1925 Model T owner Dave Cox, holding a cool drink, celebrates at the annual Nature Education Foundation’s Cowboy Jubilee at Rancho Nepenthe with friends on Saturday, Sept. 7. Seated in the car are Chris and Ray Saporita. Valley News/Tony Ault photo
It was a boot-scootin’, rootin tootin’ fun time for nearly 200 special guests at the Nature Education Foundation’s annual Cowboy Jubilee held at Rancho Nepenthe in La Cresta Saturday, Sept. 7.The Jubilee held at Tim Shield’s ranchito featuring Tony Suraci’s Highwayman Show as the guest entertainer, was the NEF at the Santa Rosa Plateau’s signature fundraiser for the year. The proceeds from the special event all go to the foundation’s nonprofit effort to teach children to love and preserve the natural world around them. The NEF has seen more than 9,000 third graders visit and learn about the 9,000-acre Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve above Murrieta and Wildomar in addition to providing nature programs and scholarships to middle through high school students as well as
