E-NEWSLETTER / May 2004


OPENING - Memorial Day Weekend!

      Whew! We are opening this weekend!!! Wow!! It is amazing what everyone has contributed here - double shifts, late night, no days off, baby sitters, all to realize a fantastic
dream of Mike Triebold from 2 years ago.
      I have to apologize for this late newsletter and I must keep it short and sweet as we are still preparing to open the doors at 9am on Friday, May 28th (less than 24 hrs as of this writing).
      I invite all of you to join us for this momentous moment which represents all of the blood, sweat, and occasional tears from those that worked so hard to make this all happen.
     
Sincerely,
Dave Ehlert
RMDRC Director
dave@rmdrc.com
 		  
E-DinoByte: Albertosaurus libratus

Pronounced (AL-BER-TO-SORE-US LI-BRA-TUS)

     Albertosaurus was a 20 to 25 foot long carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Its skull was full of dagger-like teeth designed to catch and kill medium and large prey like hadrosaurs, small ceratopsians and other ornithiscians.

Albertosaurus, as you can probably surmise, is a very close relative of the infamous Tyrannosaurus rex. It lived in the same area and filled a similar role as Tyrannosaurus, but lived some 10 million years earlier in time.
 

GRAND OPENING SCHEDULE :

Friday May 28th

8:30 AM - Outer ribbon cutting ceremony. Doors open to the public at 9:00am. Guided tours every half hour.

6:00 PM- “Dinosaur Talks” Welcome introduction Mike Triebold/Dave Ehlert. Limited seating please schedule in advance.

Location: Rampart Range Public Library auditorium

6:15 PM- 6:45- Keynote Speaker Mike Triebold, “OPEN TOPIC”      

6:45 PM – 7:15- Ken Carpenter, “The Dinosaurs of Utah”

7:15: PM – 7:30- Intermission

7:30 PM – 8:00 PM- Paul Janke, “The End Cretaceous Extinction”

8:00 PM 8:30 PM - Coffee and snacks

Saturday May 29th

9:00 AM- RMDRC Doors open to the public. Guided tours every half hour

12:00 PM - 12:15 “Dino Talks” Welcome by Dave Ehlert. Limited seating please schedule in advance.

Location: Rampart Range Public Library auditorium

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM - Martin Lockley, “Tracking Dinosaurs Around the World”

12:45 PM – 1:15 PM - Walter W. Stein, “The Joy of Discovery- Exploring For Dinosaurs in the Rocky Mountain West”,

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM - Intermission

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM - Speaker and topic to be announced. Unfortunatly, Dr. Robert Bakker has cancelled his appearance with us. However, we will have another speaker in his place during this time. We apologize for any convenience!!

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM - Coffee and snacks

 

Dinosaur News:

     One interesting and ongoing topic in the paleontological field is how the dinosaurs became extinct.
Theories arise every so often and are accepted and refuted at the same time by the scientific community as presented by these articles:

From BBC News, "Fewer females wiped out dinosaurs"

From National Geographic, "That Asteroid Didn't Kill Dinosaurs, Study Says"



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