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can that one be? Entry forms and information grammar, vocabulary and role-plays.
There are actually five types of handouts are available in the lobby Cultural Awareness topics are also in-
hummingbirds you might see at your of the Visitor Center. You may also corporated into the class, as language
feeder. To give you a start with iden- visit the BLM Las Vegas Office web- is just one aspect of communication.
tification, Anna’s Hummingbird is site at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/ The program will consist of a
resident. The male has a red throat and fo/lvfo.html and click on Red Rock 1 ½ - hour class held on Tuesday and
metallic green back, while the female Canyon Photo Contest 2007 for com- Thursday afternoons for 8 weeks. The
has a white throat with some red spots. plete information and contest rules. class will start on Thursday, September
The Broad-tailed Hummingbird male Please read the information carefully, 20, and end on Thurday, November 13,
has a metallic green back and crown as some requirements have changed at the Nevada State Museum. There
and the female has a white tipped tail. from previous years. will be a maximum of 25 participants
The male of the Black Chinned Hum- from all services, 6 of whom will be
mingbird has a black face and chin, but ¡Bienvenido Amigos! Friends volunteers.
while the tail of the male is dark, the Friends will reimburse the $80
tail of the female is white-tipped. cost of the classes for FORRC volun-
A good book can help with iden- n order to better fulfill our mission teers upon their receiving a Certificate
as well as serve the needs of our
tification, but so, too, can one of our Igrowing local population, Friends of Completion by the provider that
own Ranger Jim Cribbs’ Ornithology verifies a 75% attendance record for
Training Courses or joining the Red is providing a Spanish Language the training. The cost of the textbook
Rock Audubon Society. q course for active volunteers engaged will not be reimbursed.
in dealing with the public. Volunteers Please contact Vicki Sudduth
who serve at the Information Desk, at vsudduth@forrc.org (702-515-
assist with environmental education, 5360) or Pat Williams at pewill@

Annual Red Rock interpretation programs, outreach cox.net (702-515-5366) to obtain a
programs and other activities would
Photo Contest especially benefit from the course. registration application.
The course will be open to various
he Annual Red Rock Canyon federal and county employees (BLM, Campground
Photo Contest will be held NDOW, Natural History Museum,
Tat the Lloyd D. George U.S. etc.), as well. he new camping season began
Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. Our changing demographics in Las at Red Rock on August 31st. I
South again this year. Photos will be Vegas make this program essential to Twould like to take this oppor-
accepted at the Courthouse on Friday, educating all of our residents in the tunity to introduce our two new Camp
October 5 and Saturday, October 6, need to protect and preserve Red Rock Host couples, Mike and Shirley De-
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Winners will be noti- Censo, and Dennis and Lou Edwards.
Canyon. It is important to involve new The DeCenso’s will be staying with us
user groups in taking ownership of the for the entire season and the Edwards’
Canyon in a way that addresses their will be with us until the end of the year.
culture. The program will also help us If you get a chance, please stop by and
to better serve their needs as they visit say ‘Hello’. —Barb Jorgensen
the Canyon.
The class will use the Spanish
for Gringos text ($10.95) by William
fied by phone or by mail no later than C. Harvey and will be conducted by
mid-October. The fifteen main winners Language Training Solutions, Inc. in
may have their photos displayed at cooperation with the University of
the Red Rock Visitor Center, if space Nevada, Las Vegas/Public Lands Insti-
is available. All other photos must tute. The course focuses on workplace
be retrieved from the Courthouse oral communication skills, dialogues
on Friday, December 7 or Saturday, and scenarios. A basic outline is used
December 8, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. with topics such as phonetics, basic News and Notes, continued on page 7

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