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Saturday, February 21, 2015 is the date for the next
meeting of the Book Nook. Join Janis Kadlec in dis-
By
cussing “Love Lessons from the Old West: Wisdom

from Wild Women” by Chris Enss. These women
who helped shape the West include Calamity Jane,

Emma Waters (and her romance with Bat Masterson),
Agnes Lake Hickock (Wild Bill’s wife) and many

more. The book is available in the Elements Gift Shop
in the Visitor Center; 25% discount for FORRC mem-

bers and 10% off for all other Book Nook participants.
By Sharon Schaaf
Call 702-515-5367 to reserve your spot.

Volunteers Rock (continued from page 9) equipment as well as items from Elements Gift and

accepted for his Book Store. Many thanks
group. Annual passes to the donors: REI,
for 40 or more volun- RRCIA Elements Gift
teer hours during the and Book Store, Tangles
past year and Ameri- and Posare salons, Egg
ca the Beautiful pass- Works, Lee Minardi, Jan
es for cumulative Valentino, board mem-
“Take a Hike” Basket created
250 volunteer hours by Lee Minardi bers, committee chairs
Mark Spencer and Josh Travers pre-
senting Annual Passes were presented. Photo by Roger Kolar and Susie Punjav.
Photo by Jim Sudduth
The last recogni- Jan Valentino, Lee Minardi and Nancy Knapp did a
tion was the presentation of the Awards for Special beautiful job in arranging and displaying the prizes.
Achievements: Willow Spring, Red Spring, Grand
Circle, Best Friend and Sus- President
taining Partner Awards. Recip- Williams
ients are selected based on an thanked the
internal nomination and voting 110 attendees
process. I was the emcee and for coming to
the awards were presented by the event. It
Chuck Williams, President, was great to

and Doyle Wayman, Vice see so many
President. Awardees are fea- volunteers The Raffle Queens: Lee Minardi, Nancy
Knapp and Jan Valentino.
tured in Sharon Schaaf’s col- and, in some Photo by Chelise Simmons
umn, “And The Winners Are.” Joe Labie cases, put
The finale of the celebration Photo by Chelise Simmons names to faces. He also thanked Bonnie Springs for
their hospitality and help to make the event successful.
was the raffle. There were 28

raffle prizes including dining and home improvement Don’t forget: What happened at Bonnie Springs
gift cards, wine baskets, auto care products, personal stays at Bonnie Springs.
care gift certificates, original pieces of art, outdoor

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