American Legion

Carol Brown, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132, holds a bouquet of paper poppies that she later distributed at the Oro Valley Farmers Market. The poppies are exchanged for donations to help local veterans.

Carol Brown, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132, holds a bouquet of paper poppies that she is going to hand out on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at the Oro Valley Farmers Market, 10901 N. Oracle Rd., in Oro Valley, Ariz. The American Legion was at the farmers market to handout poppies for donations to help local area veterans.

 Ryan Revock / for the Arizona Daily Star

You can help Oro Valley shape a new veterans and first responders memorial at Naranja Park, 660 W. Naranja Drive.

You can vote online at https://auth.orovalleyaz.gov/living-memorial-concepts-survey until Aug. 24.

Landscape architecture firm Norris Design donated time to design two options.

Both include shaded amphitheater seating, desert landscaping, flagpoles, engraved pavers or plaques, and parking.

Option One is a set of five pentagon shapes, each representing a branch of the armed services, arranged around a star-shaped plaza representing first responders.

Option Two is a circle formed by six wedge shapes, each representing a branch of the armed services and first responders.

The Oro Valley Town Council is expected to approve the design favored by the public next month. A town task force would raise money for construction.

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