Rock-A-Teer Newsletter for May 2010

Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club

P.O. Box 134

Puyallup, WA 98371

[email protected]

http://puyallupgemclub.org

http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com (new)

Editor: Dana James

[email protected]

May 2010

Volume 50, Issue 5

President’s Report

Hello All!

A Big Thank You goes out to all who participated in building the new show cases. Thank You also goes to Allen & Kandy Henne-berry for the use of their garage and home for the build. All that is left now on the cases to be done are the fronts. The schedule

for that build will be determined.

I’m so sorry that I missed the club pot-luck & auction. I’m sure it was a lot of fun and a success. Unfortunately, I had just arrived home from New Mexico and I was running a fever and the best

place for me was at home in bed away from everyone.

The show and tell for May 14th meeting is “Rocks Mom would

Love.” The second meeting is “Painted Rocks.”

Happy Rock Hounding!

Deborrah Pursifull, President

What’s inside:

2010 Officers Page 2

Committees Page 3

Club Show Info Page 4

Editor’s Report Page 4

Upcoming Events Page 5

Public Lands Update Page 5

How to Corner Page 6

NW & AFMS News Page 8

Upcoming Shows Page 9

Apr Meeting Minutes 0

Word Search Puzzle Page 11

Club Show is Club Show is Club Show is Club Show is

June 4thJune 4thJune 4thJune 4th----6th 6th 6th 6th

have you signed have you signed have you signed have you signed

up to volunteer up to volunteer up to volunteer up to volunteer

yet?yet?yet?yet?

Postage Stamps

Hermina Kolski

Remember to collect those stamps for Cancer research. Ask your friends and

neighbors. Leave at least ½ inch all the way around up to 2 inches. The com-

pany that buys them pays by the pound. Please do not allow someone else to

go through them and remove the commemorative stamps – they are the ones

the collectors really want most of all. Save even the Forever stamps. Bring to

the next club meeting as we have a box that we collect them in. Prior to the

Federation show, those stamps get bundled up and bagged and taken for do-

nation.

Elected Officers for 2010

Title �ame Phone E-mail

President: Deborrah Pursifull [email protected]

Vice President: Nancy LeMay 253-952-6216 [email protected]

Secretary: Brett Lawrence 253-584-1319 [email protected]

Treasurer: Sandy Chilson 360-825-3138 [email protected]

Federation Director: Mike Siperek 253-531-7294 [email protected]

1 year Director: Mike Wunsche 253-531-5886

2 year Director: LaVon Siperek 253-531-7294 [email protected]

3 year Director: Joanne Bock 253-770-2229

1 year Trustee: Jerry Chilson 360-825-3138 [email protected]

2 year Trustee: Tony Johnson 253-863-9238 [email protected]

3 year Trustee: Allen Henneberry 253-922-5089 [email protected]

The Rock-A-Teer, our club bulletin along with our club activities are dedicated to the encouragement of

friendliness, good fellowship and to inform the members of earth sciences.

Please visit our web sites for more information about our club.

www.puyallupgemclub.org (static for visitors) or www.puyallupgemclub.ning.com (new interactive site)

The Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club is a member of the

Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the Wash-

ington State Mineral Council and affiliated with the American

Federation of Mineralogical Societies.

http://www.amfed.org/nfms

Volume 50, Issue 5 Rock-A-Teer May 2010,

PUYALLUP VALLEY GEM & MINERAL CLUB

Meetings are held on the second (2nd) and Fourth (4th) Friday of each month except for:

August (Potluck Picnic 2nd Meeting)

December (Holiday Dinner 1st Meeting, 2nd Meeting cancelled.)

Time: 7:30 PM, except for Potluck nights and those start at 7:00 PM

Where: Fruitland Grange

(112th & 86th, Puyallup, WA)

Board Meetings are held on the Tuesday prior to the 1st meeting of the month.

Dues are $20.00 for a single membership and $25.00 for a family membership.

Committee Chairs

Committees indicated below without a contact are accepting volunteers and will be filled by the President.

Position �ame Phone E-mail

Club Show: Mark Baumann 253-756-8636 [email protected]

Editor: Dana James 253-475-8060 [email protected]

Field Trip: Tony Johnson or Mark Baumann

Hands On: Trustees

Juniors: Seani Fitzpatrick 253-476-0321

Hospitality: Kandy Henneberry & Nancy LeMay

Library: Brett Lawrence 253-584-1319 [email protected]

Newsletter: Brett & Sherry Lawrence 253-584-1319 [email protected]

Sunshine:

Puyallup Fair:

Web Master: Paul James 253-475-8060 [email protected]

Audit:

Historian: Brett Lawrence 253-584-1319 [email protected]

Holiday Party:

PLAC (Public Lands Access Chairman):

Summer Picnic:

WA State Mineral Council:

Advertising

If you are a small business owner and would like to advertise in our newsletter and on our web page,

please contact Paul James for web layout information. Members receive a link to their web site or a page

created for them on the club web site and advertising space in each newsletter for one year. Location in

newsletter is determine by the Editor. Proceeds help offset the cost of maintaining our web page. Pric-

ing is as follows:

Members: $25.00 link to your web page

$50.00 web page

Non Members: $50.00 link to your web page

$75.00 web page

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If you would like to submit a letter to the Editor, an article, pictures from a recent field trip, poem, recipe or

anything at all that club members might fine interesting, please send to E-mail address:

[email protected], or mail to 5044 S. Park Ave., Tacoma, WA 98408.

Editor’s Report by Dana James I’ve had a request to start a new poem contest. So here is your chance to shine. You will have 2 months to get me your poem of choice and I’ll publish them in the newsletter for all to enjoy. The deadline will be May 31st.

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Show and Tell Programs

May 14th - Rocks Mom would love

May 28th - Painted Rocks

This year’s Club Show committee has been looking at ways to “give back” to our Volunteers and set a standard for future years as well. You have probably heard we are providing a meal ticket each day for the Volunteer that fills a spot at the show for 4 or more hours. With careful consideration we have decided to give out $1 meal tickets for every hour you volunteer. So if you are working 4 hours one day you will get 4 tickets. You can then use those tickets ($4.00) to offset the cost of any food or drink item in the kitchen. You will need to pay the difference in what you order and what was received. (hopefully that makes sense) Tickets can not be cashed in for money. Re-member this is a volunteer organization and we do not get paid. We are also providing a free filtered water station (not bottled water) that will be located in the kitchen and of course the Volunteer Dinner that takes place Thurs-day, June 3rd at the grange. We have also decided to have a raffle that is just for our Volunteers. We will be giving out raffle tickets at the ratio of 1 per each 6 hours worked through the weekend starting on Thursday. Anyone that is a Chairperson for any of the activities will receive an additional raffle ticket. I have acquired a few raffle items so far: Cedar lawn chairs (2), a hand tied fleece blanket, a citronella candle and a pair of sterling silver ear-rings. I will be making a gem tree for the raffle as well. At this time I am requesting donations of items to the “Volunteer” raffle. Please consider making something spe-cial, re-gifting or giving up that special something you bought and never took out of the box. I don’t want to in-terfere with the Show Raffle and if you normally give something for that then please continue with your plans. The Volunteer raffle items will not be on display until the following week at the regular club meeting where the drawing will take place. If this is something you can do please contact me at 253-952-6216 or just bring the items to the next few meetings before the show takes place. Sincerely, Nancy LeMay, Vice President

Give a Little and Get a Lot - New Club Show Info

Don’t forget to sign up to volunteer with one of the chair Don’t forget to sign up to volunteer with one of the chair Don’t forget to sign up to volunteer with one of the chair Don’t forget to sign up to volunteer with one of the chair

people or with Nancy and also remember to sign up for a people or with Nancy and also remember to sign up for a people or with Nancy and also remember to sign up for a people or with Nancy and also remember to sign up for a

display case if you need one. display case if you need one. display case if you need one. display case if you need one.

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Schedule of Events

• May 11th, 7:00 pm Board meeting at the Grange

• May 14th, 7:30 pm Busi-ness Mtg at the Grange

• May 16th, 9:00 am Show Case Work Party at the Henneberry’s

• May 18th, 6:30 pm Show meeting at the Henne-berry’s

• May 22nd, 10:00 am Work Party at LaVon and Mike’s

• May 28th, 7:30 pm Pro-gram Night

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 7:00 pm

Board Mtg.

12 13 14 7:30 pm

Bus. Mtg.

15

16 Show

case work

17 18 6:30 pm

Show Mtg.

19 20 21 22 Work

Party

23 24 25 26 27 28 7:30 pm

Program

29

30 31

May 2010

Public Lands Update via the NW Federation Newsletter May-June 2010

A Message From

Larry K. Raedel, DNR Chief of Law

Enforcement Services & Education

Washingtonians love being outdoors. It is part of the delight of living in the Evergreen State. Unlike so many other states, we

are still blessed with most of the three million acres of trust lands granted by the federal government at statehood. Revenue

from these working landscapes provides financial support for such public institutions and services as schools and universities,

fire districts and other county services. By culture and tradition, the trust lands are also available for many forms of recrea-

tion. The laws of Washington provide this opportunity to Washington citizens, so long as the lands can still be managed to

benefit the institutions and services they support, and appropriate stewardship of the environment is assured. Recreation Op-

portunities: The department’s primary recreation focus is to provide public access opportunities on 2.1 million acres of for-

ested state trust lands, with trails and trailhead facilities, offering a primitive experience in a natural setting. Across Washing-

ton, the 1,100 miles of trails and thousands of miles of roads provide considerable access for dispersed recreation activities,

such as camping, hunting, fishing, horse-back riding, bird watching, and sightseeing. Each year, an estimated 11 million visi-

tors come to enjoy these lands. In addition, we encourage public access to the 2.4 million acres of aquatic lands that we man-

age as a public trust. The Department of Natural Resources is committed to offering the public an opportunity to come and

enjoy outdoor activities on agency managed lands. One of our primary objectives is keeping the lands safe for the public and

DNR staff, while meeting the agency’s business needs. We are also heavily committed to resource protection, whether it’s

preventing meth labs, marijuana grows, or battling wildfires that could spread to private or other public lands. DNR’s Law

Enforcement Officers are commissioned police officers. Our purpose is to ensure your safety and to protect state assets and

the environment. We are authorized to cite violators and, if necessary, to arrest them. Law Enforcement Services has officers

in DNR’s six regions. Enforcement involves four main areas: collision investigations, theft, vandalism, and public use. The

Law Enforcement Program relies heavily on feedback from the public. If you have questions or comments, please use the

below info.

DNR Law Enforcement Regions

Northeast Region (Colville) 509-684-7474 Pacific Cascades Region (Castle Rock) 360-577-2025 Northwest Region (Sedro

Woolley) 360-856-3500 Southeast Region (Ellensburg) 509-925-8510 Olympic Region (Forks) 360-374-2800 South Puget

Sound (Enumclaw) 360-825-1631

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How To Corner by Dana James

Leather Necklaces - set of 2

Supplies you need for both necklaces:

Leather 1mm (necklace #1 = 38" and #2 = 54")

Beads with a hole large enough for the leather

Other beads to dangle (necklace #2)

Head pins (necklace #2)

Spring ring or Lobster claw clasp

4 - 4" strips of 22 gauge silver wire for both necklaces (I used sterling, but you could use whatever you have on

hand)

Instructions for Necklace #1:

1. Gather your supplies (leather, clasp, wire and beads)

2. String your beads on the leather

3. Loop leather, add your clasp and wrap with the wire on one end

4. Finished clasp end

5. Loop leather and wrap with the wire the other end

6. Finished clasp

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Instructions for Necklace #2:

1. Knot the center of your longest piece of leather (54") and add one bead on each side

2. Made a wrapped loop crystal

3. Add crystal to necklace and knot the leather (Continue adding large hole beads or beads that dangle and knot-

ting the leather between each)

4. When you have the length you desire (mine was 36") finish one side with the clasp as we did in Necklace #1

5. Finish the other side with just a loop

6. Finished necklace with dangles and beads

Northwest Federation News Tri-Federation Field Trip, Memorial Day Weekend, May 29-31, 2010, Blue Forest, Wyoming

Northwest Rockhound Retreat, September 6-12, 2010, Hancock Field Station, Fossil, Oregon

NFMS Convention and Annual Meeting, September 17-19, 2010, Washington County Fairgrounds in

Hillsboro, Oregon


American Federation of Mineralogical Societies If you haven’t checked out the AFMS web site there is a lot of good information on our hobby. If you

like to travel to other areas of the country then there are plenty of shows from other regions to take in.

http://www.amfed.org/ newsletter: http://www.amfed.org/news/n2010_05.pdf

Coming up in June is the CFMS/AFMS show. The NW Newsletter has all the information regarding this

show that will be held at the So. CA University of Health Sciences Campus in Whittier California. Be

sure to read all about it if you are planning on attending.

The May newsletter has a lot of good articles and information on getting more kids involved in the

hobby. Especially interesting is the write up by Jim Brace-Thompson the Jr. Activities Chair.

Start locally. If you have a single child, you have a start! Encourage that child’s parents to network with friends

who have kids and bring their friends along to the next meeting.

Make your show fun for kids—and follow up! If your club has committed to a kids program, demonstrate that

commitment at your very next show by making kids the show theme and centerpiece.

Maintain a focus on kids. Most newspapers publish (either in print or on their web site) a listing of club news

and forthcoming events, and many clubs will put in an announcement listing when and where the next meeting is

and the guest speaker for the night. Take this a step further by including a line on a highlighted kids’ activity for

the night.

Create and circulate a Kids Club flyer. The “Coquina Kids” of the Tomoka Gem & Mineral Society in Florida

have created a wonderfully colorful, picture- and photo-filled three-fold flyer highlighting their kids activities, with

a membership application form on the back fold.

Go to where the kids are. With your Kids Club flyer in hand, take a supply and reach out to Boy and Girl Scout

troops, Big Brother/Big Sister programs, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA facilities, etc.

Key to attracting kids to your club or society? Make it fun!

The Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. is a member of the American Federation of Min-eralogical Societies. It was founded in 1938, and one of the original four founders of the AFMS in 1947. It encompasses the Northwest region of the United States, including Alaska and consists of about 70 member clubs with over 4400 total members.


Upcoming Shows in the Northwest Date Club/Show Name Show Location Contact Person

May 1-2

Sat 10-5, Sun 10-5

West Seattle Rock Club

44th Annual Gem &

Mineral Show

Alki Masonic Temple, 4736 40th

Ave SW, Seattle, WA

Rachel Miller

westseattlerock-

[email protected]

May 8 – 9

Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4:30

Bozeman Gem & Min-

eral Club “Montana's

Treasures”

Gallatin County Fair Grounds

Black & Tamarack

(Exit I-90 @ N. 7th Street), Boze-

man, MT

Dan Carter 406 586 4552

Sally Griffin 406 451 4248

[email protected]

May 15 – 16

Sat 10–6, Sun 10-5

Hatrockhounds Gem &

Mineral Society

Hermiston Conference Center

4155 Highway 395, Hermiston, OR

97838

Mike Filarski, (541) 922

5091

stonemor-

[email protected]

May 15 - 16

Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5

Bitterroot Gem and

Mineral Annual Show

Ravalli County Fairgrounds, First

Interstate Ctr, 100 Old Corvallis

Road, Hamilton, MT

Steve Vieth, (406) 369-5489

[email protected]

June 4 - 6

Fri 12-6, Sat 10-6, Sun

11-4

Puyallup Valley Gem &

Mineral Club

Fruitland Grange

112th Street & 86th Avenue East,

Puyallup, WA

Mark Baumann, (253) 756-

8636

[email protected]

June 5 – 6

Sat 9–5, Sun 10-4

North Idaho Mineral

Club Show

Kootenai Co. Fairgrounds and Event

Center

Kathleen and Gov't Way, Coeur

d'Alene, ID

Warren Price, PO Box 1643

Hayden ID 83835

[email protected]

June 18 - 20

Fri 10–6, Sat 10–6,

Sun 10-4:30

Oregon Coast Agate

Club

Rock'n the Coast

47th Annual Gem and

Mineral Show

Yaquina View Elementary School -

Multipurpose Room, 351 SE Harney

Street

Newport, OR 97365

K. Myers 541 265 2514

PO Box 293

Newport OR 97365

June 19 - 20

Sat 10 - 5

Sun 10 - 5

Butte Mineral & Gem

Club Annual Show

Civic Center Annex

1340 Harrison Avenue (exit 127

North)

Butte, Montana

Pete Knudsen

406 496 4395, PO Box 4492

Butte, MT 59702

July 16- -18

Fri 10-6, Sat 10-6, Sun

10-4

Lower Umpqua Gem &

Lapidary

"Treasures Of The

Earth"

Reedsport community building 415

Winchester Ave, Reedsport, OR

Bill Hendrickson 541-271-

6816 or bamoon-

[email protected]

July 24 – 25

Sat 9 - 6

Sun 9 - 5

Washington Agate and

Mineral Society

(WAMS) and the Te-

nino Rock Cruisers

Rock & Gem Rendez-

Vous

Parkside Elementary School, Stage

Street South

Tenino WA

Exit 88 from I-5, go east approx 8

miles. Turn right on Stage Street

South. Go one block. The school is

on the left.

Contact: Daniel De Boer

[email protected]

5107 Brenner Dr. NW

Olympia WA 98502

May 2010, Volume 50, Issue 5

PVGMC Business Meeting for April 2010 PVGMC Business Meeting for April 2010

Meeting called to order at 7:34 pm, 4/9/10.

1. Secretary’s report. Read. 2. Treasurer’s report. Read. 3. Education. No report. 4. Hands On. The next one will be April 17th and will feature opal cutting and wire wrap. 5. Sunshine. Nancy reported her husband had had chest pains. 6. Library. No report. 7. Field Trip. The Saddle Mountain expedition was mentioned. A possible trip on the 24th was men-tioned as the previous field trip day had many things going on at that time.

8. Show and Tell. Next one will be “Rocks Mom would love”. 9. Club Show. Mark updated on preparations, especially the need for volunteers. Brett stated the need for raffle items. Letters for media advertising were noted.

10. Rocketeer. Brett gave an update on putting out the newsletter. 11. Old Business. 1) The bank signature card was discussed as it is needed for board members to be ap-proved for signing club checks. This has been a small problem attempting to get this remedied as the usual person handling this is hard to get in contact with. 2) The club saw needs to be cleaned. 3) The club is running low on cutting oil and will need to looking into a supplier and cost. 4) The club spin-ning wheel has been located and will be returned (Sandy). 5) There was discussion about lifetime members receiving the newsletter. The club desires contact be made with them to see if they still want to receive it or are able. 6) New cases…some were done on April 3rd. The next work group will be at Allan and Kandy’s house tomorrow at 9:00 am. Further dates will be announced.

12. New Business. 1) Allan stated there have been requests for hats with the clubs logo on it. He will look into pricing. 2) Kandy and daughter will be looking for donations for their Relay for Life participa-tion. 3) Deborrah mentioned her surgery date. 4) There was a suggestion for having a fund raiser for helping with the cost of the cases.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Brett Lawrence, Secretary, PVGMC

May 2010, Volume 50, Issue 5

A PASSION FOR RED

M A N G A N O T A N T A L I T E R

O Z A P O T E T I N I D A N A V H

P M K A E M M E R E R I T E U F O

A C A G A T E T I Z I O L C S E D

L S T E H P L F I R E A G A T E O

E S P E P O G R H O D O N I T E C

T Z E H C P A R I S I T E I A F H

I W T U A C R A P T Y N L E N E R

M X I M R L N S O B I E L T T T O

U L P B N Z E F U S D E E I A I S

H E U A E D T R E E T L L C L O I

O N T L L U L D I I I L H N I C T

N I G I I X N R B T E O M I T O E

I P U T A A F X U B E W I Z E R K

L S T E N W I R U E T I R P U C R

C I N N A B A R H O D O L I T E O

P Y R O X M A N G I T E P O R Y P

1. ANDESINE 12. GARNET 23. RUBY 2. AGATE 13. KAEMMERERITE 24. RUTILE 3. BIXBITE 14. MANGANOTANTALITE 25. SPHALERITE 4. CARNELIAN 15. OPAL 26. SPINEL 5. CINNABAR 16. PARISITE 27. TANTALITE 6. CLINOHUMITE 17. PYROPE 28. TOPAZ 7. CROCOITE 18. PYROXMANGITE 29. TUPGTUPITE 8. CUPRITE 19. RHODOCHROSITE 30. UMBALITE 9. DESCLOIZITE 20. RHODOLITE 31. VANADINITE 10. FIRE AGATE 21. RHODONITE 32. ZINCITE 11. FRIEDELITE 22. RUBELLITE

Clip and Donate Stamp to the

Club for Cancer Research –

please leave about 2” of paper

around the stamp if possible. May 2010

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6423 S. Island Dr.

Bonney Lake, WA 98391

[email protected]

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[email protected]

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