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June ○ ○ ○ News & Notes, continued from p.3 ○ ○ ○ knowledge of wild horses with a specific
reason for the name each would choose.
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○ Kids Behaving Beautifully ○ ○ The two best essays were selected
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Desk Schedule ○ ○ ○ ○ by NWHA and BLM and were voted
he accelerated Seventh Grade ○ ○ upon by the NWHA membership. First
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Sun/1 S. Valladao I. Grieco ○ ○ English class of Sedway Middle ○ place was awarded to Lita Medina, who
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Mon/2 B. Wolin J. Geier ○ TSchool, North Las Vegas, was ○ ○ named this friendly and intelligent horse,
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honored on Monday, May 12, by the ○ ○ Spirit. The second place was awarded
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Tues/3 M. Slagle J. Geier ○ ○ ○
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to Blanca Robles for her essay naming
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Wed/4 C. Williams C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ the National Wild Horse Associa- the horse, Thunder Jam, re-
Thru/5 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ tion (NWHA), the Sedway flecting his wild past and his
Middle School, and North new, more confined but re-
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Fri/6 R. Kinn J. Geier ○ ○ ○ Las Vegas Mayor, Michael warding, role as an
Sat/7 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○ Montandon, for their ef- adopted mustang. To
forts on behalf of the Red avoid copyright infringe-
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Sun/8 E. Turkin S. Valladao ○ ○ Rock Canyon wild horse ment, American Spirit
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Mon/9 R. Kinn N. Kresge ○ ○ ○ herd. will be his official name,
In fall 2002, teacher with Litas permission.
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C. Walker ○ ○
Mary Thompson brought TJ will be the horses
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Tues/10 M. Slagle J. Geier ○ ○ ○ more than 150 Sedway call-out name when not
students to Red Rock showing.
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Wed/11 C. Williams D. Powers ○
Canyon on a Friends Trans- The thirty-six partici-
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Thur/12 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ ○ portation Scholarship grant pating students were
Fri/13 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ for at-risk schools. For most, it presented with Awards of Excel-
was their first-ever trip to Red Rock lence certificates by Mayor Michael
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Sat/14 T. Borg R. Conductor ○ ○ or any of the wildland areas surround- ○ ○ Montandon in a ceremony led by
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G. Gabbert ○ ○ ○ ing the Las Vegas Valley. Throughout her ○ NWHA Vice president, Laurie Howard.
38 years as a teacher, Ms. Thompson ○ Mayor Mike worked the crowd with
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Sun/15 P. VanDooremaal I. Grieco ○
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has held to the belief that positive inter- ○ warmth, charm and humor. Thank you,
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Mon/16 B. Wolin N. Kresge ○ ○ ○ action with nature, and animals in ○ Mayor Mike, for making it a day the kids
particular, is a powerful motivator in ○ ○ wont soon forget.
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Tues/17 N. Kresge J. Geier ○
shaping a childs direction in life. ○ The biggest reward for the class was
Wed/18 L. Vavak D. Powers Mary told her English classes about ○ the chance to meet, pet, and talk to the
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Thur/19 G. Sayles J. Barrett the drought emergency that had brought ○ other guest of honor A m erican
the local wild horse herds, especially the ○ Spirit at the Visitor Center corral, along
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Fri/20 J. McManus E. Schliepp Red Rock herd, to the brink of extinc- ○ with an adopted NWHA palomino mare,
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C. Gilmore tion. What started as an environmental ○ ○ Abigail. Lita and Blanca had their pic-
lesson, snowballed into a letter writing ○ tures taken with their horse. The
Sat/21 J. Kisosondie D. Gilette campaign by more than 200 students to ○ ○ photos will be displayed, along with the
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Sun/22 E.Turkin L./M. Utah President George W. Bush asking for ○ essays, at the Visitor Center. Not to be
funds to save the herd. While that effort ○ outdone by a couple of mustangs, three
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Mon/23 J. Geier F. Rhea ○
did not have the hoped-for result, it did ○ wild burros crashed the party long
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Tues/24 N. Kresge J. Geier ○ ○ stir hope and determination among many ○ enough to pay their respects to the kids
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Wed/25 C. Williams C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ of the kids. They continued to do what ○ ○ before being persuaded to attend more
they could to help. ○ pressing matters in the brush.
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Thur/26 G. Sayles J. Barrett ○ ○ Amy Torres, Wild Horse and Burro ○ ○ Thank you, Mary Thompson, for
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Fri/27 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ ○ Specialist for the BLM, offered Mary the ○ your dedication to kids and to the cause
opportunity to have the accelerated class ○ of the herd. Thank you, Friends Vice
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Sat/28 I. Grieco G. Gabbert ○ ○ ○ name the stunning buckskin stallion ○ president Pat Williams, for organizing
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T. Borg ○ ○ gathered from the Cold Creek range, ○ and logistics, gift packages, and winner
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who will become a BLM National Adop- ○ T-shirt; More thanks to: Billie Young-
Sun/29 E. Turkin L./M. Utah ○
tion Program symbol. Mary had each class Price, President (NWHA) for the
Mon/30 J. Geier F. Rhea member write an essay that combined educational gifts; Amy Torres (BLM)
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