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Show ti li H ' i li 'ni: , ..! - flA ; fv, , ' . V 'i ' u ft, -,, ft , jcm ; Rl'jj.. 'I.bijIj:. ' '.', ; ! T la ' -j ' - I . - ' ' " ""it ' i tt ' " . . .-srv . "' . ": ""',. , , ' ? " 2" - " Z"-" - " -s.v ' - . . ' ' -." 5 ( - ' - t ' . v - te '" - r- ,., . z - S 1 K , , . Among those taking the opportunity over the weekend to pay their respects and commemorate the loss of victims of the 911 tragedy by visiting the "United In Memory" quilt display in Panguitch, were Hobart Feltner of Cannonville, PANGUITCH - Garfield County residents and surrounding surround-ing communities were privi- Ieged to be able to include a display dis-play of the "United In Memory" 9-11 Victims Memorial Quilt as part of Uieir Sixth Annual Quilt ';ilk Festival lliis mondi. For three days, June 12-15, participants partici-pants were able to somberly stroll through panel after panel commemorating each life lost in diat significant and tragic event. Some never expected to cry or get emotionally involved, but the enormity of die quilt itself, took ones breadi away. Much of the credit for securing secur-ing diis enormous project right in our own backyard, goes to Eldon and Barbara "Bobbi" Allison owners of Color Country Motel in Panguitch. The Allison's visited with Eldon' s deceased brother Darrel's son and wife, Dennis "Denny" and Carol Allison in Cerritos, Calif, several mondis ago. Litde did they know at die time, diat niece, Carol Allison was die driving force behind die making of that quilt. The Dennis Allisons underwrote the expenses of bringing die quilt to Panguitch tliis week and Denny Allison was accompanied also by his mother, El ynor Allison of Buena Park. Work on the quilt started in early May 2002, led by a core of women volunteers, experienced quilters in dicir own right, headed head-ed by Allison. These women referred to diemselves as die "Red Apron A-Team," die "red apron" referring to the red aprons which diey wore widi the W'ords "Linked In Memory 9-11 Quilt" emblazoned on die front. Then from June 1, 2002 and ever)' Saturday diereafter, the United hi Memory Quilt workshop work-shop became die main event inside die foyer of die Long Beach World Trade Center. Hundreds of volunteers from the Long Beach area and neighboring neighbor-ing beach cities and as far south as San Diego and as far nordi as Bakersfield quilted passionately. passionate-ly. Remarkably, volunteers from odier stales also joined in the quilt workshops. Developers of the ' Quilt Project United in Memory Victims Memorial Quilt Project was created cre-ated by freelance graphic artist Corey Gammel and Peter Marquez, an operations manager manag-er for a moving and storage company, both out of Long Beach, Calif. They developed die quilt project while working to complete com-plete their initial Banner Project, which also conimeino- who takes an historic photo of LaVera Moss, also of Cannonville. Those visiting the huge panels on display at the Triple C Arena were visibly moved by the lives represented repre-sented in each panel. 911 "United In Memory" Quilt Display Has Local Tie, . rated that same event. The Banner Project According to dieir website, the week following the attack, Gammel and Marquez wanted to do something that would allow odiers the opportunity to express their feelings about what had happened. So they made a banner. Not some wimpy token, but a massive 18' x 40' USA - UNITED WrE STAND. After working two days to construct the tribute, diey set out taking it around to different locations for people to sign and express dieir sights. One of the first was die Long Beach Fire Station and then it was laid out in front of the police and fire fighters memorial near city hall. Many different fund raisers were held for the 9-11 victims and die banner traveled to each ' location, garnering some 5,000 signatures before it was packed up and headed for New York. JetBlue Airways was generous gener-ous in sponsoring airfare for the banner and it's two creators. Once in New York, die Loews Metropolitan Hotel also donated their room for the weekend. They spent hours trying to talk to the proper people and locate the perfect sight to affix die banner. ban-ner. As they traveled around Ground Zero, taking in the awful burnt smell that hovered in die area and looking upon perhaps the worst sight they had ever experienced, it hit them that more needed to be done. And it was obvious they weren't going to be able to hang dieir banner as all the buildings for blocks were being covered with tarps. They revamped dieir plans and the following morning diey headed to NBC studios where the Today Show tapes and were able to meet personally with anchors Matt Lauer and Katie and weadierman Al Roaker. They decided to leave die banner hanging on the side of the hotel that donated dieir room. The Loews Metrolpoli tan is direcdy across from Engine 8 Ladder 2 Fire Station. That particular par-ticular station had lost everyone in die tragedy. The guys there were truly blessed by die over 5,000 messages scrawled on that banner from residents of Soudiern California. United In Memory Quilt Gammel and Marquez noted , that the events of Sept. 11 had caused the nation to grieve unlike never before. That entire weekend in New York stayed on their minds and the needs of a grieving nation seemed still to call out for uniting and healing. Corey envisioned making a quilt similar to the world-famous world-famous AIDS Quilt. Thus was borne the United In Memory 9-11 9-11 Victims Memorial Quilt project proj-ect that would serve as a lasting ui m.imnPwwwuuuwiHKum . .i.uiuo.. ...urn fm W' . n iiihwui pi w um ' C3 ' , Wep the U I M 9 -1 1 ' , 'V, Kr"' Memorial Quilt 1 -' 77T-; Continue to travel. ; V ' i" J.!, jtJ , , W " so. v oh iloiwlums ' f f TTT' Tee-Shirts $10 .- . iNSS-. ' ' I. i 11: L: Excited about the turnout in Panguitch to view the "United In Memory Quilt" on display dis-play at the Triple C Arena, were staff persons per-sons Daniel Ornelas and Keith Fredrickson, along with quilt creators Peter Marquez and Corey Gammel, all of tribute to all those who perished on 9-11. The pair took the time to develop a project, they felt, would bring healing to the nation's wounded spirit. By taking the time to create and dedicate a square to a victim of 9-11, they were hoping people peo-ple would come to know that victim as a person and be healed by his or her remembrance. The quilt consisted of individual indi-vidual panels measuring 10-12' Long Beach, Calif., flanked by Quilt Walk volunteer Charlotte Clark of Panguitch. The unique 15,000 square foot work of art was on display as a highlight of the Sixth Annual Quilt Walk Festival held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 12-14. Quilt Display Has Local Tie From Front Page by 10-12', widi each panel consisting con-sisting of 25 blocks and each . block measuring 18" by 18" and dedicated to each and every victim vic-tim of the World Trade Center Towers 1 &2, the Pentagon, and the passengers and crew members mem-bers of American Airlines Flights 11 and 77, and United Airlines Flights 95 and 175. Work on the quilt started in May 2002 Through the website they were hoping people would post messages and become a community com-munity of friends, urn ted in the memory of a person they were making a square for and invited the nation to participate. More information can be gleaned from the website www.unitedin-memory.net. |
