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Source: Ventura County Star

Simi Valley, police to hold 9/11 observance

The city of Simi Valley and its Police Department will host a ceremony observing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Monday.

"We wanted to recognize the fifth-year anniversary of the attacks," said Lt. John McGinty, who is working with the city to plan the observance of the attacks. Patriot Day also will be observed.

This will be the first time Simi Valley will hold such a ceremony at the police station, 3901 Alamo St. It will start at 8:30 a.m. Free parking is available.

The ceremony will include remarks by Mayor Paul Miller and Assemblywoman Audra Strickland, R-Moorpark. At 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the World Trade Center, the Police Department's color guard will lower the flag to half-staff. A moment of silence will be observed for those who perished, their families and the efforts of fire and police personnel and citizens who came together in the aftermath of the attacks.

Simi Valley Freedom Walk to Thank Troops
By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2006 – Simi Valley, Calif. -- home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library -- is planning a Freedom Walk to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and to show the community’s support for the nation’s servicemembers.

“Simi Valley is a very patriotic city,” said Debbie Gregory, one of the event’s planners. “We respect our troops, and we want to show our support, and what a wonderful way to be able to do it.”

Gregory is president of Military Connection, an Internet-based resource of information for servicemembers and their families, and a member of the Defense Department’s America Supports You program. Military Connection and the Reagan Library are co-hosting the nearly two-mile walk that will take place Sept. 11 at 5 p.m., Gregory said.