McRae is a general assignment and education reporter for The Dispatch.
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City Grant Administrator Susan Wilder, center, and artist Rick Spears, left, unbox Luxi, mascot for the Dr. John “Jack” Kaye Cretaceous Fossil Park, on Saturday as Main Street Columbus Executive Director Barbara Bigelow watches. The sculpture, which stands about a foot tall and weighs nearly five pounds, depicts a juvenile ornithomimosaur, an ostrich-mimicking dinosaur believed to have lived near the Luxapalila Creek in Columbus roughly 80 million years ago. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff
Luxi, a sculpture of a juvenile ornithomimosaur crafted by artist Rick Spears, sits Saturday at the Columbus Main Street office in front of an appalachiosaurus skull, also sculpted by Spears. Main Street Columbus plans to raffle off the Luxi sculpture after the new year, selling tickets for $5 each with the goal of raising $10,000 to help fund the development of the Dr. John “Jack” Kaye Cretaceous Fossil Park. Emma McRae/Dispatch Staff
