President’s Message – February 2017

Presidents Message

I am sitting here planning our meetings and events for 2017. It looks like our Club is going to have a very busy year.

The Board has officially started our 2018 Rock & Gem Show. It’s no longer all talk and speculation. We are a relatively small club and this is going to be a huge event for us. It’s going to require all members on deck. We are seriously looking at venues and dates and will be making a decision very soon.

I am excited about having our own show next year. I hope all of you are too.

Our meeting topic in February will be GOLD!! Our speaker, Chris Holden, will be speaking on gold panning. He is the owner of Black Jack’s Metal Detector’s in Renton. He carries supplies and tools for gold panning, metal detecting and rock hounding.

Let’s give him an enthusiastic welcome by having a good turnout for this meeting.

Kat Koch

CMS President

Updated: March 13, 2017 — 9:07 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

  • 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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