Quarry owner says Bill Hawes has inspired his own interest in fossils

RBC — Until Bill Hawes came along, Gus Halandras never knew what he had.
“If it weren’t for Bill, I would never know it (fossil collecting) existed,” said Halandras, who owns the land where Hawes has been digging and collecting fossils for 20 years.
Halandras is hooked now.
“Once I understood what was going on, I really became excited,” Halandras said. “I became addicted. I’m constantly looking at the ground for fossils. You never know…