Special Olympics delegation get eye-opener in Shanghai

Wood River Journal - Hailey, Idaho: " By KAREN BOSSICK If Ketchum businessman Chip Fisher was still recovering from jet lag, he showed no sign of it Thursday night as he toasted his just-completed trip to view the World Special Olympics Games in Shanghai. “Idaho has no idea what it's in for,” he predicted during a reception for Special Olympics supporters at Dave and Bex Wilkinson's Gimlet home. “I think Idahoans will be touched by these games.” The 35 Idahoans who traveled to China for the games certainly came away touched by what they saw. “You couldn't go anywhere in this city of 2.2 million people and not see a billboard or poster with the smiling face of these Special Olympians,” said Ketchum resident Jim Grossman, who is co-chairing the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise in February 2009."