Vancouver, British Columbia, was chosen to host the next Winter Olympic Games in the year 2010. Vancouver is only about 60 miles north of the Mount Vernon area- practically in our own backyard. We should learn lots of inside info on what it takes to make the Olympics happen.

But this presented a problem for Sam Sullivan.

For the past 27 years he has been confined to a wheelchair. He was in a bad skiing accident as a teenager, leaving him a quadriplegic. He has only a little use of his hands so grabbing a flag was out of the question, let alone waving it.

A suggestion was made that someone else could hold the flag next to Sam's wheelchair. But Sam wanted no part of that as he wanted to wave the flag himself! He ended up creating an adaptive flag holder so he could wave the Olympic flag proudly for Vancouver when he received it.

Keep watch for more on Sam Sullivan. He will be in the news a lot in the months ahead.