Kortney Clemons, a native of Little Rock, Mississippi, is scheduled to be in Meridian April 30 with the showing of the film that he is featured in, "Warrior Champions."

    The Temple Theater will feature the film “Warrior Champions” on Saturday, April 30 at 6 p.m., with one of the stars of the film, Kortney Clemons, scheduled to make a personal appearance.

    The movie is an inspiring story about Clemons, who is from Little Rock, Mississippi, and three other war heroes who went from the horror of war in Baghdad, to fulfilling Olympic dreams in Beijing.

    Clemons was weeks away from finishing his U.S. Army tour in Iraq, when his unit came across a group of wounded soldiers.

    A combat medic, Clemons rushed to assist, and a roadside bomb exploded, killing three and wounding him.  

    His dream of becoming a professional football player was gone, but his love for sports turned his life around. Within two years of being injured, Kortney became the fastest 100 meter runner in the country for his disability category. 

    “I went from being embarrassed to wear shorts, to proudly displaying my injury,”  he said.

    Tickets are $5 and are available at the Temple Theater and Collinsville Physical Therapy. All proceeds will help cover the cost of Summer Day Camp 2011 for special-needs and foster children at Camp Eagle Ridge.

    For more information about the movie visit www.warriorchampions.com. For more information about the camp, visit campeagleridge.org.