Bob Walter: Veterans memorial to be heart of Fair Oaks Promenade

By Bob Walter - bwalter@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 17, 2008 Story appeared in CITRUS HEIGHTS ORANGEVALE section, Page G1 Honoring Fair Oaks vets: Safeway may be the anchor of the long, long-awaited Fair Oaks Promenade shopping center at Hazel and Madison, but the Fair Oaks Veterans Memorial will be the heart. Well, that and the giant chrome rooster. More on the bird below. It's easy to forget that developer Paul Petrovich included a memorial plaza in his first plans for the center. That's because it was a dozen years ago – before 9/11 and the latest war in Iraq. Paul hopes to dedicate the Fair Oaks memorial on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, a couple of weeks after Safeway opens. The centerpiece of the plaza will be three granite columns with water spilling down. The center column also will have a flame that will... [read full story]