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<strong>Law</strong> <strong>Enforcement</strong> <strong>Torch</strong> <strong>Run</strong><strong>2010</strong> <strong>Torch</strong> <strong>Relay</strong> <strong>Routes</strong><strong>Schedule</strong> <strong>as</strong> of 05.04.10Monday, May 10 thColumbia County (Augusta)Contact: Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Daniel M<strong>as</strong>sey,706-541-3905<strong>Run</strong> begins at 9:00am and is a total of 3 miles long. Begins atColumbia Square at Flowing Wells and W<strong>as</strong>hington Road. Route endsat The Justice Center at 640 Ronald Reagan Drive.Dade CountyContact: Dade County Sheriff’s Office; Det. Nathan Lee, 706-271-5130Route will begin at 10:00 am. We are leaving from the Dade CountySheriff’s Office (75 C<strong>as</strong>e Avenue, Trenton, GA. 30752) and runningSouth on Highway 11 and going to Highway 136 E<strong>as</strong>t and making <strong>as</strong>top and Dade County High School. While at the school, we aremeeting with the Special Olympians. We are then getting on a bus andtraveling South on Highway 11 and getting dropped off about 6 milesfrom the Alabama state line. We are going to continue the run Southon Highway 11 to the Alabama State line.Tuesday, May 11 thMiddle GA (Perry, Houston County, Warner Robins, Macon)Contact: Warner Robins Police Department; Capt. John Clay,478-808-2117<strong>Run</strong> begins at 8:30am sharp at Perry PD and will hand off the torch toWarner Robins PD at 10am. <strong>Run</strong> out to N. Davis, Up Davis to 247.At that point we will have bikes and cars that will bring the torch up tothe meeting point with Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. <strong>Run</strong>ningdistance is 2.7 miles. Bikes to meeting point with Bibb County is 8miles. Route will continue into Bibb County.Wednesday, May 12 thMuscogee CountyContact: Columbus Police Department; Sgt. Donald Bush; 706-225-4103Start at Fort Benning in the morning. At 8:45am there will be a briefceremony at Columbus Police Department in the parking lot.Following the ceremony, the run will begin. The torch will stop atRiver Road and Bradley Park Drive. (13 miles total)SopertonContact:Soperton Police Department; Chief Luke Kicklighter;912-529-4221
Thursday, May 13 thLee CountyContact:Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Daphne Lindsey,229-759-60527:30am at the courthouse steps in Lee County off of Walnut Ave.North downtown Leesburg. From there, the relay will go across therailroad tracks and stay on Walnut Ave. Then to the Fl<strong>as</strong>h Foods onWalnut AveContact:Villa Rica Police Department; Chief Michael MansourRoute begins at 9:00am starting at the GSP Barracks to the Villa RicaPD. (1 mile total)Carrollton Police Department; Officer Jeff Vaughn<strong>Torch</strong> relay will begin close to 10am and end in the city square.Friday, May 14 thDougherty County to Terrell CountyContact: Dougherty County Sheriff’s Office; Marie Ostrander;229-430-6508Meet at 8:00am at the Dougherty County Courthouse to sign in. Therewill be a kickoff ceremony at 8:30am and the run will begin at 9:00amand will run from the Courthouse down Pine Avenue to the PublixSuper Market on Dawson Road (approximately 5 miles). <strong>Run</strong>ners willstop at Publix for a quick rest and will load into vehicles and ride tothe Laing Hardware in Terrell County where the Terrell Countyrunners will be waiting. Together all runners will run from LaingHardware (Hwy 82) to the Public Safety Complex (old Terrell HighSchool)which is approximately 2 - 3 miles.Dougl<strong>as</strong> CountyContact: Dougl<strong>as</strong>ville Police Department; Matt Underwood; 678-715-6914Will start at 10am and end at the square in downtown Dougl<strong>as</strong>ville.Monday, May 17 thPaulding CountyContact: Paulding County Marshal Bureau; Leslie Ashworth; 770-443-9768Begins at 10:30 AM at the Stars & Strikes Bowling Lanes located at2400 Hiram Acworth Highway, Dall<strong>as</strong>, GA 30157. The run will be 4miles total and will also end at the Stars & Strikes Bowling Lanes.After the run and until 7pm that evening, Stars & Strikes will beoffering discounted bowling and 10% of the sales from that day will bedonated back to Special Olympics that day (for anyone who mentionsSpecial Olympics)!
Tuesday, May 18 thWhitfield County (Dalton)Contact: Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office;Sgt. Tammy Silvers, 706-279-1879Gather at 8:30am, <strong>Run</strong> begins at 9AM at 501 W. Waugh Street at theMunicipal Court Building. From there, the group will run downThornton Avenue to Bryman’s Plaza. At Bryman’s Plaza, they willboard buses and ride to the South Byp<strong>as</strong>s at Lakeland Road. Fromthere, they will run along the Byp<strong>as</strong>s to Valley Point Elementarywhere they will greet students. From there, the group will run alongHighway 41 to the Gordon County line.Gordon County (Calhoun)Contact: Gordon County Sheriff’s Office; Shirley Woodall (706) 879-5450Meet at Gordon County Sheriff’s Office by 8:30am to load up andleave for start location. 9AM begin relay at Confederate Cemetery andrun to Courthouse for a short program at the Courthouse.Cherokee to CobbContact: Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office; Lt. Ken Locke; 770-479-4766Start at 8:00 A.M. at the Oak Grove precinct located off S.R.92 andwill travel down S.R. 92 coming to I-75 we will meet the City ofAcworth at or around 8:30. The run in Cherokee County will be about3 miles. The Cherokee County SWAT team will be running.Contact:Marietta Police Department; Officer Don SmithThe Cherokee run will meet up with the Cobb agencies at the motel(Best Western) on the northwest side of 92 @ I-75 around 0830hrs.We run from 92 to Main Street in Acworth and from there all the wayto Marietta to Church Street Extension to Church Street to the Squareand end at the Marietta Police Department. We can also take a detourin each City for a photo opportunity in front of your agency orbuilding if you would like to.We will leave Marietta PD at 0745hrs and travel to 92 @ I-75 to waitfor Cherokee SO. We will travel in a couple of vehicles and ap<strong>as</strong>senger van. Any agency that wishes to can meet us here or we canall meet at the scene.
Wednesday, May 19 thGwinnett County to Dekalb CountyContact: Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office; Major Frank WoodsLeave GJAC at 7:00AM and travel south on Hwy 29 to the GwinnettDeKalb Line at Jimmy Carter Blvd. Meet DeKalb PD in the cornerg<strong>as</strong> station lot in front of Home Depot. Usually end around 10:00AM(14 miles)Contact:Dekalb County Police Department; Officer G.K. Jefferson<strong>Torch</strong> is p<strong>as</strong>sed from Gwinnett to Dekalb between 9:30AM &10:00AM. Ending location is the Maloof Building in downtownDecatur.South Metro Area (Henry County to Fayette County)Contact: Fayette County Sheriff’s OfficeCapt. Brian Eubanks; (770) 461-6353We will meet at the Publix off of Hwy 81 e<strong>as</strong>t and Lake Dow Road at7:30am. <strong>Run</strong> will begin at 8:00am when we depart Publix.Milton to Johns CreekContact: Milton Police Department; Officer Andrew PhilipsJohns Creek Police Department; Major John CliftonThursday, May 20 thJackson CountyContact: Arcade Police Department; Chief Randy Williams; 706-367-1821Clayton CountyContact:Fayette County Sheriff’s OfficeCapt. Brian Eubanks; (770) 461-6353Meet at 9:40am at Clayton County Police Department Headquarters.Will run to N. McDonough Street, right onto GA 138, Left toJonesboro Road, right to Morrow City limits, to Harper Drive, toForest Parkway, to Ruskin Drive, Left onto Ruskin Drive, Right intothe Home Depot parking lot. <strong>Run</strong> will end at 11:23am.Sandy Springs to DunwoodyContact: Sandy Springs Police Department; Lt. Bo Eskew; 770-551-6923<strong>Run</strong> will begin at 10:00am; Starting point will be Johnson Ferry Rdand Sandy Springs Circle (fire station 2), we will continue on JohnsonFerry, cross Roswell Rd and turn onto Mt Vernon Hwy. We willtravel on Mt Vernon p<strong>as</strong>t Abernathy Rd into Dunwoody continuing onMt Vernon. We will stay on Mt Vernon until we reach ChambleeDunwoody Rd where we will turn left onto Chamblee Dunwoody Rd.We will travel to the first traffic light and turn left into the Publixparking lot. The route is approximately 3.7 miles
Friday, May 21 stGA State Capitol to Emory University*Everyone is invited and highly encouraged to participate in this run!Contact:Press Conference to be held with Governor Sonny Perdue and SpecialOlympics Athletes and members of the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>Enforcement</strong> <strong>Torch</strong> <strong>Run</strong>Final Leg Team. The program will start at 9:00 am and will includeguest speakers, key sponsors, LETR State Director and athletes onhand. At 9:20am the torch will be lit and p<strong>as</strong>sed off to Atlanta PD andothers and the run will begin. We will run to the former Atlanta PDHeadquarters on Ponce and then continue through Atlanta and onto theEmory University campus where the torch will be brought onto theQuad for it’s final resting spot.
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