President Message – November 2022 (Click Here For More Info)

Presidents Message

From the Top of the Rock Pile …. by Kat Koch

At our October meeting, Angie 100% surprised me with a birthday cake. Thank you, Angie, and everyone that sang Happy Birthday to me. Our members are really awesome!

Our club elections are coming up at our holiday dinner in December. You will find a description of the positions that need to be filled elsewhere in this issue of The Tumbler. Club nominations are made at our November meeting, and voting is at our December meeting. Please seriously consider filling one of the positions.

This year we are doing our Holiday Potluck Dinner a little differently. The club provides turkey and ham. Angie is keeping a list of what people are bringing for the Potluck Dinner. We will have a better variety of dishes and not so many duplicates. You can talk to Angie at the November club meeting, call her, or text your name and what you are bringing. Angie’s cell number can be found on the contact page of The Tumbler.

There is an essential change in our club’s annual financial budget. The American Legion Hall has substantially raised our fees to use the facility. Our monthly meeting fee has been raised from $40 per month to $75, an increase of 87.5%. In addition, our room rental fee for our annual holiday party has gone from $120 to $300, an increase of 250%.

As long as we can hold club membership at 100 families or more, we should be able to cover these increases. Presently club membership stands at 110 families.

Updated: November 1, 2022 — 12:51 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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