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Athletes from Douglas County Special Olympics will be competing in swimming, bocce ball, flag football and cornhole at the USA Games, starting Saturday in Minnesota.
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Sunshine and temps in the low 60s were a welcome contrast to arctic wind chills a week ago. Still, that combination proved a bit deceptive Thursday afternoon as students and educators took the Special Olympics Polar Plunge outside Lawrence High School.
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Artifacts and photographs from local Olympic participants, including Billy Mills and Phog Allen, are now on display at the Watkins Museum of History.
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There’s a fundraising competition heating up among Chesty Lions that will culminate with a chilly dip in a pool and, if organizers meet their goal, $10,000 for Special Olympics Kansas.
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Brrrr! The weather forecast calls for a low temperature near 20° the night before Lawrence’s annual polar plunge. Lawrence High School teacher Susie Mička just hopes organizers won’t need an ice axe to clear the frigid water for Sunday’s event.
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The efforts of students in Lawrence High’s Interpersonal Skills class have not gone unnoticed. Students will be under the bright lights Wednesday when a Special Olympics film crew visits the school.
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With a fundraising goal of $17,000, organizers for the Special Olympics Lawrence Polar Plunge ask community members to get cold for a cause this month and help more than 4,000 Kansas athletes.
