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The other day I spent a fascinating morning watching able-bodied children sit down in wheelchairs and try out Paralympic sport. The coaches organising the wheelchair basketball session were disabled and some of the kids involved also had disabilities.

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All of us here at jackassworld* would like to congratulate Mark Zupan and the United States wheelchair rugby team on winning the gold medal at the Beijing Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. The US team defeated Australia in the final match on Tuesday, September 16th.

Who has been watching the Paralympics? I sure have been. and have been inspired every day by the feats of these people.  Every time I watch these superstars do something amazing, I am reminded of the Adidas slogan of a few years ago - “Impossible is Nothing!” Last week, I watched my first ever

Around town Locate the TDNet (Find e-journals and more) link on the left-column of the WKU Libraries Home Page (www.wku.edu/Library): Does the library have the electronic version of Journal X? The database I used referred me to Journal ABC. Campus The LifeS... 0

Thailand athletes collect three bronzes KITTIPONG THONGSOMBAT Thailand won three bronzes yesterday pushing their medals tally to four at the 13th Paralympic Games in Beijing. Two of the medals were won in powerlifting and the other in the men’s athletics 200m race. Narong Kasanun finished third in the men’s 52kg powerlifting.

Wheelchair racers win silver KITTIPONG THONGSOMBAT Prawat Wahoram heads to the silver medal as part of Thailand’s 4×100m wheelchair relay team. The Thai men’s 4×100m relay team finished second to win the country’s first medal of the 13th Paralympic Games yesterday.

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This is just a quick update based on a phone call to Delaware's own Rolling Sportsman Larry Binger last night. His results from the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Omaha are: Trapshoot - Gold Medal Archery - Silver Medal Way to go Larry ! (But what was up with the fourth place in bowling? Ah, maybe next year you'll get a sponsor !).

What follows is an e-mail from my friend, Larry Binger, which he sent as an attachment called "Letter to Shirley'. Dang, I feel like such a big naive dolt sometimes: Thank You Shirley, But again, this isn't really about me, it's about letting the people know about the National Veterans Wheelchair Games.