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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area was the
big winner at the Friends of Red Canyon Annual Volun-
Director’s Award winner Linda Vetter was raised in
a small town in California and moved around the teer Appreciation Banquet. Our member volunteers, in
world for thirty years as an Air Force wife. Fishing the past year, contributed over 21,000 of hours of their
and hiking with her dad in California’s national parks lives and talents for the benefit of the Rock.
taught her to appreciate the outdoors. When she and At the February 10 banquet, we honored this year’s
husband Gary moved to Las Vegas, hiking in Red winners of the Friends of Red Rock Canyon Special
Rock Canyon and then work on the Cultural Re- Volunteer Awards. These awardees represent the true
sources, Membership and Special Events committees spirit of volunteerism through their efforts in education,
came naturally. A retired Clark County School District
planning, monitoring, repairing, cleaning and taking
teacher, her chairmanship of the Transportation Grants
care of all that is Red Rock Canyon.
Committee gives her the chance to help children ex-
perience all that Red Rock Canyon has to offer. Thank you to all the incredible volunteers. You have
Photo by Chelise Simmons made a difference.
Red Spring Award Winners Marianne Slagle and Harry Weldon
This “Dynamic Duo” can be
found every Tuesday morn-
I had the chance to talk ing at the Information Desk
to Willow Spring in the Visitor Center. It was
Award winner Lauretta a teaching job that brought
Coleman at a recent trail Marianne to Las Vegas in
clean-up. Lauretta who 1964 from the University of
Photo by Jim Sudduth also works the Informa- Texas. She started her vol-
tion Desk, was on her second bag of trash pick-up unteer work on the Informa-
that morning. We talked about why we have chosen tion Desk when she retired
Red Rock Canyon as the place to volunteer our time. and is happy that she can give Photo by Jim Sudduth
She summed it up perfectly, “It’s in my backyard. I her time to an area that has become special to her
just love the place.” over the years.
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