Famous folks visit Rudyard, Montana –

A recent visit to Rudyard by some intergalactic stars was carried off without a hitch or any fanfare.

Star Wars director George Lucas, Olympic figure skating gold medalist Dorothy Hamill, Iditarod winner Susan Butcher and "Jurassic Park III" director Joe Johnston were among special guests paleontologist Jack Horner took to a special location – a Museum of the Rockies dinosaur dig north of Rudyard. The visitors were in town Aug. 13-17.

Locals were asked to keep a tight lid on the secret, and apparently everybody in the town of about 500 complied.

"The people in Rudyard are very, very friendly, and I think they very much enjoy having us there and we just have a generally good time there," said Horner, who grew up in Shelby.

Ellen Thompson

Havre Daily News

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