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1 Rock Rollers Club, Inc. Meetings 4 th Tuesday P.O. Box E. 4 th Avenue Spokane Valley, WA Spokane, WA Officers President David Rapp rappdavidl@comcast.net First Vice President ---- Erec Grim Second VP Sam Keiser Treasurer Bev Bockman bockbb@aol.com Secretary Angela Martin NW Federation of Mineralogical Societies Federation Director---- Don Knack manack@comcast.net Federation Delegate--- Dean McGill deanmcgill@comcast.net Federation Alternate -- Ben Odum Washington State Mineral Council Delegate # Krisanne Gray Alternate # Becky Gillespie gillesbj@q.com Alternate # Mike Shaw cell mikeshawmoose@yahoo.com Trustees 1 Year Trustee Leon Agee ageelap@aol.com 2 Year Trustee Terri Pratt Year Trustee Tom Brown mjrocks@comcast.net Bulletin Committee Chairs Field Trip Mike Shaw mikeshawmoose@yahoo.com Historian Hospitality Cyndie Doppler froggarden5@aol.com Juniors Library Marian Knack manack@comcast.net Membership Marian Knack manack@comcast.net Public Relations/Marketing --- Refreshments Kathleen Govett kmgovett@yahoo.com Scholarship: 1 year-- David Rapp rappdavidl@comcast.net 2 year-- 3 year-- Show Board Editor Becky Gillespie gillesbj@q.com 2012 Chairman Mike Shaw cell mikeshawmoose@yahoo.com 2011 Chairman Gerry Pfeiffer pfeiffer@webband.com 2010 Chairman Leon Agee ageelap@aol.com Dealer Chairman Gerry Pfeiffer pfeiffer@webband.com President David Rapp rappdavidl@comcast.net Treasurer Bev Bockman bockbb@aol.com Bulletin Advertising: Business Card Size $12.00 yearly* or $7.00 for six months. Ad must be copy ready *any change of ad within that year is $12.00 additional fee Non-member advertisement $1.00 per line Rock Roller Club Dues: Adults $15.00 yearly Juniors no fee - Non-member newsletter subscriptions: $10.00 yearly Club Affiliations: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies Washington State Mineral Council Rock Roller Bulletin is published monthly. The editor is not responsible for the authenticity of information in articles accepted for publication, nor are the opinions expressed therein necessarily those of the officers of the Rock Rollers Club, Inc., and/or the editor. Rock Rollers Web page:

2 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 1 ROCK ROLLER MEETING BOARD MEETING Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 6:00pm Saturday, March 24, 10:00am 9517 E 4 th Ave Show Board meeting following Spokane, WA E 4 th Ave Juniors 6:00pm, Tuesday, March 27 Spokane, WA News to editor by April 9 Lapidary Shop Hours: 6-8pm every Monday and Tuesday except fourth Tuesday (meeting night). 2-6pm every Saturday. In bad weather, call Mike Shaw (cell ) to check on possible shop closure. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING FEBRUARY 23, 2012 The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m. by Dave Rapp. Ed Branstoetner's son stopped by to donate several items including shelf liners and shaker screens. The minutes were approved and Bev Bockman gave the treasurer s report. Programs: The February meeting s program will be Thunder Eggs, Part 2. The meeting for March is anticipated to be on case set-up in preparation for the upcoming Gem and Mineral Show in May. The meeting for April is anticipated to be a Hobby night for club members to share other hobbies that may or may not pertain to rocks. More information to come. Federation report: Nothing at this time. Mineral Council: Next meeting is March 24. Show Board: All dealer spaces are currently full. Library: The library is available for all club members to use. Checked out items are to be returned the next month. Scholarship: Donated items for the next drawing include a necklace donated by Agee Lapidary, Bronze Metal Clay Book donated by Dave Rapp, and a Tiger Eye Bracelet donated by Dana Piozet. Thanks to all who made donations. Field Trips: Correction on the NMFS Annual Field Trip to Ontario, OR: the correct date for that trip is 6/15-6/17. Remember to schedule ample travel time; a day prior and a day after should be enough. Mario & Joey have invited the club again to tour their facility in Liberty Lake the first week in April. We have several trips scheduled this year; updates will be in the newsletter, at the club or contact Mike Shaw. Lapidary Shop: Thanks to Mike Shaw who has cleaned out three of the four large rock saws, the grinders, and is making new bases for the Genies. All shop clean-up help is welcome and appreciated prior to the monthly meeting, beginning about 3:30 or 4pm. Contact Mike Shaw if you have some time to assist. Faceting Classes: Interested students should see Hank Mosley about the classes. New students will watch a DVD in the club library "The Ancient Art of Gem Cutting." Students must be serious and have time to commit to the instructors. Classes: Beading Around Cabs will offered again on March 3 rd at 1:00pm. Cost is $20. All supplies and tools for use will be provided. Students from the first class may attend the second at no charge. Beginning Silversmith Class is tentatively scheduled for June 28 & 29 and June 30 & July 1. Cost is $225/person with $125 deposit due by March 25. Next Board Meeting: Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:00am. Respectfully submitted by Angela Martin, Secretary

3 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 2 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 28, 2012 The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm by Vice-President Erec Grim, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Thirty-eight members, two juniors, five new members, and seven guests were in attendance. New member Billie Slick won the adult door prize. Christian Slick won the junior door prize. The meeting was adjourned for the program: Thunder Eggs 2. The DVD focused on thunder eggs found in Oregon. Business Meeting: After a short break, the meeting was called back to order at 6:45pm. The minutes from the January meeting were approved as published in the bulletin. Treasurer s Report: given by Bev Bockman. Correspondence: Notice of a rock sale in Federal Way read by Angela Martin. Programs: March will be a presentation on show cases for our Gem & Mineral show in May. The April program will be hobby night; please see Erec if you have a hobby you would like to share with the club. Bulletin Submission: due date is March 12th to Becky Gillespie. Show Board: Sign up sheets are on the table next to the door, please sign up ASAP. If you work at the show your admission is free. There will be a new Ring Toss booth this year to replace the Kritters booth. Bob Bockman is making the board for the ring toss. Prizes for the ring toss will be assembled at the clubhouse on March 10th. Show case applications are available. Tickets can be pre-purchased for the show for $5 each. Show flyers are available to place in libraries, grocery stores and small local shops that are willing to help us promote our show. See Mike Shaw for more information. Library: No new items in the library. Club members are encouraged to check out items, but remember to return them in one month. Membership: Five new members for the February meeting Field Trips: Mario & Son will give the Rock Rollers a tour of their shop on Monday April 2 nd. Meet at the club house at 9:00am or at Mario & Son's shop in Liberty Lake at 9:30am. Upcoming field trips: Saddle Mountain April 21 st, will meet at the Sprague Lake rest area at 9am. Metaline Falls for Trilobytes with Bruce Hurley, June 2 nd ; gold panning with the Panorama Club, no scheduled date yet. See field trip schedule for full itinerary or Mike Shaw. Correction to February Bulletin: The date for the NFMS trip is June Lapidary Shop: Mike Shaw is sanding and painting the saws, one at a time. Bead Around a Cab class will be repeated on March 3. Karen Snyder will give a Wire Wrapping class on April 7. Class sign-up sheets are at the front table. New Business: The annual picnic will be Sunday, July 22 nd, at Browns Park. Soda, hamburgers, hot dogs and the fixings will be provided. Please bring a side dish or desert of your choice, and a rock for the rock exchange. Leon Agee brought the grand prize for the show a painting on rock of a buffalo, done by an Australian artist. (see photo page 5 this newsletter) Grab bags will be filled at the club house on Saturday, April 14 th. Hank Mosley requests that aspiring faceting students contact him. Next club meeting will be March 27, 2012 at 6:00pm. Meeting was adjourned at 7:20pm. Respectfully submitted by Angela Martin, Secretary

4 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHOW BOARD MEETINGS: The March Board of Directors meeting will be Saturday, March 24, at 10am at the club house and will be followed by the Show Board meeting at 11am. All committee heads and anyone interested in helping in the show please attend the Show Board meeting. MARCH PROGRAM Successful Show Cases REFRESHMENTS Kathleen Govett February's meeting refreshments were furnished by Bonnie Agee, Hank Mosely, Ben Odum and Mildred Scheel. Thank you all very much, it was all very good! March's refreshments will be furnished by Glynis Hull, Dennis Carney, Becky Gillespie and Marian Knack. HOSPITALITY Cyndie Doppler member ill, etc.,?? Call Cyndie Doppler MEMBERSHIP Marian Knack Welcome to new and reinstated members: New Members: Elizebeth Douglass Dan & Sara Droz Jim M Lyerla Jim T Lyerla Danniel Wilson Brian Ababurko Al Ruperd Dale Ruperd Billie Slick Susan White Phil & Marcia Tallman Norm & Karen Carpenter Charles & Christi Gordon Brian Buckel Reinstated Members: Donna Cave Angela Martin Lois Tucker Eileen DeBarge Davis Charles Cordalis Scott Svoboda Liz Fletcher Sandra Phoenix Contact Changes: Angela Martin angelrz88@yahoo.com Charles Cordalis munchiesrockpile.spokane@gmail.com Liz Fletcher website for Irv s: irvsshop.com SHOP CLASSES Mike Shaw Another wire wrap class has been scheduled for April 7 at the clubhouse. Cost is $30 plus wire. FIELD TRIPS Mike Shaw Mario and Joey are hosting a tour of Mario and Son on Monday, April 2. Meet at the club house at 9:00am or at Mario and Son s in Liberty Lake at 9:30. GRAB BAGS FOR SHOW Grab bag filling will take place April 14, 10am at the club house. Please continue sewing grab bags and tumbling rocks for the 2012 Show. We need at least 2000 filled bags! Sewing instruction sheets are available at the clubhouse.

5 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 4 FOLLOW UP ON SB 6057 AND HB 2600 Brian Waters (edited for space) As most of you know HB 2600 was given a hearing on January 27th in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Despite the low number of rock hounds that showed up, and the even smaller number of us that testified, this hearing actually went well. I don't remember everyone that showed up at the hearing to support the bill, but thanks to all that did. The rock hounds that testified in favor of the bill were me, Brian Waters, representing the WSMC, James Keffer, representing the Puget Sound Knappers (PSK), and Christina Morrisey, representing the Marysville Rock and Gem Club. On January 31st the bill was passed out of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, but it was amended so that the only state agency that would be affected was the DNR. The WDFW and the State Parks were taken out of the bill, and the limits for collecting rocks was lowered to 25 lbs per day and 250 lbs per year. At this point the WSMC and PSK no longer supported the bill. HB 2600 was amended one more time during the process so that if it did not have a funding source by June 30th of this year the bill would be null and void. Since we no longer supported the bill that was fine with us. SB 6057 never made it out of the Senate Energy, Natural Resources & Marine Waters Committee. Therefore, we are no longer asking people to contact their state legislators to support these bills. Since this time, members of the WSMC and the PSK have met with people in the DNR. Both groups felt that we could work together to find a solution to our problem of collecting on state lands without having to go through the legislative process. At least we felt we could do this with the DNR, if not the WDFW. At the meeting we discussed our desire for collecting on state lands and explained who rock hounds are and what we do, and the DNR expressed their concerns. I think both sides left the meeting with the feeling that we could work together so that amateur rock collecting will be allowed on DNR lands. We agreed to meet again after the legislative session and come back with some ideas that we can discuss. The DNR representatives expressed that while they are totally separate agencies than the WDFW and State Parks, that by working with them we may be able to make some inroads with the other agencies. To wrap this up, I have two requests of the Washington State rock hounding community. First, if any of your state Senators or Representatives wrote or co-sponsored either of these bills please contact them and thank them for doing so. The Senators were Senators Honeyford, Hatfield, Becker, Schoesler, Shin, Delvin. The Representatives are Representatives Bailey, Blake, Chandler, Kelley, Goodman, Anderson, Reykdal. Second, if you know of any places on state lands, (DNR, WDFW or State Parks) where there is material that rock hounds would be interested in collecting please let me or the WSMC know, because at the meeting with the DNR we spoke with them of the possibility of setting up one or more designated areas for amateur rock collecting that could be used as test sites for several years. Also, the legislature has in the past made both the WDFW and the State Parks do a two year study to see if certain activities such as gold prospecting on salt water beaches would be practical within each of the agency s mandates. This may be a route that we might want to take in the future. Thanks to everyone that wrote letters, made phone calls, talked to folks or went to Olympia. Without your support none of this would have been possible. Brian Waters, President, Washington State Mineral Council NFMS GEM & MINERALS SHOWS Mar The Panorama Gem & Mineral Club Fort Colville Grange Hall, Colville, WA Mar 31-Apr 1 Sweet Home Rock & Mineral Soc. Sweet Home HS Gym, Sweet Home, OR Mar 31-Apr 1 Mt Baker Rock & Gem Club Bloedel-Donovan Park, Bellingham, WA Mar 31-Apr 1 SE Idaho Gem & Mineral Soc. Bannock Co. Fairgrounds, Pocatello, ID April Golden Spike Gem & Mineral Soc. Weber Co. Fairgrounds, Ogden, UT April Idaho Falls Gem & Mineral Club Idaho Falls Rec. Center, Idaho Falls, ID April Willamette Agate & Mineral Soc. Polk Co. Fairgrounds, Rickreall, OR April West Seattle Rock Club Alki Masonic Temple, Seattle, WA April Yakima Rock & Mineral Club Washington National Guard Armory, Yakima, WA (for more information see NFMS Jan/Feb Newsletter pdf)

6 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page Show Main Door Prize ~ photo by Marian Knack ADDITIONAL SHOW INFORMATION Marian Knack There will be a potluck dinner for show workers and dealers on Thursday, May 3, at the fairground. All members that are helping to set up the show are invited to the potluck. Members that attend the potluck are asked to bring desert, main dish or salad. The club will furnish the meat and coffee. Members do not get in to the show free. Admission is $5.00 advance tickets or $6.00 at the door. Only those that are working the show and life members get free admission. We will not take memberships or renewals at the show. If someone wants to join, they can join at a meeting or at the club house during work shop nights Monday or Tuesday. Renewals can also be made at a meeting or work shop nights. This decision was made to help alleviate confusion at the ticket and information desks.

7 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 6 OP-5.18A 53 rd Annual Gem Jewelry & Mineral Show May 4, 5, & 6, 2012 Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, 604 N. Havana, Between Broadway & Havana 10:00am to 6:00pm Fri. and Sat. 10:00am to 4:00pm Sun. Application to Display (Check one) COMPETITION CASE Yes Junior Novice Advanced Master NON-COMPETITION Yes I need a club case *I have my own case I need a liner Name Mailing Address City State Zip Phone Club Please describe the exhibit: PLEASE LABEL ALL YOUR DISPLAY ITEMS. Please return this form by April 16, NO LATER - to: Marian Knack, Case Chair E. Broadway Spokane Valley, WA manack@comcast.net Information on show hours, setup, security and camping: This is a 3-day show beginning at 10:00 A.M. Friday and closing at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday. All cases must be ready by the start of the show and remain in place until closing Sunday evening. Set-up Time: Thursday Noon to 8:00 P.M. and Friday 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. *If you bring your own case, it and the liner must be: 1 back 23 ½ x 45 7/8 1 bottom 22 x 45 5/8 2 sides 22 x 23 ½ Lighting will be limited to 150 watts per 4-foot case, 300 watts per 6-foot case. Note: Electrical wiring in all cases must be the 3-wire, grounded type. Camping space is available. Make arrangements at Fair Office Use one sheet for each display (This form may be copied for additional exhibits) Qualified guards will be on duty 24 hours a day from noon on Thursday, May 3, ROCK ROLLERS WILL NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE TO ANY EXHIBIT. EXHIBITOR MUST FURNISH HIS/HER OWN INSURANCE IF NEEDED

8 Vol. 52 No. 3 Rock Rollers March 2012 Page 7 CLUB CALENDAR: Field Trips, Classes and Other Events Date Event Meet at Materials Tools Cost 4/2 Mario and Son Tour 9am Clubhouse 4/7 Wire Wrapping Class Clubhouse $30 + wire 4/14 Grab Bag Filling 10am Clubhouse 4/21 Saddle Mountain 8am Sprague Rest Area Petrified Wood Digging tools 5/4-6 Rock Rollers Annual Show Spokane Fairground 5/19 & 20 Wasco, OR 8am Goldendale, WA China Hollow Picture Jasper Hammer, chisel, prybar $.75/lb 5/25-28 Burns, OR TBD Buchanan Thundereggs Shovel, pick, rock hammer $1.00/lb 6/2 Metaline Falls 9am Rosauers at the Y Trilobites with Bruce Hurley Rock hammer, chisel, bar 6/13-16 MultiFed Field Trip, Ontario, OR TBD Petrified wood, White plume agate 6/23 Emerald Creek near Clarkia, ID 9am Emerald Creek, ID Star Garnet Ziploc bag, lunch, water $15/person 6/28-7/1 Silversmithing Classes 9am Clubhouse two classes, two days each All tools provided $225 7/14 Saltese, MT on MT/ID border 9am Clubhouse Blue & Green Copper Minerals Digging tools, hammer 7/22 Rock Rollers Annual Picnic Noon, Brown s Park, 3029 S Pines, Spokane Valley 7/28 Wenatchee Lake 9am Wenatchee Garnet, Soapstone Screens, waders, saw 8/4 Timberwolf Mountain 9am Naches Ace Hardware Included Quartz crystals Digging & hard rock tools 8/11 Lolo Pass, MT 9am Lolo Pass Ranger Station Smokey Quartz Heavy digging tools 8/25 Jim Creek near Ione 9am Rosauers at the Y Galena and Pyrite in Quartz Rock hammer, chisel 9/8 & 9 Red Top Mountain Swauk Campground Geodes, Agate, Jade Digging & hard rock tools 9/15 & 20 Little Naches near Yakima 9am Enumclaw Ranger Station Thundereggs Digging tools 9/29 & 30 Wasco, OR 8am Goldendale, WA China Hollow Picture Jasper Hammer, chisel, prybar $.75/lb 10/6 Chewelah area 9am Chewelah Safeway Magnesite, Serpentine w/pyrite Digging & hard rock tools Notes: There are two trips planned for China Hollow Picture Jasper in Wasco, Oregon, with a limit of 30 people on each trip. To confirm a reservation, a $25 deposit is required at least 30 days prior to trip. The deposit will be partially refunded ($15) after a portapotty is rented for trip. Sign up sheets are available before each trip at the clubhouse. Updates and changes to calendar will be published in the monthly newsletter whenever possible. It can be found at Sometimes changes occur after the publishing deadline, so to be safe, contact Mike Shaw before each trip. Facebook will always have the latest information, as it can be updated immediately. Contact Mike Shaw at , cell or mikeshawmoose@yahoo.com for information

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