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Olympic torches going to high schools
Aim is to keep Games memory alive in Utah
By Lisa Riley Roche
Deseret News staff writer
An Olympic torch will be donated to every high school in the state to help Utah students rekindle their memories of the 2002 Winter Games, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee has decided.
"They'll be able to see it every day when they go to school," SLOC President Fraser Bullock said Friday. "It's a continual reminder of the Games . . . and perhaps a little bit of inspiration for each of them."
Bullock said organizers still have about 250 of the icicle-shaped, glass-topped metal torches left following the nationwide relay that began last December to bring a flame lit in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, to Utah.
That flame, carried more than 13,500 miles by more than 11,500 people, was used to ignite a caldron in the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium during the opening ceremonies of the Games on Feb. 8. It was extinguished during the closing ceremonies on Feb. 24.
SLOC has been busy in recent weeks giving away torches to local, state and national leaders to thank them for helping with the Games. Bullock said organizers still have plans to hand out torches to a few more officials in Washington, D.C.
Also, he said, SLOC wants to set aside a few torches to replace those that are broken. Because of the unique glass top on the torches, some of those given away as Games mementos have broken.
The idea to distribute torches to Utah schools came from Ken Bullock, the executive director of the Utah League of Cities and Towns and a member of the SLOC Management Committee.
"We think the idea is appropriate," Fraser Bullock said, citing the Organizing Committee's efforts to involve students in the Games, including through the distribution of thousands of free tickets.
Distribution of the torches is set to begin next week, although organizers are still trying to put together a photo display that will accompany the torch and glass wall-mount. There are 130 public high schools in Utah.
E-MAIL: lisa@desnews.com
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May 17, 2002
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