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Transcript of interview with JoNell Thomas by Claytee White, January 12, 2010

Date

2010-01-12

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JoNell Thomas oral history interview

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JoNell Thomas grew up in a large Utah family, went to Utah State and law school at University of Utah. She moved to Nevada in 1992; first as with the Nevada Supreme Court and then as a staff attorney with a Las Vegas firm, and currently is an attorney with the Clark County Special Public Defender's office. She and her husband, Billy Logan and their twin daughters have lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood since 2001. Their residence was constructed in 1956 on a large corner lot with lots of trees and a fifty-year-old swimming pool. JoNell offers her observations on a variety of JSP events: Stratosphere's failed rollercoaster across the Strip idea; the proposed high-rise complexes; the Monorail lack of convenience to locals; effects of dropping home prices and downturn of economy; the homeless population and closing of Circle Park. She helped create the early online community called the Downtown Neighbors website which provided information regarding , part activist, part pra

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Interview with Charles McWilliam, July 9, 2004

Date

2004-07-09

Archival Collection

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records

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Narrator affiliation: Engineer; Administrator, U.S. Department of Energy

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Interview with Robert Campbell, March 9, 2004

Date

2004-03-09

Archival Collection

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records

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Narrator affiliation: Test Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Interview with Edward Bonfoy Giller, April 19, 2006

Date

2006-04-19

Archival Collection

Nevada Test Site Oral History Project Records

Description

Narrator affiliation: U.S. Air Force General; Director Military Application, U.S. Atomic Energy

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Congregation Ner Tamid

Congregation Ner Tamid is the second oldest Jewish synagogue in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, founded in 1974. It is the largest Reform synagogue in Nevada, and has been led by Rabbi Sanford Akselrad since 1988. Ner Tamid is home to the Gary and Lynn Kantor Early Childhood Education Center and the Mark L. Fine Judaica gift shop. It offers youth and adult education, as well as a Men’s Club, Sisterhood, and other social groups. In 2015, more than 600 families were members of Ner Tamid, and the congregation offered over 200 programs and activities in the course of a year.