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Show - - 1 i j j I , , j 1 M - 1 ; .. r " , : I , l ', I I - 14 " ', . . i r , , , : k 5 - i r . ) ; . ' i X , ' A GIANT DINO BURGER is presented to Mike Sullivan, Vernal Chamber president, Gireorad jubilee planned for Dinosesur Day, Aug. 13 The annual Dinosaur Days celebration. celebra-tion. Saturday August 13. will be an eventful dav with athletic competition, sidewalk safes, and a fish scramble, said Irvin Haws. Dinosaur Gardens Committee Com-mittee chairman. The dav's events will begin at 7 a.m. with registration for a triathlon sponsored spon-sored bv KVEL. At 8 a.m. the triathlon will begin at 100 South Vernal Avenue with three-member team bicycling, running and swimming to complete the marathon. First prize will be a 4-man raft. Other prizes will be given away. At 9 a.m. businesses will show their by Irvin Haws, left, to remind everyone of Dinosaur Day August 13. wares during a sidewalk sale. At 10 a.m. KN'EU will sponsor bicycle bicy-cle races for children age 2 to 12. The races will begin at Central School and will go north on 100 South. Every child in the competition will receive a gift certificate, and bicycles will be given to the winners. The "highlight" of the day. according accor-ding to Alvin Kay. who is organizing the event, will be the fish scramble. Kay said the gutter on south Vernal Avenue will be diked off and 200. 10-inch trout will be put in a pool created by the dike. Children ages 2 to 10 will scramble to catch the fish with their hands. Certain fish will be mark ed, so that those catching the fish will receive a special prize from local merchants. At 5 p.m. the Rotary Club w ill sponsor spon-sor a barbacue on the lawn at the Uintah Uin-tah County Courthourse. Cost is S2 for children and S4.50 for adults. Twenty percent of the proceeds raised rais-ed at the day's events will go to improve im-prove Dinosaur Gardens. Haws said. Last year the Rotary Club donated over 100 percent of its proceeds from the barbacue with a SI. 100 donations. Dinosaur Day celebrates the coming and dedication of 9 fiberglass Dinosaur Replicas olaced in Dinosaur Gardens. |