🌱 Sun City veteran recalls the tense hours after 9/11 on the border

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• Sun City veteran recalls the tense hours after 9/11 on the border

Also on today's calendar: For Anyone with Parkinson's Disease and 9 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘We became the United States': Sun City veterans remember 9/11 (yourvalley.net) — A Sun City veteran and Elks Lodge member shares his vivid memories of working as a port director on the U.S.–Mexico border when 9/11 unfolded, describing the sudden shutdown and tense vehicle inspections. His story offers local residents a personal perspective on how Arizonans far from New York responded, and how those chaotic days still shape his sense of duty and national unity.
   

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Tuesday September 8

• Girls Badminton
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  4:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  4:00 pm
• đ¸ Badminton @ Mesa
  Liberty High School 1630 E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204, USA
  4:00 pm
• đ Flag Football @ Sunrise Mountain (Pre-Season Scrimmage)
  Liberty High School 21200 N 83rd Ave, Peoria, AZ 85382, USA
  5:00 pm
• Flag Football- Varsity
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  5:00 pm
• đ Girls Volleyball @ Sunnyslope
  Liberty High School 35 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021, USA
  6:00 pm

Wednesday September 9

• Modified Wednesday- 12:20pm Release
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  7:15 am
• đ¸ Badminton vs. Casteel
  Liberty High School Liberty Practice Gym
  4:00 pm
• đ Girls Volleyball @ Highland
  Liberty High School 10045 E Madero Ave, Mesa, AZ 85209, USA
  6:00 pm
• FR/SO Football
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  6:00 pm

Thursday September 10

• Swim & Dive- Boys & Girls
  Peoria High School Peoria, AZ 85380
  4:00 pm

Friday September 18

• For Anyone with Parkinson's Disease →
  12:00 pm

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