NACA Wall of Heroes

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NACA announces the list of heroes to be honored at the dedication of the National Animal Control Association (NACA) Memorial Wall and Gardens, to be held Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the NACA Corporate Office in Olathe, Kansas (a suburb of Kansas City).

The NACA Memorial Wall and Gardens is a permanent display/tribute to remember and honor NACA members employed as animal control officers that have died in the line of duty. The wall will display the names of these fallen animal control officers. The gardens will serve as a backdrop for the wall providing a serene and private area to reflect on the loss of these fallen members and to honor their memory.

Wall of Heroes
Raymond Bland
Cletus "Rusty" Burch

Chadwick "Chad" Carr
Kathleen Coppolino
Brent Cornwell
Vernon Dove Jr.
Neal Duncan
Bobby Evans
Theresa Foss
Gina Gracio
James Greer Jr.
Bill Grijalva
Sherman Logan
Stephen Meinecke
Nathan Mitchell
William "Bill" Price
Jeanne Rinaldi
Phil Simard
James Vyers
Jon Whitmore

The event will start with an evening reception open house on Friday - September 30, 2011 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at the Crowne Plaza Kansas City - Overland Park, 12601 West 95th Street, Lenexa, Kansas. The dedication ceremony will be on Saturday - October 1, 2011 at 11:00 AM at the NACA Corporate Office, 101 N. Church Street, Olathe, Kansas. The dedication will include the ceremonial reading of the names.

Please mark your calendars and plan on attending the reception and dedication ceremony. Our hope is that animal control professionals representing all fifty states and those from other national organizations will be in attendance to honor our fallen animal control officers that have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Animal control officers provide professional animal protection and control services that are invaluable to communities across the nation. Please join the NACA Corporate Office and Board of Directors in honoring our fallen brothers/sisters and in recognizing the work that ACO's across the country do every day.

John Mays, Executive Director
National Animal Control Association
P.O. Box 480851
Kansas City, MO 64148
913-768-1319, ext. 6
naca@nacanet.org