PERC (Propane Education & Research Council) presented Lance Syrett, general manager of Ruby's Inn with its national Energy for Everyone Hero Award for environmental stewardship. Syrett is the great-grandson of Reuben (Ruby) and Minnie Syrett who were true pioneers. Ruby was working in nearby mills, but he and Minnie decided to go forth and homestead lands in 1916. A cousin visited the Syretts after they had settled in and asked if they had visited nearby Bryce Canyon. They had not, so off they ventured and their first view was from Sunset Point. Before long, word spread and visitors began arriving to take in the spectacular hoodoos and canyon. Ruby and Minnie brought cots for them along with food, and so began their future of hosting visitors to Bryce Canyon.