Olympic torch approaches South Sound

OLYMPIAN STAFF, NEWS SERVICES

Originally published Tuesday, January 22, 2002

PORTLAND -- Former Oregon Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington will be one of the Olympic torchbearers today when it comes through Portland.

The torch relay also stops in South Sound on Wednesday on its way to Seattle.

Harrington, a Heisman Trophy finalist, is scheduled to take the torch at 6:15 p.m. at Northeast 16th Avenue and Multnomah in Portland.

The torch was scheduled to arrive in Klamath Falls, Ore., from Sparks, Nev., at 4:30 a.m. today.

The Oregon segment will conclude with a celebration ceremony at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Tuesday night. The flame, encased in a lantern, will spend the night in a Portland hotel before traveling north at 7 a.m. Wednesday, eventually passing through Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater.

In South Sound, a vehicle carrying the flame will travel along I-5, entering Tumwater's southern border at 10:30 a.m. The vehicle will then wind east on Airdustrial Way, north on Linderson Way and east on Israel Road.

The first of 52 local torchbearers will then grab the staff and flame and jog north on Capitol Boulevard.

The torch will enter Olympia along Capitol Boulevard at 11:10 a.m. Runners will make a short detour to the steps of the Capitol before continuing north along Capitol Way.

At about 11:40 a.m., runners will enter the Olympia Farmers Market. There, torchbearer Bryan Hoddle, one of 21 torchbearers who live in South Sound, will light an Olympic cauldron.

After the market celebration, runners will carry the flame east toward Lacey, which they will reach about 12:50 p.m. At about 1 p.m., torchbearers will stop at Lacey City Hall. A final torchbearer will light a cauldron, and the flame will travel via vehicle toward Tacoma.

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