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TICKET TO LAS VEGAS Sundown over The Strip. Maryalice Bacon, from the Buffalo Office of H&S, and Martin Crowson, New Orleans Office, watch the soft light of the desert evening yield to the multi-colored lights of the Las Vegas strip, with the city in the middle distance. Gun safety. Bill Peck instructs Craig Robertson, son of the Las Vegas Office partner in charge, in the safe way to handle his rifle. With H&S principal Rick Lilliott, Bill and Craig drove 200 miles north from Las Vegas in the Peck family camper on an autumn hunting trip. 12 In Spanish "Las Vegas" means "the meadows." To the 15 million people who visit it every year in search of excitement or relaxation, Las Vegas is a sparkling pleasure center, colorful by day, neon-jeweled by night. It is set in the floor of a broad, tilted desert valley, encircled by mountains that turn various pastel shades of blue, purple, rust and gray with the movement of sun and clouds. To Haskins & Sells, Las Vegas means a booming new office which expects to double its professional staff within the next year. Because of the flow of work and the need for accountants, eight other offices lent staff accountants and five offices lent management personnel to Las Vegas during the past year. Vegas is a place where the aura of gambling, gaudiness and show business has partially masked its other qualities —at least to those who do not know it well. But H&S families who have moved there since the office opened in 1968 are convinced that they have found a new home. Although the Nevada resort city is like no other place on earth, it shares with all other cities of its size the attributes that make for satisfying community life. A person who has lived there, not merely visited, speaks best for Las Vegas. Listen to Harold K. Robertson, partner in charge of the H&S Las Vegas Office: "There are wonderful opportunities for young accountants here. This is an area of fantastic financial growth, and one that has tremendous potential for the Haskins & Sells practice. Right now much of our time is spent auditing in the gaming industry—an industry of great interest, and one that is undergoing change and growth. But there is much more to Las Vegas. It has a huge tourist trade, a great hotel and convention business, and other opportunities coming from the rich mineral deposits around here. The city is on a railroad, and is close by air and highway to Phoenix to the southeast and Los Angeles to the southwest." Mr. Robertson is an enthusiastic booster of the city to which he moved after having spent many years in the Houston Office. He points out that Las Vegans can reach ski slopes at Lee Canyon in an hour's drive, or, if they prefer, they can drive the other way to their boats for water skiing on Lake Mead. There is bird hunting close by at Overton, Nevada, and for sportsmen who are challenged by deer and elusive mountain sheep there is rugged hunting some distance north near Ely. In Las Vegas you can play golf and tennis the year around, and see some of the finest touring pros in action at tournaments. For boys who get their kicks from bucking motor scooters before they are licensed to drive, the wide-open terrain is made to order for the junior crash helmet-and-goggles set. Spectacular national parks with their geological wonders are close by. Rock-hounds can make fascinating finds, riders can explore the hills on horseback, and artists can capture magnificent views in water color or oils. This is country for outdoor living. Even in summer, when temperatures pass 1000, the heat is not oppressive because humidity is low and nights are cool at the Las Vegas altitude, 2,200 feet above sea level. In winter the day is very rare when the mercury touches the freezing mark, and even in December and January it rises to the mid-5os on the average day. It rains almost never, yet there is no lack of water, thanks to the huge reservoir represented by Lake Mead (impounded by Hoover Dam) and other related water