General Meeting – Thursday, August 12th (Click Here For More Info)

Topic: Our annual club picnic at Lake Wilderness. Our picnic is always a friendly event on the lawn among the trees.

For lunch, it is a potluck picnic. So bring a dish to share. If you don’t cook, pick up something from the market. If you are unable to bring anything, that’s okay too. We would rather have you join us for lunch than not.

We generally have around 25 to 35 members attend.
Bring your plate and silverware.
Setup is 11:30 am, and lunch is at noon. We usually wrap things up by 3 pm.
The Arboretum has plenty of free parking.

Following, we have a club auction. The auction is a great chance to pick up items at a fraction of their retail cost. You are welcome to donate items to the auction. All proceeds go to the club treasury to cover expenses.

Our Young Tumblers can also spend their saved “Rock Bucks” at the auction just like cash for items they want.

Afterward, Lake Wilderness is nearby for swimming, plus various play areas for the younger kids.

Our annual picnics are always a great family event!

Updated: October 8, 2023 — 1:10 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  May is finally here, and with the snow clearing, the flowers blooming, and the rains letting up a bit (hopefully), that rock fever is hitting us all pretty hard. I hope you all had a great time at the Rock Bingo night last month! The Big Show is Coming! We are now less than two months away from our Cascade Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, which will be held June 27–28 at Kent Commons. This is our biggest event of the year, and as I mentioned when I started my term, the people are what make this club

Meeting Announcements

  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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