News Briefs: Dinosaurs move into African Safari Park
Dinosaurs move into African Safari park
PORT CLINTON - On Thursday, a team of nearly a dozen African Safari Wildlife Park employees and contractors carefully positioned and assembled a 48-foot-long, 3,000-pound animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex in the Park’s Walk-Thru Safari. The prehistoric beast, which was fabricated overseas, will be a featured player in Dinosaur Takeover, the Park’s summer attraction featuring more than 20 moving, roaring, life-sized creatures.
When Dinosaur Takeover begins in June, Park guests will also have the opportunity to pose for photographs in oversized dinosaur eggs or the jaws of a T. rex; mine for real dinosaur fossils to take home (for an additional fee); discover how these animals hunted, survived and cared for their young in a prehistoric world, and learn how to protect today’s wildlife from the threat of extinction.
Dinosaur Takeover, which is included with general park admission, will run through Sept. 4. More information is available at africansafariwildlifepark.com/dinosaurs.
Board of elections office closed for Memorial Day
OAK HARBOR - The Ottawa County Board of Elections office will be closed on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal office hours will resume on May 30.
Fishing derby set in Gibsonburg on June 3
GIBSONBURG - The Gibsonburg Fishing Derby in Williams Park will be June 3. Check in for this free event, open to both youth and adults, begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Williams Park Shelter house. Prizes will be awarded for: Largest Fish, Smallest Fish, and Most Fish Caught.
For more information contact Town Hall at 419-637-2634 or m.glotzbecker@gibsonburgohio.org.
BCS school board to meet Tuesday
OAK HARBOR - The BCS Local School Board will meet at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday May 30, in the HUB in located in Oak Harbor High School, 11681 W. Ohio 163. The meeting will begin with special recognition of several employees. Refreshments will be served.
This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: News Briefs: 48-foot-long T. rex featured at African Safari Park
