1985 [PDF] - Yosemite

Keep Cur y On Course!and Yosemite imme.diately. Being fromwas so beautiful andIllinois originally, shethe Meadows, well,"adores the changethey’re just...theof seasons" inMeadows!"Yosemite but havingAn amateur botanist,Ginny foundendured those miclwesternwinters sheYosemite a haven;claims to "hibernate"during ourextension of herher art was a naturalsnowy season!interest in flowersTo escape theand mushrooms.snow, Connie makesShe paints (watercolor),draws andfrequent trips to theBay Area; she’s anphotographs natureand has had her photographspublishedaficionado of the SanFrancisco Symphony,enjoys the theateri~ I i,~in the Yosemite Calendar.and the "diversegroup of charactersAs for her work,Ginny most enjoysthat inhabit the City!""the people" andSummer finds Administrative Assistant to the President,Connie Archer.particularly enjoysCarla Mayes at her AdministrativeConnie more activeAssistant duties.and closer to home. A belly dancing class dropout ("no belly")John Graham, VicePresident, Retail Division, because "he’s so much fun to workConnie prefers running four times a week, hiking, biking ("the with!" But it’s her husband Jim and their newly-purchased miniranchthat keep her interest most these days. Her futurerecreational kind, not the Rick Vocelka kind"), and weight roomworkouts to keep in shape.includes "another fifteen years of work" before "retiring to art!"The artist in the crowd is Ginny (Carlson) Snyder, Executive And, in the meantime she’d like to "spend the summers in theSecretary of the Retail Division. "Tired of the Bay Area," Ginny High Country" with her husband, a Trail Crew Foreman for NPS.moved to Yosemite after attending a climbing seminar in TuolumneMeadows. "It gave me such self-confidence and Yosemite performing country western band! Carla Mayes, AdministrativeThe last of these secretaries is a talented musician with aAssistant to Don Quigley, Senior Vice President, Administration,fills her spare time with practice and performing with "Carla andthe Country Misfits," as well as fast-pitch baseball in Mariposaand competition in darts! A local girl, Carla was born in Ahwahnee,married a Mariposa native, Larry Mayes, Painting Foremanfor YPCC, and is raising their two children, Joannand Danny, inYosemite!Carla first came to YPCC as a temporary typist in Accountingand Training, then moved to Secretary for the Security office.The next step up in the division to Administrative Assistant was anatural for Carla and she loves her work. "Mr. Quigley is apussycat with a grizzly bear exterior, but don’t let him know I saidthat!"Like most of these women, she enjoys her work very much buthas in mind an "ultimate goal." For Carla that’s to "record my bighit song and become rich and famousl" (Mr. Quigley notes that"Carla’s already famous!")Carla, Ginny, Connie, Georgia, Linda and Ann are just six ofthe many interesting people who comprise the support systemfor Yosemite Park and Curry Co., but are representative of theabilities and hidden talents of all YPCC Secretaries. We saluteGinny Snyder, Executive Secretary to the Retail Division. you for your excellence!All Focus photos by James Corwin Johnson.