Area residents invited to join Temecula’s September 11th Remembrance
TEMECULA ─ As the 17th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks approaches, City of Temecula is inviting all area residents to join them as they remember and honor those we have lost.
LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES:
RIVERSIDE: Wrong-way DUI driver kills mother and daughter in head-on crash
PD man arrested after sexually battering two girls at Walmart
The ceremony will be held at the Temecula Duck Pond, on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez Roads, in Temecula, Tuesday, Sept. 11. The remembrance is scheduled to begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
City leaders will be on hand to recount the events of that day, and all guests are invited to leave a message in the City’s Keepsake Journal and to take a quiet moment of reflection.
Refreshments and light music will follow the ceremony.
For more information, contact the Community Services Department at (951) 694-6480.
Contact the writer: [email protected]
Trevor Montgomery, 47, recently moved to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and The Mountain Echo in Shasta County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 14 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.