Dolores Bowman was the Administrative Vice President for Jefferson High School and Rose Festival Director. She also played a significant role in the renaming of "Highland Elementary" to "King Elementary" in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr and in bringing the Special Olympics to the Pacific Northwest. In 1988, she created "Arrival Day," where each Friday of the show, approximately 1,200+ disabled children and their chaperones were invited to exclusively watch the performers arrive at the Air Show. In May 1989 she died. That year, "Arrival Day" changed its name to "Special Kids Day."