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¨Entries will be judged by a local ○ ○ I can convince two at a time. Please call ○ BOOT TRACKS
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artist; winning entries will be matted and ○ ○ me (643-1296), so Ill know how much ○ by Tom Pfaendler
displayed at the Visitor Center, April 5 - 12. ○ cornbread well need. My machine is al- ○
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¨Winners will be chosen from each ○ ways on. ○ ○ hey were the wrong shoes. I re-
grade level and for Best of Show. ○ ○ PLANT needs help. We have been ○ ○ ○ ally didnt intend to hike to the
¨Best of Show: $100 gift certificate. ○ ○ visited by some kind of critter that eats ○ ○TCalico Tank on this particular
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¨First place per grade level: $25 gift ○ ○ bungee cords. We need assistance in lo- ○ day, so I wasnt wearing my
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certificate by category. ○ ○ cating, trapping and disposing of this ○ ○ hundred-dollar, high-tech, waterproof,
¨2 categories: Black and White; Color ○ ○ animal with the voracious appetite. If the ○ ○ ankle-hugging hiking boots. Nope, I was
Red Rock Spirit of Cooperation
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¨Rangers Choice, a first place win- ○ ○ should rear its fuzzy little face, we can ○ just standing there in my old scruffy
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ner in HORIZONTAL format will be ○ ○ accomplish this and the cords will be ○ ○ Reeboks and official BLM volunteer
chosen for the next Red Rock Canyon ○ available when they are needed. ○ ○ wear, inspecting some fresh graffiti near
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Annual Pass. ○ ○ ○ the Sandstone Quarry parking lot, when
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○ All of us that have been working on
¨The awards ceremony will be at ○ the Native Salvage want to thank every- ○ a nice couple visiting from the Twin Cit-
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the Visitor Center Friends Room on Sat- ○ ○ one for bringing the nursery pots. The ○ ies struck up a conversation. They were
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urday, April 5, 2003, 10 - 11 a.m. ○ ○ latest word on James Hardie is they are ○ ○ both teacher and keenly interested in ev-
Additional information may be ob- ○ ○ going to keep the remaining plants for ○ erything Red Rock. The
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tained by calling the Visitor Center at ○ ○ their own re-vegetation projects. Please ○ ○
363-1921. ○ feel free to help yourself to the pots for ○
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your own use. They are located on the ○
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west side of the Friends shed. Theyll ○ ○
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Lets PLANT ! ○ ○ remain there until February 25, when Ill ○ ○
by Clara Hatz ○ ○ load them up and trade them to Star ○ ○ ○
Nursery. ○
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he second annual PLANT Orien- ○ ○ ○ ○
tation Meeting is scheduled for ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
TSaturday, February 1, at 10 a.m. ○ ○ ○ ○
at the Visitor Center. ○ Max Needs YOU! ○ ○ old hike leader instinct fired up and I
The Project for Landscape And ○ ○ ○ ○ started telling them the whole story, be-
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Natural Tranquility is ongoing. Plant ○ ○ ondering if you can ○ ginning with the ancient sand dunes and
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maintenance doesnt stop: pruning, wa- ○ ○ teach? Heres your ○ ○ ending with the modern graffiti we were
tering, weed control, plant replacement, ○ ○ Wchance. The Mojave ○ ○ standing on. From the parking lot we
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seed collection and plantingwhatever ○ ○ Max Project 2003 is looking for ○ walked a short distance to the old sand-
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it takes to make the Visitor Center a ○ ○ volunteers to teach school chil- ○ ○ ○ stone quarry to see a big pile of 10-ton
dren about our threatened
pleasant place to visit. Our work days ○ ○ blocks that were quarried here in the
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○ desert tortoise.
last about four hours as many days as ○ You will be well trained to ○ early 1900s. There are beautiful red and
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we can manage. Four days per month ○ ○ teach a specific lesson on eight ○ ○ ○ white sandstone mountains, scented
are scheduled on a fairly regular basis. ○ ○ separate days. You must be avail- green pines and hardy desert oak sur-
All this work is time consuming. The ○ ○ able one day a week during school rounding the quarry. I discovered that
Faithful Few need more hands. We usu- ○ ○ hours. this is really an excellent place to bring
ally manage to learn a little something. ○ Last years participants said first time visitors, because its easy to
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Well make an effort to keep the ○ their Mojave Max day was the access, the scenery is gorgeous, the
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meeting moving along and interesting ○ rewarding highlight of their en- rocks are fun to climb, and there are an
a few announcements, answering of ○ ○ tire week! The number of abundance of horticultural, historical and
questions, a stroll around the Visitor ○ ○ positions is limited. cultural areas of interest. The Sandstone
Center and back for lunch. ○ ○ Questions? Call Cynthia Quarry offers a terrific interpretive
Join us for a couple of hours and Pfaendler at 526-7773.Cynthia
give us a chance to convince you that Pfaendler
hard work is fun. Bring your spouse, so Boot Tracks, continued on p . 6
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