Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club P.O. Box 134 Puyallup, WA 98371 info@puyallupgemclub.org http://puyallupgemclub.org http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com (new)
January 2010 Volume 50, Issue 1 Editor: Dana James djames50@nventure.com
President’s Report
What’s inside: 2010 Officers
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Committees
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What a wonderful Christmas potluck it was-special Thanks to Kathy Brown and all who assisted her in setting up the tables. It all looked so wonderful!!! Big Thanks also to those who cooked the delicious turkeys and hams and all of the other trimmings!! Everything was so delicious!!!
Membership Form
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Upcoming Events
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Editor’s Report
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A Show committee meeting will be held Jan. 12th at Allen Henneberrys’ house. The Club show in June is so much fun but we need volunteers to help with the show. I hope to see you at the meeting! More information and the meeting is in this newsletter.
Word Search Puzzle
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Hands On Activities
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NW Federation News
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AFMS Code of Ethics
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How to Corner
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!
There will be a Hands On Jan. 16th at 10am at the club. There will be classes on Flint Knapping, Intarsia, Cabbing and Wire Fusing. All of the classes sound fun and I am looking forward to learning more myself. I am looking forward to serving as your President in 2010! My goal is to do the best I possibly can for you, the members and for the club. 2010 will be a fun and great year for all!! Best wishes~Deborrah Pursifull
A Note from LaVon and Mike We will be in Arizona until about the 20th of February. So far in December, Quartzsite had a tornado that blew down 400 tents, awnings etc., and Tucson had a dust storm with zero visibility. If you are down that way, stop by and see us. I will rustle up a cup of coffee for you. Jan1-27 we are in Tyson Wells, I-23, in Quartzsite. Mike and Ken are doing the QIA the 20th-27th. Jan. 28-Feb. 16th we will be in Tucson RV Electric Park. If you haven't visited either of these places at this time of year, it is alot of fun and there is LOTS of rock. Ask Dana and Paul, they visited us last year. See you in February, LaVon, Mike, Ken and Cheri
Dues are Due Membership Form is on Page 4.
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Elected Officers for 2009 Title
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President:
Deborrah Pursifull
Vice President:
Nancy LeMay
253-952-6216
bees2knees@att.net
Secretary:
Brett Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Treasurer:
Sandy Chilson
360-825-3138
chilson54@msn.com
Federation Director: 1 year Director: 2 year Director: 3 year Director:
Mike Siperek Mike Wunsche LaVon Siperek Joanne Bock
253-531-7294 253-531-5886 253-531-7294
yankees_diesel@comcast.net yankees_diesel@comcast.net
1 year Trustee:
Jerry Chilson
360-825-3138
chilson54@msn.com
2 year Trustee:
Tony Johnson
253-863-9238
ynotbandit@earthlink.net
3 year Trustee:
Allen Henneberry
253-922-5089
kallan567@msn.com
kep_52@hotmail.com
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) 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.
The Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club is a member of the Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies and the Washington State Mineral Council and affiliated with the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies. http://www.amfed.org/nfms
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Committee Chairs Committees indicated below without a contact are accepting volunteers and will be filled by the President. Position
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Club Show:
Mark Baumann
253-756-8636
djbmeb@earthlink.net
Editor:
Dana James
253-475-8060
djames50@nventure.com
Field Trip: Hands On:
Trustees
Juniors:
Seani Fitzpatrick
253-476-0321
Hospitality:
Kandy Henneberry
253-922-5089
Library:
Brett Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Newsletter:
Brett & Sherry Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Paul James
253-475-8060
pjames50@nventure.com
Brett Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Sunshine: Puyallup Fair: Web Master: Audit: Historian: 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. Pricing 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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Jan. 5th, 7:00 pm, Board meeting at the Fruitland Grange. Jan. 8th, 7:30 pm, Business Meeting at the Fruitland Grange. Jan. 12th, 6:30 pm, Club Show meeting at Henneberry’s all are welcome. Address: 4418 53rd St. East, Tacoma, WA Phone: 253-922-5089 Jan. 16th, 9:00 am Set up for Hands on which starts between 9:30 and 10 am. Jan. 22nd, 7:30 pm, Program night, Guest speaker will be Bob Jackson
Looks like a lot is going on this month with the various meetings and hands on activities. I didn’t get any info regarding a field trip, so more than likely one isn’t planned for January. NEW INTERACTIVE WEB SITE FOR CLUB MEMBERS This site is to add your helpful hints, upload photos, blog about your field trip, and just find out all the upcoming information about the club including meetings, hands on and field trips. Here is the web address: http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com/ Sign up today. Obviously you don’t have to sign up to see what’s going on, but in the future I may limit access to only club members and if you aren’t signed up then you will not be able to access it. We will still have our official web site with more static information for visitors. So far on the site I have updated that hands on activities for January, uploaded various club photos, created an events calendar and Paul has even started a Club Show group to keep club show volunteers abreast of what’s going on with the show committee. I’m still trying to figure out how to upload this newsletter and show flyers, so this is a work in progress and it will only get bigger.
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: djames50@nventure.com, or mail to 5044 S. Park Ave., Tacoma, WA 98408.
Show and Tell Programs January 8th - What you got for Christmas (rock related) January 22nd - Crystal
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Hands On Activities for January 16th For January the classes offered will be Flint Knapping, Intarsia and Wire Fusing. I have included sample pictures of these activities, so come and have some fun. The only class with a fee will be the Wire Fusing at $35.00 unless you bring your own .999 fine silver wire 16 gauge (1 ounce), small torch and fire brick.
Wire Fusing jewelry is made using .999 fine silver wire. The wire is heated with a torch on a fire brick and fused together to form rings that are then linked and fused again to create a secure chain.
Intarsia or Pietra dura is the process of inlaying cuts of gemstone in a pattern such as a mosaic and then cabbing to create a pendant for wire wrapping, belt buckle or bolo tie.
Knapping is the shaping of flint, obsidian, or chert stone into spears, arrow heads or knives.
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NW Federation News Mid Year Meeting - The mid year meeting is to be held in Kennewick, WA on April 17th, 2010. This is in conjunction with the Lakeside Gem and Mineral show. There is additional information on the Rockhound Retreat in September of 2010 in the NW Newsletter, so be sure to check all the info out. I hear that everyone has a great time and learns a lot. I’m sure that a lot of you have read the NW Newsletter and Gary Buhr’s Junior Corner. Well Gary is moving on and will no longer by the NW’s Junior Committee Chair. Gary’s next venture will be the “Kids’s Crystal Museum”. Read all about this wonderful Junior Science Museum in the January newsletter. Oh and if you would like to volunteer to be the NW’s Junior Committee Chair, please contact Evelyn Cataldo, Lakeside Gem & Mineral Club, 99509 Brandon Dr., Kennewick WA 99336, (509) 628-0170, ecataldo@cbtabs.com. NW Gem and Mineral Shows Feb. 12-14 Fri 10-5 Sat 1-5 Oregon Agate and Mineral OMSI 1945 SE Water Sun 10-5 Society “We Rock” Avenue Portland, OR
Richard Hall (360) 7510699 (360) 263-2599 bernicehall@mcleodusa.net
Feb 13-14 Sat 9-5 Sun 9-4 Whidbey Island Gem Club Oak Harbor Senior Center Keith Ludemann (360) 45th Annual “Sweet-Heart 51 S. E. Jerome Street Oak 675-1837 of Gems” Show Harbor, WA rock9@whidbey.net Feb 27-28 Sat 10-7 Sun 10-5
Idaho Gem Club Annual Show
Feb 27-28 Sat 10-6 Sun 10-5
Everett Rock & Gem Club, WA National Guard Ar57th Annual Gem, Jewelry mory 2730 Oakes Ave. & Mineral Show Everett, WA
Mar 6-7 Sat 10-6 Sun 10-5 Owyhee Gem & Mineral Society “Collecting Gems for 2010” Mar 6-7 Sat 9-5 Sun 10-4
Expo Idaho 5610 Glenwood Boise, ID
O'Conner Field House 2200 Blaine Caldwell, ID
Charlie Smith (208) 6284002 Fritz Mack, (425) 2320809 PO Box 1615, Everett, WA 98206 Carolyn Roberts (208) 4666191 ncrobertsrp@msn.com
Klamath County FairRock & Arrowhead Club Annual show featuring grounds 3531 South 6th “Thundereggs and Geodes” Street Klamath Falls, OR
Garwin Carlson (541) 8828276 or Marv Stump (541) 882-8341
Mar 12-14 Fri 9-5 Sat 10-5 Tualatin Valley Gem Club Washington County Fair Sun 10-5 52nd Annual Show “Back Complex 873 NE 34th Ave Again in 2010” Hillsboro, OR
Roy Woo (503) 459-1903
Mar 12-14 Fri 10-6 Sat 10- Rock Rollers Club “Earth’s Spokane Co. Fair & Expo 6 Sun 10-5 Treasures” Ctr N. 604 Havana, at Broadway Spokane, WA
Leon Agee (509) 276-3992 Jim Cotant (509) 534-1746
Mar 13-14 Sat 9-6 Sun 9-6 Magic Valley Gem Club Show ** NEW LOCATION ** Mar 27-28 Sat 10-6 Sun 10-4
Twin Falls Co Fairgrounds Harold Waggoner (208) Merchant Bldg #3, 215 423-9668 or Shirley Metts, Fair Ave. Filer, ID rmetts@cableone.net
Sweet Home Rock & Min- 1641 Long Street, Sweet eral Society 62nd Annual Home, OR Show
Joe Cota (541) 451 2740
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I will report to my club or federation officers, Bureau of Land Management or other authorities, any deposit of petrified wood or other materials on public lands which should be protected for the enjoyment of future generations for public educational and scientific purposes. I will appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources. I will observe the “Golden Rule”, will use Good Outdoor Manners and will at all times conduct myself in a manner which will add to the stature and Public Image of Rockhounds everywhere.
Every year at this time I reprint the Code of Ethics in the newsletter. I think that all of us need to be reminded from time to time. Dana James
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How To Corner by Dana James For all you beaders out there, I found this great tutorial on the Fire Mountain Gems web site. Looks easy enough that I might even be able to make it.
Lariet seed beaded Necklace Materials Needed: Seed Beads, Matsuno, #11 Seed Beads, Czech, #11 Pearls, Swarovski crystal, 12 mm Thread Needles Scissors
Step 1 Using ladderstitch, weave 1 Czech Jablonex seed bead, 3 Matsuno 11's and one Czech Jablonex seed bead. The 2 beads at each end must be smaller than the 3 in the middle. You could try using size 8/0 and 6/0.
Step 2 Brickstitch means you attach your beads to the thread used in the previous row, not to the beads themselves. SKIP the first thread on this side of your work.
Step 3 Add the same beads to the base you just made, ie. 1 Czech, 3 Matsuno and 1 Czech. Note: It is important to pull tight when adding beads on both end-sides of the work. If you do not pull tight on each side when adding the Czech seed beads, the ribbon will not curl.
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Step 4 On your way back, DO NOT SKIP the first thread.
Step 5 Continue until you reach the desired length.
Finishing Touches
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Step 6 At each side of the ribbon, make diminutions as shown. There will be only two Czech seed beads left at each end.
Step 7 Attached the extremity of the ribbon to a matsuno bead in the middle of the ribbon adding one 12mm Swarovski crystal pearl on one side, and making an empty loop on the other size of the work, wide enough for letting the part with the crystal pearl pass through.
Step 8 Always secure your thread carefully. For more great ideas and tutorials visit the Fire Mountain Gems Web site. http://www.firemountaingems.com/beading_howtos/default.asp
Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club P.O. Box 134 Puyallup, WA 98371
January 2010
H & I Lapidary Amber, Jewelry, Beads, Findings, Gemstones, Slabs, Rough Material, Fossils and Aussie Items. Mike & LaVon Siperek 4203 East 99th St., Tacoma, WA 98446 253-531-7294 Yankees_diesel@comcast.net
Agate Beach Agate-Beach.com Mike Wendt 6423 S. Island Dr. Bonney Lake, WA 98391 mwendt7777@comcast.net
Clip and Donate Stamp to the Club for Cancer Research – please leave about 2” of paper around the stamp if possible.
Dana & Paul James dana@acorn-hill.com 253-475-8060 www.danasjewelrydesign.1000markets.com www.danasjewelrydesign.etsy.com www.danasjewelrydesign.artfire.com