{"id":62935,"date":"2019-03-07T05:03:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=62935"},"modified":"2019-03-07T07:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:12:33","slug":"council-applauds-special-olympics-cross-country-ski-teams-performance-at-winter-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/council-applauds-special-olympics-cross-country-ski-teams-performance-at-winter-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Council applauds Special Olympics cross-country ski team&#8217;s performance at winter games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo<\/em>: <em>Members of the Special Olympics Muskoka cross-country ski team (back row from left) James Clarke, Mark Cheek, Mayor Scott Aitchison, Samantha Mackenzie, Assistant Coach and Councillor Dione Schumacher; (front row from left) Head Coach Cindy Blake, Amber Bucholtz, John Groenevelt, and Randy MacDonald (Coon).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You could hear their jingle as the Special Olympics Muskoka cross-country ski team entered the Huntsville Council chambers on February 25.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>They sported an impressive number of medals and the smiles of champs as they accepted accolades from the Mayor, Huntsville councillors and their coaches for their success at the 2019 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games. The event was held from January 31 to February 3 in Sault Ste. Marie.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to thank you for being here because your success and you sharing your success with us is a special treat for all the people of Huntsville really proud of what you\u2019ve done,&#8221; Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison told the group.<\/p>\n<p>Aitchison quipped to laughter from those present that with the number of medals the team had received they could open a hardware store.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m the most proud coach in the whole town,&#8221; said Head Coach Cindy Blake. &#8220;This bunch here has really represented us really well. I\u2019m proud to be their coach,&#8221; she added to applause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here\u2019s hoping we qualify for\u2026 the nationals!&#8221; cheered Assistant Coach and Huntsville Councillor Dione Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p>Read an earlier story about the team at this<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/athletes-of-the-week-special-olympics-muskoka-cross-country-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> link<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main photo: Members of the Special Olympics Muskoka cross-country ski team (back row from left) James Clarke, Mark Cheek, Mayor Scott Aitchison, Samantha Mackenzie, Assistant Coach and Councillor Dione [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1903,"featured_media":62936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[26,2047],"class_list":["post-62935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-breaking","tag-special-olympics-winter-games"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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