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“Flight of Healing” Sculpture at Las Vegas Community Storytelling Garden

Author Aimee Thomas
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 01: Attendees look at a remembrance wall at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden on October 1, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The healing garden was created in the wake of the massacre on October 1, 2017, when Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring more than 800 in the deadliest mass shooting event in U.S. history. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

It has been five years since the 2017 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting in Las Vegas. Survivors here in Las Vegas, and in other parts of the country are still trying to cope and fight through the lasting traumas caused by that horrific night.

Ahead of the anniversary of that night, “Flight of Healing,” a 10-foot-tall stainless-steel sculpture, created by two local residents and survivors of the October, 1st mass shooting, Sue Ann Cornwell and Alicia Mierke, will be unveiled tomorrow, September. 29th by Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman.

Sue Ann and Alicia, have served on the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden Committee since its inception, working to care for and tend the garden as volunteers. Our community finds so much hope and healing in the Healing Garden and they frequently about how much they appreciate all of those that keep it sacred and beautiful.

The sculpture is located in the Las Vegas Storytelling Garden, north of the Las Vegas Healing Garden, which was created in the days after the shooting as a place to honor the memory of those who lost their lives that night and for survivors to try to go for some peace and healing of their own.

“The butterflies represent healing and a guiding light, and in particular, the Monarch butterfly was chosen to symbolize a guardian angel.”

The project, a collaboration of the City of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, was funded through the Mayor’s Fund for Las Vegas LIFE. To learn more about the Mayor’s Fund or make a donation, you can do so here.

Join the unveiling and show your support for our healing community tomorrow Thursday, September 29th at 10:00am at the Las Vegas Storytelling Garden, 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd.

 

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Aimee Thomas is the morning show co-host of Aimee + Shawn on 102.7 VGS. She has been VGS since the birth of the station in 2022 and has been with Beasley Media Group for nine years doing mornings at various stations in the cluster. Before working in radio Aimee was a bartender at a local restaurant in Las Vegas when a local radio veteran thought she would be perfect in radio because of her crazy stories, knowledge of pop culture, and contagious laugh. Aimee loves writing about new recipes she creates in her kitchen, her favorite artists and actors, and being a mom of two boys.

Scenes From The Las Vegas Aces Parade (PICTURES)

You’ll never forget your first.

The Las Vegas Aces won game 4 in the WNBA Finals on Sunday night in Connecticut, taking with them the WNBA Championship and Las Vegas‘ very first major league sports title. With the honor, comes the party! A short parade followed by a massive party in front of the Bellagio fountains.

Fans were rushing from (or playing hooky from) work to make it in time for the event, flocking to the area mostly from the Caesars Palace parking lot. In front of Caesars, a staging area for the parade with Raiderettes, classic cars, members of the Boys & Girls Club and Broadway In The Hood gearing up to take the route. Then, a horn was blasting out of nowhere. Travelling north on Las Vegas Boulevard, a chartered bus with the Las Vegas Aces was barreling down the street! The parade was coming soon!

Aces staff went up and down the parade route handing out signs, pom-poms, rally towels and more.

At 5:30 sharp, the parade began. Down the street came community members holding “CHAMPS” in balloon lettering. Motorcycle cops and the Nevada State Police‘s “Aces” cruisers, local community organizations and more.

Then, the “Big Bus” double-decker buses rolled through. A’ja Wilson, like Rose in Titanic planted at the front of the first bus with the WNBA Championship in her hand and a grin you couldn’t wipe off if you tried. Aces owner Mark Davis standing close by, almost undetectable wearing a hat. Finals MVP Chelsea Gray holding her MVP trophy precariously off the side of the bus.

They headed towards the stage in front of the Bellagio with thousands in attendance awaiting them. So many that they actually closed the other side of Las Vegas Boulevard – something officials weren’t expecting to do.

The famed Las Vegas Strip, playground to tourists from around the world, was for one rare moment taken over by locals. Local organizations, local fans, our local team. It was a special day! Congrats Aces! Here’s to next year!

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