Castle Valley Chapter of USAS
Carbon Dated News
February 2012 Edition
Margene Hackney-Editor____
paper among all the papers published in
the previous year.
Dr.
Carpenter’s
paper
entitled
“Variation in a Population of Theropoda
(Dinosauria): Allosaurus from the
Cleveland-Lloyd
Quarry
(Upper
Jurassic, Utah, USA” (Paleontological
Research), vol.14, no.4 pp. 250-259.
December 31 2010 met this criterion for
the award.
Congratulations to Dr. Carpenter!
Executive Board
President- Cliff Green
Past President- Craig Royce
Vice President-Heidi Essex
Secretary-Nona Burgess
Treasurer- Margene Hackney
Historian- Diane G. Jenkins
Newsletter Editor- Margene Hackney
Honorary Members
Don and Sherril Burge
Blaine and Dr. Pamela Miller
Maurine Dorman
Dr. Ray and Dr. Deanne Matheny
First Combined CVAS-UFOP
Meeting
The next CVAS meeting will be with the
UFOP chapter and will held be on
Thursday February 16, 2012 in the
upstairs classroom at the USU Eastern
Prehistoric Museum. The guest speaker
will be Dr. Kenneth Carpenter. His lecture
is entitled “Why We Need a New
Museum”
The UFOP business meeting will begin
at 6:30pm. All CVAS members are
welcome to attend this meeting. The Castle
Valley Chapter (CVAS) business meeting
will begin at 7:00pm. The lecture will begin
shortly after that business meeting.
CVAS Advisors
Blaine and Pam Miller
John Senulis
Dr. Kenneth Carpenter
USAS Advisors
Dr. James Allison
Charmaine Thompson
USAS President
Bruce Burgess
Dr. Carpenter Achieves International
Recognition
January CVAS Meeting
Dr. Kenneth Carpenter, the USU
Eastern Prehistoric Museum director and
Renowned Paleontologist has received
international acclaim by receiving the
UniBio Press Award for palentological
research.
The UniBio Press is a non-profit
organization that distributes biologyoriented academic journals including The
Palentological
Research,
and
the
Journal of Palentological Society of
Japan. The “UniBio Press Award” is given
each year for each journal to the authors
who produce the most frequently accessed
On Thursday January 19, the guest
speaker was Grant Smith; he is the
USDA/National Recourses Conservation
Service Archaeologist and a new member
of CVAS. He was also a guest speaker last
fall
His lecture “Newest Discoveries from
the Promontory Caves” drew such
interest that all of sixteen people who
attended kept him long after the lecture to
answer several questions about the
exciting finds that were found in the caves.
He promised to return to tell the group
about other future discoveries in the
Promontory Caves.
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Reading of the minutes
Reports: Treasurer-David Cassidy
Museum/Education- Lloyd Logan
Bone Lab- John Bird or Casey
Dooms
Historian- Barb Warren
Old Business- Officers needed for this year
New Business- $100 for June BBQ at
Pioneer Park
2012 Dues
Calendar Items
Announcements
CVAS Business meeting
Program- Dr. Kenneth Carpenter
“Why We Need a New Museum”
CVAS Vice-President Elected
A Vice-President has finally been
elected to serve as the CVAS VicePresident. At the January 19, 2012
meeting Heidi Essex, a new member of
CVAS volunteered to serve as the 2012
Vice-President. Heidi is a full-time student
at USU Eastern majoring in secondary
education and history with a minor in
anthropology. She enjoys archaeology and
all other aspects of anthropology.
A motion was made to elect her the
CVAS Vice-President, it was seconded and
she was unanimously elected. CVAS
members are thankful to Heidi Essex for
stepping up and being involved in the
mission to preserve the past for the future.
Castle Valley Chapter Agenda for the
Combined Meeting- By President Cliff
Green
Chapter Memberships are Due
Castle Valley Chapter membership
dues are ready to be collected. These dues
may be given to the treasurer at the
February 16, 2012 meeting. Thanks to
everyone who has already sent in these
dues.
Checks may be made out to: CVAS
Send dues to:
Margene Hackney
1390 West 360 North
Price, Utah 84501
Family Memberships are $25.00
Individual Memberships are $20.00
Student memberships are $15.00
Welcome- Cliff Green
Reading of the minutes- Nona Burgess
Treasurer’s Report- Margene Hackney
New Business
Old Business
Adjourn
Introduction of guest speaker- Dr. Kenneth
Carpenter- “Why We Need a New
Museum”
Refreshments
Upcoming Events
March 10, 2012, Saturday USAS Spring
Meeting at Fremont State Park, 10:00am
Any USAS member may attend
March 15- CVAS Meeting 7:00pm- TBA
April 19- CVAS Meeting 7:00pm TBA
May 5, Saturday Prehistory Week Speaker
Bonnie Pitblado PH.D, Associate
Professor of Anthropology, USU
Title of her lecture is: “Reuniting the Pilling
Figurines?” Time and Place- TBA
June 2, Saturday UFOP-CVAS joint BBQ
Picnic Pioneer Park-12:00pm to3:00pm
June 9 & 10, - USAS State Convention, in
Blanding, Utah. More information is
forthcoming.
Volunteers are Needed at the
Prehistoric Museum
If you have at least one hour of free
time during the week, the museum would
love to have your help. Call the museum at
435-637-5060 and ask for Yvonne Wilson.
She will help you learn what you can do to
help out in the museum. It is very
rewarding. Thank You.
Utah Friends of Paleontology Agenda
for the Combined Meeting
By President Ralph Escamilla
Call to Order- Ralph Escamilla
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Castle Valley Chapter of USAS
And
Utah Friends of Paleontology
Present a Program Lecture
“Why We Need a New Museum”
By
Dr. Kenneth Carpenter
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum
Director and Paleontologist
Thursday February 16, 2012
At
USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum
155 Main Street
Price, Utah
7:00pm
This program is free and open to the public
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