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LOCAL RUNNERS wifi carry.the Olympic torch through Annapolis on Monday, starting about noon at Routes 2 and 450, south to the Old Severn River Bridge, to Naval Academy Gate 8 across Dorsey Creek Bridge, along the river sea wall to Farragut Field, north on King George Street, west on Maryland Avenue to State Circle, School Street to Church Circle, down Main Street to ceremonies at City Dock. The torch will continue over the Spa Creek Bridge toCapital graphicsEastport, west on Chesapeake Avenue to Bay Ridge, north on Hilltop Lane where ATT runners will continue to Washington. Each number on the map denotes the local runner’s relay point. All times listed are approximate. Streets closed Monday, inset map, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. are Main, Dock, Green, Newman, Compromise, St. Mary’s, and Market Space.Olympic flame to light city streets‘Dream* event awaits runner(Continued from Page 1)“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing. You can be assured that this will never happen here again. I wouldn’t have passed it up,” he said.Also running is Ellery H. Clark, 75, whose father, Ellery H. Clark won two first-place silver medals for theUnited States at the first modern-day games held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. (Silver was the top medal at those games.)Clark, a writer and historian who lives-in Annapolis, still has the medals his father won in the long jump and high jump. He is being. sponsored by his daughter and he will also travel to see the games in Los Angeles.The Olympic torch left New York City May 8 and will cover 8,700 miles in 33 states and the District of Columbia before reaching Los Angeles July 28 to signal the opening of the games.ANNAPOUS ’84The run is being. sponsored by American Telephone Telegraph which has piit together a- cadre of 200 experienced runners to fill in where kilometers have not been sponsored locally.The 13 kilometers that were sponsored in Annapolis were more than in any other city of its size, with the Washington, D.C. sponsoring 10.Annapolis torch carriers listedThe runners in Monday’s Olympic torch relay through Annapolis were selected by the sponsor of each local kilometer or won a drawing held by the sponsor organization,Annapolis has a particular interest in the torch run as first-round Olympic soccer games will be played at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium July 29 to Aug. 3.In Annapolis, 13.: kilometers in the torch run were sponsored by individuals or groups that donated $3,000 to the YMCA of Anne Arundel County. While : 12 percent of each donation was earmarked for administrative costs, 88 percent; remains with the local Y — a total of $33,320 raised for youth sports programs.Mayor Richard Hillman, who had hoped to run a kilometer, will run after all, with the flame passed to him by Robin Woolford at the foot of Main Street. He will pass it on to Steve Dukkony after flame-lighting ceremonies at City Dock.The 13 Annapolis runners, in order of their route (see map), are:No. 1 — Denise Darling, Nation-al Association of Home Builders No. 2 — Neida Casper. Westing-houseNo. 3 — David O’Brien, Rotary ClubNo. 4 — Fred Jacoby, ARINC No. 5 — Paul Pearson, Historic Inns of Annapolis No. 6 — Edward Zeiik, Katcef Brothers No. 7 — Ellpry Clark, Victoria WaidnerNo. 8 - Robin Woolford, Elks Lodge No. S22 No. 9 — Steve Dukkony, Annapolis Travel Service No. l6 — Robert Cadwell, Atlantic Enterprises No. 11 — Richard Baseiano, anonymous No. 12 — Tom Geiz, Annapolis Hilton Inn No. 13 — Ben Moore, Coca-Cola Bottling
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Sat, May 12, 1984
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