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It’s Jurassic Park at the BE Library!
Jim Pollard puts some of his dino fossils on display
By Chuck Hunt - Editor | May 23, 2021
Blue Earth residents Jim Pollard, left, and his son, Ross Pollard, put the cast replica of the Acrocanthosaurus skull in place on a stand in the Blue Earth Community Library, above.
Visitors to the Blue Earth Community Library might be a bit startled by a new exhibit in the library lobby.
The large skull of a dinosaur with jaws full of sharp teeth seems to be menacing every visitor walking in.
While it looks like the skull of a Tyrannosaurus rex, it is actually much smaller than a T-rex and belongs to a dinosaur called Acrocanthosaurus, or ‘Acro’ for short.
Listen, we get it. More than a year of pandemic isolation has warped everyone s sense of temporal perspective in other words, time s gone all wibbly wobbly for a lot of us.
Here s a potentially helpful suggestion: try looking at things in a grand, geological point of view. When you re studying the remnants of life from millions and millions of years ago, it can put day-to-day anxieties in a whole new light.
Fortunately, New Jersey is home to plenty of locations where the curious can learn about dinosaurs and discover fossils of their own.
Field Station: Dinosaurs
Utilizing animatronic dinosaurs, games, workshops and live shows, Field Station: Dinosaurs turns Leonia s Overbeck County Park into a thrilling prehistoric destination for all ages.
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Faith, South Dakota doesn’t likely have a lot going on.
As the state’s 135th largest city, it boasts a population of just over 400.
The median age is 40 years, the average household income’s $51,069.
Median monthly rent is $294, and the median house value sits at $87,000.
Oh, and the high school has an annual Slave/Branding event.
So there’s that.
Although, that last item recently garnered attention.
Set for April 26th, the auction run by the Rodeo Club has been held for decades.
How it works: A member of the club is “auctioned” off to a rancher in order to provide a few days’ labor. The bid serves as a donation to the school.