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Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club
P.O. Box 134
Puyallup, WA 98371
http://puyallupgemclub.org
http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com
Editor: Dana James
June 2010
Volume 50, Issue 6
President’s Report
Hello to All! Hard to believe it’s already June and our Club Show is here! I know it will be a big success!
I wanted to extend a big THANK YOU to all the people who worked so hard on the 10 new club show cases! They turned out great!
The last meeting of May our program was “Ask the Experts”. Thank you to LaVon Siperek, JoAnn Bock and Jerry Chilson for being our “Experts” and answering questions.
The show & tell for the first meeting in June is any color of Jade. I’m sure we will see some wonderful specimens! The second meeting in June is our mini Demo-night, so there will be no show & tell.
Hope to see you at the show! Deborrah Pursifull President
What’s inside:
2010 Officers Page 2
Committees Page 3
Club Volunteers Page 4
Editor’s Report Page 4
Upcoming Events Page 5
How to Corner Page 6
Conservation Page 7
NW & AFMS News Page 8
Upcoming Shows Page 9
May Meeting Minutes Page 10
Word Search Puzzle Page 11
Our Summer Picnic is Our Summer Picnic is Our Summer Picnic is Our Summer Picnic is
approaching in Au-approaching in Au-approaching in Au-approaching in Au-
gust. Would you like gust. Would you like gust. Would you like gust. Would you like
to help organize?to help organize?to help organize?to help organize?
Elected Officers for 2010
Title �ame Phone E-mail
President: Deborrah Pursifull 253-678-5492 [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 6 Rock-A-Teer June 2010, Page 2
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
June 2010, Page 3 Volume 50, Issue 6 Rock-A-Teer
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 The poem contest ended May 31st and I only received the one poem from Jim Sawaya so maybe we’ll try again another time.
I do have news on our members web site. As .NING is going to start charging for it’s web sites we will be moving to another one soon. We have until the end of July to find a new web site and notify all our members and get them moved. I’m in the process of checking out other web sites that are secure with passwords so that we may have our newsletter, roster and any other sensitive information available for members on-line. The sites we are considering (no I don’t have a mouse in my pocket but I do have some volunteers testing the new web sites out with me) Shutterfly, Spruz, & Big Tent. I’ve been staying away from the Google, Yahoo and MSN Groups as I don’t find them easy to manage and they aren’t very pretty. And we all know I’m into pretty.
If you want to help out in the testing, please send me an e-mail by June 25th and I’ll send you the test docu-ment and invites to the various sites. As we do have a short turn around time, testing will need to be com-pleted quickly.
Thanks for all your patience.
Volume 50, Issue 6 June 2010, Page 4 Rock-A-Teer
I would like to thank all the volunteers below for their hard work, dedication and commitment to making this year’s Club Show a huge success. Kathy Brown, Pam Dhillon, Jerry, Sandy and Eric Chilson, Brett and Sherry Lawrence, Allan, Kandy, Gayle (Cameron) and Amber Henneberry, Kevin and Deborrah Pursifull, Bob Ballou, Mark Baumann, Dick and Susie Diedrich, Mike and Lavon Siperek, Jordan Seymour, Jim and Jan Nicholls, Tressie Hughes, Mike Blanton, Ken Watts, Bob and Kathleen Hansson, Al and Joanne Ruff, Laura Shomshak, Rick Wilson, Paul and Dana James, Mary Drutis-Porter, Bill Peterson, Johanna Crichton, Norma Marshall, Will and Molly Jeffers, Ardine Jones, Kathy Marzano, Chuck Raup, Joanne Bock, Don Laur, Dina Wunche, Carrol Fish, Tony Johnson, Robin McDonald, Eric Willard, Gregg Harding, Ted Mcguire, Jim Sawaya, Laurie Sloan, Rebecca Willis, Uvah Robak and Nina LeMay. Nancy LeMay Volunteer Coordinator Vice President
Thanks to all our Show Volunteers
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Schedule of Events
• June 8th, 7:00 pm Board meeting at the Grange
• June 11th, 7:30 pm Busi-ness Mtg at the Grange
• June 19th-20th Field Trip to Greenwater and over-night camping. Light to Hard Digging Meet at the Enumclaw Ranger Station at 9:00 am Bring various digging tools. Organizer is Tony Johnson
• June 25th, 7:30 pm Pro-gram Night - Demonstra-tions of some of the club activities.
• July 4th - HOLIDAY
• July 6th, 7:00 pm Board meeting at the Grange.
• July 9th, 7:30 pm Busi-ness Mtg at the Grange
• 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
• 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 Dig-ging Organized by Randy Summers
• July 23rd, 7:30 pm Pro-gram Night
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 7:00 pm
Board Mtg
9 10 11 7:30 pm
Bus Mtg
12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Field
Trip Camp
20 Field
Trip Camp
21 22 23 24 25 7:30 pm
Program
26
27 28 29 30
June 2010
Show and Tell Programs
June 11th - Jade
June 25th Demo Night - no show and tell
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 Holiday 5 6 7:00 pm
Board Mtg.
7 8 9 7:30 pm
Bus. Mtg.
10 Field
Trip
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Field
Trip
18 19 20 21 22 23 7:30 pm
Program
24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
July 2010
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How To Corner by Dana James
Leather Hoop Earrings As I needed a pair of earrings to go with my leather necklaces from last
months tutorial here they are.
Supplies Needed:
• Earring findings (I used sterling silver lever backs)
• 1mm or .5mm leather cord
• silver crimp tubes with the loop
• misc. beads to dangle or if they have a large enough hole, slip onto
the leather
• head pins if needed
• crimp pliers
• round nose pliers
• wire cutters • needle nose pliers
Instructions:
1. Gather supplies as noted above
2. Measure two equal lengths of leather (mine were a
little over 3")
3. Make wrapped loops on all the beads you want to
dangle off the bottom of the leather loop using the
head pins (Artbeads.com has a great tutorial)
4. Be sure to tuck in the wire tail after cutting your wire
(see I need to do that to this one)
5. String all your beads on the leather to create your
design
6. Make sure your cord or leather will fit inside the
crimp tube
7. Insert one end of the cord into the crimp
8. Crimp the tube over the leather (be sure to not
crimp too close to the loop as the loop will fall
off....yes I learned this the hard way)
9. Crimp the other end of your leather with your beads
in the center
10. Add your earring finding by opening the loop at the
bottom and inserting the crimp loops. Never pull a
jump ring or finding directly apart from each other,
always twist apart gently until you have just enough
room to insert your loops.
That's it, make your other earring to match or not....some of you may get really creative and I would love to see what you have done with these.
June 2010, Page 7 Rock-A-Teer Volume 50, Issue 6
Conservation and Legislation
AFMS Newsletter - June 2010
As written & submitted by John Wright of the Southeast Federation
At present National Forest Service area managers and supervisory personnel are still working to revise policies re-
garding recreational activities in National forests with many aspects being reviewed and modified. Expanded, more
detailed policies are expected to be published and placed into effect in a few areas later this year, but in many areas it
may require several years. According to published accounts by the Forest Service, “In the interim, the current rock-
hounding policy will remain in place”, i.e.:
(1) Recreational Rockhounding may take place at areas where minerals are loose and free on the surface,
and the activity is not restricted by permit or in an area designated as closed for this activity. Mineral col-lection must be with non-mechanical equipment and result in no significant ground or stream disturbance.
(2) Recreational Gold Panning is allowed where minerals are in federal ownership, using non-mechanized
equipment, where no ground disturbance takes place, and where streams are not designated as closed to this activity.
(3) Metal detectors may only be used with clearance from the area forest manager.
NOTE: Arrow heads, stone tools, and chips left from making them are considered “antiques” and covered under
sub-paragraphs (g) & (h), 36 C, Code of Federal Regulations - Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property
(December, 2005), Chapter II –Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Part 261 – Prohibitions, Subpart a - Gen-
eral Prohibitions, and the Antiquities Act of 1906.
The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act is now law and while it only protects and prevents the collecting of
“vertebrate fossils” on federal lands, be aware that most Forest Service law enforcement officers do not know or
care about the difference in fossils. You should also be aware that in many areas of the country vertebrate fossils are
protected by state laws and collecting them even on private property is prohibited.
In most areas Forest Service managers leave the issuing of citations up to the discretion of law enforcement officers
and let the courts determine innocence or guilt. ( PS: Federal judges find in favor of federal law enforcement officer
95% of the time.)
It is very important to keep our members informed of the changes that are taking place in all of the Regional
Federations and also at the ,ational level. These changes will have an impact on our ability to collect rocks,
minerals and fossils on public lands. Stay informed and check with the responsible Land Management Office
before collecting on public lands to be on the safe side.
John Martin, AFMS Committee Chair, Conservation and Legislation
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
Link to the NW Newsletter
http://www.amfed.org/nfms/nwnews/nw0310.pdf
Volume 50, Issue 6 Rock-A-Teer June 2010, Page 8
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.
In Memory of Rocky McCall
First AFMS Regional Vice President Roscoe "Rocky" McCall has lost his battle with cancer.
Born in Brewster, WA, he is survived by his wife Nora, four children, eleven grandchildren and eleven great-
grandchildren.
During his lifetime, Rocky held a variety of jobs -- construction at Boeing Aircraft, real estate agent, timber cru-
zer, butcher and furniture maker, exhibiting his unique talents in each.
With his interests in lapidary, Rocky became a member of the Marysville Rock Club where he held numerous
offices and committee positions. He also became involved in the Northwest Federation, becoming president for
the year 1999-2000. He also served as AFMS Regional Vice President for several terms, the last being this cur-
rent year.
He was a master craftsman and teacher of lapidary work. An interest in intarsia led him to develop the craft and
his wonderful work earned him numerous trophies, including the coveted AFMS award.
Rocky was a compasionate, fun loving and talented individual and he shall be missed.
There are those of us older members who have known Rocky for years and his wonderful wit and humor with life. Rocky was an
accomplished intarsia artist and a member of the Marysville Rock Club.
Dana James, Editor
Volume 50, Issue 6 Rock-A-Teer June 2010, Page 9
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
Upcoming Shows in the Northwest Date Club/Show Name Show Location Contact Person
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
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-
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
5107 Brenner Dr. NW
Olympia WA 98502
June 2010, Page 10 Volume 50, Issue 6
PVGMC Business Meeting for May 2010 Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm, 5/14/10.
1. Visitors/new members greeted. 2. Secretary’s report. Read. 3. Treasurer’s report. Read. 4. Education. Jerry reported we have a candidate by the name of John Turner. He has a 3.93 GPA with a major in environmental sciences, including a bent on geology. 5. Hands On. Tomorrow, May 15th, will feature wire wrap and intarsia and will start at 9:00am. 6. Audit. Still not completed as such. 7. Sunshine. Kathy Brown is in and out of the hospital. Jan Nichols has had a med change and is going better. 8. Library. No report. 9. Field Trip. The May event will be on the 22nd and will be at Mike and LaVon’s. 10. Federation. The next meeting will be in Hillsboro, OR on September 17th-18th. 11. Programs. May’s program will be ask the expert. 12. Club Show. Mark updated on preparations. The next show meeting will be at Allan and Kandy’s this Tuesday at 7:00pm. 13. RockATeer. No report. 14. Juniors. Juniors need to get their display items in for the show. 15. Puyallup Fair. We need tumbled stones. 16. Old Business. 1) The bank signature card was discussed and forms handed out to select board members to fill out and submit. 2) The club saw has been cleaned up. Allan encouraged those using it to make sure debris is scooped out. 3) The club spinning wheel has been brought it. 4) The Bill-ings, Montana club has agreed to purchase ten of our older cases for $10 apiece for a total of $100. 5) Life time members and newsletter mailings were discussed. 6) Allan stated that hats will be $10 apiece. Can be done in good order, especially in time for the show. 7) There was further discussion and explanation of the printout/rules regarding our hobby and wetlands. Brett will check on addi-tional copying costs for the rather sizable printout needed for each member. 17. New Business. 1) Jim Christianson has volunteered to update our map book/CD and discussed it at length with the membership. 2) A volunteer is needed to handle the membership roster. 3) We will be getting rid of the Styrofoam coffee cups and go to personal ones brought if by members for their own use. Some will be provided to for new members and visitors.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm. Respectfully submitted, Brett Lawrence, Secretary, PVGMC
June 2010, Page 11 Volume 50, Issue 6
WASHINGTON’S HIGHEST
K C A J D E R E G N I F N E V E S
N I S Q U A L L Y I C E C L I F F
O L X T O R O M A N W A L L P E F
R T A L I E L D O R A D O O R F I
T I F H Y N E I A S X G I N I P F
H T L A A C R E E D I N O L U I F
G O O D E R U E R T T W C L P K I
A M C W D L L A W S I L L I W E L
R E N C I B I O U R L T U Y C R C
D V T E V N R C O E A S S A T S E
N I X N I O C A S K T D S R L P C
E H Y E A E L S I H O T A F L E I
R E R J S R U J R I L U W M R A Z
O E A S O R G T L E T D T T S K T
N B R E I C A L G S I M O L M D U
D I S A P P O I N T M E N T C X A
C O L N A I D R A U G H T R O N K
1.ADAMS 9.GOODE 17. PIKERS PEAK
2.BEEHHIVE 10.GRANT 18. POINT SUCCESS
3.CASTLE 11.KAUTZ ICE CLIFF 19. RAINIER
4.COLFAX 12.LAHAR LOOKOUT 20. ROMAN WALL
5.DISAPPOINTMENT 13.LOGAN 21. RUSSELL CLIFF
6.EL DORADO 14.NISQUALLY ICE CLIFF 22. STUART
7.FERNOW 15.NORTH GARDNER 23. SEVEN FINGERED JACK
8.GLACIER 16.NORTH GUARDIAN 26. WILLIS WALL
Clip and Donate Stamp to the
Club for Cancer Research –
please leave about 2” of paper
around the stamp if possible. June 2010
Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club
P.O. Box 134
Puyallup, WA 98371
H & I LapidaryH & I LapidaryH & I LapidaryH & 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 [email protected]
Agate Beach Agate-Beach.com
Mike Wendt
6423 S. Island Dr.
Bonney Lake, WA 98391
Dana & Paul James
253-475-8060
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