Lightning in a pool can be good.
The newly organized TURN Lightning, Cedar City Special Olympics team, participated in area games in St. George. Competing in swimming were: Linda Pate who won 2 gold medals and 1 silver, Guy Borner who won 2 gold, Margaret GranBois who won 2 gold and 1 bronze and Annalee Pullman who won 2 gold.
Those competing [...]
TURN Special Olympians Compete at Summer Games
Special Olympics Utah held the first state Summer Games in Cedar City from June 2-4, drawing several hundred athletes from 46 Utah teams who competed in soccer, softball, (delete and) T-ball, and track and field events.
In previous years, the summer games have been held in Provo or other northern metro areas. Despite the further distance, [...]
TURN Athlete Competes in Winter Special Olympic Games
Robert David Pearson, who attends Northern Hourly Services Day Program, was one of nearly 200 Special Olympics Utah athletes who competed in the March 23, 2011 Winter Games at Powder Mountain and North Fork Park. The games included four events: alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing.
Robert David, who has been participating in Special [...]
Nate “Brings Home the Gold”
Every two years, Utah Special Olympics holds competitions, alternating between Summer Games and Winter Games, for people who have intellectual disabilities.
So, it is no small feat that Nathan (Nate) Dail of Cedar City was one of only 53 state-wide athletes who qualified by winning a gold medal in order to advance to the 2010 Special [...]
"I am an artist", said Kathy Thomas when asked to describe herself. "And there's a lot of talents I can do, like exercise dancing. I do word search and jigsaw puzzles. I do cursive writing and I can do printing. I am good at bowling." Kathy says she has lived in many places in Utah, and currently loves the little 3-bedroom house she shares with two roommates. She is happy that she can walk to the market and her bank. She also likes the Orem Center Street Day Program she attends because of the friends and all the creative activities. "I think being an artist is real good. You can make pretty pictures and hang them up everywhere." 
