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

  • Digging It!  Thanks to everyone who joined us in March for Maureen Carlisle’s fascinating look at the world of professional paleontology digs. Our next meeting on April 9 is a great club tradition: Rock Bingo! Whether you’ve been a member for decades or you just joined last month, Bingo is the ultimate fun night for everyone kids included. All you have to do is bring three rock-related gifts (rocks themselves are just fine!), wrapped so that they are hidden, and then show up at 7pm on the 9th. Everyone is a winner – win a new treasure for your shelf and …

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  • 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. 

  • Our own Mike Blanton will bring his expertise to this club meeting program – he will share the tools, tips and tricks he has developed to drill holes in stones and minerals so you can do more with the rocks you find. Show and Tell: bring a rock you’d like to make into something else.

  • Club Wagonmaster and rock shop creator Roger Danneman will present an overview of the new club shop – including equipment, scheduling, stewards, and what you can expect from this exciting new resource.  Show and Tell: bring a rock you want to polish or make into a cabochon (or something you’ve already polished or made)

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