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Coming up - Saturday, September 16
Each fall Friends of Red Rock Canyon holds an Annual Meeting/Election for our members.
This is your opportunity to ask questions, discover what we’re doing and to vote for both
the annual operating budget as well as to elect the governing body. This year’s Annual
Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 16, at the Bonnie Springs Old Town Saloon.
The official meeting notice and response instructions are included with the magazine.

New faces that you’ll be seeing
In memoriam
Glenda Bona is our new program manager for the Southern
Nevada Milkweed Project. She started her new position in
mid July so be sure to watch for her at the Rock.
Another welcoming face you’ll see is Veronica “Ronni”
Tomlinson. Ronni joined the Friends staff as Office Assistant
and she will be working with our volunteers, committees and
board members.

Last but not least, Janina Little is the newest addition to the
Southern Nevada Conservancy naturalists.
Longtime Friends member,
Glenda has a passion for plants and hands-on expe- Barbara Wolin, passed away on
rience as the Chair of the Herb Committee for Master Monday, July 3, 2017. Barbara
Gardeners of Southern Nevada. Under her leadership, contributed in so many ways to
the Herb Committee has designed, planted and now the Friends organization including
maintains beautiful garden areas in the Clark County serving as a board member and
Cooperative Extension Botanical Gardens. Since training new (and inexperienced)
‘transplanting’ from California 6 years ago, she has incoming board and committee
served as Executive Director for Open Doors Com- members.
munity Services and worked for Clark County as an
educator for the Parenting Project. She was also the “voice” of
Friends of Red Rock Canyon
Ronni joined the Friends of Red Rock Canyon through her role as editor of
team on July 18. She comes with many years of the monthly newsletter, The
experience managing various programs, coordinat- Desert Trumpet. Barbara worked
ing events, working with Boards of Directors and tirelessly on this project from
Executives and leading hikes in Red Rock Canyon. 1994 through 2010. Friends de-
When Ronni is not working, she spends her free time cided that we couldn’t replicate
hiking, volunteering at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission a monthly newsletter without
and planning Meetup events. Please feel free to stop her and we started the quarterly
by and say hello to Ronni in the FORRC office. publication, the Rock.

She and her husband, Norman,
were responsible for so many or-
Janina is the newest Interpretive Naturalist with ganizational successes that we now
the Southern Nevada Conservancy. Janina joins Ja- take for granted.
nis Kadlec, Cody Dix, Margie Klein and Bob Pelo-
quin in their quest to educate all of our guests on Thank you Barbara.
the mysteries and wonders of the Mojave Desert.
Please know that your light
shines on at Red Rock Canyon.

Summer 2017