The OPP Law Enforcement Torch Run touched down in Stirling this past week.
On Tuesday, officers from the Stirling-Rawdon Police Service, the Centre Hastings OPP and Federal Corrections Canada joined staff and students from the Stirling Public School, and local Special Olympics athletes John Tinney and Tim Maracle came together for the annual event.
Over 700 participants makes the Stirling event one of the largest Torch Runs in the province.
Students and staff had the opportunity to speak with the athletes and to see the medals they earned at the Provincial Summer Games held recently in Guelph.
John Tinney earned two silver and two bronze medals in swimming, achieving personal best times in the competition and Tim Maracle earned a bronze medal in power lifting.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run is the chosen charity of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and the principle fund raising arm of Special Olympics Ontario. The Special Olympics movement provides local, provincial, national and international competition for athletes with different intellectual abilities to compete against each other and to lead healthier and more active lives.
At the conclusion of the Torch Run, Stirling-Rawdon Police Chief Dario Cecchin along with Special Olympians Tim Maracle and John Tinney presented Stirling Public School Principal Suzanne Cholasta with a plaque to recognize the school for its continued support of the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
