Show Former resident honored in California news A former Vernal resident Jay Kay was named Citizen of the Day In Capistrano Beach California recently According to reports Mr Kay is known around the local school district as the dinosaur man liE HE IS a retired geologist- geologist paleontologist and was employed employed em- em at the Dinosaur Quarry for ten years a half hall century ago as a powder man drill expert He lie ran a mule team that dragged the ton half granite fossil blocks to the loading ramp In the evenings he would study geology and dinosaur lore from project manager the late Dr Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Carnegie Carnegie Car Car- negie Museum in Pittsburgh Mr Kay never went beyond the grammer school education he got In Vernal but when asked about his education he says What do you mean by education Schooling and education are two different things It is fine to have schooling but I never cease to study Mr Kay now 87 is also an artist and has paintings in San Clemente art galery and is a member of the Laguna Art Club |