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News Release
Region 1 Torch Run
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Contact:
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Ron Manzo:
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Olympics PR Director Holly Claytor
Ron.manzo@fairfaxcounty.gov hclaytor@specialolympicsva.org
Office:
703-246-4564 804-370-7916
(cell); 804-726-3025 (office)
“Lighting the Way” in Northern Virginia
Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run Passes through Northern Virginia
on Thursday, June 10
The Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run, benefiting Special Olympics, will pass through the Northern Virginia area on Thursday, June 10. Runners will make their way to Richmond for the Special Olympics Virginia 2010 Summer Games, June 11-12. The Northern Virginia run will commence at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington County at 9:30 a.m. and will pass through several jurisdictions, ending at the Prince William County line on Richmond Highway around 3:30 p.m.
Colonel David M. Rohrer, Chief of the Fairfax County Police Department, is this year’s Northern Virginia Region Director. The region includes Alexandria Police, Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, Arlington County Police, Arlington County Sheriff’s Office, Falls Church Police, Fairfax City Police, Fairfax County Police, Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office, Herndon Police, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office, Manassas Police, Metro Washington Airport Authority, NOVA Community College Police, Pentagon Police, Prince William County Police, Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, United States Park Police, Vienna Police, Army C.I.D., Fort Belvoir Military Police and Quantico Military Police.
Officers set out from seven points across the Commonwealth on June 4. By June 11, more than 2,000 officers will have carried the Special Olympics Flame of Hope more than 1,900 miles across Virginia. At 10 a.m. on Friday, June 11, officers from the Metro-Richmond area will gather at a Final Leg ceremony at the State Capitol and from there, more than 75 local law enforcement officers will run the final leg into the University of Richmond’s Robins Center. At 7:45 p.m., the officers will pass the Flame of Hope to a Special Olympics athlete, who will light the Olympic Cauldron and officially open this year’s Summer Games.
Now, in its 25th year, the Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run, sponsored by SunTrust and Macy’s, has raised more than $12.3 million for Special Olympics Virginia. However, for the 2,000 officers involved, it’s about more than carrying the torch for Special Olympics Virginia. It’s a mission; a serious commitment by the Virginia Law Enforcement community to pay homage to our heroes – the Special Olympics Virginia athletes and their families.
Everyone is invited to cheer the officers on as they make their way through the Northern Virginia Region. Several roads will temporarily close to accommodate the runners:
|
TIME |
LOCATION |
MILES |
ROUTE |
AGENCY |
|
930 |
Iwo Jima Memorial |
Start |
Arlington Cemetery |
Henderson Hall & Ft. Myer MP's |
|
949 |
Memorial Bridge |
1 |
Mt. VernonBike Trail |
Arlington County |
|
|
Lady Bird Johnson Park |
2.1 |
Bike Path |
Police & |
|
1000 |
Gravely Point Park |
3.3 |
Bike Path |
Sheriff’s Office |
|
1005 |
N. Ent. Nat’l Airport |
3.9 |
Bike Path |
Metro Wash Airports |
|
1014 |
S. Ent. Nat’l Airport |
5 |
Bike Path |
Authority Police & U.S. Park Police |
|
1023 |
Wash Sailing Marina |
6 |
Bike Path |
Alexandria Police & |
|
|
Alexandria City Line |
|
|
Sheriff’s Office |
|
1032 |
Canal Center Plaza |
7.1 |
Bike Path |
Probation & Parole |
|
1058 |
Jones Point Road |
10 |
Jones Pt. Rd |
Loudon County Sheriff’s Dept. |
|
|
|
|
S. Street/GW Pkwy |
|
|
1110 |
Bell Haven Road |
11.4 |
GW Pkwy |
Pentagon Police Dept. |
|
1126 |
Morningside Lane |
13.5 |
GW Pkwy |
Fairfax City Police |
|
1134 |
Wellington Road |
14.4 |
GW Pkwy |
Falls Church Police |
|
1140 |
Collingwood |
14.8 |
GW Pkwy |
Virginia ABC |
|
1148 |
Wayne Wood Blvd |
15.7 |
GW Pkwy |
Herndon Police |
|
1151 |
Ft. Hunt Park |
16 |
GW Pkwy |
|
|
1159 |
River Farm Drive |
16.9 |
GW Pkwy |
George Mason University |
|
1202 |
Vernon View Drive |
17.2 |
GW Pkwy |
Police |
|
1204 |
Lycia la., Cedar Knoll |
17.4 |
GW Pkwy |
NOVA Community College PD |
|
1207 |
Riverside Park |
17.7 |
GW Pkwy |
|
|
1218 |
Mt. Vernon |
19 |
Route 235 |
Ron Miller’s group |
|
|
(GW Mansion) |
|
|
|
|
|
Old Mt. Vernon Blvd |
19.5 |
Route 235 |
|
|
|
Old Mill (east) |
19.9 |
Route 235 |
|
|
1229 |
Southwood Dr. |
20.2 |
Route 235 |
Vienna Police |
|
|
Grist Mill (west) |
20.8 |
|
|
|
|
Old Mill (west) |
20.9 |
|
|
|
|
Patton Blvd. |
21.2 |
|
|
|
1241 |
Ft. Belvoir |
21.5 |
Left turn into |
Ft. Belvoir |
|
|
(Walker Gate) |
|
post |
|
|
1313 |
Ft. Belvoir |
25.1 |
Route 1 |
Fairfax County Police |
|
|
(Tully Gate) |
|
|
& |
|
1350 |
Mims Street |
29.2 |
Route 1 |
Sheriff’s Office |
|
1408 |
Pr. William Co. Line |
31.2 |
Route 1 |
Prince William Co. PD & |
|
|
Mt. Pleasant |
|
|
Sheriff’s Office |
|
|
Maryland Ave |
Route 1 |
|
Manassas Police |
|
|
Neabsco Mills |
|
|
Loudoun Co. Sheriff’s |
|
1452 |
Garfield Station |
36.1 |
Route 1 |
Prince William Co. |
|
|
Dumfries Rd (Rt. 234) |
|
|
Police |
|
1529 |
Quantico USMC Base |
40.2 |
BASE |
Quantico PMO |
|
|
Fuller Rd. / Barnet Ave |
|
|
|
|
|
Barnett Ave |
|
|
MP’S |
|
|
Russel Road |
|
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