Never to be forgotten

2007-09-06 / Community

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers SUBSTANTIAL TRIBUTE- Mike and Vicki Melia sit in front of the memorial wall that was unveiled

n a ceremony last Saturday at Thousand Oaks High School. The wall honors their son,TOHS graduate Anthony Melia, a Marine lance corporal who was killed earlier this year in Iraq. The brick and granite wall, measuring 14 feet long and 5 feet high, supports small metal flags that spell out "Hero Zone." Names of other heroes from the school will also be engraved on the wall.

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