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

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  • 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

  • We are going to show a video of the most unusual and amazing things found in Amber. It isn’t just insects. We are also going to have a recap of how our Gem Show did last month. Show ‘n Tell: An item that has something trapped inside or a picture rock, thunder egg, or geode that looks like it has an insect, animal, or face inside.

  • Maureen will speak on the geology and the movement of the Washington coastline over millions of years. Show ‘n Tell: Favorite rock or mineral from Washington

  • Glen Ripper is a leading authority on Obsidian. He is a walking encyclopedia which should make this an interesting and educational meeting. Show ‘n Tell: Obsidian – let’s see your colors.

  •   We start the day off with a potluck holiday meal. The club provides roasted turkey and ham. Members fill in with their favorite holiday potluck dish. We follow our meal with the election of officers for the coming year. Our final activity is our club auction. It is a great time to pick up great bargains on rough rocks, polished rocks, slabs, fossils, opal, etc. Our Young Tumblers can use their Rock Bucks to purchase auction items. 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.

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