Las Vegas Golf Course Superintendents Remember Calletano Lopez

Las Vegas, Nevada (September 16, 2012)--The Las Vegas Golf Region has been hit with a few major rain storms this monsoon season, and this past week major flooding caused the death of Luis Lopez-Solis, a maintenance worker at Desert Rose Golf Club. Lopez was working on a backhoe when rising waters swept him away. A search ensued and his body was found two days later. At first it was reported that Calletano Lopez was missing but Metro Police said that was an alias. --Press Reports. Photo: MyNews3.

Lopez-Solis was said to be an employee of Par 3 Landscaping. KVVU Fox 5 reported that he had a fiance who was six months pregnant. An account has been set up for those interested in donating in the memory of Lopez-Solis. Info: Account# 30105870, First Security Bank of Nevada, 10501 West Gowan Rd., Las Vegas, Nevada.

At the time he went missing, the Southern Nevada Golf Course Superintendents Association sent out a press release urging volunteers to come and assist in the search and rescue efforts.