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Argüello-Kline, Geoconda
Geoconda Argüello-Kline was born July 7, 1955 and was raised in Nicaragua. She left Nicaragua in 1979 as a political refugee and settled in Miami, Florida. The wages there did not allow her to take care of her family, so she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada following family members who had taken union jobs upon their arrival. She joined as well and worked as a guest room attendant for eight years.
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Bonaventure, James M.
James “Jim” Bonaventure was born June 15, 1949 and was raised in Steubenville, Ohio. His family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1958. He’s worked since he was 13 years old and entered the hotel casino industry at 16. The weekend buffet at the Hacienda Hotel was not his cup of tea, but he hit his stride at his second job, the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino, and stayed there for seven and half years. But it was the work at the Union Hall that he loved.
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Tarkanian, Lois Esther
Lois Tarkanian was born on April 28, 1934 to Josephine Agnes Hunter and Elmer Gustav Hunter. She married Jerry Tarkanian in 1955 in Fresno, California. They moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1973. She was an educator, a member of the Clark County School District School Board, and a City Councilperson.
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Feldman, Alan
Alan Feldman was born January 16, 1960 and was raised in Los Angeles, California. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1989 to work for Wynn Hotel properties such as the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Feldman has held positions such as a board member of the Smith Center and chairmen of the National Center for Responsible Gambling.
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Steele, Judith Dee (Judith Dee Abrams), 1943-
Judith Steele was born November 14, 1943 in New York City. Steele began her career teaching elementary and middle school in New York and Rhode Island. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969 and received her Master of Education degree in secondary and adult education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Steele held numerous positions within the Clark County School District (CCSD), including Director of Special Education Programs and Services. She designed CCSD's first individualized education program.
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Bavington, Kim
Kim Bavington was born November 30, 1963. In 1964, Bavington's parents moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when she was six months old. Her father was an industrial designer and mother was an art instructor. Kim earned a Fine Art degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and worked at a sundry of jobs to support herself. She married Tim Bavington in 2000. She worked as a business owner and art instructor.
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Fleming, Edmund L., 1915-
Edmund L. Fleming was born October 18, 1915 in Virginia, Minnesota. His parents were born in Ireland. Fleming came to Nevada in the 1930s and worked on a ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. He also worked as a miner, teacher, ranger, and farmer. He lived in Goodsprings, Nevada and Nelson, Nevada. Fleming eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued to work in education. He was married in 1941.
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Dvorak, Jacque, 1944-
Jacqueline "Jacque" Dvorak was born in London, England July 26, 1944. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1946. Then, in 1953 they moved to the United States, settling in Long Beach, California where Jacque’s brother was born. In 1957, the Dvorak family relocated to Las Vegas when Jacque’s father, Sam, opened a 24-hour barbeque restaurant in Market Town with his brother Harry.
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Wilhelm, John, 1945-
John Wilhelm was born on July 08, 1945 to Jane Wilhelm, a teacher, in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Gilbertson, a health care strategist, on February 22, 1969. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1987. He was the president of UNITE HERE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union).
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