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focused on ways to communicate infor- ○ tional white glacier made of snow and Boot Tracks, continued from p. 5.
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mation to classroom students. We found ○ ice, and the second a more uncommon
it all most interesting. ○ ○ gray rock glacier located directly below popular year-round watering hole for the
The most active day of the workshop ○ ○ it. If I hadn’t seen them with my own bighorn sheep, mule deer, and other
covered geology, and was outstanding ○ ○ eyes, I never would have believed that mountain critters.
in three ways. First, starting at 10,500 ○ glaciers existed anywhere in Nevada. The pond marks the official end of
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ft, our group hiked three miles upward ○ Having come from 116EF heat two days the trail. The path, however, continues
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to the bristlecone pine forest. To get to ○ before, my mind had to wrestle a bit with through the wetland and up the ravine
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see these trees, ○ what I was seeing. into the La Madre Mountains. If you
which were con- ○ ○ Astounding! I have discovered choose to explore beyond this point, be
sidered at one ○ ○ that I am incredibly and last- sure to wear long pants for protection
time to be the ○ ○ ingly proud that Nevada, my from the overgrown plants, bugs and
oldest living indi- ○ assorted no-see-ums. Your efforts will
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vidual plant life ○ amazing natural phenomena. be rewarded with several small water-
on earth, was a ○ ○ What a gift! falls and pools as you follow the spring.
dream of mine ○ ○ There’s even an old rock miner’s shel-
since I had be- ○ ○ Third, we finished that day ter up here that makes a good spot for a
come aware of their existence. I was ○ with a tour of Lehman Caves, which are backpack lunch.
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not disappointed. The ancient ones stood ○ right by the Visitor Center. I had been Overall, this old jeep trail is a good
their rocky ground as we flash-in-the- ○ ○ in them once before, yet promptly lost aerobic workout with a lot of interest-
pan life forms moved about them, ad- ○ ○ myself again in the surrealistic, beauti- ing cultural resources to see along the
miring them, photographing them, letting ○ ful world created by the still active way. The “backside” view of White
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the full impact of being in the presence ○ ○ limestone formations. Scientists who Rock Mountain is awesome and earns
of life over 4,000 years old seep into us. ○ study caves come from all over the world the La Madre Springs trail six out of
It was absolutely wonderful. ○ to see rare shield formations contained ten boots! ;
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Second, from a viewpoint we saw ○ here. That’s here, in Nevada. What a
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not one, but two glaciers existing on the ○ magnificent classroom and a great
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side of Mt. Wheeler: the first a tradi- ○ workshop!
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○ Annie Oakley, continued from p.1 ○ Annie was 66 when she died on No-
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Greetings, ○ ○ ○ one.’” And a publicity agent remarked, ○ vember 3, 1926, survived by her
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husband, Frank. In her lifetime, she had
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t’s that time of the year ○ ○ “She never walked. She tripped in (to ○ ○ earned the love and admiration of many
again for the 8th annual ○ the arena), bowing, waving and wafting ○ ○ people. Even the venerable Sioux Chief,
IHarvest Festival, Saturday, kisses.” ○ ○ Sitting Bull, was captivated by her while
October 19, 2002. This is a re- ○ Annie not only opened the door to ○ touring with Buffalo Bill’s show. He
minder that if you have toilet ○ other women in “Wild West” shows, she ○ ○
paper rolls, paper towel rolls, ex- ○ ○ did benefit performances for orphans and ○ ○ “adopted” her and was seen on occa-
tra yarn, or string. I will happily ○ ○ widows and young women who longed ○ sion to shake his head at her uncanny
take them off your hands. These ○ for an education. She personally helped ○ shooting ability. National recognition
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items are used for crafts made ○ ○ twenty girls with money so they could ○ includes membership in the National
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during Harvest Festival and ○ ○ Women’s Hall of Fame and the
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through the year binoculars, ○ attend college or nursing school. ○ Cowgirl’s Hall of Fame.
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lizard yo-yo’s, rain sticks, and ○ ○ In 1901, Annie was seriously hurt ○ In some ways, Annie can be
whatever else our creative minds ○ ○ in a train crash, and for awhile, partially ○
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can come up with. ○ paralyzed. But she recovered, with no ○ summed-up from one of the hit songs in
I also am looking for volun- ○ ○ diminution of her shooting talent. In ○ ○ Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. It
teers to help with parking, the ○ 1922, she broke a record by hitting 100 ○ ○ was in the movie that starred Howard
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front desk, and supervising the ○ clay targets in a row from 16 yards, . . . ○ Keel and Betty Hutton as Frank Butler
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crafts. ○ and so it was throughout her illustrious ○ ○ and Annie Oakley. She sang, “Anything
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Thanks for all your help! ○ career, . . . records fell before “Little ○ ○ you can do, I can do better.” That was
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○ Annie, always the competitor. There has
—Kate Sorom, Park Ranger ○ Miss Sure Shot.” On one occasion, she
hit 945 out of 1,000 tossed balls. never been anyone quite like her. ;
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