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Quartzsite, Arizona NEW ONLINE CALENDAR www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com September 7, 2016 www.DesertMessenger.com 13 Hero's Area dedication planned Sept. 11th Desert Messenger MyQuartzsite.com ONLINE La Paz Regional Hospital & Clinics La Paz Medical Services Quartzsite Imaging 928-927-8747 928-927-5067 Located at 150 E. Tyson Rd. in Quartzsite Cardiology - Fadi Atassi, M.D. Ear, Nose,Throat - Devin Cunning, M.D. General/Vascular - Abedon Saiz, M.D. Surgery Oncology - Paul O'Neill Orthopedics - Steven Anderson, D.O. John Lankenau, M.D. Theron Tilgner, D.O. Rheumatology/ - Summer Tilgner, D.N.P. Orthopedic *All numbers are (928) area code 669-5482 854-5368 453-2900 854-4497 854-3333 453-2211 854-3333 854-7666 La Paz Regional Specialty Clinic 1200 West Mohave Rd., Parker, AZ 85344 www.lapazhospital.org Check our website for the up-to-date Specialty Clinic Calendar Podiatrist Dr. Zarkou & Cardiologist Dr. Askari make regularly scheduled visits to La Paz Medical Services $ 350.00 per denture when purchasing an upper and lower Dental Laboratory Service, LLC Call: 623-444-4013 Goodyear, AZ http://www.DLSAZ.com FREE CONSULTATIONS Same Day Dentures and Custom Premium Partials and Dentures • US Military Trained with 30 plus Years Experience • 1000's of Satisfied Customers • Extractions & Implants by Licensed AZ Dentist DENTURES Read Desert MESSENGER E-edition online @ www.MyQuartzsite.com By Joanne Winer Everyone is invited to come out to Celia's Rain- bow Gardens in the Town Park on Sept. 11 to dedi- cate the bells that were hung in the archway in the new Hero's Area in the Gardens. This area is to honor the first responders and remember the sacri- fices some of them gave, not only at Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City, or in the Pentagon, but also every other first responder who puts their lives on the line every day for our community. This includes the Fire Dept., Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Military, and other groups who work in dangerous situations (wildfires, disasters etc.) The Hero's area will have a rock garden planted with cacti and bushes in the center under the archway where the bells are hung, with a patio around it for a walk- way. Along the walkway will be several displays honoring these dif- ferent groups, including a special 9-11 display and another one re- membering the Yarnell 19 Hotshots who died over 2 years ago fighting a wildfire there. The outside area of the displays will have benches and landscaping added. The Parks and Recreation Dept. and Celia's Rainbow Gardens is sponsoring this dedication, and there will be chairs set up in a grav- eled area near where the displays will be going in. You will be able to park in the flat area where the fire- fighters usually set off the fireworks to the left down the little path just after the entrance to the Gardens. There will be several people speak- ing at the ceremony, and refresh- ments will be served following. Operation Hero Comfort will also have a display set up so everyone can see what they do for the troops. This area of Celia's Rainbow Gardens has been planned for many years, but we did not have any volunteers who could help get it together as it should have been so it was put on hold until now. Thanks to the Park Board's support and the Town Parks and Recre- ation. and Public Works employees who gave so many hours of work to get this project started, we now have the archway in place and the bells have been hung. They also spread some gravel to make it look nice. A special thanks to Tom Thomas and Dana Anderson for all the work they did to get this ready for this dedication!! We are hoping that the differ- ent groups that are being honored here will be interested in helping with the design of the displays and if they have time, can do some of the work on them. Most of them can be put together in an after- noon, sometimes longer depending on how many people can work on them. We also need volunteers to help with the landscaping after the displays are in place. We want this area to be very special and hope to have gatherings there several times a year to remember these Heroes and what they do for us. Please come out and show your support and respect for those who do all they can for us and sometimes have given their lives to help us. They should never be taken for granted nor forgotten. The dedication is on Sunday, September 11th at 6pm.

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