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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  • Digging It!  September is here, and it looks like a wonderful month so far for getting together and getting out in the field. First, thank you to everyone who helped make our August picnic and club auction such a success. The delicious food, generous donations, volunteer help and spirited bidding made it a great afternoon, and the auction raised $750 for the club. We return to our regular meeting schedule on Thursday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Kent. Our program is all about YOU: Show, Tell & Transform, where you get to briefly present …

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  • This program is all about YOU. Bring a rock, mineral, fossil, or other field find that you would like to turn into something. It might become a cabochon, carving, display specimen, jewelry piece, slab, polished piece, or something entirely different. Bring your item and share: Where and how you found or acquired it What interests you about the material What you’re considering making from it Any questions or challenges you would like help thinking through Then we’ll open the conversation to our knowledgeable and curious club members. Together, we can discuss the material, possible designs, cutting or finishing approaches, and other ideas that might help you take the piece from field find to finished project. You do not need to have a complete plan or any special expertise. That’s part of the fun. Bring the piece itself if possible, along with any sketches, inspiration photos, or examples that might help explain your idea.

  • Noelle Barnes will present Using Gaia for Rockhounding, an overview of the features and tricks associated with the app Gaia and how you can use it for GPS, saving waypoints, navigation, photo tagging, trail recording and more. Show and Tell: Bring the rock(s) that have the best “story” – and tell everyone how you found them and where!

  • Club board member Paul Ahnberg will talk to us about the impact of wildfires on our lives – from protecting your home to staying safe while out rockhounding – and what we can do today to help mitigate our risk. Paul will combine his knowledge gained from learning at both the WSU Green School (Master Gardener) and WSU Climate Steward programs. Show and Tell: Bring something you found, from a place that you know has since been impacted by floods or wildfires – or was impacted shortly before you arrived. Tell your story!

  • December’s date and time is coming soon. We will update this page as soon as we know more.

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