NEXT MEETING: SEPTEMBER 21st

PROGRAM: MINI-SILENT AUCTION & SHOW & TELL

REFRESHMENTS: L THRU R  please bring goodies.

Club Calendar

Sept.7th                     CML&MS board meeting. 7.p.m. Okemos Library

Sept. 21st                   Regular meeting of CML&MS at North School 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 5^th                                    CML&MS board meeting. 7:00 p.m. Okemos Library

Oct. 19^th                      Regular meeting of CML&MS at North School 7:30 p.m.

Show

Its only a little over a month until our 41st annual show, so a lot of this newsletter will deal with the show. There will be sign up sheets at the meeting for several different areas, please come prepared to sign up, if you can’t make it to the meeting, but can help at the show call the chairperson of the area that you would like to help in. The chairpersons are as follows:

         Friday Morning Children’s Tours  = Mary Gowans-351-6136

         Displays = Neil Snepp-339-2853 (Neil’s goal is to have 60 displays, so lets help him out).

         Children’s Table = George Heaton 339-8914

         Fluorescent Booth = Dan Sine 381-0805

         Silent Auction = Elaine Angstman 676-4172

         Demonstrations Coordinator = Alice Turner 694-9596

         Admissions Coordinator = Sue Casler 694-1233

         Raffle Coordinator = Christine Juroszek 339-8628

         Show Announcer = John Juroszek 339-8628

         Hospitality Break Room/Food Coordinator = Jean Anne Piotrowski 269-948-9589

       

All these people put in many hours to make the show a success, so lets plan on giving them lots of help. Involve your friends especially on Friday Morning, we can offer them a free lunch and a free admission to the show. Last year Show Chair had 8 non-members helping, who can beat that number?

A reminder: The Show Committee will be enforcing their rule, that in order to have free admission to the show a member must put in at least 2 hour at some show duty, enter a display or demonstrate a lapidary skill.  Remember that the club hospitality-break area is intended for use by the dealers and actively working club members.

Christine Juroszek advises that Raffle Tickets are expected to be available at the September meeting.

She also asks to be told of or given items suitable to be included in the raffle, as soon as possible.

To get ready for the Show, I hope to have the Trailer at my home during the week of the 18^th. We need to sort and repack 
the contents left from last year. Hopefully this can be accomplished that week and then we can have a work day Sat the 23^rd to decide what other stored material will be required for the show.  There is adequate material sorted and boxed to be priced and moved to the trailer.

Lila Stevens, with the assistance of Howard and Margaret Randolph has completed 520  Specimen  Kits

( egg cartons) .  Way to GO Lila!!

** A summer work bee-picnic was held on July  22^nd .  The nine members that attended,dispite eating more than necessary were able to complete the desired work.  We completed 1300 exit gifts and have 350 petoskey stone polish kits prepared. Many thanks to the members that took time to help.

OFFICIAL “YES, NEIL, I CAN HELP YOU WITH A DISPLAY” FORM

You can count on _________________________________ to bring a display to the show. 

I will bring  _____  standard club case(s)____   pony case(s)_____   faceting case(s)

                  ________   something else.  Please draw a rough sketch:

______   Hey, I want to borrow a case.

No, ________________________________ can't display this year, but would be glad to let someone else use my case.  Describe case or cases below:

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Places to go - things to do

Sept.15-17     Tulip City G&M Club Show, Holland Civic Center 150 W.8^th Street, Holland Michigan

Sept.16-17     Eddy Discovery Center Arts Fair. 10730 Bush Road, Chelsea,MI. Sat.10-5, Sun.10-4

Sept.23-24     Livingston Gem & Mineral Society Show. Hartland Education Support Service Center, on    M59(Highland Rd.) west of U.S.23. Sat.10-6, Sun. 10-4.

Oct.13-15       Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show. Michigan Mineralogical Society. South Macomb Community College Expo Center, Building P, 12 Mile & Hayes, Warren, MI.

Oct.21-22       Flint Rock and Gem Club 39^th annual show. Carter Middle School, Rogers Lodge Drive, Clio, MI

                        Sat.10-7, Sun.10-5

Oct. 22            Annual Jewel, Gem & Bead Blast. Mt.Clemens Club Show, Lakeshore Knights of Columbus Hall, 25003 LITTLE Mack Ave, St. Clair Shores, MI.

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September Program

Its always fun to hear what our members have been doing over the summer. I know that several went north to the Keweenaw. Five went to Flint Ridge, Ohio, editor and son flew to Vas Vegas and rockhounded their way back to Michigan with Opal, Petrified Wood, Barite Roses and who knows what else. Come to the September meeting and hear all about it and others and see what was collected and maybe get to bid on some of it at the mini-silent auction.

Library; Thanks to the Turner’s there are many new books in the library, Librarian hopes to have them
all cataloged and carded for the September meeting.

Change of address. Hazel Morgan’s new address is 9645 Case Rd, Brooklyn, MI 49230-8593. New phone is 517-206-0760.

If you have a new address or know of someone with a new address, please let the editor know so changes can be made.

There is still lots of material to go through in the Laylin’s barn. If we are going to continue to have a show, more people are going to have to step up to do their share. Please plan to show up on Sept. 23^rd  to give showchair Roger and the club your support, if  you can not make it on the 23^rd please talk to the showchair and find an other time to put in some support time. Help is also needed during the week be for the 23^rd.