Kincaid Elementary School students had drawn dozens of smiling mummies and hung them in the halls. Specially designed T-shirts with a pyramid and Mount McKinley had been printed for their guests. Floor hockey probably wasn't on the mind of FedEx executives when they built a jumbo-jet hangar at Anchorage's international airport in the early 1990s. World Games won't crowd ski areas. A flame lit in Athens, Greece, began making its way around Alaska Wednesday, carried in several torches by teams of law enforcement officers and Special Olympians from around the world.
Timing leaves physicians in short supply.
The staff organizing the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games Alaska is still searching for additional medical volunteers, particularly physicians. Mike is disabled. Chalet ready for Olympics Special Olympics funds pay for newest renovation of former missile bunker. Where Nike missiles once blasted skyward in Cold War test firings, city officials Wednesday night praised the special athletes of the world and dedicated a swanky new warm-up and banquet room at Kincaid Park. Golden opportunity beckons Economy, awareness of mental retardation should profit from Special Olympics.