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bles and meats. Digestion in all mam-  hiked on earlier launched components.   Marianne Slagle, Peppe Sotomayer,

        mals is driven by fermentation through  Microbes were the first living organisms    Vicki Sudduth,

        the  enzymes  that  beneficial  bacteria  on the Moon, too. They arrived with the   Lorrie Vavak, and Norman Wolin.
        produce  in  the  gut.  Microbes  are  also  Surveyor 3 probe, long before Neil Arm-
        used as a medium in which to produce  strong made that famous step. If they can   2000 Lifetime Hrs - Silver:
        many of the antibiotics and other drugs  live there, surely they               Jerry Barrett, Ray Stafford,
        we use.                              can live anywhere.                              Willie Stephenich,
            Perhaps  the  mightiest  and  most   These  mighty                           Dan Wray, and Vera Wray.
        admirable  achievement  of  our  little  microbes we love to
        pals  has  been  their  ability  to  survive  hate  were  the  first         2500 Lifetime Hrs–Gold:

        and  thrive  in  the  vacuum  of  space.  living  organisms  on              Martha Burke, Jeff Geier, GraceSayles
        They greeted the first astronauts on the  earth. It’s a good bet

        International Space Station, having hitch-  they will be the last.           3000 Lifetime Hrs–Secretary’s Award:
                                                                                     “Cactus Jack” Ryan,*  Carol Snyder


        Fly’n High by Pat Williams                                                    4000 Lifetime Hours – Presidential:
                                                                                            Barbara Wolin
               he Annual Volunteer Awards and Appreciation Banquet, held at the Nellis

               Air Force Base Officer’s Club on December 1, was a celebration of the   Juan  Palma,  Lisa  Christianson,
        Tremarkable achievements of the Friends of Red Rock Canyon members.       Kate Sorom and Kathy August presented
        71,500 Volunteer Lifetime Volunteer Hours were contributed by the 82 volunteers   all award recipients with recognition gifts
        attending the banquet.                                                    from the Las Vegas Bureau of Land
            Ms. Elena Daly, Director, National Landscape Conservation System, presented   Management Staff.
        Take Pride in America Volunteer Service Awards to qualifying attending members.
        Each award represents a level of Lifetime Volunteer Hours served.            Kudos to the Hospitality Committee
            The Bronze (1000 Hours), Silver (2000 Hours), Gold (2500 Hours), Secretarial   that surpassed itself with this year’s an-
        (3000 Hours) and Presidential (4000 Hours) Awards were presented to 17 members.   nual celebration of our volunteers:


        Mr. Tom Mullin of Senator Reid’s Las Vegas office also presented certificates of ap-  Martha Burk;  Danny Burk;
        preciation on behalf of Senators Reid and Ensign.                              Julia Burke; Tony Tauber;
            President Pat Williams presented Director Daly, in town specifically for the   Linda Vetter; Gary Vetter;

        celebration, with a framed photograph of Red Rock Canyon National Conserva-    Lorrie Vavak; Rosie Porche
        tion Area.                                                                      and Carole Schoengold.

            Outgoing officers—Treasurer Helen Barrett and Secretary Athena Sparks—
        were formally recognized and thanked for their contributions to Friends of Red Rock   Extra “Hurrahs!” to Julia Burke for

        Canyon with etched glass sculptures and gift certificates.                the beautiful 20-minute video created for
            Friends of Red Rock Canyon awards were presented to:                  the event, as well as for serving as photogra-
            Lois and Mort Utah - Best Friend Award to recognize the lighter moments of   pher for the complimentary commemorative
        volunteering. The Utahs has “indoctrinated” over 2,500 Junior Rangers.    photo provided to each attendee. Julia also
            Barbara Wolin – Director’s Award for outstanding contributions to the orga-  designed the superb program and asso-
        nizational structure and image. Barbara has been newsletter editor for 10 years,   ciated ‘logo’ for the celebration.
        writing hundreds of informative and entertaining articles.                   Additional  “event  fairy”  assis-
            Gary Vetter - Red Spring Award for significant contributions in community   tance provided by Mark Rekshynskyj
        outreach, environmental education or cultural preservation. Gary has expanded   and  Fred  Jorgensen  (event  photogra-
        and enhanced the Cultural Resource Committee through documentation of     phers), Jim and Missy Sudduth (photo
        culturally sensitive sites.                                               wranglers),  Athena  Sparks  (award

            Fred Jorgensen - Willow Spring Award for Significant contributions in the   presentation  assistance)  and  Clara
        aesthetic enjoyment of Red Rock Canyon. Fred has provided the needed photo-  Hatz (auctioneer).
        documentation for all Red Rock events for the past three years.              *Received  by  Jack’s  daughter
            Take Pride in America award presentations:                            Carmen Muccio.
                 1000 Lifetime Hrs - Bronze:  Walter Barbuck, Blaine Benedict,
                  Judy Berkowitz, Clara Hatz, Barb Jorgensen, Rosemary Keough,
                   Becky Kinn, Louis C. Kleber, PJ Mau, Pat Oleson,                     News & Notes, cont’d on p. 5

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