you to all of the coaches, athletes, families and volunteers that showed up for the event.
We started out the morning with a great opening ceremony! One of Dewey's police officers brought his police car down to the event and with his lights going, escorted cub scout troop 110 down to the west end of the track for the raising of the flag!
Our day ended around 2PM with our last athlete, Amanda, competing in the 800 meter run. She did fantastic!
Thanks again to all of you who came out to support our event! There are far too many of you to list, but we truly appreciate all of your hard work and contributions!
Keep an eye on this website. We will be posting more pictures from the competition as we are able to get them uploaded!
We started out the morning with a great opening ceremony! One of Dewey's police officers brought his police car down to the event and with his lights going, escorted cub scout troop 110 down to the west end of the track for the raising of the flag!
Our day ended around 2PM with our last athlete, Amanda, competing in the 800 meter run. She did fantastic!
Thanks again to all of you who came out to support our event! There are far too many of you to list, but we truly appreciate all of your hard work and contributions!
Keep an eye on this website. We will be posting more pictures from the competition as we are able to get them uploaded!
Friday, April 3, 2009
In memory of Nora King
It is with sadness that we announce that Special Olympics Athlete, Nora King, passed away on Monday, March 30th.
Nora King has participated in Special Olympics for 9 years. She has participated in the manual wheelchair events, electric wheelchair events (straight and slalom) and softball throw. She has received 16 medals and 32 ribbons throughout the years. Most of her medals are gold and silver; most ribbons were 1st and 2nd place. Nora loved competing. She usually was squealing with delight as she went down the track. She always asked if she could put her electric chair in 5th gear(the highest speed) so she could “smoke” the competition. She was quick to congratulate or encourage her competitors and teammates.
Nora will be greatly missed by her teammates and coaches. We will observe a moment of silence for Nora during the opening ceremonies for the athletic competition tomorrow morning.
Nora King has participated in Special Olympics for 9 years. She has participated in the manual wheelchair events, electric wheelchair events (straight and slalom) and softball throw. She has received 16 medals and 32 ribbons throughout the years. Most of her medals are gold and silver; most ribbons were 1st and 2nd place. Nora loved competing. She usually was squealing with delight as she went down the track. She always asked if she could put her electric chair in 5th gear(the highest speed) so she could “smoke” the competition. She was quick to congratulate or encourage her competitors and teammates.
Nora will be greatly missed by her teammates and coaches. We will observe a moment of silence for Nora during the opening ceremonies for the athletic competition tomorrow morning.
Athletics Competition Reminder
Don't forget! Tomorrow (April 4th) is the date of the Grand Area Athletics Competition. The weather forecast is for mid-70 degree temperatures, which is much better than the 6 inches of snow we had last weekend!
We're looking forward to an exciting competition and can't wait to see everyone there!
We're looking forward to an exciting competition and can't wait to see everyone there!
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