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Randi Stevens, husband Mark and sons Collin and Brady came upon the annual Jackalope Jump quite by accident Saturday morning, having driven into the marina as they traveled around the reservoir.

According to Randi, "I'll gladly jump! Both my boys are special [and] we do a lot of advocacy back home in Louisiana."

She and Collin chose, on the spur of the moment, to join the fun and jump, too. "Anything for Special Olympics, we love it; they're a great support system."

With dry conditions affecting water levels, the regular dive on the closed east side of the platform was too shallow at bare...