Thalia Dondero was born January 23, 1921 in Greeley, Colorado. She lived in Colorado and Wyoming before her family settled in Bakersfield, California. Dondero moved to Las Vegas in 1943 when her employer took a job with Basic Magnesium, Inc., and asked that she follow him. She married Harvey Dondero, who taught English and journalism for local high schools, in 1946.
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Barry L. Gunderson was the principal at Las Vegas High School and Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born December 18, 1951 in California and moved to central Nevada in 1957 to farm with his parents. Gunderson attended the University of Arizona in Tuscon, Arizona, and later worked in various schools in the Clark County School District as a teacher, administrative assistant, dean, and assistant principal
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Chris Guinchigliani was born November 27, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1978, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and began teaching at the Clark County School District. She involved herself first in the teachers’ union; eventually serving as president of the Nevada State Education Association from 1987 to 1991. Guinchigliani and her Husband Gary Gray are longtime residents of the John S. Park Neighborhood and she was among those who originated the idea of getting a historical designation for the community.
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Mabel Rhea was born in Farimont, West Virginia on April 6, 1920. She studied nursing, and enlisted as a U.S. Army nurse during World War II. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada after divorcing her first husband in 1949. She began working at the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. After meeting her second husband, the two moved to Blue Diamond Village, Nevada.
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Pete C. George was employed with Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada since its grand opening on August 6, 1966. He was born December 25, 1940 and worked as a showroom custodian, a showroom cocktail server, and a banquet server.
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Genealogy files about "Pete C. George." Accessed on May 29, 2020 on familysearch.org
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Earl Alger was born in the early 1930s in Las Vegas, Nevada. He married Gloria (Hicks) Alger after meeting in the Mormon church.
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Tim Harney moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965 to take a teaching position at Rancho High School. He and his family lived in the John S. Park Neighborhood from 1973 to around 1987.
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Harvey N. Dondero was born on November 12, 1909 in Hawthorne, Nevada and was involved in the education system in Las Vegas, Nevada for fifty-three years.
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Lawrence Weekly was born on April 16, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He earned a position as a City Councilman starting in 1999 and a few years later he was appointed Clark County Commissioner.
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