Siegfried Fischbacher, left, and Roy Horn congratulate their friend and Dino Award Conservationist of the Year recipient, Tippi Hedren, Saturday during the Las Vegas Natural History Museum's annual Dinosaur Ball at the Hyatt Regency at Lake Las Vegas. Photos by Marian Umhoefer/Review-Journal Mike Fauci, from left, Diana Fauci, Mike Davidson, Patty Davidson and Charles Creigh gather during the 14th annual Dinosaur Ball to benefit the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. State Sen. Joe Heck, from left, and Lisa Heck chat with Jim Von Behren during the Las Vegas Natural History Museum fundraiser Saturday. Stuffed white tigers were sold to support the museum's Critter Care program, which covers food and veterinary bills for live exhibits. Susie Manriquez, from left, Stephanie Stallworth and Joyce Woodhouse join in the fun during the 14th annual Dinosaur Ball benefiting the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. Roz Santangelo, escorted by Andre Roskam, received the Dino Award for Humanitarian of the Year Saturday during the Las Vegas Natural History Museum benefit at the Hyatt Regency at Lake Las Vegas. Beverly Brennan, from left, Leo Brennan, Pat Shalmy and Joy Shalmy offer their support for the Las Vegas Natural History Museum's Critter Care program by buying stuffed tigers. Marilyn Gillespie, left, and Victoria Paluzzi greet guests to the 14th annual Las Vegas Natural History Museum's Dinosaur Ball fundraiser on Saturday.

Actress Tippi Hedren was honored with a Dino Award during the Las Vegas Natural History Museum's 14th annual Dinosaur Ball Saturday at the Hyatt Regency at Lake Las Vegas.

Best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 thriller "The Birds," Hedren received the Conservationist of the Year Award from last year's winners, Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn.

Through her acting career, Hedren developed a love for wildlife, particularly lions and other big cats. She is the founder and president of The Roar Foundation, which maintains the Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre wildlife habitat on the edge of the Mojave Desert. It provides shelter to more than 70 animals -- many of them orphaned or abandoned by circuses and zoos -- that cannot survive in the wild.

Guests at the party watched a video showing Hedren's work at the preserve.

Other recipients of the museum's Dino Awards were Roz Santangelo of Southwest Airlines for Humanitarian of the Year, and Cox Communications -- represented by Leo Brennan -- received the Corporate Philanthropy Award.

A sellout crowd of more than 300 enjoyed an evening that also included silent and live auctions, dinner and dancing.

Ventriloquist Ronn Lucas served as master of ceremonies with the help of his puppet, Scorch.

Anthony Guenther, chairman of the organization's board of directors, spoke about the museum's exhibits and its educational programs. He encouraged donations to fund field trips for schoolchildren to visit the Natural History Museum to aid in their appreciation of the world's wildlife and ecosystems.

Stuffed white tigers were sold for $25 with the funds going to the museum's Critter Care program for food and veterinary bills.

The ball's honorary co-chairs, Joy and Pat Shalmy, were joined by guests including Susie and Steve Manriquez, Helen Foley, Carolyn Sparks, Tiffany and Robert Sparks, Ruth and Jack Lillis, Kay and Allen Browne, Stephanie and Steve Stallworth, state Sen. Joe Heck and Lisa Heck, Melissa and Clark Warren, Rand Key, Kay Mormon, Joyce Woodhouse and Al Whittenberg.

Auctioneer Doug Suerdieck -- with a little help from Lucas and Scorch -- conducted the live auction that included three deluxe packages to tempt guests.

The first package was a dinner for 10 at Border Grill in Mandalay Bay that sold for $1,500 to Leo Brennan. The second package was an East Coast getaway including airfare to the Grand Hyatt in New York City and also Washington, D.C., won by Horn for $1,300. Horn also purchased the third package for $2,900 as a gift for his veterinarian, a Hawaiian Experience, including airfare with accommodations at Waikiki's Hyatt.

Other guests included Jacque and Dave Matthews, Cindy and Jay Stauss, Jana Lee and Ed Jamison, Patty and Michael Davidson, Chris and Charles Creigh, Katherine and Raymond Lucchesi, Pat and Ken Wilkinson, Ty and Bob Walsh, and the Natural History Museum's Executive Director Marilyn Gillespie.

The Marilyn Collection: Barbara Lee Woollen hosted a reception at her Art de Vignettes at the Fashion Show mall Oct. 11 to showcase the Delores Hope Masi Marilyn Collection.

Available to the public for the first time were Masi's personal collection of jewelry worn by Marilyn Monroe in various movies and public appearances, as well as clothing and matted and framed photographs meticulously reproduced as limited editions and available to collectors.

Masi's father, Chic Masi, and Joe DiMaggio were lifelong friends who shared a business partnership in Los Angeles. She was a young girl when the Masi home provided a sanctuary for Monroe and DiMaggio in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Delores Hope Masi was the recipient of jewelry and clothing from Monroe's movie wardrobe and personal closet, which she protected for nearly 50 years. Masi has commissioned designers and manufacturers to re-create a select few of her keepsakes for purchase through Art de Vignettes.

Reception guests included Barbara and Jeff Calvin, Vivi Marshall, Billy Gomez, Mari Landers, Abigail Schwartz, Jon Jackson, Judge Angel Cooley, Ann and Doug Ingram, Dale Robins, and Carolynn Towbin and daughter, Jesika.