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Member Updates By Mary E. Labie Sharon’s Slant By Sharon Schaaf

Welcome to our newest members of the Friends of Red Rock Canyon family!
A picture is worth a thousand words

Don Bell Toni Brucker Sarah Clinger
Roger Counts Gleis Costa Greg Darrow museum specialist for the Lake Mead Hoover Dam Museum is of composer Ferde
Trevor Farris Garrett Fehner Frederick B. Hampton A National Recreation Area, local author Grofe who wrote the song “Dawn at Lake

Andrew Hart Erin Hart Patricia Iorizzo Erin Elizabeth Eichenberg has written “Lake Mead” inspired by the beauty of the lake. My
Mead,” part of Arcadia Publishing’s Images favorite photo is of an airplane flying over the
Brittany Jones Bonita M. Kern Duane Litchfield
of America Book Series for 2015. The book Colorado River in the 1930s as the pilot looks
Theresa Litchfield Ann Lusk James Maletta joins 28 other Images books set in Nevada, for areas that would be good for construction
Erin McDermott Julio Mejia Charles Keith Miller, Jr. several of which are for sale in of Hoover Dam. The
David Nashour Kate Nolan Elizabeth Powell Elements Gift and Book Store picture is taken from

Alejondro Rader Ricardo Rosenbusch Marcia Rosenbusch in the Red Rock Canyon Visitor another airplane fly-
Center. In 128 pages, each Im- ing above it.
Roberta Ross Kirk Schaubmayer Stacy Schaubmayer
ages book uses about 200 black
Kaitlin Schaubmayer Diane Steward Rebecca Stover and white photos with captions Another series book,
Aaron Tippett Lars Walker Carla Wise to tell the story of a time and this one for nine to
place important to the author. twelve year olds,
Thank you to the Elisha-Bolton Foundation caught my eye in the
for your support of Friends of Red Rock Canyon! Erin’s photos are from the gift shop at Scotty’s
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
National Park Service, the Lake Castle this past
Mead National Recreation spring. Written by
Area, the U.S. Bureau of Recla- a mother-daughter
mation and the Boulder City- team, mystery writer
For you... Hoover Dam Museum. Friends’ Alane Ferguson and
or for that members Elaine Holmes and science writer Gloria
Special Someone in your life. Linda McCollum also worked Skurzynski, “Cliff-
on “Lake Mead.” Hanger: A Mystery
Friends members save 25%
on all regularly priced in Mesa Verde Na-
merchandise. Just show your Even if you’ve visited Lake tional Park” is part of
member card. Mead, the Hoover Dam or Boulder City their Mysteries in Our National Parks series.
many times, you will still discover a lot There are twelve books in the collection, set in
of surprises in the book. There is a photo parks as close to Las Vegas as Zion and Death
of Donald Campbell and his team getting Valley and as far away as Acadia and Denali.
ready to launch Campbell’s jet-powered boat I picked this book because Mesa Verde is one
named Bluebird K7. In 1955 the team set a of my favorite national parks.
Elements Gift and Book Store new water speed record of 216.20 miles per The main characters in “Cliff-Hanger” are
Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center hour on Lake Mead. 12-year old Jack Landon and his 10-year old
One of the photos from the Boulder City- sister Ashley. Along with their mom Olivia, a
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