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Show 1 0 Yenwl Exprefldvertlser Wed., August 6, 1986 Dinosour Doys Beauty... (Continued from page 9) have been found. "About four years ago volunteers from back east were doing a survey and while walking along noted bones on the surface. A paleontologist spread the word and a Nebraska paleontologist paleon-tologist came out to check the site," explained Ann. "The materials at the site are screened, washed and then placed in screen boxes in the Green River. The fine rocks that remain are examined ex-amined under a microscope. All sorts of teeth, parts of bone and other fossils are being found in the silt. We have learned a lot from that site." Ann has great enthusiasm about Dinosaur Monument. "It is an internationally in-ternationally significant area," she noted. "There are 110 other localities in the park with geological finds and only ten percent per-cent of the park has been investigated. in-vestigated. There are three paleontologists paleon-tologists at the monument and the resource is known around the world. Scientists come from everywhere to see it. They all want to examine the kinds of animals and plants contained in their field of specialty. This keeps research moving and is an exciting part of our work here." Ann gives talks regularly on the history of the quarry. She especially especial-ly enjoys the question and answer sessions at end of her talks. "That's how I find out what the people want to hear," she said. "I like working with people and all of the tedious work I do is worth it when a kid comes through the door and says, "Wow!" Our visitors are up over the past year. One Saturday Satur-day this season we had 2,800 visitors. On an average day there are 1,500 to 2,000 during the peak of the tourist season." The female paleontologist not only on-ly is beneficial to the national monument, monu-ment, but does volunteer service for the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park in Vernal as well. She has helped repair replicas of the dinosaurs and suggested sug-gested ways to store collections. Her expertise on storing artifacts at the proper humidity and maintaining main-taining museum standards has been freely shared. Ann is cheering the choice of scientists to hold their first conference con-ference on fossil resources in Vernal Ver-nal It will take place September 22 through 26 at Raintree Plaza Hotel. A variety of parks people and scientists from parks all over the United States will be attending the conference. Although Ann misses cultural events offered by big cities and In the eafit where she grew up. she manages to put herself into the main-stream of the community. She pliied short stop for the St. Francis Softball team of which she said. "I made a lot of new friends Continued on page ID ill 1 i--" J H V 4 . ..r . urn Lv Ifl V 1' J. fP it 3 1 - M-H . v -- -. -- Ssl 54 South 100 East 789-3354 r PALEONTOLOGISTS have an interesting array of tools to do their excavating. Note the hypodermic needle filled with stabilization material used to quickly fill a crack or fissure in the fossils. jj for him..'. jx: 'tfl Joyce's House of Beauty 120 East Main (Lamplighter Inn) Vernal, Utah 789-4577 CUTPQiD QDGITTTJ5GD Start with Fresh Juice Fruits Array of Salads Work up to Baron of Beef Ham Roast Turkey Traditional Eggs Sausage Bacon Trip to Sweet Table 95 50 Under 12 6 Serving this Sunday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm RESTAURAnT 1684 W. Hiway40 . Vernal, Utah &4078 |