Blaine & Flag Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News Aug 9, 2013) — After participating Friday morning at the groundbreaking ceremony at Great River Energy’s Dakota Spirit AgEnergy plant at Spiritwood,  U.S. Senator, Heidi Heitkamp, Friday afternoon, presented a U.S Flag that was flown over the U.S. Capital to a Special Olympics Silver Medalist from Jamestown at the Jamestown Wal-Mart store.

Senator Heitkamp says, “Blaine is an inspiration to so many in Jamestown, North Dakota, and across the country.  He continues to show over and over again what you can achieve if you work hard and put your mind to something.  And Blaine embodies the true spirit of North Dakota every time he represents us at the Special Olympics. I’m so proud of him, and I look forward to hearing more about his future competitions and, of course, future awards.”

Blaine Schulz earned a silver medal at the Special Olympics Winter World Games in South Korea in February.

He competed in the 200-meter snowshoe run with a time of 32.74 seconds.