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
President’s Report Happy Fourth of July THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all those who worked so hard to make the show such a great success!! A big thank you to all the vendors too!! I always enjoy seeing all the beautiful treasures the venders bring. I wanted to thank Jilana Conway for her donation of a kid’s tumbler to the club. It only needs a gasket and it will be good to go. If any club member has an extra one it would be greatly appreciated! There will be a field trip to Heather Lake July 10th. July 17th & 18th will be a two day field trip to Red Top, sounds like a lot of fun! The show and tell for the first meeting is Patriotic Rocks. The second meeting show and tell will be hands on projects. There will also be a program of “How to color stones and stone enhancement”.
July 2010 Volume 50, Issue 7 Editor: Dana James djames50@nventure.com
What’s inside: 2010 Officers
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Committees
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Sale in Idaho
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Upcoming Events
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How to Corner
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Editor’s Report
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NW & AFMS News
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Upcoming Shows
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June Meeting Minutes
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Word Search Puzzle
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I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting on the 9th!! Happy Rock hounding! Deborrah Pursifull President
We all know what this means. Time to sign up to volunteer at our club table in the Hobby Hall. A sign up sheet will be available at the next club meeting. If you want the same time slot as last year...just ask. Bring your calendar and sign up early so you can get the spot you want before we take it out to our neighboring clubs.
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Elected Officers for 2010 Title
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Phone
President:
Deborrah Pursifull
253-678-5492
kep_52@hotmail.com
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 253-770-2229
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
yankees_diesel@comcast.net
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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Phone
Club Show:
Mark Baumann
253-756-8636
djbmeb@earthlink.net
Editor:
Dana James
253-475-8060
djames50@gmail.com
Field Trip:
Tony Johnson or Mark Baumann
Hands On:
Trustees
Juniors:
Seani Fitzpatrick
Hospitality:
Kandy Henneberry & Nancy LeMay
Library:
Brett Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Newsletter:
Brett & Sherry Lawrence
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
Sunshine:
Kandy Henneberry
253-922-5089
Puyallup Fair:
Jerry Chilson & John Gottschalk
Web Master:
Paul James
Audit:
volunteer needed
Historian:
Brett Lawrence
Holiday Party:
volunteer needed
253-476-0321
253-475-8060
pjames50@nventure.com
253-584-1319
bandslawrence@comcast.net
253-756-8636
djbmeb@earthlink.net
253-863-9238
ynotbandit@earthlink.net
PLAC (Public Lands Access Chairman): Mark Baumann Summer Picnic:
volunteer needed
WA State Mineral Council: Tony Johnson
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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Make Idaho Your “Summer Destination” Gem Rock Estate & Auction This is to announce the Estate Sale and Auction of Lifetime Collectors, Dick & Elaine Weeks. This is one sale that you will not want to miss so mark your calendars. The material that will be available was collected in the early years so know that it is some of the most unique material you will have a chance to acquire. There will be approx. 30 tons of material available which includes various Jaspers from Biggs, Bruneau (one of the last large quantity of Orbed), Original Picture, Wild Horse, Morrisonite, & Willowcreek; Fire Opal from Spencer, Australia & Mexico; Geodes from Succor Creek, Beacon Hill, Richardson Ranch, Dugway & Lucky Strike; Agates from Graveyard Point Plume, Pink Plume, Montana Moss, Maury Mtn. Moss; Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite, Sapphires, Exotics & petrified, agatized, opalized wood ranging from limbs to logs. The available Slabs will range from 1 inch up to 12 inches or larger, depending on the material. The location is in Meridian Idaho, 870 W Franklin Rd. Take exit #44 off of I-84 heading north approx. 1 mile then West on Franklin Rd approx. 1 mile. The Sale will run from 10-5 starting Sat July 31st-Aug 7th with an Auction on the 7th for all remaining material. This is one sale you will not want to miss as there won’t be one like it for some time to come. Save your money and make your plans to attend as you will not be disappointed. Telephone inquires after July 15th Dick @208-888-5816 or Caroline @ 208-288-0107.
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Schedule of Events
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July 6th, 7:00 pm Board meeting at the Grange.
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July 9th, 7:30 pm Business Mtg at the Grange
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July 10th, Field Trip to Heather Lake. Material: Garnets & Soap Stone Meet at: Lake Wenatchee Ranger Station at 9:00 am Tools: Wood saw & 1/4" mesh screen. Organizer is Mark Baumann
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July 17th-18th Field Trip to Red Top Camping. Material: Agate, Jasper & Geodes Meet at: 29 Pines campsite, east down Teanaway River Road at 9:00 am Tools: Hard Digging Organized by Randy Summers
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July 23rd, 7:30 pm Program Night
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August 10th, 7:00 pm Board meeting at the Grange.
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August 13th, 7:30 pm Business Mtg at the Grange.
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August 21-22nd, Field Trip to various Greenwater sites. Overnighter. Leaving @ 9:00 am from the Enumclaw Ranger Station. Search for Agate & Jasper...need all tools. Organized by Randy and Tony.
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No meeting on the 27th
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August 28th, 11:00 am Summer Picnic at LaVon and Mike Siperek’s more details will be provided in the August newsletter.
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Show and Tell Programs July 9th - Patriotic Rocks July 23rd - Hands On Projects
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How To Corner by Dana James Multi Strand Leather Knotted Necklace Staying with my theme of using leather in jewelry, here is a necklace that will compliment any of the other pieces that you may have made from my other tutorials. All of my tutorials do require some basic knowledge of jewelry terminology or how to make basic wrapped loops and tie knots. Enjoy!
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5 yards of 1mm leather (1 yard per strand)
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Various beads that you can string on the leather (be sure to check hole sizing before starting)
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12” of 22 gauge wire for wrapping the ends
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End caps if desired
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Closure (I used the leather loops and another bead as the toggle but you could use something different such as a lobster claw clasp.
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Ruler (I know I show a tape measure but that’s what I had handy)
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Instructions: 1. Gather all your beads and cut your leather into 5 36” lengths. 2. Make a knot at the end of the leather about 3” from the end. 3. String a bead on and knot to secure. 4. Continue adding knots and adding beads. Be sure to knot before and after your beads unless you want them to move around. The more knots you make in the leather the shorter it will become. 5. Leave at least 3” of leather at the other end. 6. Continue making strands of leather and beads until you have your desired number. 7. Gather one end of each leather piece and loop over and secure with wire by wrapping around all leather tightly. Complete the other end the same way. 8. Trim the loose ends evenly unless you like that rough look, be sure to leave about ½-¼“ from the wraps. 9. To make your own toggle closure, wrap a rectangle bead. Be sure the bead will fit through the loops on the other end of your necklace securely. See picture for an idea of how this works. 10. Make a wrapped loop through all strands of your leather loops. 11. Finished necklace at 24”. 12. Finished back of necklace with handmade closure. You could also use a button vs. a bead.
Editor’s Report
by Dana James
Today it feels like Summer but it has been a long time getting here. I’ve learned though that in my 20+ years of living in Washington never to rush the hot weather coming. I really enjoy the mild Summers that we do have versus the hot Summers of the mid-West. Paul and I have had a fun month of dealing with some remodeling and we are ready for it to be completed but I fear we have another month to go which is why I am extremely grateful that the weather has started to get better. It is even better for those of you that like to get out and go rockhounding. Now is the time to take advantage of those great trips that the club has planned for this month and next. The last meeting in June was our mini demo night and it appeared that we had a good turn out and lots of demonstrators. I hope our newer members enjoyed seeing some of the great activities and projects that we teach here at the club. Our regular hands on activities will start up again in October as we take the Summer off. Since we are discussing learning new things, each month I publish one of my tutorials for club members. These are proprietary instructions and are to only be used for your personal enjoyment. I do publish them on my blog but eventually they will be taken down and published in a book, so don’t loose your copies as you may want to make one of the projects at a later date and may not want to purchase the book. If you have an idea for a new tutorial but don’t know how to write it up, I would be glad to help you. I’m always looking for new and interesting things to publish. 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.
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Northwest Federation News 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 Link to the NW Newsletter http://www.amfed.org/nfms/nwnews/nw0710.pdf The Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc. is a member of the American Federation of Mineralogical 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.
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/news2010.htm
Club Picnic Mark your calendars for August 28th for our annual Picnic at LaVon and Mike Sipereks More details in the August Newsletter
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Upcoming Shows in the Northwest Date
Club/Show Name
Show Location
Contact Person
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 541271-6816 or bamoonman7@msn.com
July 24 – 25 Sat 9 - 6 Sun 9 - 5
Washington Agate and Mineral Society (WAMS) and the Tenino 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 keylock1@live.com 5107 Brenner Dr. NW Olympia WA 98502
August 2010 6th 10am - 6pm 7th 10am - 6pm 8th 10am - 5pm
Far West Lapidary & Gem Society
Rock & Gem Show North Bend Community Center 2222 Broadway. North Bend, OR
Rocky Pribble 541-572-8301 PO Box 251 Coo Bay, OR 97420
August 2010 13th 10am - 9pm 14th 10am - 9pm 15th 10am - 6pm
Port Townsend Rock Club
Annual Rock & Gem Show during the Fair Jefferson County Fair Grounds 49th Street Port Townsend,WA.
Tom Madsen 2915 SR20 Port Townsend, WA 98368 tommadsen@olypen.com
September 2010
Umpqua Gem & Mineral Club Annual Gem & Mineral Show "Rough to Gems"
Douglas Co. Fairgrounds 2110 Frear St. I-5 exit 123 Roseberg, OR 97470
Bob Sampson PO Box 1264 Roseburg,OR 97470 541-4591755
11th 10am - 6pm 12th 10am - 4:30
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PVGMC Business Meeting for June 2010 Meeting called to order at 7:37 pm, 6/11/10. Nancy officiating. Visitors/new members greeted. Secretary’s report. Read. Treasurer’s report. Read. Committee Reports as follows: • Auctions. Mark stated we will have a silent auction at each business meeting to raise funds to help offset the cost of show cases being constructed. He also named a committee to include Mark, Sherry, Brett, Jerry, and Sandy to help. • Education. Jerry read a letter submitted by our scholarship candidate John Turner. He has a 3.93 GPA with a 4.00 this quarter. • Sunshine. Kandy reported a card sent out. Nancy said that Barry Boyle was not feeling well. • Library. Brett asked that materials checked out for over a month be returned. • Hospitality. Members will be issued a clip on name tag. • Field Trip. The upcoming overnight field trip for this weekend was mentioned. The group will be leaving the Enumclaw ranger station at 9:00am. • Federation. Mike reminded everyone about the upcoming Federation event at Portland Regional Show. • Club Show. Mark mentioned the volunteers for the show. He also reminded • the group of the wrap up meeting to be held and Allan and Kandy’s house this Tuesday and encouraged anyone with comments to attend. • Rock-A-Teer. Dana updated the membership on newsletter distribution issues. This included current new costs for the club website. She discussed current testing for new sites to find the best fit. • Show and Tell. Tonight will be jade. The next one will be a mini hands on and the following one will be patriotic rocks. The second July meeting will be showing your lapidary projects. • Juniors. Juniors had no meeting due to a power outage at the Grange at the start of the main meeting. • Public Land Access. No report, other than Mark reporting he joined the group. • Puyallup Fair. John asked for sign up help as he will be gone for most of the month. • Old Business. No report. • New Business. Nancy stated we will have a suggestion box for membership to take advantage of to offer advice and suggestions for the good of the club. Meeting adjourned at 8:06 pm. Respectfully submitted, Brett Lawrence Secretary, PVGMC
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A COLORFUL HOBBY AND SCIENCE A P P L E G R E E N I R A D N A M T U R Q U O I S E E G Y L E W B I C O L O R L E S S X R Z W U E R L I H I N D I G O F A E P H L V O K N F O U X F R N N S E T I B I W Y N M T N W H G A D W N O T S L N W A S C O U R C A R M I N E S O H O M Z U I A G H I L U S Z O I N I L O S X S F E U A N F H E H W E T L N A S Q H L P E X N U C N S E C E H P C R O P E I G L A T O P R D Y L P A O E R B D B T K B U R G S Y C H R C G U H Y S I C U A Q A S E A I L K N P K I Q P A Z U R E A N L R E X A S P V I O L E T O S R O I E T W R B U R S T B N U T S B H L O N D O N B L U E E M E R A L D 1. APPLE GREEN
12. GRASS
23. PISTACHIO
2. AZURE
13. GREENISH
24. PURPLE
3. BLACK
14. HONEY YELLOW
25. ROSE
4. BRASS
15. INDIGO
26. SAPPHIRE
5. BROWN
16. LEEK GREEN
27. SCARLET
6. CANARY
17. LILAC
28. SEAGREEN
7. CARMINE
18. LONDON BLUE
29. SKY BLUE
8. CINNABAR
19. MANDARIN
30. SWISS BLUE
9. CINNAMON
20. MILKY
31. TURQUOISE
10. COLORLESS
21. OLIVE
32. VIOLET
11. EMERALD
22. ORANGE
33. WHITE
Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club P.O. Box 134 Puyallup, WA 98371
July 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 djames50@gmail.com 253-475-8060 danasjewelrydesign.1000markets.com danasjewelrydesign.artfire.com danasjewelrydesign.blogspot.com