April 2016 Meeting Announcement

Past Meeting Announcement
CMS Meeting April 14th 
Program Presentation:
We will have a speaker this month. Jim Cerenzie, fellow CMS Member, is going to give us a talk on what tools you need for rockhounding.
We will also be showing off our new website and Facebook page. Our own Club Member, Mark Hohn, is right now hard-at-work building us a new website and revamping the Facebook page.
Show ‘n Tell:
In honor of April Fool’s Day bring a rock or mineral that is often sold as something else.
For an example: Pyrite (Fool’s Gold), Amazonite (often sold as New Jade), Magnasite (often sold as Turquoise), Dragon Vein (Chinese composite), Sea Sediment (Chinese composite), Howlite (often dyed and sold as Turquoise), etc.
The next Board Meeting will be 7:00 pm, Monday, April 11 at

Panera Bread

521 2nd Pl N

(between Crow St & Willis St)

Kent, Washington

Updated: May 2, 2016 — 9:21 pm

Presidents Message

  • From the Top of the Rock Pile Our annual club picnic went off great. The grass and Arboretum area was not wet or muddy, plus it didn’t rain while we were there. We had the usual club members attend, plus a few new faces. I forgot to count how many people attended, but I estimate around 40. Thank you, Angie and Brian, for shopping for the food and setting everything up. Thumbler’s Tumblers donated a tumbler for our picnic auction and another one for our holiday auction in December. The new double-barreled 15# tumbler sold for $120, approximately one-third the …

Meeting Announcements

  • Many of our members may recognize Tom as a vendor from our gem show and many other shows. His booth is “A Point in Time.” His presentation will focus on regional archaeology and how it relates to geology, paleontology, astronomy, and more. He promises to be a “traveling museum of prehistoric artifacts,” many of which can be passed around! He is always so interesting to stand at his show booth and listen to him talk. This meeting will be fascinating and hands-on. Show and Tell: A fossil of any type.

  • Our wagonmaster, Roger, will go over the field trips he has planned for this year, including samples of what you can find at each location.   Show and Tell: Your Best Rock Find Of Last Year.

  • We’re still developing the 2026 calendar of events, but we know one thing for sure – our March general meeting will happen on the 12th at 7pm. We hope to see you there! Show and Tell: also coming soon!

  • Come one, come all and play ROCK BINGO! With schools out for many local school districts, we invite members, guests, and especially families and kids to come and enjoy one of our most fun nights of the year. Everyone is guaranteed to win at this FREE event! All you have to do is bring three wrapped presents – presents can be rocks, gems, minerals, crystals, fossils, cabochons, slabs, jewelry, tumbled stones – anything you think might be a nice gift for a rock enthusiast. 

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