Dallas Paleontological Society
The risqué shots, taken as fossil-collecting locations, include
strategically placed fossils and rock hammers.
Fossil buffs in the buff are the stars of a new calendar published by
the Dallas Paleontological Society to raise money for students.
Other groups have parodied the idea of the movie Calendar Girls,
in which aging British women take it all off for cancer research. But
firefighters and gardeners are one thing; paleontologists are another.
The idea originally flashed into the mind of Velma Urbano Garza, the
society's director of programs. Returning from a Big Bend vacation, she
showed a "Hometown Hunks" calendar, half in jest, to members of the
executive board. They dropped everything.
"Everybody went on a diet quick," Urbano Garza said.
Photo shoots took place this summer, exposing society members amid the
natural beauty of fossil-hunting sites at Lake Grapevine, the Red River,
the North Sulphur River and elsewhere. Through sales, the group hopes to
raise $17,000 for scholarships.
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WHERE TO ORDER
Calendars cost $20 each, plus $3 shipping and handling, and can be
ordered from
www.dallaspaleo.org. Or call 817-355-4693, or send mail to the
Dallas Paleontological Society, 5313 Gates Drive, The Colony, TX 75056.
