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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Cave Creek re�lects on 2020 �ires BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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t’s been two years since major brush fires tore through Cave Creek in May 2020 and town officials are reflecting on what they learned, how the town has grown and the steps it continues to take toward fire safety. The East Desert and Ocotillo fires burned more than 2,700 acres, impacting several structures. Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their homes. According to reports from Maricopa County, the Ocotillo fire alone caused $1.2 million in dam-
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Daisy Mountain Fire & Medical Fire Chief Brian Tobin at the opening of the new Cave Creek Fire Station No. 1/Daisy Mountain Fire Station No. 147. (David Minton/Staff)
Museum to remember Unknown Soldier BY ANDREW CROWLEY Foothills Focus Contributing Writer
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he Cave Creek Museum will host “The Unknown Soldier Story” Saturday, May 21, with a presentation about the history and meaning behind the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Cave Creek Museum Administrator Jo Ann Stuckey said the program is a good fit for the museum because of its proximity to the National Ceremony of Arizona as well as Valley veterans. She added she
felt it was important to recognize those who died for the country. “It just gives me the goosebumps to even think about it,” Stuckey said. “It’s just so meaningful when you think of young men going off to war knowing that they may not come back, not many people can do that. It’s just very moving to me.” The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located at Arlington National Cemetery, serves as a memorial to members of the military whose remains cannot be iden-
tified. It was established in 1921 and initially housed the remains of a U.S. soldier killed during the first World War. In 1921, the remains of four unidentified members of the U.S. military were exhumed from cemeteries in France. Sgt. Edward Younger, a veteran of the conflict who received the Distinguished Service Cross, was charged with selecting the unknown soldier would be interred at Arlington. Younger was presented with
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