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## Family Fun

Jay & Amy Turner (972) 394-8787
Let’s go for the day -- or camp overnight -- and take the kids to see Dinosaur Valley State Park and Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve on Saturday November 1st. Dinosaur Valley State Park has neat authentic Dino tracks for the kids to see, hiking trails, a playground with models of a 70-foot Apatosaurus and a 45-foot Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the Fossil Rim Wildlife Park is nearby as well (optional - admission extra - $17 adult, $11 kids, under 3 free). The weather should be nice and cool. If you’d like to come just for the day, entry to Dinosaur Valley State Park only is $3 per person over age 13.
For those who wish to camp out, please make your reservation ASAP! The reservation line is (512) 389-8900. The fee for a water-and-electric site is $20/night, in addition to the day-use fee mentioned above. The Turner Family will plan on heading out Saturday morning and returning sometime Sunday. Ask at the front gate where to find the Turners with the CECPTA group, so we can all camp together if possible. (Also, if you’re first to arrive, let them know at the gate that you’re with our group.) Turner’s mobile (214) 587-7348. Park Phone Number (254) 897-4588
To get there, from Ft. Worth: Take Hwy 377 South to Granbury. Go South on Hwy 144 to Hwy 67. Then West on Hwy 67 to Glen Rose. Take FM 205 4 miles North to Park Road 59. Park Headquarters will be 1 mile.
Links:
Dinosaur Valley State Park----->http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/dinosaur/dinosaur.htm#attractions
Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve----->http://www.FossilRim.com

## Treasurer's Report

Financial Report for 9/12/03 through 10/9/03
Beginning Balance: $1,172.78
Income:....................$985.85
Expense:................$1,055.67
Ending Balance:.....$1,102.96

## All Around Dallas

Barbara Brem (972) 492-Date: Wednesday, November 12 – 1:00 pm (arrive about noon:30 to noon:45
RSVP: by Wednesday, November 5 so that we can get a group rate (see rates below)
Location: Le Theatre de Marionette @ NorthPark Mall (2nd floor), Dallas
This puppet show will be great fun for both kids and adults. They are presented in the traditional European style of puppetry. The performance that we will be attending is “The Wizard of Oz” (showing through Nov. 23rd). I was told that the “scary” stuff has pretty much been taken out: only one flying monkey but the witch is still in. (When we saw “Peter Pan” the year before last, no kids screamed or acted scared.) It should last about one hour.
Admission is $8 for adults; $7 for children (over 3 years old, I think) / seniors. However, we can get a group rate if we have more than 10 people attend. I will need to RSVP with the theater about one week before so PLEASE RSVP with me by phone or e-mail by about November 5th (or no later that Friday, November 7th) so that I can schedule our group. (You can still attend if you don’t RSVP but I need to confirm with the theater in order to get the group rate. Group rate for 10-19 people (kids and adults) is $6 each; group rate for 20-49 people (kids and adults) is $5 each.)
The theater did mention that the shows are geared toward kids 3 years old and over. So, if you have younger children, please encourage the older one(s) to sit next to their friends in the event that you need to sneak out with the little one for a moment. I’m sure that some of the other moms won’t mind watching them while you are out.
Directions: NorthPark Mall off Loop 12 at Hwy. 75. Go to the second floor. The theater is located in the northeast corner. You can check out their website at www.letheatre.net.

## Silent Auction

The BIG EVENT is finally here!! The Silent Auction has arrived, (November 14, 2003) so please be prepared to outbid your fellow members. The member who brings the most guests will win a prize!! Please remember this is our largest fundraiser for our organization so it is important to bring people and to be prepared to shop, shop, shop! If this auction is successful we will have no further fundraising this year.
We have received so many wonderful items including gift certificates to Applebees, Chuck E. Cheese, Chucks, Cotton Patch Cafe, Marshals BBQ and
other restaurants. Gift cards to Land's End, Target, Minyard Foods and other stores. Free admission tickets to Dallas Zoo, Old City Park, Palace of Wax, Sea World and even WALT DISNEY WORLD! There are free party packages from gymnastics places and Interskate. The list goes on and on!
You will have an opportunity to browse all of the items before the auction begins. The tables will open and you can begin signing your bids. One at a time the tables will close. It's always fun to see if there is a scramble for a particular item. After the tables are closed the monitors will determine the sole winners for each item. Good luck and I hope you receive a lot of wonderful items!
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