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A large group of Special Olympics Maine athletes, coaches and partners, left, forms a parade Thursday during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Jarod Richmond, left, the Jobs For Maine’s Graduates specialist at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale, turns on the gas Thursday as longtime Special Olympics volunteer Peter Selwood lights the cauldron to start the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School. Selwood says he has been volunteering in various capacities with the Special Olympics for 45 years. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Jordan Gibbens runs in the 100-meter dash Thursday during the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Julian Caron of the Monmouth Memorial School team celebrates Thursday after receiving ribbons for racing in the 50- and 100-meter dashes during the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Archie Searles tosses a Turbojav on Thursday during the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
James Rutledge tosses a Turbojav on Thursday during the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Participants run Thursday in their 100-meter dash heat at the Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games at the Melville H. Simmons Complex at Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...

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