HOW TO FIND OUR MEETING PLACE

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1 BOULDER BUSTER Volume #51 Issue #7, 2016 HELL S CANYON GEM CLUB Serving the Valley for 64 YEARS P.O. BOX 365 LEWISTON, IDAHO PURPOSE OF HELLS CANYON GEM CLUB, INC. The purpose of this nonprofit, social club is to promote the rock hound hobby by providing opportunities for the collection, working and displaying of gems and minerals, as well as educational programs in the field of geology. MEETINGS: 2nd Friday of each month Business Meeting: 6:45 pm VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Dues: Adult [per person] $15.00; Junior [under 18] Free with a responsible adult membership BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President 1st Year Trustee Bruce Borgelt Randy Squires Lola Collinsworth MaryLou Northrup Linn Enger Teresa Stephenson st Year Trustee Richard Pederson 2nd Year Trustee Kyle Prettyman 2nd Year Trustee Mel Wilks Federation Director Jerry Northrup Federation Delegate MaryLou Northrup WSMC Representative Dan Cease HELLS CANYON WEBSITE: WEBMASTER: Rick Westerholm: hcgemclub@yahoo.com =================================================================================================================================== HOW TO FIND OUR MEETING PLACE 1

2 Meeting minutes June 10th, 2016 About 40 club members met at Beachview Park in Clarkston for our annual picnic. Fried chicken tasted good with an assortment of salads and desserts brought by club members. Barry McMinn brought some donated rocks that club members sorted through & took home. We had a short informal meeting. Bruce Borgelt discussed the progress of a club house. He is working on it. Randy Squires has a lead for a double wide. Mary Lou Northrup read a letter from Larry and Virginia Kribs of Bend, Oregon advertising rock and equipment for sale. Jerry Northrup said we were trying to reorganize a trip to the crystal claim. Anyone interested in going is welcome. Picnic was fun and an enjoyable evening. Meeting adjourned FIELD TRIP REPORT June 18---Mary Lou & Jerry Northrup met Kyle Pringle and Harlan Stark in Clarkia for a trip to the garnet crystal claim. We drove to the garnet claim area where Northrups already were camped in their trailer. After sandwiches we went to the garnet claim and dug for about three hours. Found some garnets. Then Kyle, Harlan & Jerry went to the crystal claim while Mary Lou cooked supper for all. Again crystals were found. Harlan headed for home after digging. The next morning the three of us headed back to a morning of digging for garnets. Nate Reade and Lynda Grebe joined us about noon. We then traveled down to the lower crystal dig for a couple of hours. After an evening campfire and a day outside, bed was welcome. Everyone except Mary Lou and Jerry headed home by Monday morning. A good time was had by all, with some crystals and garnets found by everyone. Sympathy to Torch Yates she lost a son in a car accident recently 2016 GEM SHOWS(Partial list, see July Fri 10-6 Sat 10 6 Sun 10-4 Willamette Agate and Mineral Society AFMS and NFMS MEETINGS Linn County Expo Center, Albany, Oregon Janice Van Cura jvancura@peak.org September 10 & 11 Sat 10 5 Sun 10-5 Marcus Whitman Gem and Mineral Society Walla Walla County Frgnds. Community Cntr. Bldg. 365 Orchard St. Walla Walla, WA Keith Bacus Howard St. Walla Walla, WA October 15 & 16 Sat 10 6 Sun 10-5 Hells Canyon Gem Club Nez Perce County Fair Building 1229 Burrell Avenue Lewiston, ID Linn Enger engerocks@yahoo.com Blond joke---a blind guy sits down at a bar and shouts to the bartender, "Wanna hear a blond joke?" In a hushed voice, the guy next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, you should know something. Our bartender is blond, the bouncer is blond. I'm a 6' tall, 200 lb black belt. The guy sitting next to me is 6'2, weighs 225 pounds and he's a rugby player. The fella to your right is 6'5" pushing 300 and he's a wrestler. Each one of US is blond. Think about it, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke? "Nah, not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times." 2

3 Standing Committees Gemshow Committees 1. Membership Chairman --- Linn Enger 1. Show Chairman --- Rock Club Officers 2. Juniors Chairman -- David Dabritz 2. Show Treasurer -- Marylou Northrup 3. Fieldtrip Chairman Dealer Chairman -- Tiffany Kite 4. Program Chairman Advertising Chairman -- Randy Squires 5. Show & Tell Chairman Displays Chairman -- Joe Schacher 6. Claims Chairmen -- Rick Westerholm Linn Enger 7. Historian Chairman Demonstrations Chairman -- Travis Heath 8. Library Chairman Silent Auction Chairman -- Jerry Northrup 9. Hostess Chairman Kids Corner Chairman Bulletin Editor --- Ed Shoemaker 10. Admissions Chairman Floorplan Chairman -- Rick Westerholm 11. Security Chairman -- If you are into rocks, would you like to live here? 3 or here???

4 METEOR OF THE MONTH (used by permission, Meteorite picture of the day, Today we meet Geoff Notkin of Aerolite Meteorites. He is based in Tucson, Az., and is well known as one of the Meteorite Men, and for his new show, STEM Journals. How would you like to have a meteorite display like that!!!!! The following photo shows hunks of an iron meteorite that were used as tools. The center piece was a hammer - note the flat face at the red arrow. The other two pieces are partially formed axe heads. 4

5 This is a 69.85kg Campo del Cielo oriented nose cone. 5

6 BOULDER BUSTER Volume #51 Issue #7, 2016 Hells Canyon Gem Club Display case for the NFMS/AFMS show The NFMS/AFMS show in Albany, Or. plans to have a section of forty cases that represent the rocks and minerals of the northwest so people can see what we have to offer. Marylou has a case reserved for our club so we need your help to furnish materials and ideas. Some of the things we would like to feature are: Garnets Crystals Sillimanite Fryite Fire opal other? Please bring your materials and ideas to the meeting on July 8th or contact Marylou Northrup or Linn Enger 6

7 BOULDER BUSTER Volume #51 Issue #7, 2016 EVER WISH YOU HAD A WELCOME MAT LIKE THESE?? This must be the ingredients for a "cat" cake Anyone can do it the easy way!! 7