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22 Friends oF red rock canyon

February Meeting By Pat Williams

Stuff you should know

ver 100 Friends members shared
a February morning with a hearty Special guest, Nelson
O breakfast, organizational updates Cochrane – Vice Presi-
and a great guest speaker. dent and Chairman of the
Nevada Test Site Histori-
By the Numbers Members were brought up- cal Foundation, shared
(October through December) to-date on Friends ongoing the history of the test site
projects, informed about
Volunteer Hours & Value: volunteer trainings and and answered multiple
4,950 hours worth $14,000 opportunities and provided questions afterwards.
Total Revenue - $50,954 with our first quarter ac-
Total Expense - $38,478
complishments and finan-
cial information.
A fund raising raffle, with a framed
Jerry Barrett was recognized with the acrylic painting
Presidential Call by Rob Tuvell,
to Service Life- generated over
time Achieve- $300 in dona-
ment Award for tions. New mem-
his 4,000 hours of ber, Julio Raimu-
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
volunteer contri- ñdez, purchased
butions. Jerry is the winning
the fifth Friends ticket for the
member to re- “Calico Can- Linda Vetter, Julio Raimuñdez and
Gary Vetter with “Calico Canyon”
ceive this prestigious award. yon” painting.

Old Places New Faces (Continued from page 20)
tive writing and helping to expand Everyone at Red Rock Can-
RRCIA’s website. She’ll be starting yon warmly welcomes Mindy
a storytelling program at the Visitor and Margie and we look for-
Center in addition to Citizen Sci- ward to getting to know them
ence Programs. better, working with them and

All five Interpretive Naturalists Photo by Janis Kadlec participating in their new and
exciting programs.
- Janis Kadlec, Bob Peloquin, Cody
Dix, Mindy Grabko and Margie You can find a complete
Klein - are Certified Interpretive Bob Peloquin listing of their hikes and pro-
Guides, receiving that designation from the grams at www.redrockcanyonlv.org
National Association of Interpretation. They
are also CPR and first aid certified.

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