Terry returned form the Special Olympics even around 2:30 this afternoon. She reports that there were some 250 participants form around Tioga County, each with a college or high school buddy and many with their parents. Translation: There were a lot of people there.
And they had a beautiful day for the event. Cloudless, sunny skies with temperatures in the high 70s /low 80s. Along with the track and field events, there were several participatory attractions such as the one she spearheaded for the Tiadaghton Audubon Society. Terry had found line drawings of numerous common birds online and printed them off before making several dozen photocopies of each. These were offered for to the Olympians to be colored. Terry and her assistants, Sue and Evangeline, also had bird books, binoculars and other bird watching paraphernalia on hand to use as examples/inspiration.
Terry said that those that came to the table were enthusiastic in their interest in birds and crayon art. Most took their works home with them but a few wished to have their renditions added to the "gallery" started when Evangeline hung up a picture of a flicker she had completed. And a few wanted to take several blank drawings home with them so they could work on them at their leisure.
The only problems Terry reported had to do with the good weather! The sun threatened to burn the ladies running the event and melt the crayons. Luckily, they were stationed near the first aid pavilion and were able to requisition some ice to keep the crayons solid.
She came home with several ideas has how to make the Tiadaghton Audubon Society portion of the Special Olympics even better next year.
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