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PURPOSE: The club was organized in 1962 in Sayre, PA toassemble for the purpose of studying and collecting rock,mineral, fossil, and shell specimens, and to develop skills inthe lapidary arts. We are members of the Eastern Federationof Mineralogical & Lapidary Societies (EFMLS) and theAmerican Federation of Mineralogical Societies (AFMS).

DUES are payable to the treasurer BY January 1st of eachyear. After that date membership will be terminated. Makechecks payable to Che-Hanna Rock & Mineral Club, Inc. asfollows: $12.00 for Family; $8.00 for Subscribing Patron;$8.00 for Individual and Junior members (under age 17) notcovered by a family membership.

MEETINGS are held at the Sayre High School (on LockhartStreet) at 7:00 PM in the cafeteria, the 2nd Wednesday eachmonth, except JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, and DECEMBER.Those meetings and events (and any changes) will beannounced in this newsletter, with location and schedule, aswell as on our website chehannarocks.com. Visitors arealways welcome.

FIELD TRIPS are scheduled regularly from May throughSeptember; dates and details will be announced in thisnewsletter and on the club website.

ARTICLES submitted for publishing should be emailed to theeditor using any text (ASCII) format; attempt will be made touse whatever is sent. Please make paragraphs obvious.

Deadline for submissions to the next Shin-Skinner issue is22-June-2018. Whatever you send me is likely to getpublished, so please clearly mark any part you don't want tosee in print. Articles without by-line are written by the editor.

Permission is hereby granted Eastern Federation orAmerican Federation member clubs to reprint materialcontained in the Shin-Skinner News providing proper credit isgiven to the author or photographer, if known, and Shin-Skinner News. If you use anything, an email note to theeditor would be appreciated.

OFFICERSPresident: Bob McGuire [email protected]: Ted Rieth [email protected] Secretary: JoAnn [email protected]

Treasurer & member chair: Trish [email protected]

Immed. Past Pres. Inga Wells [email protected]

BOARD meetings are held at 6PM on odd-numberedmonths unless special meetings are called by thepresident.

BOARD MEMBERS: Bruce Benish, Jeff Benish, Mary Walter

APPOINTEDPrograms: Ted Rieth [email protected]: Hazel Remaley [email protected]

Editor: David Dick [email protected] Trips: Bill Chapman [email protected] 585-472-9298Juniors: OpenWebmaster: Bob McGuire [email protected] Chair: Trish BenishEFMLS Liaison: Suzie Milligan [email protected]

Historian: Inga WellsMeeting Host: Peggy Huffman 570-746-1809Show & Dealer Chair: Bob McGuire [email protected]

Librarian: Bruce BenishSunshine Chair: JoAnn McGuire [email protected]

Che-Hanna Rock & Mineral Club, Inc.9516 N. Rome Rd., Athens, PA 18810

Notable this month...

Fri-Thu, June 1-7 — mindat.org charity benefit auction — online at mindat.org

Sat-Sun, June 2-3 — Wayne County Gem & Mineral Show — Canandaigua Civic Center

Wednesday, June 13th — annual Che-Hanna dinner — Page Manor Apartments, 502 Church St, Athens

Visit us at our website: http://www.chehannarocks.com We Talk To Each Other - We Help Each Other - We Teach Each Other - We Smile A Lot!

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President's NoteGreetings fellow rockers.

This is my last "president's notes".The past 4 years have been loaded with

happenings.We lost some great members who were

instrumental in starting this club and we miss them.We made a good transition for our annual shows

from Athens to Wysox. We are in Wysox for thenext 5 years.

We still need to build the membership with newmembers, especially with some that can help in thedifferent areas of club tasks. A lot of us are at thestage where health is slowing us down and someactivities are just too difficult.

It has been a pleasure working with the memberswe have in continuing the club operation. Many ofyou do a lot more than you should have to. The loveof doing is a powerful thing and it is a strong forcein keeping us keeping on.

To the next set of officers, of whom we still don'thave a full slate, I wish you the best and know that alot of great history is behind this club.

—Thank you all.Bob

Annual Che-Hanna Dinner

June 13, 2018 will be our dinner at Page ManorApartments, 502 Church St, Athens, at 6:00 PM.

Dave Millis, aka RockDoc, will provideentertainment: minerals to be polished, as at one

of the picnics.Please bring a dish to pass and your own table

settings. Meat platter and buns will be provided.

Charity Benefit AuctionFor those of you who don't know, there is a

wonderful world-wide-web resource for thoseinterested in minerals — amateurs andprofessionals: mindat.org.

It is a gigantic, online, crowdsourced database ofrocks and minerals and where they come from.

It's strictly non-commercial and now it's trying toraise some money, via an online auction. Theauction runs from 10AM PDT June 1 to 6PM PDTJune 7. Note the Pacific Daylight Time — auctionsite is on the West Coast.

Check out the site; there are some nice pictures,even if you don't buy anything.

The AskYou've been asked for

submissions to the Shin-Skinner in the past; some ofyou have been very generousin contributing content — textand pictures.

From now on, I intend tohave a specific place for requests. This is it.

Please send me images of interestingmineral specimen labels, in any format. "Interesting" to me means a label from afamous collection, a famous location, oreven a good layout. Please send examplesof what you think is interesting.

—Editor


https://www.mindat.org

May Club Meeting MinutesMeeting was called to order by President, Bob

McGuire. Pledge of Allegiance was said. Roc Docdid an educational program on cleaning minerals.Dave also brought door prizes and he will do theentertainment at the June dinner at Page Manor. Hewill bring minerals to be polished; like what wasdone at one of the picnics.

Minutes were approved as published in thenewsletter. Motion made by Inga Wells, secondedby Trish Benish. Motion carried.,

Treasurer's report given by Trish Benish. It wasfiled for audit. June 13th, 6 p.m., dinner/meeting atPage Manor; bring a dish to pass. Meat platter androlls will be provided.

Slate of officersPresident ??Vice President ??Secretary Anna MarkevitchTreasurer Trish BenishCommittee Bruce Benish

Jeff BenishMary WalterMarv Remaley

Nominations will be taken from the floor at the Junemeeting.

Sunshine report was given by JoAnn McGuire. Ifyou know of someone who needs a card or a call,please let me know.

Field Trips - Bill Chapman gave a report and saidthere will be a lot going on in the next few months.Think of a trip for the club.

Pebble Pups - Inga Wells gave a report and saidthey will meet Sunday, May 20th at the LockwoodPavilion from 2 to 3:30 p.m. She is going to have atreasure hunt and have Bruce Benish do apresentation on surveying.

Library - Bruce Benish said there are a lot of goodbooks that you can take out on loan. As he waslooking through some of the books, he found an oldbook on cleaning minerals that had been donated by

Leon Shershin. Went along with the program thatRocDoc was doing.

Good of the order - volunteers needed to get thefood for the picnics in July and August. Dates arelisted on the website and in the newsletter. RocDochad fliers for the up-coming Syracuse show.

The Che-Hanna Rocks website will be kept andrenewed in July.

Motion made by Hilda Gardiner, seconded byTrish Benish to adjourn. Motion carried.

—JoAnn McGuire,Acting Secretary

Field TripsFor those of you who may not know, Bill

Chapman is Field Trip Chair for both Che-Hannaand Wayne County clubs.

Che-Hanna members can attend Wayne Countyfield trips, so I have summarized their schedulehere. I updated it today.

Date Locale WhereWhat Contact

June 10(Sunday) Ilion

fossils(Silurian:Eurypterids)

FredHaynes

June 16-18

westernMassachusetts

rhodonite,tourmaline,galena, "andmuch more"

FredHaynes

June 22(Friday)

Ridgemount,Ontario

fossils:Eurypterids

StephenMayer

July 14-22

Bancroft andTemagami

3-4 daysat each

minerals FredHaynes

If you have any questions please contact BillChapman (607) 868-4669, [email protected].


http://www.wcgmc.org

May Board Meeting MinutesMay 9, 2018

Meeting called to order by President, BobMcGuire. Minutes were published in the newsletterand there were no corrections or additions. Motionmade by Hazel Remaley, seconded by Mary Walterto accept minutes. Motion carried.

Treasurer's report was given by Trish Benish. Noquestions, so filed for audit. Trish to check and seeif we can get free checks; if not, she will purchasethem. The mail is to go to Trish as there is no mail inthe Post office box.

June meeting/dinner. Page Manor has beenreserved. Gather at 6 p.m.; bring a dish to pass. Meatplatter and buns will be provided. Trish to checkwith Sandy on platter. If Sandy can't do this, Trishwill get the platter.

On the Wysox Fire Hall, waiting to get approvalon the contract that Bob McGuire sent to them, forfive years of shows there.

Slate of officers - No President or Vice President.Secretary, Anna Markevitch; Treasurer, TrishBenish. Committee - Bruce and Jeff Benish, MaryWalter and Marv Remaley., Nominations will betaken from the floor at the June meeting.

Hazel Remaley read some of the by-lawsconcerning committee members. This was revisedApril 13, 2005 and may need another revision.

Summer picnics at Satterlee Creek park will beJuly and August. Need someone to get the picnicmeats, buns, etc.

A motion was made by Hazel Remaley, secondedby Bruce Benish to keep the Che-Hanna Rockswebsite. Motion carried. It expires July 1st so Bobwill take care of renewing it.

Good of the order: President to pass on to the newPresident the Fire Hall address and the Sayre schooladdress.

A motion to adjourn was made by HazelRemaley, seconded by Bruce Benish. All in favor someeting was adjourned.

—JoAnn McGuire,Acting Secretary

Sunshine ReportBeen having a few sunny days so makes folks feel

pretty good. Then, we get those storms that makeyou feel like crap. Allergy season is here; those soafflicted now get to be miserable.

Some birthdays coming up in June include: MarvRemaley, 2nd; Ethan Sites, 4th; Evelyn Keir, 8th;Darius Yeager-Hall, 19th; Jadon Henrich and DuaneWells, 23rd; John Margetanski, 28th; and FlossieLines, 29th. Hope you all have a nice day.

Anniversary wishes got to Ed and Fran Sick,10th; Ed and Faith Toth, 14th; and Bruce and TrishBenish, 20th. Have a good day.

For those of you who haven't been up to snuff,hope you're better and out and about. If you know ofanyone who needs a card or phone call, please letme know and I'll take care of it.

Guess that's it. See you June 13th at Page Manorfor our annual dinner and installing new officers.

—Miss Sunshine,JoAnn

Editor's NoteWell, the season has come for more than just

attending rock club meetings. There are gem showsall over the place and the weather is mostly suitablefor field collecting.

I'm presently straightening out my stored (IEboxed) collection and as I uncover things I haven'tseen in a while, I wish I had kept a collecting diary.I have scattered records, but it would have beenbetter if centralized.

I urge anyone to keep track of your mineralcollecting activities, whether field trips, show visits,or club get-togethers. Where you went, what it waslike, and, most importantly, whom you met, aregood things to record. And, it can be something totie your specimen labels back to.

It goes without saying, that your "diary" shouldbe computerized in some way; you'll want perfectdigital storage for the long term.


Che-Hanna Junior RockhoundsThe Junior Rockhounds met on Sunday, May

20th at the Lockwood pavilion for their first outdoormeeting of the summer. We welcomed AustinYungwirth from Liberty, PA to our group. Hisgrandmother, Ruth Spencer, brought him to themeeting. We hope to see Austin and his family atmore of our activities. He knows a lot about rocksand minerals already and is eager to learn more andgo collecting with the club. We had a lot of visitorsto our meeting.

They came with the Henrich family and TracyGault to see what Junior Rockhounds was all about.After our meeting, that whole group went on tocelebrate a birthday at Chucksters.

The meeting activity was a treasure hunt. We hadPre-K kids, students from kindergarten through 5thgrade, and four 8th grade students. The group wasdivided into two teams, and each team created atreasure hunt for the other. There had to be 6different steps the kids had to follow. The two teamsexchanged their written directions. and they went onthe basket ball court to do what was written.

With that many kids, I changed from rewardsbeing out on the court to items on the 2 picnic tablesthat were home base for each team. Each child wenthome with three items they liked.

We tried to make a compass using items found inany first aid kit. We magnetized sewing needles,paper clips, safety pins and other objects containingiron or steel, placed them on a piece of cork (orsubstitutes: pieces of wood, a small leaf) and floatthe whole thing on water. The magnetized part ofthe needle will point to North. Some had problemsbecause there was lots of magnetite and supermagnets on the table. With those removed, theexperiment worked.

Now, when meeting at a public park, one neverknows what to expect. I arrived an hour early toperuse the area for broken glass, needles, and otherthings that could be dangerous and cleaned up thefoot prints and gravel from the tables. I was reallyupset to find the work Scout Troop 1 from theAthens United Methodist Church did — destroyed.

Not so long ago, those boys worked hard to planeand stain all of the boards of the picnic tables toremove nasty graffiti. There is lots of new graffitiwith letters carved deeply into the wood.

Duane and I are known to yell at kids and talkfirm and politely to adults when kids are abusing thepavilions while the adults with them are fishing orsitting in their cars, smoking and using their phonesand not paying the least bit of attention to thedestructive behavior of the younger generation.Most just shrug and say, "Kids will be kids and theyare having fun." I guess, if I just stay home on myhill, I will be a much happier person.

Therefore, besides the 2 summer picnics atSatterlee Creek Environmental Center, the othermeetings will be at my house. I will notify parentsof those dates via Facebook or a text. With thesummer weekends so busy for all the families, wemight have meetings on a weekday at 6 pm. We willdo precious metal clays again and make bismuthcrystals at one meeting. This requires heat andsafety equipment.

My Audubon group will be carving soapstone, soif you are interested in joining us for this, let meknow. Our kid's summer picnic will be at the FarmAnimal place in Chemung, perhaps in Augustbefore school starts. That worked out well severalyears ago. There is lots to do for the kids and theowner is very helpful.

The summer picnics at SCEC are on Sunday, July15 and August 19. There are always fun activitiesfor the whole family. Have a wonderful summer.

—-Inga


Upcoming Shows

June

2-3…CANANDAIGUA, NY: Wayne County Gem& Mineral Club Annual Show, GreaterCanandaigua Civic Center; 250 N BloomfieldRd ; Sat 10-5, Sun 10-4; Adults $3, Kids under12 free; Educational exhibits, free craftsw/admission, craft demos, soapstone carving,wire wrapping, sluice, UVBob fluorescentmineral program, scavenger hunt for kids ofALL ages, geode cutting. Contact Fred [email protected]; www.wcgmc.org

15-16…QUARRYVILLE, PA: Annual show;Lancaster County Fossil & Mineral Club,Solanco Fairgrounds, Hoffman Building; 172South Lime Street; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-4;Adults/Children $3; features rock, mineral &jewelry vendors as well as a working tinsmith& Native American craft items. Speakers yet tobe determined.; contact Eric Miller, (717)-339-9338; [email protected];https://www.facebook.com/LancasterFossilandMineralClub

July

7-8…ERIE, PA: 50th Annual Show & sale; GemCity Rock & Mineral Society, JMC Ice Arena;423 W 38th St; Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-5;Admission $4, Seniors $3.50, Children under12 free; contact Robert Gallivan, 427 ColleenDrive, Erie, PA 16505, (814)-454-6770;

[email protected]

14-15…SYRACUSE, NY: Gemworld 2018 @ SRCArena/4586 West Seneca Turnpike/OnondagaHill; Sat 10-6 Sun 10-4. Gem & MineralSociety of Syracuse

21-22…FRANKFORT, NY: Herkimer Diamond GemShow & Festival; Herkimer CountyFairgrounds; Sat 9-6, Sun 10-5; adult $5; 135Cemetery St herkgemshow.com. 4th year.

August

23-26…MT. MORRIS, NY: 29th Annual show;Genesee Valley Flint Knappers Assoc;Letchworth State Park - Highbanks, Park Road- Mt. Morris Entrance, Highbanks RecreationArea; Thu 12-5, Fri 9-5, Sat 9-5, Sun 10-2; FreeAdmission; Contact us for more information:[email protected];gvknappers.tripod.com

25-26…CANTON, NEW YORK: Annual show; St.Lawrence County Rock & Mineral Club,Canton Pavilion; 90 Lincoln St.; Sat. 9-5, Sun.9-2; Free Admission; contact WilliamdeLorraine, (315)-287-4652;[email protected];

September

15-16…HARRISBURG, PA: 53rd annual show;Central Penna Rock & Mineral Club;Harrisbury Consistory, 2701 N 3rd St; Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5; adults $6 (coupon on website),children (under 12) free; 2 rooms of dealers,children's activities, daily talks by renownedgeologist Jeri Jones, free rocks for kids; contactBetsy Oberheim (717) 469-2243, cell (717)439-6549; [email protected]


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Notable this month...Fri-Thu, June 1-7 — mindat.org charity benefit auction — online at mindat.orgSat-Sun, June 2-3 — Wayne County Gem & Mineral Show — Canandaigua Civic CenterWednesday, June 13th — annual Che-Hanna dinner — Page Manor Apartments, 502 Church St, Athens

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