TORCH RUN TO BE HELD PRELUDE SET FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Police and firefighters will escort the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Special Olympics Special Olympics International sports program for people with intellectual disability. It provides year-round training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type summer and winter sports for participants. torch through the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. on Friday afternoon. Sheriff's deputies, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers, firefighters and FBI agents will run with the Special Olympic athletes for a stretch from 3:45 to 5:30 p.m. as the torch heads to Long Beach for the 2004 games, scheduled for June 11-13. More than 1,700 athletes from all over Southern California will participate in the games. From the Santa Clarita Special Olympics program, 87 will compete at Long Beach in basketball, boccie boccie or bocci or bocce (from Italian bocce, “balls”) Game of Italian origin, similar to bowls. It is played on a long, narrow, packed-clay court enclosed with boarded ends and sides. , golf, track, swimming and tennis. About 30 volunteer coaches and chaperons will accompany the athletes for this special state-level competition. The torch run in the Santa Clarita area will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the sheriff's Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. It will proceed to The Old Road, then south to Magic Mountain Parkway, through the Valencia Town Center Drive and to Los Angeles County Fire Station 126 on Citrus Avenue. The runners then will head south on McBean Parkway to Henry Mayo Hospital and down Orchard Village Road to Lyons Avenue. The run will end at Old Orchard Park in Valencia. A celebration dinner will be held at the park for the officers, firefighters and athletes. Special Olympics is an international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. . The Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics program offers training and competition in 13 sports for more than 400 area children and adults with developmental disabilities. Volunteer assistant coaches are needed for the Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics summer sports program, which includes softball, bowling, cycling and soccer. No experience is necessary, and training is provided. For information, call (661) 253-2121 or email santaclarita(at)sosc.org. |
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