Page 6 Panorama Thursday, February 27, 1997

Highscalers recognized in ceremonyOfficials at the Clark County

Heritage Museum were pleasedto take part in a special "signing", event recently at the base ofHoover Dam.Boulder City artist Rick

Harlow presented his work 'ThenCame 400" in a ceremony thatrecognized the .contributioris of"highscalers," the men who.worked building the dam in the. 1930s.The highlight ofthe eventwas the co-signing ofthe work byone of the last survivinghighscalers, Boulder City resi-dent, Joe Kine.The 31st copy of the historic

print will be put on permanentexhibit at the Clark CountyHeritage Museum.Museum officials felt the sig-

nificance ofthe 31st copy(originaldam workers are referred to as"31ers" as dam construction wasbegun in 1931) combined withthe signature ofthe last remain-ing highscalers make. this a veryhistoric print.The print will be placed in the

Museum's Babcock & WilcoxCompany house. This histori-. Boulder City home was relocatedto the museum in 1987 when

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PRINT-SIGNING-Museum staff administrator Mark Ryzdynski and volunteer museum marketingmanager Sue Ryzdynski acceptthe historic art print while congratulating Joe Kine as one of BoulderCity's living historic treasures, and recognizing BC artist Rick Harlow's contribution to the preser-vation.of local history.

construction of a new BoulderCity post officemade'its removal~cessary. _

'~ehousewas builtin 1933 at

441 Hotel Plaza and was used byemployees working on the dam.Today, it is part of the museum'sliving history area referred to as

Heritage Street. Houses andbusinesses of various times andplaces in Southern Nevada his-tory are open. to public tour.