Ron Kantowski

A few minutes after local law enforcement officials helped some special needs elementary students pass the torch and light the flame Thursday at the Unified Track and Field Meet – and some other kids with learning disabilities recited the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the national anthem and got all the words right – I found myself standing alongside the media box at Cheyenne High School, talking to a petite woman with long blond tresses that curled at the ends.