Show ea in ea- Tdr - i i CEU's IfiBCMlB QBastenaaG® Quarry pillaged by dinosaur bone thieves Cleveland-Lloy- d "This is the most important theft from any natural museum -- " Don Burge by Barry Maxfield staff writer is now victim thieves who stole dinosaur bones from the main quarry sight The story went nationwide poorer The CEU Museum by wire service in an effort to which is benefactor of call attention to the problem the work at the quarry The hope is that the thieves has been impacted by will contact other museums this theft Don Burge in an effort to sell the stolen museum director states bones The hope is that this “that this is the most imwill allow law enforcement trail to establish a leading to portant theft from any natural museum” their apprehension Pam Miller archaeoJohn Bird BLM ranger at the quarry and CEU museum logical director for the staled that this museum that the employee agrees theft has caused the muthieves could be tried for seum to review its secucrimes that could bring a sentence maximum rity policies and procedures She says that this and a maximum of $250000 will have an impact on The quarry will in fines future volunteer prohave an alarm system which will alert law enforcement of grams “we will have to d Cleveland-LloyDinosaur be careful how we go future intrusions at the Bones like those of Al the Allosaurus1 were taken from the Quarry In Emery County from located was ATs the of excavated Most skeleton about recruiting volunquarry recently quarry Photo by Bryan Bernard In order to get a perspecteers This theft has tive on this type of crime the caused repercussions FBI was contacted for information The FBI spokesman stated that this type of throughout the museum community There is terrible concern about the security crime has grown considerably in recent years And the scope is now of paleontological sites” intemalional'There are sophisticated international collectors of archaeological Miller feels the public must become involved in stopping this problem She states will that extent lesser Asia a and to in and paleontological curios pay that if someone observes digging at a sight the observer should take down license Europe almost any price for specimens” The spokesman pointed to the ivory trade as an plate numbers and contact law enforcement authorities If thediggersare legitimate example “This trade with collectors mostly in Asia has almost caused the they will have all the necessary permits and there will be no problem Miller extinction oflhe Black Rhino in Africa These same people are now are collecting See dinosaurs on back page OluaBEBnDQEm BA2lQ?IQEfE3OT32) mms Gtp89 ont£nii eaiwi 10-ye- ar GBp mi&asMR Qfir'iTalCXdb-GVx£f- c 'imii- - G®' VHuJsl 3:frk43drrn $0£) 3 'll Aft- - - i rtfi ukiafla QOmiAaim Qb-st- t i lLi I Mall l 1 9 3' it They're sa'isjifth - JKl1! at it again: CEU forensics posts year's strongest showing College of Eastern Utah's forensics squad is building momentum as they continue to make their mark at the top of the collegiate forensics world with two impressive showings in Utah and Colorado At Red Rock Classic at Southern Utah University Nov 3 CEU had its t 2-- I - I strongest forensics showing yet this year They not only won sweepstakes colleges but also won among two-ye- Sft 'f Ul'kv'xi xi " xlfcfc ar till i ii Ale t i 2W i i overall sweepstakes by accumulating school more wins than any four-yedebate CEU In won every division Aaron Muranaka and Sheraka Kelley beat the Air Force Academy winning first place in the open division Muranaka was named second best speaker in that division while Kelley was named top speaker ar cross-examinati- I Geveland-Lloy- d Quarry by CEU museum staff and owned by the Bureau of Land was pillaged by what appears to be professional curio CEU fj&fri of the curio trade The artifacts and bones illegally obtained from sites here in the US The problem is huge certainly dinosaur bones would be no exception especially with the craze caused by such mass media as the movie Jurassic Park” The investigation of this theft is under the jurisdiction of the Emery County Sheriffs Department and the Bureau of Land Management Physical damages to the quarry were minimal The greatest loss are the stolen bones which will be probably be lost forever Bird says that the loss makes us all I Tracy Fbrgie and Michael Devore beat CSU Northridge to win first place in junior division Forgie was named fourth best speaker Devore sixth Also Cameron Allcott and Bryan Allred advanced to quarter finals taking third and second best speaker respectively Katie Bartlett and Shawn Anderson also were in quarter finals taking seventh and eighth best speaker respectively In novice division Mike Zahller and Zach Westerficld were named the top team Zahller took first speaker in that division while Westerficld took second The "brothers team freshmen from Colorado was also deemed good enough to compete round of junior in the quarter-findivision In parliamentary debate CEU ad al vanced two teams to the semifinal round: Richard Rollins and Jason Walker and Mike Leonard and John Thompson Walker received the award for seventh overall speaker Abranda Mudd received fifth speaker Leonard eighth and Chris Solbes 11th In individual events CEU also had a very strong showing with Leonard and Allred taking first in duo interpretation Solbes and Rollins fifth place and Amber Miller and Richard Rollins sixth place In after dinner speaking Thompson placed first Liz Paddock fourth and Richard Rollins fifth In extemporaneous speaking Allred placed third while in impromptu speaking he placed fourth Walker and Paddock were semi-finalis- ts in impromptu The squad returned from Red Rock Community College's Denver Swing Monday with a second overall finish and a first in the junior college rankings Paddock placed first in programmed oral interpretation McDonald third Mali fourth and Thompson fifth In dramatic interpretation Leonard placed third and Thompson fourth In prose Solbes placed sixth while Thompson wasascmifinalist Walker placed fifth in persuasive and broke to octo finals with Rollins in pariimentary debate In poetry Paddock placed fifth and Leonard placed second Walker placed fifth in persuasive as well Coaches Stannard and Gundlach declined comment saying they were too tired to talk to The Eagle |