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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Young hiker dies, 5 others rescued from heat exhaustion BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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ne hiker, identified as 32-year old Evan Dishion, died and five others were rescued from the Spur Cross Trail after suffering heat exhaustion Monday, Sept. 5. According to the Scottsdale Fire Department, who joined the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Daisy Mountain and Phoenix Fire in the rescue, the hikers “had run out of water and had gotten lost on the trails.” MCSO spokesperson Calbert Gillett said deputies responded to a call about hikers
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One hiker died and five others were rescued after running out of water and getting lost on the Spur Cross Trail Monday, Sept. 5. (Scottsdale Fire Department/Submitted)
American Legion Post 34 to honor POW/MIA Recognition Day BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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aces of Freedom, American Legion Post 34’s theme for its 75th anniversary, will host a special evening event to pay homage to National POW/ MIA Recognition Day at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. In the United States, the third Friday in September honors POWs and MIAs. Each year since 1989, a presidential proclamation brings the nation togeth-
er to pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by the military men and women who are imprisoned or unaccounted for as a result of their military service. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, “The Defense Department remembers and honors those Americans who were prisoners of war and those who served and never returned home. DOD’s POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues the search for the missing, fulfilling the nation’s promise to leave no service member behind.”
In the presidential proclamation of last year’s POW/MIA Recognition Day, all Americans were encouraged to take a moment to remember and honor these individuals. “On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we remember the debt we owe to them and to their families,” the proclamation said. “We pay tribute to our former prisoners of war and recommit to the difficult
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