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

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

Our Cascade Gem & Mineral Show was a huge success! Thank you to all of you that volunteered to help at the show. There were 43 volunteers! Our volunteers also included members of the West Seattle Club and family members. I am very thankful for every one of you that pitched in. The show would not have gone so well without your help.

We had many compliments from the vendors on how they were treated and how organized we were. Everyone said they would be back next year.

Our show for next year is on September 16 & 17, 2023. The 3rd weekend of September is our regular weekend. So mark your calendars!

The club is looking for a Treasurer. Someone to pay the club bills, deposit money, book the room for our meetings, send out membership cards, and fill out various forms for the club. You must attend the meetings in case someone wants to join the club or renew their membership and collect any income from the meeting. It is an easy bookkeeping job, but you must be timely in getting it done.

We have 13 new members that joined at the show or online right afterward.

We continue to get new members every month. So if you are a new member, please be sure to come up and introduce yourself at our meeting. We all look forward to meeting every one of you.

I hope to see all of you at our October meeting.

Kat Koch, President

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Updated: November 1, 2022 — 12:43 pm

Presidents Message

  • From the Top of the Rock Pile From the Top of the Rock Pile Our Gem Show is sold out. Everything is moving along with the show. We will be asking for volunteers at the June meeting plus via email. Please plan on helping out at our show. It takes around 50 people to cover all 3 days. I have not been out to see how the building of our indoor shop is coming along at Roger’s home, but I hear from members that it is really coming along. With some good weather, progress should really move along fast. If …

Meeting Announcements

  • We will form teams to identify a tray of 8 rocks. Bring your hardness kit, rock ID books, cell phones, or anything else to help your team identify the stones. Last call for volunteers to help with our Gem Show. Show ‘n Tell: Bring an item from the collection you want to be identified.   This meeting is also our semi-annual food drive for the Kent Food Bank. Please remember to bring something. The Food Bank has informed us that they need feminine hygiene products and grape or strawberry jelly. People donate loads of peanut butter but never jelly. They also receive very few donations of feminine hygiene products.

  •   The meeting this month is canceled as they are remodeling the room.

  • Potluck on the Park. Bring your favorite potluck dish, rolls, drinks, dessert, etc. Enjoy a peaceful day in the park, visiting with friends and getting in some “rock talk.” Set up is at 11:30 am and lunch at noon.   Following our lunch, we will hold a club auction. It’s a great time to pick up some great bargains. Our Young Tumblers can also spend their “rock bucks” on something they want.    

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