Moscow memorial for Darwin Vest

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

For more information, contact: Lisa Cochran, 882-8345
				Bill London, 882-0127

Moscow Memorial Planned for Missing Venom Expert

A memorial celebration for Darwin Vest, the former Moscow resident, Micro 
Moviehouse employee, and well-known expert on snake and spider venoms who 
disappeared mysteriously in Idaho Falls a year ago, is planned for this 
Saturday, June 3, announced Lisa Cochran, a friend of the Vest family who is 
coordinating the event.
The memorial will be held Saturday at the picnic shelter by the baseball 
diamond at Robinson County Park, five miles east of Moscow, at 7pm.  That 
picnic shelter is located at the north end of the park.  Those driving to 
the memorial from Moscow should turn right at the park, continue past the 
park headquarters, and then turn left on the gravel road through the trees 
to the picnic shelter.  Signs will be placed along the route.
All friends of Darwin Vest are encouraged to attend and bring a story about 
Darwin to share, Cochran said.
Vest disappeared exactly one year before the memorial, on June 3, 1999, 
after playing his regular weekly game of Trivial Pursuit at an Idaho Falls 
tavern.  He left the tavern never to be seen again.  Despite a police 
search, no evidence about him has surfaced.  A website about his 
disappearance is located at: 
http://www2.state.id.us/dle/idmpch/htmlsrc/End/dvest.htm
	On June 3, a similar memorial celebration is also planned by the family at 
Idaho Falls.  More information about that memorial is available at the 
website located at: http://members.aol.com/davevest/dar.html
	The memorial site at Robinson Park is appropriate, Cochran said, because 
Vest enjoyed playing frisbee golf at the park.
	Vest was one of the colorful characters who help make Moscow such an 
enjoyable community, Cochran said.
	"Everyone has a story about Darwin," she continued.  "He touched so many 
lives.  He was the Micro guy.  He was the snake guy.  He was the spider 
guy."



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