{"id":20281,"date":"2018-04-04T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20281"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T00:37:16","slug":"april-declared-special-olympics-month-in-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/april-declared-special-olympics-month-in-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"April declared \u201cSpecial Olympics Month\u201d in Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Special Olympics are getting the star treatment for their tenth year in Aurora.<br \/>\nCelebrating a decade in the town on April 9, the occasion will be marked by a ceremony to raise the Special Olympics flag at Aurora Town Hall, with Aurora\u2019s Town Crier John Webster reading the proclamation.<br \/>\nSpecial Olympics Ontario-Aurora Coordinator Janet Mitchell said she is \u201coverwhelmed\u201d with the progress of the program over its tenure.<br \/>\n\u201cAurora has created fantastic opportunities for residents with an intellectual disability, and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish over the next decade,\u201d said Mitchell.<br \/>\nMitchell also added that because the organization is completely volunteer based, it would not function without the \u201chard work, dedication and enthusiasm demonstrated by our local volunteers.\u201d<br \/>\nCoinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Special Olympics movement, Aurora\u2019s branch currently runs seven sport-specific programs for ages eight and up, as well as two non-sport-specific programs runs through the Town\u2019s Parks and Recreation department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Olympics are getting the star treatment for their tenth year in Aurora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}