CROSS-COUNTRY RIDE CYCLISTS HOPE TO BENEFIT A.V. FAMILY.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LAKE LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - A Palmdale couple will ride mountain bicycles 3,000 miles from the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley to Orlando, Fla., to honor slain Deputy Stephen Sorensen and help raise money for Sorensen's family. Tina and Tim Lamoureux will make the cross-country road trip beginning Aug. 29 and are estimating it will take them six to eight weeks. ``We were following the story on Deputy Steve Sorensen,'' said Tina Lamoureux, 24. ``We heard he was a really good cop; you couldn't ask for a better cop. We decided to do it for his family, to raise money and help his family out. All we are asking is for people to make donations to the fund already set up by the Sheriff's Department.'' Sorensen, 46, a Lake Los Angeles resident, was killed Aug. 2 as he was following up on a trespassing investigation at an isolated desert trailer home occupied by Donald Kueck, 52. Sorensen was honored Aug. 7 in a funeral at Lancaster Baptist Church that attracted some 3,000 mourners. Sorensen was married and had an adopted 2-year-old son. Friends said he went far beyond the usual police duties: He bought groceries gro·cer·y n. pl. gro·cer·ies 1. A store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies. 2. groceries Commodities sold by a grocer. for needy need·y adj. need·i·er, need·i·est 1. Being in need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree. families, checked that elderly people got their prescriptions and helped clean up junk-filled properties. A former lifeguard who grew up in Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. , Sorensen attended the Sheriff's Academy at age 33, the oldest in his class, and worked in county jails and in Altadena before being named resident deputy three years ago. He and his wife, Christine, moved to Lake Los Angeles in 1991. The Lamoureuxes moved to the Antelope Valley from Orlando about a year ago and worked at a paint and body shop. ``Basically we are originally from Orlando. We came out to California on vacation, decided we liked it and we just stayed here,'' Tina Lamoureux said. The couple have ridden their bikes around the Antelope Valley, their longest trip to date about 125 miles. They will try to ride 100 miles a day and camp out at campgrounds along the way. Their bikes will be equipped with child trailers to carry their tents, sleeping bags and other belongings belongings Noun, pl the things that a person owns or has with him or her Noun 1. belongings - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of . ``Normally we just ride from Palmdale to Lancaster, but we've been talking about doing a long ride for a while. There is no better time to do it,'' Lamoureux said. ``We are both going to ride along with each other. If one of us gets tired, the other one will be there to help.'' After a six-day manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. , the shooting suspect was cornered Aug. 8 at another home in a remote site. He died during a gunbattle that ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. a fire. Kueck had admitted to the slaying in a cell-phone conversation, sheriff's officials said. Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. said Kueck had been angry that Sorensen came to his home, even though Kueck was not the suspect in the deputy's trespassing investigation. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com HOW TO HELP People who want to donate money can make checks payable to the Stephen Sorensen Fund or Sheriff's Relief Fund No. 304 and mail them to the Sheriff's Relief Association Fund, 11515 South Colima Road, Whittier, CA 90604. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) A.V. residents Tina and Tim Lamoureux will ride their bikes cross-country from California to Florida next week, in a trip to benefit the family of slain L.A. County sheriff's Deputy Steve Sorensen. The couple hope to average 100 miles a day and reach Orlando in 30 days. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News Box: HOW TO HELP (see text) |
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