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| Thursday, May 8 2008 10:49 AM
Last Updated: Thursday, May 8 2008 10:48 AM
Officers from three local law enforcement agencies will be carrying the “flame of hope” in the Special Olympics torch run on Saturday morning at North High School, 300 Galaxy Ave.
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Bakersfield Police Department, Shafter Police Department and California Highway Patrol officers will carry a torch at 8:15 a.m. from different locations in the 30th annual Special Olympics regional tournament. More than 400 athletes will greet the officers at 9:15 a.m. at the high school baseball field.
The athletes will compete in a qualifier tournament in basketball, tennis and bocce, a type of lawn bowling. Leaders will move on to the summer games from June 13 to 15 in Long Beach.