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07/18/11 For a kid who started to swim before she could walk, competing for Team USA is sweet indeed for Jeanne DeCarlo at the Special Olympics World Summer games in Athens. And winning a gold medal in her third and final race July 3 was like the proverbial icing on the cake for the Lyons Township High School alumna from Brookfield with the encouragement of her own cheering section of 10 family members ...
07/18/11 The Daily World Quadrupling its participation level, a Special Olympics golf program is under way this summer at Highland Golf Course. The program runs Monday mornings at the Cosmopolis course. Instruction has been offered on the club range and putting green.
07/16/11 This was an important day in the lives of Western Massachusetts teenagers who take part in Special Olympics softball competition.
07/15/11 Comments have been disabled. The Knights of Columbus of Owosso donated $1,613.26 each to ARC Shiawassee, Special Olympics and to Shiawassee Regional Education Service District Special Education.
07/14/11 Kirby Wines & Liquor and The Tower Center 5100 Poplar, host the Wine and Dine event to benefit Special Olympics at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Wines will be paired with dishes from seven prominent local chefs. Tickets are $100. Call (901) 683-1271 for reservations and more information.
07/14/11 WEST WINDSOR In Athens, Greece, Margo Lee swam her way to three victories for Team USA at the Special Olympics World Summer Games from June 25 to July 4.
07/13/11 Driving around Douglas County on Tuesday, you might have seen police cars chasing people around, but it's not what you think it was. Officers were the ones running, carrying the Special Olympics torch.
07/13/11 Professional bass fisherman and Professional Anglers Association (PAA) board member Chad Morgenthaler of Coulterville is hooked on Special Olympics. He is teaming up with Special Olympics Illinois and the Law Enforcement Torch Run to host the 6th Annual Chad Morgenthaler Bass Tournament presented by Jasper Engines & Transmissions on July 30 at Rend Lake in southern Illinois.
07/13/11 On Saturday, July 16, athletes from Taunton, Attleboro and Mansfield will compete in the third annual Special Olympics Massachusetts (SOMA) South Section Bocce Tournament at the Columbia Cultural Center.
07/13/11 The popular Polar Bear Plunge, where Minnesotans jump into icy cold lakes to support Special Olympics Minnesota, now has a summertime sister event, the Solar Plunge.
07/13/11 For a kid who started to swim before she could walk, competing for Team USA is sweet indeed for Jeanne DeCarlo at the Special Olympics World Summer games in Athens. And winning a gold medal in her third and final race July 3 was like the proverbial icing on the cake for the Lyons Township High School alumna from Brookfield with the encouragement of her own cheering section of 10 family members ...
07/12/11 Chloe Phillips, a Manheim Central eighth-grader, captured two gold medals at the 42nd annual Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games held June 9-11 at Penn State University in State College. It was the first statewide competition for the 13-year-old Phillips. She won aquatic medals in both freest...
07/11/11 The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office will again participate in "Battle of the Badges" fundraising events to benefit the Special Olympics, Back Stoppers and One Missing Link.
07/09/11 Mr. Stillson was born Nov. 10, 1952, the son of Cathleen (Betts) Stillson and the late Linford E. Stillson. In his younger years, he enjoyed participating in the Special Olympics.
07/08/11 Special Olympics Arizona brought the issue to the attention of lawmakers.
07/08/11 On his coast-to-coast bicycle ride to raise funds and awareness for the Special Olympics, Allan Olson of Manzanita, Ore., rode through Ashland Saturday afternoon, stopping at Buddies Burgers on Main Street for a bite to eat.
07/08/11 A Lonoke Exceptional Development couple have played side by side in the Special Olympics for 21 years and now they have received an award for their hard work.
07/07/11 Recent Skaneateles graduate Brady Hueber has been spending his winter Sundays for the past two years helping special needs children learn how to ice skate at the YMCA. He volunteers simply because he loves it, and his selflessness recently was rewarded with the Peter Bloomer Award, a $1,000 cash scholarship for outstanding Special Olympics mentors.
07/07/11 Mission, Ks. Three Special Olympics Kansas athletes recently returned from the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. As part of the 317 athletes of TEAM USA, they competed against athletes from over 180 countries. Brady Tanner, from Lawrence, participated in Powerlifting. Tanner competed in the heavyweight division and won 3 gold and 1 silver medal. He placed first in dead ...
07/07/11 FROM STAFF REPORTS Fredericksburg resident Grace Anne Braxton won her second straight gold medal in golf at last week's Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece....
07/07/11 Mike Warren is the best in the world yet again. Warren, a distance runner from Marshalltown, won a gold medal in the 10,000 meter run at the Special Olympics World Games held recently in Athens, Greece. "It was great," Warren said. | 
