NEXT MEETING:NOVEMBER 18TH

PROGRAM: Richard Lassin, Director, Aquila Resources.Inco., will give a talk and slide presentation on "Discovery of the L K Massive Sulfide Deposit: Menominee County, Michigan.

REFRESHMENTS :A thru J bring refreshments

NOVEMBER Program

       Mr. Lassin will be speaking about the L K Massive Sulfide Deposits discovered in Menominee County. This deposit is a world class discovery of zinc and gold and is an extension of the Proterozoic volcanic terrains found in Wisconsin.Mr. Lassin has been a member of CML&MS for several years and promises to make his talk an enjoyable experience.

Club Calendar

November 18th            Regular meeting place and time. North School, 7:30pm

November 22nd            Wrapup show board meeting. 1770 Sandhill, 7:00

                                  

December 2nd             CML&MS Board meeting. Okemos Library, 7:00.

December 16th                        Regular meeting. North School, 7:30

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The Pres says:

The November meeting is election of new Board of Directors.  Please come and vote (as if you have not heard that for a while).

Thanks to all the members and members' friends who helped with the Children's Tour.  The teachers love our Friday morning show.  Our club should be very happy and proud that we are doing our part in the education of Lansing and Lansing area students in a field that is near and dear to our hearts. Isn't it sad that more children cannot attend?  My report is in this newsletter.

A special thanks to Roger for keeping the pebble pond, helping fill and empty it and bringing an additional pond which really helped the children this year.

A special thanks goes to all who responded to my plea for plastic bags.  We not only had enough bags for this year but also have enough for next year.  Thank you!

Another thanks goes to all the members who worked Thursday to set up the show, worked the weekend and stayed late after the show on Sunday to clean up and stack tables and chairs. 

A special thanks goes to Jean Ann Wahl-Piotrowski who managed the hospitality "room" and the many members who contributed all the good food that we happily consumed during the show.  No one went home hungry.

What a great membership.  That's why we have the wonderful show that we have.

Mary G. Pres

        CHILDRENS' TOUR REPORT        October 22, 2004

The following information describes the Childrens' Tour of 2004:

Attendance was down partly because of two schools who had to cancel at the last minute.  Also I eliminated some schools who had never attended the show (trying to cut down on mailing expenses, but I am not sure that it was a very significant amount.)

Teachers contacted: 94 teachers plus 21 private/charter school teachers.  Again this year, the Catholic schools were closed that day for a teacher workshop in Detroit for the entire state.

Nineteen schools attended.  Teachers often signed up more than one class, often two, three or four classes which makes the total not quite accurate.  But it is very close.

This year I was informed by Mrs. Mary Graven, very loyal teacher from East Lansing, that our Children's Tour was written into the East Lansing Elementary School  guidelines.

Sue Casler commented that she had collected 28 free certificates from the Tour.  This is a good idea and should be continued.

Date    Children        Teachers          Total

2000                                              1300

2001    1444             319               1763

2002    1076             233               1309

2003    1457             296               1753

2004    1255             227               1453

Thirty two members volunteered and twelve friends of members participated. Also a couple of MSU Geology Club students helped. We had five or six security roamers this year - better.

Respectfully submitted,Mary Gowans, Chair

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2004 Show Summary

         Well the show is over for another year. All in all it went well. Friday morning was again a blast. We could have used more club members help as we had 12 friends working and they were certainly needed. Mary Gowans again did a marvelous job arranging for the students enjoyment and education.

          The two new dealers had different receptions, The " Demerly's Rocks & Art Works" were happy with the results, while "S.R.I. Paleo Labs" were unhappy with their sales.

          I made a point of counting club members in attendance at the show and was pleased at the 58 total. It was good to see Bessie Rogers, looking good and having a good time.

           The efforts put forth by members in charge of the various show functions was again exceptional, childrens table, silent auction,demonstrators, displays, admission,raffle, florescent booth, security, and last but not least FOOD. A special THANK YOU to all of you in charge as well as all of the members who assisted during the show.

      There will be a wrapup Show Board meeting at the Laylins ,1770 Sandhill, on Nov.22 at 7pm.

Again thank you all for a job well done. Roger Laylin 2004 Show Chair

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We send our sympathy to the family of long time member, Larry Tripp, who died Oct.24th. Larry is another member ,who will be much missed.

Our sympathy also to Nancy Collins on the loss of her brother, Maynard Smith.

2004 has been a sad year for CML&MS. We have lost Bettie Patterson, Florence Hill and Larry Tripp,while these members can not be replaced, we hope that some other members will step up and help fill the void left by them.

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WELCOME To new members: Janis Rygwelsky            Martha Nachreiner             Chris Townsend

                                                  704 Lehigh Drive           1826 Walnut Hts               325 N.Fairview Ave

                                                  DeWitt,MI.48820          E.Lansing,MI.48823         Lansing,MI.48912

                                                  669-1707                       351-3185                         487-1311

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DUES ARE DUE   ITS TIME TO GET THOSE DUES IN TO ROSTER SECRETARY - ERNIE AUGHENBAUGH,  P.O.Box 67, St. Johns, MI. 48879-0067. $10.00 for individuals, $15.00 for family

Dues can be mailed to Ernie at the above address or paid at the meeting.

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Note from the editor: Material for the news letter should reach the editor by the date of the board meeting, items received after this may not get in to the newsletter. Items should be sent by e-mail if at all possible as the editor is not a typist. She passed typing on the condition that she didn't take any more typing classes.

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE

       The following members have agreed to run for the open offices for 2005; President, Richard Miller;

3 year Director, Milton Gere, and Corresponding Secretary, Lola Pearson. Election will be held at the November meeting, with nominations open from the floor.

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Note from the librarian. Marie Lewis will be filling in for me at the November meeting. Please make an effort to return all library material. If you have library material out and cannot make it to meetings please mail material to the librarian at 1770 Sandhill, Mason, MI 48854 or call 349-3249 and we will make arrangements to pick the material up. New in the library: "Is this an Agate" by Susan Robinson, "The Lake Superior Agate" by Scott F. Wolter, 3rd edition.

 

More Thank You's from the Show.

 2004 Raffle - THANK YOU!!!!!!!  

Thanks to all of you many raffle ticket purchasers. This year, 1004 tickets were sold for the drawing for 28 raffle prizes at the show.

Many thanks to these hard working volunteer ticket sellers: Elaine Beane, Gail Hopkins, Lila & Rich Stevens, Lee Laylin, Marie Lewis, Richard Lassin and Connie Snepp.

We wish to thank those who helped with the actual prize drawing: John Juroszek, Roger Laylin and last, but not least, our ‘ticket pullers’, Maria Sine and Pasha Karkou.

And, thank you for your prize donations. All of the support from members, dealers and friends of the club that donated the many wonderful raffle prizes was greatly appreciated. We would not have had 28 prizes this year without you.

So, THANK YOU, everyone from the bottom of our hearts! 

Shar & Milt Gere, 2004 Raffle Co-chairs.

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FROM THE TICKET CHAIRPERSON

Our attendance at the show this year was 831 Adults and 55 Teens for a total of 886. Last year's numbers were 1007 Adults and 68 teens for a total of 1,075. We sold ten 2-day passes which were  a new option  this year .Twenty-eight free adult admissions w/child coupons (distributed at the Friday morning childrens tour) were used.

I want to give a very BIG THANK YOU to the following folks who signed up for shifts at the ticket table and whose help was greatly appreciated: Chris Juroszek, Mary Gowens, Kara Miller, Connie Snepp, Karen Kanine, Marie Brooks and Gaylord Brooks.

Sincerely,

Sue Casler

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Note from Show Chair Roger

         Members and friends continue to donate childrens table and silent auction material to the club, for which we wish to express our appreciation. A very special thanks is due Dave Walling of St Johns for his donate of the leftovers of his yard sale. There is so much material, we are not sure where to put it all.

We have lots of pictures from the Friday morning childrens show. These will be at the meeting for your viewing.

If there are some you would like, please help yourself.