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2017 Volunteer Recognition

MPPP Year End Volunteer Appreciation Awards

Alison Youngs

Alison Youngs received an award for several years of dedicated work in many areas. She helps prepare for the Summer Youth Intern Program and is an adult leader in the field with the interns for two weeks every year which is nothing short of heroic!  Alison spends many hours helping to prepare for fundraising events, makes herself available for any task and is also a petroglyph recorder.

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Sandra Romero

Sandra Romero signs up to be a tour guide for almost any tour. She is one of the most dependable docents we have ever had. In addition she helps with event preparation and at events doing whatever job is needed. She never brings attention to herself but if you look around at any event you'll probably see Sandra quietly doing a task with great competence.

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Cathy Benthagen

Cathy Benthagen received an award for being an outstanding and engaging docent who seems to give a tour nearly every day. She is very knowledgeable and relates with ease to visitors to the Wells Petroglyph Preserve. Her flair and vivacity make her a standout. She also helps with events and has a great can-do attitude. Cathy also is a petroglyph recorder.

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Russel Martenson

Russel Martenson received his award for leading more tours than any other volunteer docent with MPPP.  Russ also is a petroglyph recorder and assists with set up for events such as Pláticas. 

Candie Borduin

Candie Borduin, one of MPPP's founders and Petroglyph Recording Coordinator and Trainer received an award for the massive amount of work she does annually including recorder training, technical processing, managing the MPPP website, tasks in conjunction with Janet and others regarding our database and others jobs needed to keep our recording mission on track. She received a certificate and a calendar.

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Archaeological Society of New Mexico Recognizes MPPP Volunteers at annual conference!

     At the May, 2017 Archaeological Society of New Mexico (ASNM) Conference held in Moriarty, MPPP Founder Katherine Wells and Recording Coordinator Candie Borduin were both recognized for their work with MPPP. 




Katherine Wells named an
ASNM Rock Art Emerita

along with  fifteen other outstanding,
retired New Mexican
petroglyph recorders who started
recording images in the 1980's and 1990's.

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Candie Borduin received the
Richard A. Bice Award for
Archaeological Achievement, 2017

"For her many years of dedicated service to the
Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project as a Board Member,
docent, webmaster and coordinator of volunteers,
rock art recorders and site stewards.  Ms. Borduin's
work has been instrumental in recording over 50,000 petroglyphs and in the design of a GIS linked data base that contains the recorded rock art on the mesa."

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Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
P. O. Box 407, Velarde, NM 87582
Telephone: 505-852-1351
Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project - a 501 (c) (3) community Non-Profit
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