Thursday, January 11th – General Meeting

Past Meeting Announcement

Thursday, January 11th – General Meeting

Bob Pattie is sick and can not do the planned meeting on map reading.

Our new topic will be:

TUMBLING

We will discuss three types of tumblers.

  • Lot-O Vibrating Tumbler by Kat
  • Small Home Rotary Tumbler by Mark
  • Large 4ft. Outdoor Tumbler by Mike

We will have a Q & A session on tumbling plus hopefully solve any problems you may have tumbling.

 

Show ‘n Tell: A fossil or concretion.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our meeting.

The Kat

Updated: March 22, 2018 — 9:39 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 …

Meeting Announcements

  • 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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