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October 2017

Elected Officers for 2017

President: Tony Schackmann (360) 801-1914 [email protected] Vice President: ViQ’Tree Keefer (360) 373-1741 [email protected] Secretary: Talena Webb-Klumper (360) 440-2046 [email protected] Treasurer: Carolyn Richter (360) 908-7199 [email protected]

The October meeting will

be held on Friday, Octo-

ber 13th at 7:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome, in-

cluding members, mem-

ber guests, and visitors.

We meet at the Chico Al-

liance Church Daycare

(entrance in the back).

Address: 3670 Chico

Way NW, Bremerton,

Washington.

Club website:

www.kmgs.org

Club Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/Kitsap

Mineralandgemsociety/

Club Email:

kitsapminer-

[email protected]

Hello,

Wow, members, friends and family, it's October,

and the year is nearly ending and yet beginning

for many. The club is looking for members with

inspiration, motivation, and positive ambition

for fun and excitement! Please come forward or

help bring someone to the board of Officers or

the nominating committee to be an officer for

2018. We have all positions open, and we are

looking for volunteers to make the future of the

club be the best for the adults as well as the juniors.

The next big agenda item for this month is the live auction put in

place of the normal monthly meeting! This club received large dona-

tions of equipment and material for us to offer to the club, and to

give our members a special chance to purchase these donations for

their family to enjoy (see page 7 in this newsletter for a few pictures

to preview). These earnings will only go to the KMGS Scholarship

fund.

The month of October is our last chance to really prepare for the up-

coming Fall Festival of Gems, so keep working on those display cas-

es, as well as all the other preparations to make our fall show go off

without a hitch.

Thanks for supporting me supporting you. Keep up the great work.

-Tony Schackmann

October 13th, 2017

7pm - 9pm

Chico Alliance Church, in the basement

around the back

All proceeds will go to the KMGS scholarship fund!

mailto:[email protected]

HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2017

Board Meetings

Board Meetings are held on the Wednesdays following the monthly meetings. This month the board

meeting will be Wednesday, October 18th, starting at 7pm at the Chico Alliance Church in the side room

in the basement. We discuss business with the chair persons and officers, but all members are welcome.

Year’s Schedule:

G thru H – Jan

I thru L - Feb

M – March

N thru R – April

S – May

T thru Z = June

A thru B – Sept

C thru D – Oct

E thru F – Nov

October Refreshment schedule:

For the month of October, if your

last name starts with “C” thru “D”

it is your turn to bring refresh-

ments! Finger foods are always

best as they can easily be placed

on a napkin. Please stay and help

out Karen in the kitchen with set-

up and clean-up.

Upcoming Field Trips:

November/December: There will be no field trips for the months of November and December due to the November

show and December potluck, as well as cold weather coming in. There are always museums to visit and local rock shows however, so save your energy

for digging in the springtime, and don’t miss our November Fall Festival of Gems.

Danielle and Eric Foss

I also want to let everyone know that due to continuing commitments and a busy family life, Eric and I will not be coordinating field trips next year. If coordinating trips is something you are inter-

ested in, please let us know. You do not have to lead every trip, you just need to help organize

them. Also, field trip leaders are always needed. If you know of a great spot where you could take the club, please let us know! Leading a trip does not require any special skills except that you know

the dig site well enough to show people what they are looking for and where to go, and you can commit to a specific day and time that can be advertised to the club! Please consider helping out the

club in this way.

Just a reminder, you must be a club member to attend official club field trips!

October program

The program for October will be a live auction! Due to a large donation made of vari-ous equipment and rocks, we will be selling these items off

to benefit the club. The proceeds will go to-wards benefitting the scholarship program. Thanks to Tony, our president, and Evah Summers for receiving and storing the items for a bit so that we could set up this auction.

Display table

There will be no display table due to the live auction.

Raffle and Silent Auction:

There will be no raffle and no silent auction this month due to the live auction scheduled.


Ruth and Marvin Butler, longtime members of KMGS, are saying hello to everyone from Kennewick, WA!

Workshops:

For the next several months, Vangie Mayton will not be hosting the wire wrapping group. However, ViQ’Tree, our Vice Presi-dent is working on securing a couple of time slots at Michael’s crafts to be able to hold a few wire wrapping and beading ac-

tivity days in their room in the back. More details to come!

From Viq’Tree: It was so nice to see such a good attendance at the September meeting. I want to express

thanks to Doug Merson for the wonderful program he presented at the September meeting. For October, I won't

have a program scheduled. Instead we will be having an auction to sell off estate items of lapidary equipment

and miscellaneous that was recently donated to the club by a dentist. The funds that are raised will be added to

the scholarship fund. (Below, Pat Fagan and his award winning painting! Also one of Doug’s great photos!)

$$$ REMINDER!! $$$

Membership dues should be paid up by January 1st! The November meeting is a good time to pay ear-ly, or even at the December potluck you can find Karen Demerick, or our treasurer, Carolyn Richter.

There will be a meeting in January on the second Friday, as usual, so don’t forget those checks or cash!

More News from the Fair: The Hard Rock Beaders, An-

nieLaurie Burke had four demonstrations at the fair this year. I

was also helping with two demonstrations in which I demonstrat-

ed beading around the cabochons. We ended up doing an extra 2

hour demonstration because of a cancellation from another de-

monstrator. This is a fun way to show off your creative skills and

promote the club activities. They give you free fair tickets and a

parking pass. The demonstrations are for 2 hours. The coordinator

will send me information for next year, and I hope we might get a

variety of talented members to take time to show off their talents

at the state fair next year. It gives you a chance to meet the other

lapidary club members that have their displays in the Hobby Hall.

I shared the information about our auction in October, and they

have flyers to share in regards to our Fall Festival Event in No-

vember. It is time for election of the officers and other positions.

Being an active volunteer in the club is a great way to get to know

the members and develop lapidary knowledge. -ViQ’Tree Keefer


More photos from the September Meeting!


CRITTERS AND PAINTED ROCKS!!

I would like to thank the Reimers for their wonderful hospitality at the critter making rock

painting event at their home. We focused on painting rocks. A special thanks goes to

Lorene Leider for painting up sample rocks and showing how to paint mandalas. Bobby

and Del Sacks brought a bunch of fresh produce from their garden along with a bunch of

beautiful Dahlias to share. We had a good turn out, with good food and great fun in won-

derful surroundings. I highly recommend participating in the next critter making/rock

painting events that the Reimers host. It is a great way to get acquainted with the mem-

bers while having a fun creative social time. -ViQ’Tree Keefer

***The last Critter making party has been cancelled! We were so productive at

the first two, that we met our goal!***


Hey All,

Club elections are coming up in November, and people often shy away from serving in officers posi-

tions. It may be that they think it’s too much of a time commitment, or perhaps you don’t enjoy

getting up in front of people and speaking, but there are lots of ways you can help the club and do a

minimal amount of public speaking! All officer positions are open each year for elections, so if

there’s something you think you could do, please throw your name in the hat. This gives everyone

that has served in those positions for a year - or maybe a lot longer - a break!! This is also your

chance to shape the club and put your desires into action!

I’ve found it pretty handy on job applications, and my time as an officer putting in volunteer hours

has gotten me better jobs through the years, as well as allowed me to meet some wonderful people

along the way and form some long-lasting friendships. The great thing about a club like ours is

that we all have a lot in common! And even when you don’t feel comfortable speaking up there in

front of the club, most of us don’t either, and no one is going to judge you. In fact, we are all just go-

ing to listen and enjoy the interesting things you have to say! Show and Tell is one of my most fa-

vorite parts of the meeting because I get to hear from YOU! You have all found beautiful rocks and

fossils, and had great adventures along the way, and each and every member enjoys your story.

Keep that in mind when you consider volunteering for a position! YOU have great things to offer!

Below I have listed out a brief synopsis of what each position does in our club. Think about it, and

let us know what you can help with! -Editor

President: Keep the meeting running smoothly! You will lead board meetings as

well, and basically be the encouraging and leading voice for the club. You will write

a short blurb for the newsletter each month, and this can just be your thoughts

about the club and things to communicate to us. Sometimes people will call you

and ask about the club, or want to know how they can get involved. You will have

fun and get to know so many club members. This position is a great way to get that

CEO experience you have always wanted!

Vice President: You fill in for the president at meetings they cannot attend. Your

main job is to coordinate the programs each month! We don’t even have programs

12 months out of the year, so really there’s only about 7 meetings where you need to

find someone to give us a demonstration, or maybe have an educational movie for

us, or bring someone in to do a talk. You don’t have to do any of these presentations

yourself! You just find and coordinate others to do it, and very often these are club

members that come in to do a program!

Secretary: Take notes at meetings and pick up the mail! That’s about it. Taking

notes is pretty easy, especially if you know some shorthand or you can bring a lap-

top and type them up right there! These minutes get emailed to the newsletter edi-

tor each month to go into THIS newsletter. There are plenty of meetings where we

don’t need to take notes like the December potluck and the July picnic, and in Au-

gust we take a break and don’t hold a meeting.

Treasurer: This one is pretty self explanatory too, keeping track of the funds in

the club is important but pretty straight forward. The treasurer and a couple of

volunteers perform an audit on the books once a year. The annual auction is an im-

portant time for the treasurer as the auction funds have to be cataloged, but there

are many volunteers to help out each year! You won’t be alone!!


A sampling of all the donations to our club for the auction this month! Don’t miss it!

Brad Smith’s Bench Tips

LAYOUT TOOLS

Dimensions on some features of a

design can be fluid while others

must be accurate for the design to

work. When precision on a piece is

important, good layout techniques

are essential.

These are the tools that I rely up-

on to get holes in the right place,

to achieve correct angles, and to

cut pieces the correct length.

I like crisp sharp lines to follow,

so I often coat surfaces with a

dark marker and scribe my layout

lines onto the metal. A square

makes quick work of checking

right angles or marking where to

cut, and the thin center punch

helps me mark a place to drill

holes exactly where I want them.

Finally, a good set of dividers is

probably my favorite layout tool.

They let me quickly mark a strip

for cutting, swing an arc, and di-

vide a line or curve into as many

equal segments as I need. I keep

at least one set of dividers in eve-

ry toolbox.

See all Brad's jewelry books at

Amazon.com/author/bradfordsmith

Note to KMGS members: Our club is a member of the Wash-

ington State Mineral Council. As such, we are entitled to par-

ticipate in any of the WSMC - sanctioned field trips. See the

WSMC website at https://mineralcouncil.wordpress.com/

The October field trip for the mineral council will be:

10/21/17 MSVL Money Ck Skykomish Money Ck

Campground 9:00 Picture Jasper maybe Ore Dig tools

The November field trip will be:

11/18/17 MSVL Blanchard Hill I-5 Exit 240 Gas Mart 9:00am

WA Dalmation stone & Chert Hard rock tools

Contact Ed Lehman [email protected] h# (425) 334-

6282 c# (425) 760-2786 for more info!

HARD ROCK NEWS OCTOBER 2017 PAGE 8


Juniors Section

No Juniors program this month, but come see the auction and see what kinds of books, maga-

zines, and rocks you can find! Enjoy the funny papers below!

Editor Contact Information: Danielle Foss

[email protected] Phone: (360)

621-5603.

“The Hard Rock News” is the Official Publication of the Kitsap Mineral and Gem Society. Meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the second Friday of most months at Chico Alliance Church Daycare (entrance in the back). Address: 3670 Chico Way NW, Bremerton, Washington.

The object of the Society is to provide a general dissemination of knowledge pertaining to the earth sciences; to sponsor regular meetings and field trips for the benefit of the membership and to be helpful along these general lines to one another. The Society is social and educational in character.

Feel free to contact me if you want to put an announce-

ment in the newsletter. Deadline for each newsletter is

the 25th of the previous month.

Looking Forward to October and Beyond...

The November Fall Festival of Gems 2017 is coming up! November 18th and 19th. Keep your tumblers rolling and

be prepared to start signing up for shifts at the club booths to help out. It’s a lot of fun!

The Potluck and Christmas Party will be coming up in December so stay tuned!

In January, your membership dues should be paid up for 2018! Don’t forget!

Club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KitsapMineralandgemsociety

Club website: kmgs.org

PO Box 3342 Silverdale, Washington 98383-3342

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