Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mukadzi akauya nechiratidzo che neon icho chave chichigamuchira vashanyi vasingaverengeki ku'Las Vegas inoshamisa' chifo cha 1959 afa. Betty Willis, anozivikanwa nokugadzira chiratidzo che'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas', akafira mumusha make muOverton, Nevada, musi weSvondo, maererano nebhuku renhoroondo yevakafa riri pawebhusaiti yeVirgin Valley & Moapa Valley Mortuaries. Chiratidzo chomunyori ane makore 91 okukura chinowanzokopwa chinogara pakati peLas Vegas Boulevard kumaodzanyemba kweStrip. Betty Willis ari mumusha make muLas Vegas musi waDecember 30, 2004, ane chinyorwa chechiratidzo chaakagadzira muna 1959 kukwezva vashanyi. Akafa ava nemakore 91. Chiratidzo che'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' neon, pano chakarondedzerwa nemarambi epingi mukukudza mwedzi wokuziva kenza yemazamu, chakava chinhu chikuru chinokwezva vashanyi. 'Ndicho chiratidzo chinozivikanwa zvikurusa munyika,' akadaro Danielle Kelly, mutungamiriri mukuru weThe Neon Museum muLas Vegas, uko zviratidzo zvomunguva yakapfuura yeSin City zvakaiswa panzvimbo uye zvinoratidzwa. Chiratidzo chokugamuchira, icho chisina muridzi wechiremera, chave chinhu chinogadziriswa pazvinyorwa zvekufamba kubva kuVegas uye kune imwe nzvimbo, akadaro Kelly. Ane T-shati yokuSan Francisco ine zita reguta iroro rakashandurwa kuva Las Vegas pamberi pomucherechedzo wacho unozivikanwa, iye akadaro. 'Ichokwadi chokuti munhu wose anoda chiratidzo ichocho nomugadziriro wacho pashure pamakore ose aya chipupuriro chetarenda raBetty,' akadaro Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak. 'Zvichida hapana chiratidzo chikuru cheLas Vegas kupfuura chiratidzo ichocho.' Muna 2009, chiratidzo chacho chakawedzerwa kuNational Register of Historic Places. Kelly akadana magadzirirwo aWillis kuti anopenya uye akati unhu hwake hwaiva hwakafanana nehukadzi hwakasimba, hunotaura nokukurumidza hunotungamirira mumafirimu akadai sa'Musikana Wake Chishanu.' 'Munyu muduku, usina ruremekedzo muduku,' Kelly akadaro norudo. 'Ndakafunga kuti akanga ari mukadzi wekare.' Willis, akaberekwa muna 1923 mutaundi duku reOverton kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweLas Vegas, akashanda semufananidzo wekutengesa muLos Angeles asati adzokera kuLas Vegas, kwaakashanda kumakambani ezviratidzo uye akagadzira bhero rakakurumbira rakaumbwa nedhaimani remarambi anopenya. Chiratidzo chacho chava chakakurumbira zvikuru...
Nyanzvi yokudhirowa mifananidzo Betty Willis akagadzira chikwangwani chakakurumbira cheneon muna 1959. Chiratidzo chacho chiri pakati peLas Vegas Boulevard kumaodzanyemba kweStrip uye chinokwezva vashanyi vakawanda. Muna 2009 yakaiswa muNational Register of Historic Places. Hapana munhu ane kodzero dzokunyora chiratidzo chacho, naizvozvo chinowanzotevedzwa uye chinooneka pamhando dzose dzezviyeuchidzo muLas Vegas nokumwewo.