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Photo by Chelise Simmons

At the Annual Volunteer Appreciation and Recogni- events earned her this award. For anyone who has
tion Celebration on Saturday, November 22, 2014, worked with Laura, you know she works hard and well
Friends of Red Rock Canyon honored the following and is always fun to work with. The next time you run
award recipients. into Laura, ask her how many cigarette butts she thinks
she’s picked up in her years cleaning up Red Rock
Carole and Canyon trails.
Don Schoengold
were inducted John Minardi has been a Friends member for three
into the 20-Year years and Frank Grace for only one year. But since

Club, a special 2013 they have led their team of 29 trained volunteers
member honor in doing 468 hours
established sev- Doyle Wayman, Carole and Don Schoen- of graffiti removal.
eral years ago. In Their leadership
gold and Chuck Williams
their twenty Photo by Jim Sudduth earned John and
years, they have Frank the Red
accumulated 1,578 lifetime hours at the Information Spring Award for
Desk, recruiting members and in planning and working the preservation
at volunteer celebrations. They are always warm, and protection of Chuck Williams, John Minardi and
Doyle Wayman
friendly and epitomize the “friends” part of our organi- some of Red Rock Photo by Chelise Simmons
zational name. Canyon’s most vis-
Nine-year ited areas like Red Spring, Lost Creek and Calico One.
Friends member Anyone who has worked on graffiti removal can tell

with over 500 you that it is very hard work, but also one of the most
lifetime hours, appreciated jobs in Red Rock Canyon. Graffiti “artists”
Laura Rader pick some of the most difficult places to get at to place
was honored their “work.” And you would be surprised at some of
with the Willow the strange messages the workers have had to remove.
Chuck Williams, Laura Rader and Doyle Spring Award.
Wayman Since this award My husband John and I were honored to win this
Photo by Chelise Simmons
is given to a year’s Grand Circle Award. We have been Friends
member who has contributed to the physical and aes- members for many years, but when I joined John in
thetic enjoyment of Red Rock Canyon, Laura’s many retirement six years ago, we now had the time to move
years of service to Canyon Clean-Up and other work on to a fun “job.” Whether feeding the torts, making

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