Local law enforcement personnel from across North Dakota will lace up their shoes and hit the pavement Monday, May 13th – Friday, May 17th to promote the relationship between Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) and Law Enforcement across the state. The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) will take place in communities across North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jamestown to Valley City<\/u><\/strong> 8:00 a.m. \u2013 Friday, May 17th \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jamestown Torch Run will meet at the JRCC Administrations Building and then go to the Bloom Exit on I-94 (mile marker 262) and continue east towards Valley City finishing at Valley Meats (1269 W Main St).\u00a0 Members of the community are invited to participate. Law Enforcement Contact: Jeffery Lorenz, James River Correctional Center, Jamestown 701-253-3759, jdlorenz@nd.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Law Enforcement Torch Run\u00ae started in North Dakota in 1985 to raise money and awareness for Special Olympics North Dakota and the State Summer Games.\u00a0 Each year more than 400 LE Officers in North Dakota promote the concept of partnership and prosperity as the \u201cGuardians of the Flame\u201d.\u00a0 The \u201cFlame of Hope\u201d ignites the hopes and brightens the lives of more than 1,300 athletes that participate in any of the 14 sports offered by SOND each year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2024 Law Enforcement Torch Run\u00ae for Special Olympics North Dakota is sponsored in part by: Gold Medal Sponsor<\/em><\/strong>: <\/em><\/strong>Burian & Associates, Scheels, EDF Renewable Energy-Drift Prairie Wind Project; Silver Medal Sponsor:<\/em><\/strong> CHI St. Alexius Health, Williston, ND Peace Officers Association; Bronze Medal Sponsor:<\/em><\/strong> North Dakota Troopers Association, API Williston Basin Chapter, and North Dakota Telephone Company; Other: <\/em><\/strong>BNI Energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local law enforcement personnel from across North Dakota will lace up their shoes and hit the pavement Monday, May 13th – Friday, May 17th to promote the relationship between Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) and Law Enforcement across the state. The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) will take place in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":282414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=282413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282415,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282413\/revisions\/282415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/282414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=282413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=282413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=282413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}