We had a great turnout today for our lunch meeting. In Rich Friedland’s place, Cork Proctor took the helm and read our announcements and introduced our speaker, Michael Green, history professor and author. His topic, Las Vegas Myths Revealed (I took artistic license on that title!) was a hit; he had some great stories to share. I will get the audio up on the website soon so those of you that missed it can listen. Thanks, Mike for sharing your knowledge and stories.
Mike’s talk prompted many of our members to share some of their own stories and myths, as well as ask for answers to some they may have heard.
We had a few new faces today: Ms. Peggy King, wife of Las Vegas entertainer, Sonny King. I have her email address so Peggy will be sure to attend future meetings. Also in attendance was James and Gina Marie Slemons (hope I have the spelling correct); guests of Jim Marsh. We also had the pleasure of seeing an old friend, Ralph Denton and his lovely wife, Sarah. Hope to see you at more meetings.
Hope all of you saw the Las Vegas Sun article today: Born and raised: Natives offer perspectives on why Las Vegas will always be home. Our very own Gretchen and Don Payne and Mark Hall-Patton are highlighted. The Las Vegas Media Group (That’s US!) is even mentioned. Click the link to see the article.
Next month Cork will bring a special guest to share their own bit of history with our group.
Remember, tomorrow at the Clark County Board of Commissioners, Dick Taylor is receiving a proclamation giving him the title, Historian Laureate of Mt. Charleston. Hope to see some of you there. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM and is located at 500 S grand Central Pkwy. (across from the outlet mall between Charleston and Bonneville).
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