CROWDS SHRINKING AT 9-11 MEMORIALS VICTIMS SALUTED AT SERVICES, PARK.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - There were fewer flags waving on doorsteps and smaller turnouts at memorial services this year, but tributes to those who perished three years ago went on as planned Saturday. About two dozen people attended a 9-11 memorial service at Temple Beth Ami, while 16 others were seated beneath tents at Richard Rioux Memorial Park in Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks three years earlier. ``This was the smallest turnout for our memorial service in the three years since the attacks,'' said Rabbi rabbi [Heb.,=my master; my teacher], the title of a Jewish spiritual leader. The role of the rabbi has undergone a number of transformations. In the Talmudic period, rabbis were primarily teachers and interpreters of the Torah. Marc Blazer of Temple Beth Ami. ``That day has receded back to history a little bit already. There are still a lot of suppressed emotions about this for a lot of people.'' Saturday marked the first time since the attacks that Sept. 11 fell on the Sabbath, so Blazer and the two dozen in attendance combined the traditional Saturday morning services with a poignant tribute to those who perished in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Ron Mechsner, a Stevenson Ranch resident who was invited to speak at the park service, said he was concerned by the noticeable decrease in observance on the third anniversary of the tragedy. ``I'm worried that it doesn't affect Americans as much as it should,'' said Mechsner, who worked not far from the World Trade Center until he moved to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, a year before the attacks. ``This was an act of war, an attack against our values. I don't want to forget it.'' Mechsner, a computer consultant, recalled December 2001, the first time he and his wife returned to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. after the attacks. ``My wife and I were walking down toward the World Trade Center,'' he said. ``You could still smell death three months later. There was a smell of sewage, and as we got closer it got much stronger. There's a huge scar now.'' Doug Newell, recreations supervisor at Richard Rioux Park, said he appreciated Mechsner sharing his memories of New York City because it gave those who think of the city as a faraway far·a·way adj. 1. Very distant; remote. 2. Abstracted; dreamy: a faraway look. faraway Adjective 1. very distant 2. place a stronger sense of how the tragedy united the citizens of New York. ``It's kind of hard for us here in California to understand what that city was going through then,'' Newell said. ``I'm proud to think that we're such a diversified country, but we can come together as a people.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) The Rev. Mike Valdez talks about the attacks to a small group at Richard Rioux Park. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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