Rock Talk. White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club P.O. Box 3504 Show Low, Arizona

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1 Rock Talk White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club P.O. Box 3504 Show Low, Arizona Volume 19 Issue 4 April 2016 President's Letter Welcome to the club, new member, Kurt Augustine, owner of Harvest Moon Antiques & Indian Trading Post in Pinetop! Kurt s store will reopen Memorial Day weekend, (for the summer season). In addition to the usual trading post type items, Kurt also has fossils and minerals for sale. Kurt will be providing a gift certificate for our Show Raffles. Club friends, Sandy and Jim Jacobs have opened a new rock store, Pick Me Rock Store in Overgaard. It is located in the Black Bear Plaza on 260. In addition to rocks, they are offering lapidary classes and supplies. They are going to be vendors at our show. Also, this is a reminder that Tony Poiriez, club member, owns Earth s Upper Crust in Lakeside. WMGMC members can receive a discount with every purchase. Tony has completely remodeled the store. He is not open full time yet, but you can get his phone number off the Club Roster if you would like to meet him there. He, too, will be providing a gift certificate for the Show Raffles. It is great for all of us to have places to shop for fine specimens as well as supplies without having to leave the area. The May Rock Talk will be Karen s last edition. Bob Fern has agreed to continue as our Editor beginning with the June issue. Although Karen will be helping with our show, the May meeting will be her last one with us as a result of her move out-of-state. Please join me in wishing her all the best on her new adventure. Thanks to all of you that joined our club this year and to all who renewed their memberships. The fact that we are having our 19 th Gem and Mineral show in May is testament to the willingness of everyone to step up to ensure we have a great club and show, year after year. Rose Fowers, President For All Rockhounds in the area! Rock Talk is published monthly by the White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club, Inc. Any info/ comments that members wish to have included in the monthly newsletter must be turned in to the editor at the general membership meeting or call the editor prior to the following weekend after the meeting. Membership Dues: $15 for a single membership, and $20 for a couple/family. Dues are due the 1st of January of every calendar year along with a completed application. If you join in November of previous year, your dues will be good for all of the following year. Meetings: 1st Sunday of the month, (unless it falls on a holiday), at the VFW Post 9907, 381 N. Central Ave, Show Low, AZ. Turn north off of the Deuce of Clubs at the Burger King. Social 1:00pm, meeting 1:30pm. Bring snacks.

2 April 2016 Rock Talk Page 2 Elected Officers and Volunteers President Rose Fowers (928) Vice President David Bingell (928) nd Vice President Secretary Charlene Bingell ( Treasurer Suzanne Fern Editor Karen Stokes (928) crystal_lover59@hotmail.com Field Trip Chairman Rick Olson (928) walkaround@earthlink.net Board Members at Large Sandra Angelo (928) Stan Arneklev (480) John Mierzwik (928) Ursula Wilson Sunshine Beckie Parker Web Master and Membership Chair Ron Ginn (480) wginn3@gmail.com Volunteer Positions Show Chairman Rick Olson (928) walkaround@earthlink.net Assistant Show Chairman Sandra Angelo (928) Advertise & Public Relations Luann Robbins Librarian & Libraries Yvonne Garrett Skye Castro Education, Schools Bill Stalder (928) Greeter, Door Prizes, 50/50 Raffle Linda Stalder (928) Auctioneer Bill Stalder (928) Highway Clean-up Brookie Embry (928) Ruth King (928) Claim Filing Rose Fowers Bonus Prizes Sandra Angelo (928) Historian Jeannie & Stan Arneklev (480) Coalition Contact Ron Ginn (480) Chamber of Commerce Liaisons' Pinetop/Lakeside Peggy Lancaster Springerville/Eagar Rose Fowers Snowflake/Taylor Stan & Jeannie Arneklev Show Low Ursula Wilson April 3 - Ursula Wilson 15 - Bill Stalder 17 - John Mierzwik Birthdays Remember Our Fallen. Veterans Do. May 7 - Mariclare Hannah 13 - Kathleen Varhol 16 - Suzanne Fern 17 - Linda Stalder 21 - Fran Pfeifer 26 - Adrian Weightman 29 - Bob Fern Happy Birthday, Y'all!! May You have Many More!! Our next meeting is Sunday, May 1st, For those of you who's last name begins A-H, please bring snacks, and remember cleanup duties!

3 April 2016 Rock Talk Page 3 General Membership Meeting April 3rd, 2016 The meeting was called to order at 1:28 by President Rose Fowers. John M. made a motion to accept the minutes as presented in Rock Talk, with Thelma providing the second. Motion carried. Treasurer Suzanne Fern reported that last month the Club s income was $724 and expenses were $885. Of the expenses, $200 was to secure HonDah for the 2017 Show, to be held Memorial Day Weekend. John, (Gator), said he had flyers for anyone going to Wyoming this June. Rose recognized and thanked Linda and Bill Stalder for all their efforts for the Club. Linda is the Greeter, and conducts the Door Prize and 50/50 drawings. She also schleps the box with the hospitality items each meeting. Bill makes sure we have outstanding specimens for the silent auction. In addition, he brings a Rock and Mineral show to the schools. Field Trip Chair Rick Olson thanked Karen Dorsey for leading the field trip to Young. Since Karen was not at the meeting, Rose gave the trip report. The April Field trip will be April 30 to the Rock Art Ranch. It has the largest collection of petroglyphs in the State and possibly the US. The ranch was also a stop on the Pony Express. If 20 people attend, cost will be $20 per person. Meet at Bashes in Taylor for an 8:30 departure. Tour begins at 10 am. There is a picnic area by the canyon, so bring your lunch. Inventory at the storage shed will be at America One, 10am Wednesday, April 6. This will allow us to determine what we have, and what we need for the show club brochures have been printed. They need to be folded into thirds. Please pick up a bunch to assist. Club members Jim and Sandy Jacob are opening up a new rock shop in Overgaard. It is called the "Pick Me Rock Shop". We wish them success in their new venture. Show Report Show is a Go! Stan did a show and tell with the posters. A decision needs to be made as to which one to use, and how many to print. Currently there are 15 vendors signed up. Products include Turquoise, fossils, beads, minerals and lapidary equipment. The Gold Panners will have a booth, as will the Dinosaur Exploration Center. The Special Olympics will provide lunch. We need to decide if there will be demonstrations going on, and who will do the demos. The show is May All club members should sign up to work some time during the show. Six display cases are spoken for. Several more are available. Brookie has the raffle tickets. Each club member is responsible for selling $20 worth (24 tickets). Blue will be asking Show Low businesses for raffle prizes. We have several already. If you frequent a particular business, ask them for a donation. There are letters explaining who we are and what we do. Letters can be given to those considering a donation to the raffle. He will be Karen s apprentice in May, and then will take over as she returns to her Georgia home. Thank you Karen, for setting such a super standard for the newsletter. Thank you Bob, for your willingness to step up to the challenge. Highway Cleanup is scheduled for May 14 th. Meet at the K-Mart parking lot in time to leave by 9 am. Our mile is about 9 miles out of town on US60. Vests, pick up sticks, and trash bags are provided. Rick announced that the Petrified Forest is having a clean-up on April 16 th. Water, lunch and other refreshments will be provided. Bill is putting on a mini-mineral show at Blue Ridge School Friday May 13. He needs an assistant. If you can help, please contact him. On April 27 th, Blue and Rose will be at the STEM Fair in Whiteriver. After a break, Rose introduced Paleontologist, Doug Wolfe. Doug is a Club member, and is the founder of the White Mountain Dinosaur Exploration Center in Springerville. The Exploration Center is located behind Western Drug on Main Street. It is open Thursday Saturday from 10 to 5 and Sunday from Suggested donation is $5 for adults and $3 for children. A 30 minute information tour is available. Doug thanked the Club for our donations. He said that when we donate, it encourages others to do the same. Doug talked about the Zuni Basin Paleontological Project and the Menefee Project. He said that one of his goals was to bring knowledge back to our area. He is working with University of North Carolina on some cooperative research. for more info. At the conclusion of his presentation, Rose presented Doug with a donation from the Club. Door Prizes: Ruth won the Dinosaur Exploration Center Mug; Suzanne won the polished agate specimens. 50/50: Loren won $22; Yvonne won polished wood and the 1943 penny. Hope also won polished wood and a 1943 steel penny. Holly won the fluorite specimen. Gator made a motion to adjourn with Stan providing the second. Meeting adjourned at 3:10. A brief Show meeting was held immediately following. Respectfully submitted. Sandra Ann Angelo, Secretary Pro tem Rose also announced that we will have a new Rock Talk editor beginning in June. Bob Fern has agreed to be our Editor.

4 April 2016 Rock Talk Page 4 May 7-8, Kingman, AZ Annual show; Mohave County Gemstoners Club, Kingman Academy of Learning; 3420 N. Burbank Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-4; Free Admission Contact Robert Pedersen, 3760 N. Steel Ave., Kingman, AZ 86409, (928) Web site: May 21-22, Show Low, AZ Annual show; White Mountain Gem & Mineral Club Elks Club; 805 E. Whipple Sat. 12-7, Sun. 12-5; Adults $2 Seniors 70+ free, Children 18 & under free; Contact Rick Olson, (928) walkaround@earthlink.net Web site: whitemountain-azrockclub.org May 28-29, Sedona, AZ Annual show; CKM Productions, LLC Sedona Red Rock High School 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-4; Admission $3, Children free; contact Greg Capatch, 106 Vista Bonita Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336, (928) gregcapatch@yahoo.com Web site: June 3-5, Flagstaff, AZ Annual show; Coconino Lapidary Club, Outdoor Market at Silver Saddle Highway 89N & Silver Saddle Rd. Fri. 9-7, Sat. 9-7, Sun. 9-4; Free Admission contact Wayne Scott, Flagstaff, AZ (928) nsgsrocks@gmail.com We inventoried the number of rocks that are used for the children's egg crate giveaways. We have a short-fall in the number of rocks that we can put out for the children to select 12 of each. We have too many agates/chalcedony rocks that have been collected at the claims. We have some rough petrified wood and polished river rocks, but could use more. We need a variety of stones (approximately 200 of each). If anyone has some to donate, whether polished or rough, please call Jeannie Arneklev at The size of the rocks need to be small enough to fit in the "cup" of the egg crates. We have plenty of egg crates. We had a nice turnout to inventory our show materials on Wednesday, April 6th. Those who participated included Stan, Jeanne, Rose, Steve, Gary, Yvonne, Bill, Skip and myself. Rick Rocks Needed Updated Club Outing List April 30th, Rock Art Ranch, Winslow, AZ May 21st, Oso Draw, Hunt, AZ June 23rd-26th, Kemmerer, WY July 23rd, Coalition Outing to Claims, Nutrioso, AZ August 27th, Sunset Crater & Great Falls, AZ September 24th, numerous sites near Tonto Fish Hatchery, AZ October 20th-23rd, Deming, NM November 19th, Mineral Creek, Alma, NM Education Program for May The education program for May will be the individual silent auction. Reminder that if an item sells 25% goes to the club. There will be 3 auctions, 15 minutes each. We are going forward with our May show! We have a few slots left if you would like to set up a sales booth. For our club members in good standing only, you will not need an AZ tax number. Let me know if you are interested and I will you a copy of the Contract. If you want to have a display only, let Rick know. We may have a limited number of display cases available. Rose/Rick/Sandra Rock hounding & Prospecting Equipment & Supplies are available at the Red Door Consignments in Lakeside. 2 booths of Rock books, picks, tumblers, and other wonderful things the rock collector might want. Gold books, pans, classifiers, and things for the prospector are also available. Lots of other things too! Loren Wright, booth owner, at wwhsgold@gmail.com,

5 April 2016 Rock Talk Page 5 April 2016 Club Field Trip Our field trip for the month of April, though not a collecting outing, should be both entertaining and educational, as we step back in time to visit the Rock Art Ranch, located near Winslow. The ranch is on the site of what was the Hashknife Ranch, one of the largest ranches in early Arizona history, and was also on the route of the Pony Express. The ranch is a collection of memorabilia from that time, plus there is a large collection of Indian pottery. After two hours of enjoying our tour at the ranch, our host,, Brantley Baird, will lead our caravan out to a spot along Chevelon Canyon to view the vast amount of petroglyphs that date as far back as the Anasazi culture. It is believed to be the largest collection of petroglyphs found in North America. There is also a shelter there, where you may enjoy lunch. You need to provide your lunch as well as sun protection, good shoes and photographic equipment. We will meet in the parking lot of Basha's in Taylor close to the Pizza Hut with departure at 8:30am on Saturday, April 30th. This is a good place to park your car if you would like to carpool. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early. Our tour starts at 10 AM at the ranch and it is about an hour drive to the ranch. There is a fee to visit the ranch and canyon of $25, but if 20 or more attend the price is reduced to $20. For further info, or to sign-up, Raffles - May Show Last year we had a record number of donated items for our Show. This year, we are scaling back a bit. Blue Thompson has agreed to visit businesses in the Show Low area. But the task of getting donations should not fall on 1 or 2 people. Please help out to get some nice donations for our raffles from any businesses in your respective areas. It is customary that before asking for a donation, you present them with a copy of our Donation Request letter. I have those available, and if you need some, let me know. I can either you a copy, or I can provide you with copies at our next meeting. While you are at it, please ask businesses if you can hang one of our show posters at their place of business. The deadline for obtaining donations is May 15. Please call me as you acquire donations, so I can update my records. Posters will be available at the May meeting. Related to Raffles, Brookie Embry has raffle tickets that we are asking you sell to friends, families, strangers, or yourself. Selling raffle tickets has been an important part of our show income and we need to sell them. You will be given an envelope at the next meeting, containing raffle tickets to sell. The monies and tickets can be given to Brookie the morning of the show. Thanks to a donation by Ted Schultz, we now have a wooden tumbler to roll our sold raffle tickets in that will help the process. ROAD CLEAN-UP Road Clean-up is scheduled for Saturday, May 14 th, 9:00am. Please put it on your calendars and plan to help out. Meet at the K-Mart Parking lot in the area next to Highway 60. A safety briefing, photo shoot and sign up will occur before we caravan to the clean-up area. Our designated area is between mile marker on US 60. This usually takes about an hour for the clean-up. Please wear sensible shoes, gloves and a hat. Water will be provided. We have trash pick up sticks, and safety vests and garbage bags (provided to us by ADOT). All help in the clean-up is appreciated. Ruth King and Brookie Embry Wyoming or Bust Plans are under way to take a trip to the world famous Kemmerer, Wyoming Fossil Beds, June Digging would be at the Warfield Quarry (aka Fossil Safari) under the direction of our club member, George Putnam, Quarry Manager. The regular price for a half day of digging (4 hours) is $75 per person. If we can round up 10 or more diggers, the price would be about $55 for each half day (children are ½ price). Whatever the number of attendees, George will get us a good price. Everyone: Please help out! Rose For RVers, there is a place just below the quarry that you can boondock (bring your own water for the RV). There are several motels in nearby Kemmerer. The weather will be hot, so provide shade via an E-Z Up, and SPF 48 or higher is recommended along with other usual items such as hats, water, gloves, etc. The Quarry provides all tools you need to split rocks. Dogs are allowed in the Quarry but must be on a leash at all times. Rick has information on motels in Kemmerer. In addition, there may be other nearby opportunities for collecting some blue petrified wood and fossil turitellas (gastropods). If you are interested in attending, please contact Rick Olson at Reservations are needed as this is a busy place during their dig season and space may be limited. For additional details, check out Warfield s website:

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7 Rock Talk April 2016 Page 7 STEM Fair at Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School April Club Meeting New Member Ryan McBride New Member Tom Bergman New Member Rick Palmer Doug Wolfe, Paleontologist

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