{"id":501,"date":"2011-11-08T02:29:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T02:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azlro.org\/5\/2011\/11\/08\/in-memoriam\/"},"modified":"2011-11-08T02:29:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T02:29:32","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azlro.org\/5\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Dave Caouette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Land Rover Mission Viejo Wheels Events is organizing a memorial run for one of Land Rover&#8217;s Best Friends, Dave Caouette, who was murdered in a parking lot on Wed. Oct. 12th 2011. <\/p>\n<p \/>  <center><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azlro.org\/5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/images_v3_2011_daveCaouette.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"180\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azlro.org\/5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/images_v3_2011_daveCaouette.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.azlro.org\/5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/images_v3_2011_daveCaouette-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p \/> <B><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/memorial\/signup\/signup.php\">REGISTER FOR THE MEMORIAL RUN<\/a><P \/><\/center><\/B>  The Orange County, California community suffered a tremendous loss when eight people were murdered in the senseless tragedy at the Salon Meritage in Seal Beach on October 12, 2011. Among them, Land Rover Mission Viejo&#8217;s dear friend and lead guide, Dave Caouette, was fatally shot while sitting in his 2003 Land Rover Discovery on his way to his favorite restaurant, Patty\u2019s Place. <\/p>\n<p \/> Dave spent many hours and days off road in his Discovery scouting trails for that perfect trip. One of his best friends, Darrin Simmons, who&#8217;s organizing the memorial run, was co-pilot for Dave for many years, when Dave&#8217;s wife was not in the seat next to him.  <\/p>\n<p \/> Dave was Trail Master and Lead Guide on Off-Road events at Land Rover Mission Viejo, which sometimes included up to 30 vehicles. He was always relied upon to get the groups into and out of the back country without getting lost. Though he has not worked for Land Rover Mission Viejo for many years, he continued to be the Trail Master. <\/p>\n<p \/> It just will never be the same without him. <\/p>\n<p \/> <B>Announcing   &#8220;The Friends of Dave Caouette Off-Road Memorial Run&#8221;<BR \/>  Sat. Dec. 3rd 2011 Big Bear, Ca.<br \/> Pre registration required at:<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\">www.wheelsevents.com<\/a><br \/> all 4&#215;4 vehicles are welcome.<\/p>\n<p \/> <center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/memorial\/signup\/signup.php\">REGISTER FOR THE MEMORIAL RUN<\/a><P \/><\/center> <\/B> <\/p>\n<p \/> &#8211; About Dave: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/dave.html\">http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/dave.html<\/a><br \/> &#8211; Photos of Dave on the trail: <A href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/davephotos\/davephotos.html\" \/>http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/davephotos\/davephotos.html<\/a><br \/> &#8211; Photos from the Seal Beach Memorial: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/sbmemorial\/sbmemorial.html\">http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/sbmemorial\/sbmemorial.html<\/a><br \/> &#8211; Leave your condolences here:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/condolences\/condolences.html\">http:\/\/www.wheelsevents.com\/dave\/condolences\/condolences.html<\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/>  <B \/>In Lieu of flowers, please make checks payable to:<br \/> Dave Caouette Memorial Fund<br \/> C\/O Long Beach Police Officers Association<br \/> 2865 Temple Avenue<br \/> Signal Hill, California 90755-2212<br \/><\/b> <\/p>\n<p \/> 100% of funds collected by LBPOA will directly help Dave\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<p \/>  Please contact Darrin Simmons with any questions at: <a href=\"mailto:socalrover@hotmail.com\">socalrover@hotmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p \/> <b>AZLRO Members planning to attend &#8211; organize travel arrangements with our club members via our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azlro.org\/events-main-menu\/details\/740-the-friends-of-dave-caouette-off-road-memorial-run\">events page<\/a>.<\/b> {jcomments on}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Land Rover Mission Viejo Wheels Events is organizing a memorial run for one of Land Rover&#8217;s Best Friends, Dave Caouette, who was murdered in a parking lot on Wed. 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