MEMORIAL RELAY FOR FALLEN OFFICERS COMING TO VALLEY.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - Sheriff's deputies carrying a memorial torch will pass through 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 this weekend on a 313-mile relay run to honor law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
The 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. County Sheriff's Department's 20th annual memorial at times will have several off-duty deputies escorting the torch from the department's headquarters in Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. to the most northern station in Lancaster and back. ``We could have one runner or 20 at a time,'' said Palmdale sheriff's station Sgt. Vince Burton, one of the organizers for the Antelope Valley area. ``It's not a race. People bring their kids, their wives, their friends. It's all about covering the distance and remembering those who have lost their lives.'' The relay begins about 9 a.m. Friday at the headquarters. It is scheduled to conclude about 2 p.m. Sunday at the Altadena station. The run passes through the patrol area of each station - except the station on Catalina Island - and personnel from each station take part, running five to 10 miles each. The runners will cover about 55 miles through the Antelope Valley early Sunday, passing through Lancaster about 3:35 a.m. and Palmdale about 5 a.m. Local deputies will hand off the torch about 9 a.m. Sunday to Crescenta Valley deputies along Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. in the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los . Sheriff's Explorer Academy recruits will participate in the relay as part of their Colors Run. If the recruits run well together as a team, they earn the right to wear their academy class patches on their uniforms and to fly their class flag under the American flag in their classroom. |
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