From the Fedora Bontempi Simpkin Photograph Collection (PH-00239). Clark County Mother of the Year Awards and Celebration Committee, 1982. From left to right is Marie Ripps, Fedora Bontempi Simpkin, Senator Howard Cannon, Ruth Cooper, and Ann Valder.
Captions: Fallen monarch Mariposa Forest; Grizzley giant 104 Ft in circ 224 ft high 100 ft first limb 6 1/2 ft diam 1,000,000 ft lumber 8000 years old; California tree.