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I agree.Newsletter clipping honoring College of Southern Nevada Foundation Legacy of Achievement Award Honoree Theron Goynes, circa 2010. A clipping taped to the title reads "Theron & Naomi Goynes Education Scholarship."
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College of Southern Nevada Foundation Legacy of Achievement Award Honorees Theron and Naomi Goynes have served Southern Nevada : education for a combined total of more than six decades. Theron Goynes retired as a principal in the Clark County School District in 1991. Nine years later Naomi Goynes, who had served Clark County as a teacher, principal and high school dean, followed suit after her 36-year career with the district. She worked to instill self-esteem and character in students and developed programs to inhibit gang behaviors and drug abuse. A North Las Vegas elementary school has been named in I the couple's honor Theron and Naomi Goynes Apart from his 27 years of service to education, Theron Goynes served for 20 years as a North Las Vegas councilman, 12 of which were spent as mayor pro-temp. On September 18, 1981, he officially became the first S elected African American in Nevada history to head a government body when he chaired a council meeting in j the absence of the mayor Mr. Goynes helped re-name Highland Avenue to Martin S Luther King Boulevard and has been recognized hundreds of times by dozens of Southern Nevada organizations for his good works. In 2008, he received a Channel 8 I Community Spirit Award, a Las Vegas city park was built and named in his honor, and he was recognized by Nevada League of Cities as public official of the year, to name only a few. j Mr. Goynes is the fourth out of five brothers to be diagnosed [ with diabetes. His older brother died from the disease and ! Mr Goynes has become a passionate advocate, working i to educate African Americans about diabetes. The Goynes have lived in the Las Vegas Valley since 11964. Living in a growing community and working in an t expanding school district, the Goynes provided leadership ; and many students with a home away from home, extending ; themselves to young people living in Southern Nevada who were without other family members in the area. * Moved to Southern Nevada: 1964. * Favorite Song: "I Only Have Eyes for You" Lyrics by: Al Dubin; Music by: Harry Warren - Frank Sinatra/Rob Steward/Harry Connick. * Favorite Book: "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie