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Unity has a voice, and we hear it this week! The mountains around this beautiful community echo with messages of acceptance, dignity, respect – because Special Olympics Montana athletes are coming to the 2010 State Summer Games. Listen to the joy!

For three days, competition at MSU and around the community features aquatics, bocce, track and field, gymnastics, kayaking, equestrian, to name only a few. More than 2000 Montana athletes participate year-round, with nearly 1100 of them here this week. They have trained tirelessly, and will not disappoint. Cheer them on!

To make the Games possible, Bozeman volunteers have prepared for months. We extend deepest thanks to all, with a special nod to excellent volunteer leadership from Games Co-Directors Chris Odegard from Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply, and Tory Atkins of RightNow Technologies. When it’s over, nearly 2000 people will have volunteered. That’s a tremendous effort. But there’s more.

The voice of unity is loudest at Bozeman Schools. Project UNIFY is a national Special Olympics initiative to build friendship and acceptance between students of all abilities. Nowhere has a school district embraced UNIFY more strongly than right here in Bozeman. Students of every ability launched many activities, such as a massive campaign to ban the use of the ‘r-word’. More than 1000 youth also join their adopted Special Olympics teams at Opening Ceremonies as part of the high-tech unity message. And twenty talented students wrote original songs for a contest to feature the message. Winning songs are performed at the opening event.

For these reasons and more, you won’t want to miss Opening Ceremonies Wednesday, May 12 at 7pm in Brick Breeden fieldhouse. Bozeman resident Kevin Michael Connolly – photographer, author, motivator, X-Games and Paralympics competitor – hosts the event, bringing the exhilarating message of a person born with unique abilities. Unity has a voice, and Kevin Connolly speaks it!

Games Closing Ceremonies Friday, May 14 at 8:00am wrap up the Games with a celebratory program and the Bresnan Communications/Chevy Truck raffle drawing.

We are exceptionally pleased to bring the 2010 Games to Bozeman for this second of three years. You are invited to participate in a community-building, life-changing experience. Add your applause to the celebration! Listen to the sounds of unity!

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May 2010 Greetings, I am privileged to once again serve as Honorary Head Coach for the Special Olympics Montana

State Summer Games. Bozeman represents the generous spirit of our great state this week

with nearly 2000 local volunteers stepping up to help host the Games. I am proud to join those

volunteers, along with more than 1000 athletes and their teams, as we give life to the Special

Olympics messages of acceptance, dignity and respect. The Special Olympics teams arriving in Bozeman have worked very hard to prepare for

competition. Athletes train for weeks in their sports to develop skill and fitness. Volunteer

coaches also acquire training so they can guide these enthusiastic athletes. Families and other

community members pitch in wherever they are needed. The Games reflect great teamwork

from start to finish. I encourage you to join the team and take part in the Special Olympics experience this week.

As athletes demonstrate uncommon courage, they prompt a celebration having less to do with

winning than with dignity. Don’t miss it – join the celebration! Enjoy the Games!

Governor Brian Schweitzer Honorary Head Coach 2010 Special Olympics Montana State Summer Games

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Celebration of Ability, Acceptance, Dignity and Respect is a marvelous opportunity to experience the power of Project UNIFY — a partnership between the Bozeman School District, Special Olympics Montana and the US Department of Education.

During the 2009-2010 school year, 600 students representing 40 classrooms and clubs in ten Bozeman schools, participated in activities that brought Special Olympics athletes, students and staff together. They have built a partnership to promote attitudes that bridge understanding and break down barriers.

Noteworthy among these efforts were Spread the Word to End the Word Day. On March 3, 2010, students and staff joined 100,000 other individuals around the country who logged on to pledge not to use the “r-word”. Go online to learn more and take the pledge at www.r-word.org. At www.youtube.com, type in Bozeman R Word to see a couple of very cool videos produced by BHS students encouraging others to eliminate the use of the “r-word”.

The school year has been full of attitude-changing events. In early January, seven students and eight Special Olympics athletes spent a weekend training together to become ambassadors for Special Olympics through the Global Messenger Program. Renee Westlake, District Music Supervisor, facilitated a District-wide song contest to create original music. Over 20 students submitted entries. Three of them will be featured during Opening Ceremonies.

Project UNIFY Day activities take place May 11-12, as 36 Special Olympics teams are welcomed into ten schools throughout the District. Students and athletes will engage in social activities, discuss opportunities for building understanding among people of various abilities, and have fun building human form cutouts for Opening Ceremonies. What great representation of the diversity we celebrate!

Victory Has One Voice. Thank you for letting us be part of the chorus! The Bozeman School District has been honored to engage and activate youth in an effort to develop school communities where all young people are agents of change, fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities.

Welcome to Bozeman and Enjoy the Games!

Kirk J. Miller, EdDSuperintendent

Bozeman Public Schools

By GAIL [email protected]

When 1,100 Special Olympics athletes march into the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Montana Special Olympics Summer Games, they will march side by side with 1,000 of their biggest supporters.

This year for the first time, 43 classes of Bozeman school students and local groups that have “adopted” Special Olympics teams will join in the parade of athletes entering the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University.

In the past, Bozeman classes adopted teams, but just one or two classmates got to march in with the athletes, said Tammy Peterson, vice president of field service for Montana Special Olympics in Great Falls.

“It’s to break down the ‘us vs. them’ and make it more ‘we,’” Peterson said. “It’s all part of the overall goal of

creating a climate of inclusion, acceptance and respect.” The march is just one small change that’s part of the

larger effort called Project Unify, a year-long project involving Montana Special Olympics, the Bozeman Public Schools and the U.S. Department of Education.

Project Unify, funded with an $86,000 federal grant, has come up with several ways to break down barriers between people who have intellectual disabilities and the larger community:

l Adopt a Team: 43 Bozeman classrooms and groups have adopted 37 teams from all over Montana. They have been exchanging letters, pictures and Facebook messages, learning about Special Olympics and emphasizing athletes’ abilities rather than their disabilities. On May 11 and 12, Bozeman schools will hold assemblies and pep rallies to welcome their adopted teams.

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Special olympics’ project unifyBreaking down barriers, changing ‘us vs. them’ to ‘we’

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Bozeman High School senior Hillary Rasker (in stripes) and other students from Walker Asserson's AP Psych class and Tonya Shonkwiler's Lifeskills class make post-ers in February to raise awareness to end the use of the word "retarded" at the high school.


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Bozeman students and Special Olympics team members will work together to decorate human cutouts that will be used to decorate the stage, symbolizing diversity, for the opening ceremony. They’ll also make hand-print tiles that will be used to create a Unity sculpture.

l “Spread the word to end the word”: About 1,000 Bozeman teachers, staff members and students of every age signed a pledge this winter to join the national effort to eliminate “the R word” — retard — and replace it with the word respect.

Walker Asserson’s AP psychology class at Bozeman High took on the project after hearing from classmates with disabilities about how demeaning it was to hear teenagers in the hallways using the word as an insult.

Together with students from special education classes, the psychology students made posters, banners and even a video that’s posted on YouTube (“R Word Bozeman High”).

“I work hard, though I have a disability,” 15-year-old Kayla Osborne told the psychology class students. “I don’t like people saying the R word because it’s rude. People think they’ve done something wrong.”

l Song contest: For the first time, the Bozeman School District held a song contest for Special Olympics and 20 students, from second grade to high school, composed original songs. Five finalists were chosen and their songs will be performed — three at the opening and two at the closing ceremony on Friday.

The overall winner was Eli Harris, a Sacajawea Middle School student, who wrote “We Made It.” It will be performed by the Sacajawea choir.

The other four finalists were second-grader Stephanie Acosta of Emily Dickinson School, who wrote “I Dream a Better World”; Morgan Sobek and Karen Jo Phillips of Longfellow School, who wrote “Superstar”; Mariah McClure, who wrote “We Are One”; and Chase Rice and Leah Heuser of Bozeman High, who wrote “Something That You Do.”

l Young Athletes Program: To compete in Special Olympics, athletes must be at least 8 years old. Starting last year, younger children ages 2 to 7 with disabilities have had a chance to join in through the Young Athletes Program. It’s an opportunity to build athletic skills and to socialize. In Bozeman, 15 preschool and Head Start programs have joined this effort. Four demonstrations with younger children will take place during the games at the Families and Friends Hospitality Center. And 40 YAP children will join the opening parade of athletes.

l Global Messenger Training: Seven Special Olympics athletes undertook training in public speaking to help spread the message about the importance of Special Olympics. As part of Project Unify, eight non-disabled Bozeman middle school and high school students joined as mentors in the public speaking training. They will help the athletes write speeches and prepare to speak to community groups.

“Such a partnership often becomes a lifelong friendship,” said Vicki Dunham, chief operating officer of Special Olympics Montana in Great Falls.

CHRONICLE FILE PHOTOA volunteer greets an athlete at the finish line during a race at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse.


By GIDAL [email protected]

N early two months ago, 14-year-old Katie McNeil stepped to a podium during a press conference and led a “call to

action” for community support during the upcoming Montana State Special Olympics Games in Bozeman.

“When my Special Olympics team comes to the opening ceremonies, we will know that we have real, true friends,” the gymnast and track-and-field athlete said at the press conference with Special Olympics officials and sponsors at Bobcat Stadium.

Days before the games kicked off, she was helping in another way — as a greeter to one of several in-town ceremonies that were an ongoing part of Project Unify and the Special Olympics.

It’s all part of McNeil’s job as a “global messenger” for Montana State Special Olympics and Project Unify. McNeil, through Special Olympics and Project Unify

— a joint effort of Special Olympics Inc. and the U.S. Dept. of Education — has gotten involved with several local projects through Chief Joseph Middle School and the Montana Special Olympics.

“Global messengers are Special Olympic athletes who are trained to be ambassadors of Special

Olympics,” said Christy Sofianek, the Special Olympics/Project Unify coordinator for Bozeman. “Katie represents what Special Olympics is about, and she’s a great speaker.”

According to Kelly McNeil, Katie’s mother, all of her experiences have brought out a brighter, shinier side of a once-shy girl who has Down syndrome.

“It’s been a real growth experience,” Kelly said. “It’s challenged her to speak publicly more than ever. It’s been great to see here develop these skills that this project has offered for her public speaking.”

Katie also got involved with into Jan Krieger’s “Million Ways” club. Krieger, a teacher at Chief Joseph Middle School, which Katie attends, said the club “strives to show students a million ways to help,

support and care for each other, regardless of abilities.”

While working as part of that club, McNeil also found some time to ski with Krieger’s school ski club, and “a lot of the kids (who know her) make sure to say ‘Hi’ in the hall or give her high-fives and stuff like that,” Krieger said.

“She is a real go-getter and she’s amazing. She’s got great energy and is super-positive.”

As part of Project Unify, the Bozeman School District came up with a “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign, an effort to stop the discriminatory or abusive used of the word “retard.”

“They’ve done some amazing things at school, like ending the ‘r’ word,” Kelly said, and Katie immediately added: “Oh, yeah, the ‘r’ word. It’s a bad word. Knock it off.”

Katie, a five-year participant, said the best part about public speaking and being a part of Project Unify and Special Olympics is “making friends” with most of the people she meets.

“They’re friends, good friends,” Katie said.And what about speaking to big groups of people?

Does that make her nervous?“No,” she said. “I feel good about myself.”This week’s games aren’t the last stop for Katie. She

was selected to be part of the Montana delegation to head to the National Games in Nebraska in late July.

“My grandma and grandpa are coming, too,” she offers with a smile.

“That’s just her personality,” Sofianek said. “She’s that kind of gal.”

katie’s call to action

Katie McNeil

“When my Special Olympics team comes to the opening ceremonies, we will know that we have real, true friends,” the

gymnast and track-and-field athlete said at the press conference with Special Olympics officials and sponsors at Bobcat Stadium.


locals the stars of opening ceremonies

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A volunteerhelps an athlete at last year’s summer games.

By LAUREN RUSSELL [email protected]

u nlike years past, there will be no big-name bands or musical performers entertaining crowds at this year’s Special Olympics summer games’ opening ceremonies.

But organizers think crowds will be just as wowed — or more — by the local talent and athlete-audience participation on Wednesday night.

“It’s very much going to be a rally, a celebration of athletes, a celebration of all of us being in this together,” said Christy Sofianek, a coordinator for the Special Olympics Montana committee. “It’s more of a participation type of event than you’ve seen in the past.”

In addition to music provided by the Bozeman High and Park High pep bands and the Bozeman High School jazz choir, several Bozeman School District students will be performing their own original music at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Sofianek said.

In a district-wide call for original compositions based on this year’s Project UNIFY theme, “One Victory, One Voice,” 20 students submitted songs focused on the acceptance and celebration of people with disabilities, said Renee Westlake, music department supervisor for Bozeman public schools.

Of those, six students from grades K-12 were selected as finalists: Stephany Acosta, second grade, Emily Dickinson School; Morgan Sobek and Karen Jo Phillips, fifth grade, Longfellow School; Eli Harris, seventh grade, Sacajawea Middle School; and Chase Rice, a junior at Bozeman High School. Mariah McClure, a fifth-grader from Morning Star School, won the “Most Singable” award.

Eli Harris’ song, “We Made It,” was chosen as the overall winner by the Special Olympics athletes from Bozeman Schools, Westlake said. Though he will be out of town for the games, his seventh-grade choir will perform his song during the opening ceremonies.

All of the finalists’ songs will be performed at either the opening or closing ceremonies, Sofianek said.

Morgan Sobek and Karen Jo Phillips, who wrote their song, “Superstar,” over the course of about five recesses, said they were inspired by Karen’s cousin, who has special needs.

“The main verse is: No matter who you are, you’re a superstar,’” Morgan said.

Stephany Acosta said she worked on her song, “I Dream a Better World,” with her mom every night

after the contest was announced in February. A videotape of her second-grade class performing the song will be shown during opening ceremonies.

“I just really wanted to help stop the hate and end the wars,” she said.

Stephany will also be assisting master of ceremonies Kevin Connolly, a local author and photographer who was born without legs.

“He’ll be encouraging athletes to focus on their abilities, rather than their limitations,” said Tammy Peterson, vice president of field services for Special Olympics. “That’s the focus of Kevin’s message: Write

your own story based on your possibilities, rather than your limitations.”

To keep the crowd involved, Bozeman High cheerleaders will encourage a “pep rally” atmosphere, and a clown named “Rowdy” will keep it light, said Irene Adamson, project coordinator for the show.

The audience can also expect the traditional staples of the opening ceremonies, like the flag ceremony, lighting of the Olympic cauldron and more will still be featured in the show, which begins at 7 p.m. The show is free.

CHRONICLEFILE PHOTOLocal photographer, author Kevin Connolly will be the master of ceremonies at the Special Olympics opening ceremonies.


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By JODI [email protected]

t hough most of the Special Olympics events take place around Montana State University facilities, some need larger venues or ones not available

at the school.Point in case is the newly introduced kayaking

event that just can’t take place in an indoor pool, said Special Olympics Vice President of Sports and Competition Pete Olsen.

Kayaking, introduced as a demonstration sport four years ago, will be offered for the first time as a medaled event this year, Olsen said. And because Bozeman’s indoor pools are not sufficiently large to accommodate the 200-meter and 500-meter races, Olsen said they “looked like crazy for a place that would be big enough and not have ice on it” for this year’s event.

That venue came in the form of the pond at River Rock subdivision in Belgrade. Along with appropriate water on which to race came the promised assistance of Belgrade firefighters who will provide safety watches in the water and out. They will also participate in dress uniforms in the medal ceremony, Olsen said.

Also new this year in Bozeman is the swimming venue, Olsen said.

The swimming events will be held at the Bozeman Swim Center rather than in MSU’s pool because the MSU venue is too small to accommodate all the athletes and their supporters, Olsen said. And this year, electronic timing will be introduced at the swimming events, compliments of the Bozeman Masters Swim Club.

The three components of triathlon, a fairly new event in Special Olympics, will be held at MSU’s pool and at the track and field complex.

Triathlon is a unified athlete program, whereby people with disabilities are partnered with non-disabled athletes. Alison Bowers, 21, runs the mile-long component of the triathlon along with Flora Olyphant, who does the swim, and unified athlete Jean Johnson, who bikes for the team.

“It’s really fun and it’s a new sport,” Bowers said.Bowers, who also plays basketball and floor hockey

and participates in kayaking and downhill skiing with Eagle Mount, said she enjoys watching her partners compete.

“It’s exciting to see how they do too,” she said. Participating in Special Olympics “makes me stay healthy and fit and helps me feel good about myself.”

In addition to using MSU’s gyms, fields, pool, bowling alley and equestrian pavilion, events will be held at The Bozeman Bowl, Bridger Creek Golf Course and at Eagle Mount. The demonstration sport of horseshoe pitch will be held at Roskie Beach near the sand volleyball courts on MSU campus.

With 935 athletes and nearly 1,500 total registrants with coaches and mentors included, Special Olympics “is likely the largest sporting event in Montana,” Olsen said.

And the competition is real, he said.“We’re not always what the perception is — of kids

doing recreational therapy,” Olsen said.But Special Olympics Montana participates in a

national coaching accreditation program and the sports are governed by national sporting organizations like USA Track and Field and USA Kayaking, he said.

“The perception is that we’re not a real sport but we are with real athletes, real coaches, real training and real competition,” Olsen said. Over 100 Special Olympians worldwide could have qualified for traditional Olympics, he added.

But “we have the whole spectrum” of athletic capabilities,” Olsen said. “That’s what makes us unique.”

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Athletes celebrate during last year's summer games on MSU's campus.


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2010 STATE SUMMER GAMES . MAY 11 - 14, 2010brick breeden field house = bbf hosaeus recreation & fitness center = hfc

TUESDAY, MAY 11 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ..........teaMs check-in .........................................................................................bbf 8:30 - 9:00 PM ...............coaches check-in .....................................................................................bbf 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM ........coaches MeetinG ........................................................bbf - hall of fame room

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 8:00 aM - 4:00 PM ..........shuttle transPortation .available to and from all venues (for teams and families) 8:00 aM - 4:00 PM ..........Medical/first aid ................................................................... all sports Venues 7:00 aM - 9:00 PM ..........nerVe center & info ................................................bbf, north entry ticket area 8:30 aM - 9:00 aM ..........athletics (3,000M run) ..............................................Msu - 7th and kagy field 8:00 aM - noon ...............unified sPorts triathlon (sWiM-bike-run) ...................bbf, Pool, outdoor track 8:30 aM - 4:30 aM...........sinGles boWlinG......................................................... the bowl and Msu lanes 9:00 aM - noon................. softball & tennis ball throW & shotPut ....................Msu - 7th and kagy field 9:00 aM - 11:00 aM .........Golf skills ................................................................. bridger creek Golf course 9:00 aM - 3:00 PM ..........soccer 5-on-5 ...........................................................Msu - 7th and kagy field 11:00 aM - 1:30 PM ........Golf (9-hole, sinGles) ............................................... bridger creek Golf course noon - 3:00 PM ...............kayakinG ..................................................................river rock Poa Pond - belgrade 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM ........GyMnastics ............................................................................ hfc - north Gym 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM .........celebration in the Park .............................................Msu - 7th and kagy field 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ..........oPeninG cereMonies ................................................................................bbf

SPECIAL EVENTS 9:00 aM - 3:30 PM ..........faMily & friends hosPitality center ................................hfc - fitness room 1 9:00 aM - 3:00 PM .........Wellness Park ...................................................................... hfc - Main lobby 9:00 aM - 3:00 PM ..........olyMPic VillaGe ...................................................................... hfc - south Gym 11:00 aM - 1:00 PM ........lunch deliVery ......................................................Msu, shroyer Gym sW doors 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM ..........teaMs bbQ ............................................................................hfc - shroyer Gym 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ..........ViP recePtion ................................................................. Msu, sub - ballroom a 5:45 PM ........................letr - final leg arrives in Park .......................... Msu, 7th & kagy field (West side) 6:00 PM .........................letr - final leg arrives to ViP ............................................. Msu, sub - ballroom a

THURSDAY, MAY 13 7:45 aM - 4:00 PM ..........eQuestrian ......................................................................Msu - bob Miller arena 8:00 aM - 9:00 aM...........athletics (5000M, 800M Walk) ..................................Msu - outdoor track complex 8:30 aM - 4:00 PM ..........PoWerliftinG ......................................................................... hfc - north Gym 8:30 aM - 4:30 PM ..........boWlinG (sinGles) ...................................................... the bowl and Msu lanes 9:00 - 11:00 aM ..............horseshoe Pitch ...............................................................Msu - roskie beach 9:00 aM - noon ...............cyclinG - sPrints .....................................................Msu - outdoor track complex 9:00 aM - noon ...............athletics (Wheelchair eVents, lonG JuMP) ...............................................bbf 9:30 aM - 2:30 PM ..........aQuatics .......................................................................... bozeman swim center 9:30 aM - 3:30 PM ..........bocce (sinGles & teaM) ....................................................... Msu - Gatton field 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM ..........cyclinG (road races & sPrints) .......................road course (near eagle Mount) 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM ..........Motor actiVities traininG (MatP) ................................. hfc - fitness room 1

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athlete kyler Morrison attends global athlete congress in MoroccoThe Global Athlete Congress precedes the first-ever Global Congress which brings together representatives from more than 170 countries to chart the future of the movement

Kyler Morrison, Whitefish, has been selected as one of 14 U.S. Special Olympics athletes who will attend the 2010 Global Athlete Congress in Marakech, Morocco, in June.

Delegates to the Congress from around the world gather to help chart the course for the future of the Special Olympics movement. The group will specifically identify and deliberate topics, from the athlete’s perspective, that are essential for the organization’s leaders to understand as they plan for the future.

The Global Athlete Congress precedes the first-ever Global Congress, also in Marrakech, which brings together Special Olympics program representatives from more than 170 countries to chart the future of the movement.

Morrison has been an elected member of the Special Olympics Montana Board of Directors since 2008.

By WILL C. [email protected]

T he biggest soccer players in the world tend to have some of the world’s biggest personalities.

The debonair of Fernando Torres makes him one of the most desirable men in all of Spain. Few around the world will ever forget the infamous headbutt administered by Zinedine Zidane. And, of course, everyone wants to bend it like Beckham.

When it comes to soccer on the main stage of the Special Olympics USA National Games this July in Nebraska, the same rules apply. And this year two of the participating teams will hail from Big Sky Country.

“It’s pretty unique,” said Pete Olsen, one of the directors of Special Olympics Montana.

So are each team’s competitors.One squad hailing from Great Falls is a part of Project

Unify, a program that pairs the intellectual disabled — those who make the special Olympics great — with the nonintellectual disabled — those who you may remember seeing competing on the fields of local high schools and colleges — on the same team.

“They’re your weekend-warrior types, parents and siblings,” Olsen said the nonintellectual challenged demographic. “It’s basically a bunch of people who can’t stand to not be part of the competition with these kids. It’s a neat thing.”

The other is a group of adults — ages 19 to 40 — who hail from Billings. It too is a unprecedented group. If they lose at the national games it will be the first time

they have dropped a contest in four years.“They’ve been undefeated during that time” their

coach Vanessa Browning said. “We have a good mix of offensive and defensive players, which gives our team a little more depth than some of the other ones. It’s really led to a successful reign at the state level.”

The run has been aided by what Browning called a “very intimidating front line” made up of group of Special Olympic athletes who came over to soccer from other sports.

“We have some nice big muscle-bound young men that have really stepped up and have a really good skill set from other sports like power-lifting and track and field,” Browning said. “Now they’ve crossed over into soccer and brought that athleticism with them.”

But it’s Candy and Brandy that bring two of the biggest personalities to the table for Billings. The team’s two goalies, Candy Christopherson and Brandy Peterson, have let their field players know through the team’s whole charge to nationals: If it’s motivation you seek, look to us.

“They’re always so into it,” Browning said. “Both of them have competed at the national and world levels themselves so they bring a nice perspective to our team.”

That’s why it comes as no surprise that a group led by Christopherson and Peterson found it’s toughest in-state competition from a team with another outstanding net-minder — Chris’ bunch from Missoula.

“All of our players always want to know when we’re going to play Chris,” Browning said. “They love playing against him because his enthusiasm for the game just explodes. My players really respond to that and have a

lot of respect for him.” And when the Billings bunch downed Chris and his

spirited Missoula side in a game many remember — even though they don’t recall the score — it meant a gold medal for Billings and a shot at the national games. A random drawing ensued amongst all the gold medal winners from states across the country to determine who would make the trip.

Turns out it was Montana’s lucky year.“We were on pins and needles until we heard how

the drawing went,” Browning said. “While it’s great playing in Montana, soccer is still a very small sport in this state. Besides the travel and getting a chance to meet people from other parts of the country, going to nationals is going to allow my athletes to progress further than they ever could just staying in Montana because of the great range of competition.”

Olsen has never been to the national games but has an idea what what everyone is in for.

“It’s a huge, awesome sports competition,” said Olsen, who worked in the athletic departments at several East Coast colleges before coming back home to Montana. “A lot of those kids are sports geeks like me, and boy, they get fired up to beat up on a team from South Carolina or Florida.”

Montanans competing in bocce, track and field and golf will also be traveling with the soccer teams to the national games in Lincoln, an event that is expected to be the biggest sporting event ever held in the state of Nebraska.

They’ll have some big personalities from Big Sky Country to match.

Big Sky Country soccer set for big stage

As founder of Special Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a leader in the worldwide struggle to improve and enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities for more than four decades.

Born in Brookline, Mass., the fifth of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s nine children, Eunice Mary Kennedy graduated from California’s Stanford University with a degree in sociology. Before launching Special Olympics in 1968, she worked for the U.S. State Department, as a social worker, and as director of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. Under her leadership, the foundation helped achieve significant advances in the field of intellectual disabilities.

Recognized throughout the world for her efforts on behalf of persons with intellectual disabilities, Shriver received many honors and awards over the course of her lifetime. In

1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

In 1997, Mrs. Shriver assembled the Special Olympics International Board of Directors in Bozeman during the State Summer Games.

Following his mother’s death on August 11, 2009 at the age of 88, Timothy Shriver wrote: “She believed that people with intellectual disabilities could — individually and collectively — achieve more than anyone thought possible. This much she knew with unbridled faith and certainty. And this faith in turn gave her hope that their future might be radically different. She fought throughout her life to ensure that they would be allowed to reach their full potential so that we might in turn be changed by them.”

Eunice Kennedy Shriver is survived by her husband of 56 years, Sargent Shriver, their five children, and a large extended family.

remembering eunice kennedy Shriver and her mission

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By AMANDA [email protected]

Without volunteers, the Special Olympic summer games wouldn’t happen.

“I think at last count there was something like 1,864 volunteers that will be in the mix,” said Vicki Dunham, chief operating officer for the games.

Some volunteers started planning the games last summer and hundreds more “day-of-event” volunteers will help put on the three-days of competition in Bozeman, which draws more than 1,000 athletes and 450 coaches from 75-80 teams across the state.

Most of the people helping out are local.

“For the most part, these are people that step up from the community,” Dunham said.

At RightNow Technologies, for example, CEO Greg Gianforte anticipates that about half of the roughly 800 people the company employs at its headquarters in Bozeman will help out at the games.

“We serve meals. We referee games and we are essentially Special Olympics’ human resources department,” Gianforte said.

RightNow allows employees to do one week of community service each year during regular work hours with pay.

“We believe very strongly, as part of our company culture, that we have an obligation to be engaged in the community,” Gianforte said.

For the 14 different Special Olympic competitions, volunteers serve as escorts, hi-fivers and fans in the stands, gatekeepers, check-in officials, equipment movers, medical support and more.

Volunteers also offer their talents for the opening and closing ceremonies, Olympic village, dance and carnival.

Gianforte said he served food last year as a volunteer and expects he’ll do something similar this year.

“It really was a treat to be involved,” he said.

FanS in the StandSduring State SuMMer gaMeS

Each State Summer Games competition venue will be complete with a section called “Fans in the Stands,” and those volunteers who are assigned to various events will serve two all-important roles.

First, “Fans in the Stands” are designated to cheer and support the athletes while they compete. For many Special Olympics athletes, cheering and applause from the audience is an uncommon experience, and is tremendously motivating during competition.

Secondly, “Fans in the Stands” are available for volunteer duties that may become apparent on short notice. Many will be called on to fill more traditional volunteer roles.

“Fans in the Stands” sections are marked with signs and contain simple cheer devices such as signs or pompoms. Volunteers are encouraged to join the fun as supportive spectators where they will make a significant difference to Special Olympics athletes.

Volunteers in the thousands

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A volunteerhelps an athlete at last year’s summer games.

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