October 2018 – President’s Message

Past Presidents Message

Well we did!

As you all of you must know by now, that our 2018 Cascade Gem & Mineral Show went smoothly and was a huge success.

We had a great venue and many vendors and visitors expressed this to us. I would like to acknowledge that the College Conference Center was also great to work with.

I want to thank everyone that took on the Chairmanship of very specific areas of the show. They worked extremely hard to make sure their area of responsibility went smoothly. They succeeded!

I also want to thank everyone that turned out to help. So many of our members also wrangled their spouses, children and grandchildren into helping. Mark’s wife, children, their spouses and grandchildren showed up enforce to help for hours on end. There were so many Hohn’s that I couldn’t count them all. <smile> We also had volunteers from the West Seattle Club, NAMA of Kent, Bedrock Prospectors and several other groups. To each and everyone of you, your help was appreciated beyond words.

Thank you to all that volunteered in any capacity to make our show a huge success!!

We also had 15 new members join our club. Several of them are families. Welcome to all of you.

Kat Koch

CMS President

Updated: June 2, 2019 — 9:45 pm

Presidents Message

  • From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Gem Show is on June 29th and 30th, with set-up on June 28th. Roger is looking for volunteers, so be prepared to help when he calls or emails you. We need a volunteer to ensure all the signs we need inside the venue are made and printed. We also need a volunteer to order street signs for our new location, place them before the show, and take them down. Then I am looking for a volunteer to take charge of the club sales table and set up the sales table. We need …

Meeting Announcements

  • Topic: Out-of-state rockhounding sites by Roger Danneman Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, etc. – So many rockhounding places! We have a few members who have combined a road trip vacation and rockhounding that will collaborate on this. It’s interesting to see the variety of material from these areas. After this meeting, you may want to plan a road trip too! Show ‘n Tell: Show us something you have found or bought on a road trip.

  • April 11th – Rock Bingo (Spring Break) and Food Drive This meeting is our annual “Rock Bingo” night. It is held during spring break so our Young Tumblers and their friends can attend without worrying about school the next day. Each member is asked to bring 3 wrapped items for each person who intends to play Bingo. You can play up to 3 games in person, and every person goes home a winner. Please try to donate an item you would like to receive, not junk slabs and rocks. Let’s all plan to have a fun evening together. Guests are welcome, and we encourage our Young Tumblers to bring their friends. Food Drive – We are collecting food for the Kent Food again. Try to donate 1 item or more for every person playing Bingo.

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