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THE SAUNA JOURNAL GREAT PLAINS SUNDAY, JANUARY 27. 2002 AB impresses designer FROM PAGE A1 "He contacted us right after Sue closed and asked if we would be interested in hosting anbther exhibition this spring," Choate said. "We jumped on it." The three-month run at Sternberg marks the first time the Jurassic Park exhibit has been in the Midwest. The nearest locations have been Cincinnati, Phoenix and Houston. "For us to bring in exhibitions like Sue and Jurassic P'ark puts us in the top 15 or 20 museums in the country because there are only about that many museums that can do it," Choate said.

"The fact they called us and asked us, puts us toward the top of that list because it normally doesn't happen. We think this reflects very well on our reputation in the museum community and in the exhibit world. It means a lot to us. "The fact we can bring these exhibits out to the middle of the country where they would not otherwise be is especially rewarding." Hopes to best Sue The Sue exhibit, which closed in April after a two- month run, was a popular one. Surveys showed that visitors from 103 of the 105 counties in Kansas made their way to the Hays museum, as did people from 43 states and nine foreign countries.

Of the nearly 150,000 visitors to the museum during fiscal 2001, more than 105,000 came to see the Sue exhibit, which is now in Salt Lake City as part of the upcoming Winter Olympics. "I tend to be a pessimist, so I'll be elated if we draw 100,000," Choate said. "But theoretically, since we've got (Jurassic Park) for three months, instead of the two months with Sue, and it's a bigger exhibition, we ought to do better." Choate is counting on it, as in dollars and cents. "We're depending on Jurassic Park to help us pay our bills this year," he said. "It's got to be a winner, and I believe it will be.

It's a great exhibit." Choate said attendance at Sternberg has been down since the Sue exhibit left, but he believes the same can be said of most museums around the country "Without Sue last year, we would have had about 40,000 visitors," he said. "Since Sue left, our numbers have dropped even more." Choate hopes the Jurassic Park exhibit bucks that trend. "What we found last year with Sue was spring was really a good time to encourage people to come and see a big exhibition," Choate said. "Basically, there's very little going on farming-wise. People have cabin fever after a long winter, and they're ready to get out and do something." Customized for Sternberg The exhibit will feature skeletons and fleshed-out models in various habitats, giving ATTENTION KMART SHOPPERS On PJM I of the Jinuarx 27,2002 wttklf id circular, the (ollowlni products will not be readily available.

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But, there are also some people who can't really envision what the animal was like without the fleshed-out model. I think people appreciate different aspects. 1 think you need both." John Griffith, Philadelphia, supervised the construction of the Jurassic Park exhibit during a recent six-day stay in Hays. Griffith works for Dinosaur Productions, which builds exhibits for museums and trade shows. "It's a production, that's what it is, and it takes months and months of preparation to plan what it's going to be," said Griffith as he watched volunteer workers struggle to put together the lower body of the mammoth mamenchlsaurus.

"I do the advance work and new layouts for each location, which makes it such a special exhibit. It's a custom exhibit each and every place we go. It's always changing." Griffith is impressed with the Sternberg Museum facilities and the people who helped put the exhibit together. "I think it's really cool," he said. "I sat in the hotel and read about this place, and there's so much going on out here.

It's not just flat and corn in Kansas. The caliber of people I just find wonderful. Everyone is friendly and everyone works hard. It's different. It's a different mentality" Griffith said his goal Is to ATTRESS AREHOUSE no N.W.Std, Abilene, KS Spring A ir Mattresses Register your Wedding 'hixedos get the groom's tux FREE! PLUS, get the RING BEARER'S TUX off CloHiina '5 Downtown Sallna 823-8181 Girl Scout Valentine Cookie Gift Bags What better way to say "I LOVE YOU" Price includes choice of Girl Scout Cookies, collectible Girl Scout 90th Anniversary bag and Valentines Day card.

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Also on display at Sternberg is a single vertebra more than 6 feet high and 5 feet wide from the Argentinosaurus. Griffith helped build a model of the gigantic animal for a museum In Atlanta ftom 12 fossils that have been found. When completed, the animal was 128 feet long and 29 feet high. "Here's this incredible society of animals that ruled the world for hundreds of millions of years," Griffith said. "They did something right, and 1 hope we can learn ftom them.

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