grant for antonio

[frank bliss <frank@blissnet.com>]

The call for donations to fund the research for the basal Hadrosaur 
"Antonio" is closed.  If your check is in the mail, good!  If it isn't 
keep it until next time cause you are too late.

Below is an accounting of the donations to date as of June 20th, 2005.  
Any donations put into the mail today will add to the total and be 
accounted for on Friday evening after my end of week mail drop.  I will 
go to the bank next monday, let the checks clear, and transfer the cash 
to Fabio.  YOU DID IT DML!  Thank you to all concerned (roughly 33 of 
you).  With the roughly 150 dollars US that Fabio has already received 
via pay pal and the remaining  contributions still in the mail we 
should easily hit the $1000 mark.  The current total is $940.00 that I 
am aware of in the fund.  The DML has accomplished more than just chat, 
it payed for hard science.  Cool huh?  First time that has been done in 
dinosaur science on the internet.  (I think that dino news should pick 
it up don't you all!)  The original grant request was for $950.00 but 
it will cost $50.00 to bank transfer the funds to Fabio so the $1000.00 
amount was selected.  If we have extra after the transfer, I will ask 
the list for ideas what to use it for. (I like buying my self soft ice 
cream at the bowling alley in Broadus Mt. but will give in to the 
general opinion from the list if the residual is more than a dollar 
;-))

DML Donors with money send to me to date for the Antonio research fund 
in US Dollars

JS               Tupelo MS              10.00
TM              Savoy Il.                       20.00
RM              Lakewood NJ     10.00
PS              Green Valley AZ 10.00
DG              Pataskala Oh            10.00
DB              Bellevue Co             10.00
RC              Vancouver Wa    10.00
DO              Monticello Fl           20.00
FB              Weston Wy             100.00
KC              Denver, Co            100.00  (and prep crew!)
LH              Auburndale Ma   15.00
DV              Plainsboro NJ   10.00
MC              Albuquerque NM  15.00
HF              Suisun City Ca  10.00
SW              Syracuse NY             15.00
MK              Alpharetta GA   50.00
AE      Morrisville PA  20.00
RT              Laramie WY              25.00
NP              Ann Arbor MI    25.00
EB              Palmyra NY              20.00
GL (via MK) SF Ca.            100.00
DT              Quinton, Va              50.00
TW              Ames, Ia                         15.00
AM              Parowan, Ut              25.00
JC              Huntsville, Al   50.00  (Go Army!)
WK              Phili, Pa                        20.00
JB              Slidell La               25.00

Total                                   790.00

I have not cashed any of the checks yet and will wait until I have the 
final amount to do so. Therefore you anal checkbook balancers out there 
(you know who you are!) , your next bank statement might finally show 
the check.  I repeat I will cash the checks next monday.

Sincerely

Frank Bliss
MS Biostratigraphy
Weston, Wyoming