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Champion athlete Rosie Laidler carries torch in run for Special Olympics

Liz DadsonBy: Liz Dadson  May 30, 2017
Champion athlete Rosie Laidler carries torch in run for Special Olympics
Kincardine's Rosie Laidler, bronze-medal winner at the World Special Olympic Games in Austria, back in March, proudly held the torch high as she and her fellow athletes joined in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, Wednesday, May 24, in downtown Kincardine.

The athletes and police officers from the South Bruce OPP detachment, gathered at Quinn Plaza and then, with a police escort, headed down Queen Street to Victoria Park.

Officers collected donations along the way, with all the funds going to support Special Olympics in the area.



South Bruce OPP officers and Special Olympics athletes join in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run through downtown Kincardine, Wednesday afternoon, May 24

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South Bruce OPP constable Andrew Werle (left) and Kincardine world bronze-medal-winning Special Olympian Rosie Laidler carry the torch at the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, held Wednesday, May 24, in downtown Kincardine
Bethany Collins (left) and Geoffrey Vande Klippe, Special Olympics athletes, share a laugh before heading out on the Torch Run in downtown Kincardine
South Bruce OPP constable Kevin Martin (third from right), community services officers, with his Special Olympics friends, Bethany Collins (left), Geoffrey Vande Klippe, Amy Boudrais, Marianne Stewart and Jackie McDonald
Holding up the Torch Run banner are police officers and Special Olympics athletes at the start of the run in Quinn Plaza
The Torch Run begins, from Quinn Plaza, through downtown Kincardine, to Victoria Park
Special Olympics athlete Geoffrey Vande Klippe (centre) holds the torch at the end of the Torch Run, Wednesday afternoon
The group of officers and Special Olympics athletes, that participated in the Torch Run, gathers at Victoria Park for a photo

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Liz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.



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