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news staff reporter COLORi BUALO NEWS BY Lauri Githens 4 "Have you seen this commercial for condoms where the condom r'y: wouldn 't need you At the dinosaur exhibit one kid meets another I Sec Dinosaurs Page D3 iLOR what friends are for a Washington Post Writers Group See Page D3 1 American Council for Unvire NJet'J The Weekend Connection mp Jay Leno an "The Tonight Show" In the Museum of Science a toothy welcome from the Albertosaurus holos by HUBERT SMITUBuffl News mighty roar as he swings his head and seems to make eye contact with any who cross his path Near him is a Chasmo saurus a dinosaur that uses a frill display during ritual combat and courting The Chasmosaurus is shown with its baby which makes a sound like a mewing kitten The underlying theme is to show visitors using the best knowledge that scien tists have how dinosaurs cared for their young from the careful placement of eggs in nests to a mother feeding nestlings It will appeal more to old er children than to younger and it will certainly interest anyone who wants to know more about the workings of a dig and specifically what has been learned from this square mile in Montana's western Badlands One of the most interest ing portions shows two Maiasaura nests (one is robotic the other skeletal) that illustrate how the dino saurs took care of their young They are placed one body length apart the dis tance away from each other that the dinosaurs placed their nests The nests were bowl shaped piles of mud with a hol low that was about six feet wide and three feet deep In one nest cracked shells hold the hatchlings which close ly resemble baby chicks Also there are life size skeletal examples that portray herding And a mini quiz for viewers to sec if they can determine which is the fossil and which are the man Inside Social News 02 Television 04 Comics 06 Entertainment 08 The dinosaurs family values What: amilies: The Story of Egg portraying the ani nesting and parental behavior Where: Buffalo Museum of Science When: 10 am through 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday riday evenings until 10 pm The exhibit is up through May 21 Cost: $525 for adults $325 for children students with ID and senior citizens free for children under 4 In 1978 Marion Brand void an amateur fossil collector showed a cof fee can full of tiny bones to paleontolo gists at the Museum of the Rockies Tha discovery the bones of a baby duck billed dinosaur fromy a nesting colony UL started intensiTlf? research on Momv TMJur Egg MouttaJ tain a site that haTS? wiSta proved to be one Whoopi Goldberg and Mary Louise Parker two of the three buddies in on the HENBACH the Currier Ives Sleigh Rally and Competition will line up about 10:30 am Sunday at the Chautauqua Institution Prancing horses will be dri ven by costumed owners to set the tone for the event on the 750 acre Victorian setting There are about 20 competitors After the competition visitors are invited to take horse drawn sleigh rides ($2 for adults $1 for chil dren) Also cross country skis can be rented ($10 a day with $20 deposit) at the bookstore for skiing through the streets They are rented between 9:15 am and 5 pm no admission to the institution and parking is free that day 4 still another version of White and the Seven 'Hie Jim Menke Marionette Theatre uses hand crafted marionettes to bring out the humor and charm of this well liked story The show starts at 3 pm Sunday at the Jewish RONALD COLLKRANBnfhlo Num 'fa Where the boys are so $15 at the door of the iBuffalo Marriott tonight Then again ladies inside await 30 certifiably single employed eager to date males the Leukemia Society of Ameri Bachelor Auction cash bar starts at 6 cat and checkbook commences at 7 Available: Macaroni Co owner Matt Quinn WGR traffic reporter Bob Masse 97 Rock morning sports anchor Marc Stout a handful of execu troid rakes even a cop and a graphic de signer or two Bidding starts around $50 but remember you do not actually buy these strapping lads You do have to give them back Unless they request otherwise Jqlcars even though in pdibly spry animals? oa This is not to suggest that the squirrels are to blame when they are smushed But you have to admit that amazing how squirrels can leap around in a tree elude cats scramble across rooftops and power lines bury nuts in the ground and sometimes actually find them later and yet still have a hard time just crossing the street safely The obvious answer is that squir rels evolved long before the automo bile age and know how to deal with cars But not sim ply that cars befud dle them The amaz ing thing is that squir rels really cannot see the car at all The motion of the car is so bizarre compared to other things in nature that the brain even register it appreciate the move ment toward them of these objects" says Richard Restak author of Modular He says he pondered the squirrel paradox for 25 years before figuring it out appraise speed and movement coming at them like that nothing in their life to correspond to Tree branches move Cats come at them from a block away As for power lines squirrels probably just think they are a new variety of vine The point is the brain of a squirrel or any creature including a human being is a carefully calibrated sensori um It just suck in the whole world and discern it Each brain is evolved in tandem with sen sory organs for a particular environ ment We might think we discern the world around us perfectly but we lack the kinesthesia of squirrels the sonar skills of dolphins the keen vision of owls and the brilliant olfaction of dogs Squirrels might think weird that we can't remember where we put out eyeglasses Glash! Beatles split! oo boy talk about hearing it first Now we know where to OB Hl turn for news on the music scene This realization following Channel Ts breathless announcement Monday7 night just before the 1 1 news that music has down on the planet" just a super clever reference to i 1 0 1 1 The Planet And only a half year or so after the station signed on too! And i the report? A clip from that Ameri i can Music Awards a few words from the i manager Kevin Bruno the same I from Planet Program Director Kerry Gray i and a comment on sales from Record i Paul Bapst Oh and commentary i from anchor Keith Radford (such a famil 1 iar face on the downtown club scene) who sagely informed us all that i music is now Well Consider us informed Now could local TV follow 1 up on the rumor that Kurt Cobain died? By SCOTT THOMAS News Staff Reviewer i os On the packs so much stuff into its traveling bag bursting at the zip pers Let see: mere are mreecjuirKy person vit alities AIDS sex both straight and other wise murder romance loathsome husbands and lovable KiZ good guys unresolved mother conflicts a baby born When a scene of a Southwestern festival complete with masked jugglers and mariachi bands it all just seems like more of the same a three women on the road movie self consciously like at times so much so that Whoopi Goldberg remarks to her friends at one point am not going over a cliff for you two so just forget Each of the three is running from something: Jane (Goldberg) a jaded lounge singer wants to find a new career in Los Angeles ive a hoot nd listen not that we're so darned smart about the whole music scene thing either Heck we actually expected to hear Southern buzz band 1 lootie and the Blowfish on local radio by now! (As in more than a handful of obligatory plays a few months ago) we expect it? Guess we fig i ured that after My exploded all over MTV and VII 1 (now into the band second single) and the tX Network had hosting a weekend of shows and after the band CD Cracked Rear view jumped from No 21 to No 12 nationally in i retail sales just this past week and promot ers are campaigning like rats in heat to get the band here in April ah forget it i What were we thinking? Pshhh fr 2 Using vaudeville techniques and imaginativestaging TOY tells the story of Amelia Ear hart Images from the Roaring to Benny Good man and Teddy Roosevelt are evoked with head lines flashbacks and introspective monologues Recommended for ages 9 and older the perfor mance features Katie White as Earhart David Mitchell as George Putnam and Eugene liarring as the reporter The play opens at 7 pm riday It will run at 2 pm Saturdays and Sundays through eb 26 at the ranklin Street Theatre 282 ranklin Tickets $7 are available by calling 856 4410 1DOES IT GET ANY BETTERthan Elizabeth Taylor? The Olde Chestnut ilm Society think so The society is start ing a classics series and Liz will kick it off in Come on riday On March 3 April 7 Secret May 5 The program begins at 7:30 pm with a short talk by Grant Golden a short subject and door prizes Then the films are shown in Hoover Ele mentary School Town of Tonawan da (Parking is on Sheridan Drive just west of Colvin Boulevard) Individual admission is $350 but parents can bring all their school age children for $10 per show or $30 for the four film series Call Golden at 836 4757 for information Kk)y iv iu crow next along powwr ii 3 Want to sec some refur bished sleighs from bygone days? Competitors for Katie White as Amelia Earhart ext sex symbol: Peter Mac Nicol the nebbish lawyer and i i Oil single uau rrom cuiihiik stronc Current sex ambol? No fewer than six personal ads in Meeting Place were from women seek i ing John Goodman man Buzz bands: Prick (Nothinglnterscope) Gen eration (Chrysalis) Rancid (Epic) whose new single will probably shove aside Green Day and Offspring Community Center 2640 orest Road Getz ville Admission is $4 members $5 non members Call Cathy Sommer at 688 4033 for tickets 5 Children who bring a hand made valentine to the Aquarium of Niagara 701 Whirlpool St Niagara alls will be admitted free with the pur chase of an adult admission between Saturday and eb 14 All valentines will be displayed and aquari um memberships will be awarded to the most cre ative Also the aquarium will sponsor Storytelling Saturdays at 11 am and 1 pm eb 1 1 (folk singer Nan Hoffman) eb 18 (Michelle Costa of theatreiguren) and eb 25 (musician Tom Walsh) Admission is $625 for adults $425 for childrem and seniors free for children under 3 'Mr this nn productive digs Not surprisingly those discoveries spawned a travel ing exhibit Called ami lies: The Story of Egg Moun the exhibit opens ri day at the Buffalo Museum of Science Egg Mountain presents some of the 80 million year old fossils the along with casts that repre sent egg clutches and a bone bed that shows the remains of an enormous herd believed to have been killed in a flood or a volcanic eruption These are enhanced with geologic diagrams and photographs Of course there are robotic models what would a dinosaur exhibit be without a noise making moving creature to get the attention of visitors? 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