{"id":13355,"date":"2018-06-19T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=13355"},"modified":"2018-06-19T06:51:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T10:51:55","slug":"wawa-law-enforcement-torch-run-for-special-olympics-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/19\/wawa-law-enforcement-torch-run-for-special-olympics-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:02<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13357\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9411-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9411.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9411-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13358\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9423-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9423-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9423.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It is almost exactly one year ago that Members of the Superior East OPP Detachments and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) held the Wawa Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario\u00a0in Wawa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run\u00ae (LETR) is the largest public awareness vehicle and grass-roots fundraiser for Special Olympics. \u00a0Known honourably as <em>Guardians of the Flame<\/em>, law enforcement members and Special Olympics athletes carry the \u201cFlame of Hope\u201d into the Opening Ceremony of local competitions, and into Special Olympics Provincial, National, Regional and World Games. \u00a0Worldwide annually, more than 97,000 dedicated and compassionate law enforcement members carry the \u201cFlame of Hope,\u201d symbolizing courage and celebration of diversity uniting communities around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the Torch Run visited Wawa, and the Flame of Hope was carried up Mission Road, Broadway Avenue to the Superior East OPP Detachment Office in the Municipal Offices. The Torch Run will travel around the district. Today, the torch will be carried in Hearst and Kapuskasing. The Torch Run will end in Sault Ste. Marie after 23 events, to lead the International Bridge Walk this Saturday, June 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Special Olympics Ontario Winter Games will be held in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario from January 31st to February 2nd, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13356\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9434.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13356\" class=\"wp-image-13356 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9434-600x456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9434.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Torch-IMG_9434-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From L-R: Shelly Neufeld, Suzanne Lacasse, Ryan Richardson, Drew Wiggins, Chris Morrison, Megan Corston, and Ashley Nickle. The torch bearer with his feet solidly on the ground is Shaun Beaulieu.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jun 19, 2018 @ 08:02 &nbsp; It is almost exactly one year ago that Members of the Superior East OPP Detachments and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) held the Wawa Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Ontario\u00a0in Wawa. &nbsp; The Ontario Law Enforcement Torch Run\u00ae (LETR) is the largest public awareness vehicle &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1521],"class_list":["post-13355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-the-ontario-law-enforcement-torch-run"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 08:36:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13359,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13355\/revisions\/13359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}