Local athletes get surprise Special Olympics announcement
Four local athletes are headed to the 2022 USA Games
July 17, 2021 12:24 am
Special Olympians surprised with invitation to the USA games
SALEM, Va. – The 2020 Summer Olympics Games finally get underway in Tokyo next week, but the Olympic athletes aren’t the only ones excited to return to competition.
Several local athletes are also excited to get back to their sports through Special Olympics Virginia.
“I like my bowling. I like my fishing,” said Christopher Curtis, an athlete with Special Olympics who has competed in a variety of sports.
If you ask Christopher or any of the other athletes some of the highlights of their experiences and competitions with Special Olympics they have plenty of stories to share.
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‘Community always comes together’: What happened after the deadly Evergreen tornado five years ago
‘The worst that mother nature brings, brings out the best in humanity’
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It’s a day 10 News Chief Meteorologist Jeff Haniewich remembers well.
Here’s his account of what happened on Feb. 25, 2016, the day after the tornado, when he visited Evergreen:
I remember traveling to Evergreen the day after the tornado.
Upon entry into the tornado-ravaged area, my photographer and I were totally speechless. With the exception of the occasional “oh my gosh,” no words were spoken for a long time.
When you’re on-air tracking severe weather, in your mind you’re hoping and praying that the storm is behaving itself and that it’s not doing any damage at all to the communities you’re talking about on TV.
Beyond The Forecast: Diving into the history of Groundhog Day and the rodent’s weather predictions
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Happy Monday! We here at Your Local Weather Authority hope everyone enjoyed our late-January snowstorm. It’s officially a new month and we’re looking ahead to one of the more bizarre “holidays” we recognize each year: Groundhog Day.
We can trace Groundhog Day back to the German holiday “Candlemas”, which was celebrated on February 2 each year. Revelers used a badger, bear or fox to predict the start of spring, based on whether it was a sunny day or not.
The Pennsylvania Dutch were immigrants from Germanic-speaking areas of Europe and created the tradition of Groundhog Day. While the first mention of the holiday in the United States was noted in 1840, the celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania did not begin until 1887.