From Warehouse to Stardom!
by Katherine Howard  and Jim Bigler

Many years ago, Rusty Grenier, a member of ESCONI, built a Styracosaurus sculpture with his father.  After his father died, Rusty donated the sculpture to ESCONI. It was stored at the ESCONI warehouse with care...its future undecided.
 
In March 2025, Katherine Howard and Jim Bigler, both beaming with excitement, made the announcement...a forever home had been found for the amazing dinosaur sculpture...at the Ranch View Elementary School.  
 
Over the summer break, the sculpture was stored while a new addition was added to the school. On the first day of school, the students entered the remodeled library and saw the Styracosaurus. Everyone at the school was excited to have it displayed in their library. They are thinking of having a “Name the Dino” contest. The school will let us know which name wins!  
 
As expressed by Jessie Mougette,

Ranch View STEM Robotics Coach, the school staff, teachers, and students at the Ranch View school appreciates the generous donation by ESCONI and Rusty Grenier and the efforts of Jim Bigler and the Chesney Family who orchestrated the transportation.  

[Additional Note: Styracosaurus is a relative of the Triceratops. It lived about 10 million years before its more famous relative. Though not as large as Triceratops, Styracosaurus had a row of long spikes around its frill. It also had a long horn between its eyes and nose. This plant-eater had the typical features of the ceratopsian dinosaurs - a beak that would have been used to cut the leaves from the plants and a row of densely packed teeth to chew them into pulp.
 
The long spikes and horn would have made it difficult for the predators of that time, such as the early tyrannosaur, Albertosaurus, to take on an adult Styracosaurus.
 
The Styracosaurus went extinct around 75 million years ago. ]