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Local athletes Bozeman-bound Summer games open with celebrations ■ Matt Roloff from TLC’s “Little People, Big World” and Gov. Brian Schweitzer featured at opening event May 11 State Summer Games in Bozeman May 11-13 feature a high-energy opening ceremonies Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Brick Breeden fieldhouse on the Montana State University campus.

More than 1,600 athletes along with 1,800 coaches and volunteers combine with 5,000 family members, friends and spectators to fill the arena in celebration of the games. Athletes will participate in 13 sports.

Emcees are John Parkes from Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply, Games Premier Sponsor; and JJ Petersen, Great Falls Lions athlete. Other highlights include: ■ Special guest Matt Roloff from TLC’s “Little People, Big World” anchors the evening. Roloff views the social stigmas and physical limitations of dwarfism not as obstacles but as opportunities. With humor and inspiration, he brings motivating stories to challenge the audience and demonstrate his own success as a Fortune 500 salesman and entrepreneur.

■ Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Honorary Games Head Coach, makes a cameo appearance at Opening Ceremonies in support of the athletes and the Games.

■ The cast of “It’s Our School, Too”, composed of local middle and high school students, feature vignettes that highlight true to life experiences as told

by Special Olympics athletes. The play, commissioned in 2010 and written for Special Olympics, Inc. as part of a national project, is part of a lobal effort to educate youth by providing them with strategies for positively affecting school climate.

■ Athletes’ and coaches’ oaths are presented by Alison Bowers, Bozeman Outreach Bobcats athlete; and Peter Fields, MS Director of Athletics.

■ Bozeman area classrooms and students have adopted more than 25 Special Olympics teams statewide.

Nearly 600 students will join their adopted teams during Opening Ceremonies in a show of support, acceptance and respect for people of all abilities.

■ The Mighty Flick, a three-piece LEROY FRODSHAM, 58, practices his high-energy dance band bocce ball for the upcoming games. are familiar faces in the Montana music scene since the late eighties with regular performances throughout the state. Their enthusiasm for music is contagious, sometimes inspirational, always entertaining.

■ Bozeman High School pep band is featured during the pre-show, along with local cheerleaders, athletes, pep rally leaders, and MSU mascot, Champ.

Closing Ceremonies are Friday, May 13, at 8 a.m. in the Shroyer Gymnasium on MSU’s Campus Closing Ceremonies in Shroyer Gymnasium on the MSU campus are held Friday, May 13 at 8 a.m. and include a special appearance by Frenchtown student Morissa Trunzo, talented vocalist, song writer and winner of the recent Special Olympics Montana Project UNIFY song contest. She performs her original composition, “Just Believe”.

During Closing Ceremonies, the winners of the annual Optimum/Chevy Raffle will be announced.

PHOTOS BY WALTER HINICK AND GERRY O’BRIEN / THE MONTANA STANDARD

BUTTE SHELTERED Workshop, BSW Inc., will sponsor a team of 23 athletes and 13 coaches in this year’s events.

The athletes will be involved in track and bocce ball.

ABOVE, LEFT: Athletes participated in the divisionals at Charlie Merrifield track in Bulldog Memorial Stadium.

Chevy truck raffle tickets to benefit games Optimum/Chevy Raffle ticket sales are sure to skyrocket at the Special Olympics State Summer Games in Bozeman May 11- 13.

While money raised by the raffle ticket sales will support Special Olympics Montana, ticket sellers will have an added incentive for reaching big numbers. Always game for a good challenge, SOMT President and CEO, Bob Norbie, has donated his body to the cause, offering athletes the opportunity to turn him into NEON NORBIE if raffle ticket sales hit $380,000 or more.

Raffle tickets are on sale throughout the Games and the Bozeman community until the drawing at the Closing Ceremonies on Friday, May 13 in the Shroyer Gym on the MSU campus.

Ceremonies begin at 8:00 am.

Grand Prize is a fully loaded 2011 Chevy Silverado Pickup Truck.

Other prizes include a $1,000 Town Pump gift card, a $500 gift certificate to Bob Ward’s, a $250 gift certificate to Murdoch’s Home and Ranch Supply, one year of free oil changes from Tire Rama, and pizza for one year from Pizza Hut. The neon-ing of Norbie will take place on the stage during the raffle drawing at Closing Ceremonies.

Special Olympics athletes will take to the stage to dye and paint Bob Norbie.

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MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR races and obstacle courses highlight games.

Montanans with Developmental Disabilities Week Kyler Morrison, Whitefish, has successfully lobbied the 62nd Montana Legislature to establish Montanans with Disabilities Week annually every second week in May. House Joint Resolution No. 5, introduced by Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, designates the week in observation of full inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into society. Regier stated that his inspiration for the bill was Kyler Morrison, a Special Olympics Montana athlete and member of the Special Olympics Montana Board of Directors.

The genesis for the Montanans with Developmental Disabilities Week was borne of Morrison’s lifelong experience as a person with a developmental disability. Himself an active member of his community, Morrison believes that people with developmental disabilities can and do make meaningful contributions to their communities and to society as a whole.

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 

Steven Schlepp 

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Julie Scout

James Stanisich

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ALL STAR

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

  

 

Brenda Sweet

Ruschelle Tyvand

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 

 

John Whelan

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 

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DILLON

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Levi Brown

Susie Skinner

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BSW

Coach: Kim Bailey

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ALL STAR

ALL STAR

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★ R A T S ★ SILVER Falcons Coach:

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Jim Miller

Josh Miller





Patty Miller

Assistant Coaches: Kathy Miller Michelle Miller JoAnn Miller

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ALL STAR

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★ A D N ★ ANACO

 

Robert Flachmeyer

Smelter City All Stars Coaches:

Darryl Deeks Charlie McCurdy Teresa Slobojan-Monaco

 

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ALL STAR

ALL STAR

 

Dane Clavelot

ALL STAR Dallas Napier

 

Dillon Pickering

 

 

 

Rose Kellegher Jan Salle Liz Tuss

Student Coach:

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Jessica Massey

Michael Torpey

 

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BUTTE

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ALL STAR Shelby Amos 

Silver Bow DD Council Coaches: Todd Hoar Seth Powell Bob Tremis

Rhoda Powell Sheryl Tremis Enid Reece

ALL STAR

ALL STAR Eric Cleverly 

  

  

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

Clyde Dodd 

Patrick Geherity 

Joe Gibson 

  

  

  

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

Mandy Griffin 

Lorrie Hipp 

Danny Johnson 

  

  

  

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

Kristin Johnson 

Lisa Johnson 

Amie Kichline 

  

  

  

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

Ron Kichline 

  

Lori McDougall

Leeann Lundgren 

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Stacia Mena

Candi Morrison

Thad Powell

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



  

  

  

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

ALL STAR

James Reece

Kathy Ruckdaschel 



  



  

ALL STAR

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ALL STAR

Colin Stearns

Cassandra Wagner

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