Rockhound News
NEXT
MEETING:OCTOBER 18TH
Program:Member Show
& Tell and Mini Silent Auction
REFRESHMENTS
:Cider and donuts
Club
Calendar
OCTOBER
18th
REGULAR CLUB MEETING
at North
School 7:30 p.m.
OCTOBER 25th Show
setup
commences at 12:00 AM At
Fair Ground
Main Arena
OCTOBER 26th Childrens
morning starts at
9:00 AM… Show up at 8:30 AM for
.
work
assignment. Show
begins at 6: 00 PM
–9:00
OCTOBER 27th
Show
continues 10:AM –7: PM
OCTOBER 28th Show continues 11:AM to 5:PM . Tear down and put away. November 1st Board meeting at 7:00 at the Okemos Library.
November
15th Regular
meeting at 7:30 at North School.
OCTOBER PROGRAM
The
October program will be a show and tell by
members. They will tell us how they spent the summer and may have
pictures and
specimens to show off. Then we will have a mini silent auction. The
librarian
has been weeding the book collection and there will a lot of books for
the
auction. A list of them will be included in the newsletter. If any of
them look
like something you want, be sure and come to the meeting to place your
bid, as
any that don’t sell at the meeting will go to the Silent
Auction , at the Show.
SHOW
SCHEDULE
THURS. OCT.25
Setup
starts about
12:00. We cannot get in to the building before
this.
We can then set up and cover tables, unload the trailer and
do
anything else that needs to be done for Friday Morning.
PLEASE
DO
NOT plan
on setting up displays until after tables are all set up, covered and
ready.
Probably near 3:00.
FRI. OCT.26
8:30
a.m. Final
preparations and work
assignments in readiness to
greet the
children at 9:00 a.m.
1:00
PM Clear up left
overs on Kids table
and arrange tables for
Dealer
set up. Late
comers set up displays.
6:00 PM SHOW TIME!!!
WELCOME THE
PUBLIC TO THE SHOW
MEET NEW
FRIENDS AND OLD. HAVE A GOOD TIME
SAT. & SUN. Continue
with volunteer work assignments, eat, drink and spend
$ $ $ $
SUN. OCT 28TH
5:30
PM BREAKDOWN
SHOW , Fold and
stack tables and chairs.
.
THANK
YOU ALL!!!!
SHOW CHAIRMAN ROGER LAYLIN
MEMBER
DISPLAYS
One of the
important features of any show are the display cases that the club
members and
nonmembers bring to the Show to show off their collections or skills. Viewing these displays
give the visitors and
club members the opportunity to see mineral specimens and fossils they
have
never before seen. This
is where
learning begins and the inspiration for new collections starts. If you
have not
yet told Neil Snepp that you will have a display ready for the show,
please
fill out and give him the following or a call.
-
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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If you bring pretty rocks
for the Pebble Pond, please run a hose over
them and wash them.
Otherwise, we start out the day with muddy
water,
and children like to choose
their muddy water puddles and not at the
"Tour."
Specimens
for
the Big
Rock Rack( Touch and Feel Table) (pet rocks) This was very well
received the
last several years .We need some new specimens as well as the old, if
you have
any to share, please bring them Thursday . Thank You.
Hospitality
Requests -- Jean
Ann Wahl-Piotrowski
Getting away from the show for nourishment just isn't possible for our
dealers
and the club folks who put in a full day working to make our
show a success -- thus we try to keep
everyone happy and healthy with our club hospitality. I need
your help
with the snack portion of the menu: salty snacks (like chips,
pretzels,
crackers), sweet snacks (like cookies, quick breads, muffins) and
healthy
snacks (like fruit, veggies, cheese). If you can contribute a
snack to sustain
the show crew, please bring it to Thursday set up,
or any day of the show.
One of the great limitations of the show facility is that there is no
refrigeration. Recently, the weather hasn't helped
out with free
refrigeration outside, either. Does anyone have a small
"dorm"
refrigerator that we could borrow for the show???? If so,
please give me
a call 269-948-9589 or e-mail jawp2@voyager.net.
Thanks for your help; and, see you at
the show!!!
The 2007
CML&MS Show Raffle -- Drawing at 4 PM, Sunday, October 28, 2007
Prize
Items Are Still Needed for the Raffle--- A number of
members have donated some
very nice Raffle Prize items for this year's raffle. However, we could
still
use some more items to raise the chance to win. Prizes may be donated
between
now and the show. Thank you for your support.
Raffle
Tickets are available. They are $1 each, or
6 for $5. . The chance of
winning is much greater at our raffle than with most games of chance
and a
portion of the sale helps support our club's Geology scholarship at MSU.
Remember
your friends, relatives & neighbors may wish to purchase
tickets too. Why
not sell some tickets to them and help a good cause at the same time?
Your
help is needed to sell raffle tickets at the show. Sales-help
times are open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Please give us a call to
reserve
your time to help. Thank you.
John Juroszek, Chair
Show Stuff: What you can do to help out.
1.Spread
the word. Tell your friends and enemies. Post a flier.
2.Pitch
in and work! Those who work two hours earn free admission to the show.
3.
Invite friends to help on Friday morning. We have never had too much
help. We
will
give a pass to any non-member that
helps on Friday Morning.
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee is seeking
volunteers for 2008 officers.
Roster Secretary
Message from roster secretary Ernie: Dues are now being collected for 2008.
THINGS TO DO
Oct12-14 Michigan Mineralogical
Society 63nd
Annual Show,
S.Macomb Community College
Expo Center, 12 Mile & Hayes, Warren ,Michigan. Fri.9-7, Sat.
10-7,
Sun.11-5.
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Oct.19-21
Three Rivers 46th Annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil, Lapidary
& Jewelry Show.
Allan County Fairgrounds 2726 Carroll Rd., Ft.Wayne, IN. Fri.-Sat.
10-7,
Sun.10-5
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Oct.20-21 Flint Rock & Gem Club
40th Annual Show. Carter Middle
School, Rogers Lodge Drive (exit Interstate 75 at exit 131 Vienna
Road./M57)
Clio, MI
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Oct. 27, 28, 29 CML&MS
Annual Show. Don't miss it. Tell your
friends about
it._____________________________________________________
Nov. 3-4
Mid
MICHIGAN Gemcraft & Minerial Society, 14th
Annual Show. Chippewa
Nature Center, Midland Mi. Sat 10-5, Sun. 12-5.
Nov.11-12 Midwest Faceters Guild
Gem, Mineral Jewelry
show/sale.Fri. 3-8, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 10-5. Taylor Sportsplex,
13333
Telegraph Rd.
Taylor,
Michigan.___________________________
List of books that will be in the silent auction
AUTHOR TITLE TYPE
COURT & CAMPBELL MINERALS - NATURE'S FABULOUS JEWELS oversize
HURLBUT MINERALS AND MAN oversize
METZ PRECIOUS STONES AND OTHER CRYSTALS oversize
ROBERTS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MINERALS oversize
SIMPSON, BESSIE W. GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA collecting
SIMPSON. BESSIE W. Utah Gem Trails collecting
BECKWITH GEM MINERALS OF IDAHO collecting
MATTHEWS FOSSILS - AN INTRODUCTION TO PREHISTORIC LIFE fossils
LONGWELL PRYSICAL GEOLOGY geology
MCALESTER EARTH geology
PRICE
COMMON-SENSE GEOLOGY
geology
SCHUCHERT OUTLINES OF HISTORICAL GEOLOGY geology
SHELTON GEOLOGY ILLUSTRATED geology
MEARS CHANGING EARTH geology
EARDLEY STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA geology
STOKES ESSENTIALS OF EARTH HISTORY geology
VON ENGELN GEOMORPHOLOGY geology
CHOATE CREATIVE GOLD-AND SILVERSMITHING
LINICK JEWELERS’ WORKSHOP PRACTICES
SINKANKAS GEMSTONE & MINERIAL DATA BOOK
SUTTON OUR EARTH BEGINNERS
EVANS ROCKS - QUESTION AND ANSWER ADVENTURES “
HYLER HOW AND WHY WONDER BOOK OF ROCKS AND MINERALS
POINDEXTER & BERQUIST ROCKS AND MINERALS OF MICHIGAN
NICOLAY ROCKS AND MINERALS
KELLER ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
MACFALL WYOMING JADE
AVERY COLOR STUDIOS COPPER COUNTRY-GOD'S COUNTRY Mich.
HORNSBY ED. YOUR NATIONAL PARKS
WOHLRABE CRYSTALS
PEARL SUCCESSFUL MINERAL COLLECTING & PROSPECTING
MUDD INDUSTRIAL MINERALS & ROCKS
SINKANKAS GEM CUTTING
SHOENFELT DESIGNING & MAKING HANDWROUGHT JEWELRY
POUGH
GUIDE
TO ROCKS AND MINERALS
BANCROFT
WORLD'S
FINEST MINERALS & CRYSTALS
CUZNER
SILVERSMITH
MANUAL
POINDEXTER
ROCKS
AND MINERALS OF MICHIGAN