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NOC GEM & MINERAL SOCIETYNEWS

Vol. 29 No, 8 July 2010

President’s Message NOC Club Activities

Board Meeting - to be announcedField Trip - see show flyerDeadline for NOC News - July 17Meeting - July 13

Refreshments

Members in the News

HAPPY BIRTHDAY and have a wonderful day allof you who were born in July.

Estela KuethenKathy EschbachMarilyn KlineNorberto ElickerEster Elliott

Your gemstone is Ruby

Your flower is Larkspur or Water Lily.

Thanks to Eleanore Pleines and Loretta Ogdenfor bringing the goodies to the June meeting. Theclub will provide refreshments for the July 13 meet-ing.

We made it. We got through the show and I believeeveryone is still recuperating, but we did it!

Everyone put a lot of work and effort into the show,in fact, I think almost every club member was at theshow at some time during the weekend. There weresome problems but as we are not planning on doingthis type of show again (maybe about 20 years or so)there is nothing to be learned by going over thebloopers. As for what went right, we had one the mostunique shows in the Federation and I want to thankeveryone for all the hard work.

We will have a special July General Meeting torecap the show and welcome new members. Therewill be no business, except for a show report. Theclub will provide refreshments and there will be a shortpresentation.

After the summer break we will be getting back tothe business of rock hounding. Field trips are alreadybeing planned and the Installation Banquet (ChristmasParty) is in the planning stage by Randi Hetrick.

The nominating committee has already begunorganizing their thoughts. We need to get a new showchairperson for next year, so send me your ideas whoyou think will do a good job in promoting NOC.

Don Warthen

ProgramsLisa Babilonia with Makena Crowe on Makena’s

research project on a new horse fossil found atClark Park.

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August 6-8, 2010 Nipomo, CAOrcutt Mineral SocietySt. Joseph’s Church298 S. Thompson Ave.Hours: 9-5 dailyWes Lingerfelt (805) 929-3788Email: [email protected]: www.omsinc.org

September 11 - 12, 2010 Downey, CADelvers Gem & Mineral SocietyWomen’s Club of Downey9813 Paramount Blvd.Hours: 10-4 dailyFor More Info. call: (562) 633-0614

October 9-10 2010, Trona, CASearles Lake Gem & Mineral SocietySearles Gem & Mineral Show Building13337 Main StreetHours: Sat; 7:30-5; Sun. 7:30-4Jim &am; bonnie Fairchild (760) 372-5356Email: iwvisp.comWebsite: www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub

November 6-7, 2010 Lancaster, CAPalmdale Gem & Mineral ClubAntelope Valley Fairgrounds2551 West Ave. H & Hwy 14Hours: 9-5 dailySusan Chaisson-Walblom (661) 943-1861Email: [email protected]: palmdalegemandmineral.com

Shows and Events

My sincere thanks, Don, to you and your entireclub for hosting one great show last weekend for boththe CFMS and the AFMS as a whole. All the venueswere great, and from all appearances, everythingmoved gracefully and seamlessly. The hard work ofyou and your fellow members of the North OrangeCounty Gem & Mineral Society was evident andappreciated. Congratulations, and thank you again!

Sincerely,Jim Brace-ThompsonCFMS 1st VP/President Elect7319 Eisenhower StreetVentura, CA 93003(805) [email protected]

---Please let your club know that they did a great job

hosting the AFMS Convention last week. My wifeand I had a great time at the show, the cracker barrel,and the awards banquet. As far as the AFMS activitiesgo, the meeting place for the annual meeting wasspacious and the past-president’s lunch was at anenjoyable location.

Thanks again.Matt CharskyAFMS 5th Vice-PresidentI represented the Eastern Federation at theconvention - my home club is the Gem andMineral Society of Washington, DC

Show Thanks

We all just graduated from taking an EducationCourse “Gem Show Business 101” and graduatedwith honors. It was a very challenging course but welearned a lot. We were determined to follow thecourse guidelines, regardless of the hardships, wenever gave up. I want to thank the EducationCommittee and all that participated making this a verymemorable event!

The Committee will meet later in July to set up thecoming courses scheduled for September 21st andOctober 19 at La Habra Community Center.Continuation Lapidary class will start July 24th.

July Education Report

By Ofelia Warthen, Chairman


In MemoriumIrene Veloz

Good Night IreneBy: Loretta Ogden

I am so sorry that so many of you never knewIrene Veloz because she was a wonderful person.We sat many nights talking and laughing. We plannedtrips to Moab, trips to shows and field trips. Irenewas a severe diabetic but she did not let that stopher. She and her husband Oscar (who we called ChefOscar ) went on a trip to Mexico with the Warthens.Oscar did the kitchen (Big Rock Café) at the showfor several years he served tri-tip sandwiches and itwas a popular lunch spot in La Habra for oneweekend a year in March. The Veloz family was veryclose and their son Oscar and daughter Renee andher fiancé Mike would always celebrate at ourChristmas party with us.

Irene collected turtles or tortoises and no matterwhere we went there would be one waiting for her.She had a good eye for the rocks when we were onfieldtrips.

She had a long career at Beckman Industries andwas truly a dedicated and loyal employee. My salonwas very close to Beckman in Brea so Irene wouldpop over to chat now and then.

It has been a long time but Don and I thoughtabout Irene ,Oscar and there families often and areso sorry we will never have the pleasure of her visitsagain.

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Loretta received the following message

On June 23rd my Mom passed away from a longbattle with diabetes. I remember her speaking of youfrom the rock club and I thought that I would let youknow of her passing. If you pass this information onto others she may have known I would greatlyappreciate it.

Memorial Service will be held at Rose HillsMemorial Park in the Sky Chapel on July 3, 2010 at12:45PMRose Hills Memorial Park3888 Workman Mill Rd.Whittier CA 90601

Everyone is invited to her daughter Rachel’s housefor food and refreshments after the service.Rachel Veloz-Sztonyk2210 Waverly TerraceLa Habra CA 90631

In lieu of flowers a donation to the American DiabetesAssociation would be appreciated. Donations can bemade at www.diabetes.org or by mail at AmericanDiabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria,VA 22312.

If you have any questions you can email me [email protected]

Regards,Oscar Veloz III

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Its the year 2000 and we are in Moab UT, IreneVeloz is on left and Oscar Veloz is on the right.

On the left behind Irene is Dee Clason, Loretta,and Don Ogden. On the right behind Oscar is CalClason, Izzy and Bill Burns.

We are in Moab for Izzie’s installation as the AFMSPresident by Bob Jones.

The show in Moab was held in a horse show arenawith a dirt floor.

We went on a night cruse down the river viewinglighted rock formations and listening to the history ofUT. We also visited the Arches. and many wonderfulsights, as well. There were productive field trips.

Memories of Irene and Oscarby Don Ogden


Hidden Treasures, there certainly are many in ourNOC Gem and Mineral Society. I felt compelled towrite this missive because I was truly overwhelmedat the effort put forth by our club members and theirfriends and relatives and people on the street we ropedin to help put this show on.

Every day I became more aware of some otheraspect of planning and execution of this event. Wheredo I start, the advertising, attending other communityevents to promote the show, the articles in the localpapers, the entrée into social media advertising, the50 signs that were made to help people locate the show,the lay-outs of the contents of the three buildings, thespeakers, the children’s activities (and I had friendswho came with their children WHO TOTALLYLOVED IT), the offerings at the silent action and thefun atmosphere around the silent action area. Thedemonstrators were diligent and skillful and PATIENT.The speaker roaster was impressive, in addition wehad authors and representatives from differentorganizations and a great show offer and freemagazines from Rock and Gem magazine.

Our club fed the dealers and ourselves Thursdaynight and the banquet on Saturday night was completelycharming with the fiesta theme, once again ourmembers were food servers (somehow I did notexpect that) and everyone there with the club pitchedin for the fastest tear down I have ever seen. (Howarddid wash the 100 salsa bowls and I hope we use theminto perpetuity).

The bracelets were an engaging party favormemento and the centerpieces were so attractivepeople asked if they could take them to use again forthe editor’s breakfast. Club members received muchdeserved awards and I can’t wait to see them in thedisplay case at the community center! Our eventchairman, really the team of Don and Ophelia Warthenwere like the little engine that could and there weresome steep grades to ascend.

As many of us are aware of we had serious electricalproblems in the gym but Frank and his crew workedand worked and by Sat. noon “we had light”. Againon Friday we had problems with adequate food beingavailable for purchase but on Saturday and Sundayproblems resolved. One reason I am so passionateabout why this matters is the educational emphasis ofthis convocation. The fossil exhibits and petrifiedwood exhibits were incredible, I saw a child’s facetransfuse with wonder after she was handed a freshlysliced geode and was told, “no one has ever seen theinside of this rock before, and you are the first.” Of

course, there was a little crystal garden tucked insideand it was a perfect moment. Our dealers were oftenvery knowledgeable and so willing to talk withattendees, eager to share their background andenthusiasm. The dealers, well selected by our dealerchair, had wonderful products and there was a nicevariety of items so one could find huge photos of anagate slab looking otherworldly, tools, books, sunstonesand moonstones, fossils, rocks and minerals fromaround the world to start or enhance a collection (evena few from out of this world.) Most of our dealersdonated lovely or useful raffle items, diamonds andintricately crafted pendants, a rock hound hammer andfossils!

The gorgeous plants were popular as always andmy daughter was so excited about the plant haul shemade she said she will volunteer for the club shownext year. She bought a salt rock lamp and an agateslab night light and plans to try her hand at makingnight lights herself.

There were greeters/security at every door and ifthe next person didn’t show up people would stay untileverything was secure. We were told there was anattempted break in but the person was scared off byour volunteer sleepover security. And finally ourannouncer Kathy keeps everyone informed with helpfrom Bob and Randi.

The raffle team worked very well together and wecommented at least 100 times that the raffle prizesthat were donated were generous and some of themstunning as well. See the picture of our grand prizewinner for the amethyst necklace, Jeanne Asp almosthad tears in her eyes. Our special prize winner forthe Sunday attendees only, Alfred Alvarado was anattendee because of advertising at the senior centerjewelry class in Whittier. The prizes donated and/orpurchased by the NOC club generated muchexcitement, dare I say “lust” by the raffle ticketpurchasing public and it became a hang out spot aspeople checked back to see if they had been a prizewinner. We had the opportunity to hear feedback onregular basis, and the majority was positive, some of itgushingly so! Of course there were some “helpful”comments and we will certainly digest those at theJuly meeting but the overriding message here isattendees had a great time, learned a lot, the childrenhad fun and began to cultivate an interest in earthsciences, we will have some new people attend ourmeetings, our national affiliates were proud of us andknew how hard everyone worked and how much wecared about it being a well planned and successfulshow and we all survived to tell our “war stories”. Iam proud to be part of this club in this community!

Submitted by:Randi Hetrick

Hidden Treasures


GOLD PANNING at the

EAST FORK SAN GABRIEL RIVER

Saturday, July 10 at 8:30 AM

Place: Across from Oaks Canyon Picnic Area, East Fork San Gabriel River Time: Meet at parking area at 8:30 AMDirections: Take the Azusa Rd. exit (Hwy 39) off the 210 Fwy north toward the mountains. Stay on this road past the tworeservoirs and turn right on bridge over upper lake (East Fork Road). Continue past the tiny town of Fol-lows Camp untilyou reach the Oaks Canyon Picnic Area. This is where we are meeting this year.Tools: The basic tools you will need are a gold pan, shovel, 5-gallon bucket and small jar or vial for your gold. If you donot have a gold pan, don’t worry as we have extras that you can borrow.

NOTE: A WILDERNESS PASS is required to park anywhere in the

canyon. A one-day pass can be purchased at the main entrance station

or at the store at Follows Camp.


Please join senior representatives of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, the White HouseCouncil on Environmental Quality, the U.S.Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department ofthe Interior and the U.S. Department of Defense fora public listening session and discussion in SouthernCalifornia on conservation, recreation, andreconnecting people to the outdoors. The session willbe held July 8 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. atOccidental College in Los Angeles.

This past April, at the White House Conferenceon America’s Great Outdoors, President Obamalaunched the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative todevelop a 21st century conservation agenda and toreconnect Americans with our great outdoors. ThePresident asked his leadership team to engage thefull range of interested groups, including State andlocal governments, community-based organizations,recreation and conservation groups, sportingorganizations, youth groups, and others.

This Los Angeles based listening session, one ofseveral being held around the country, offers anopportunity to hear and describe the challenges andopportunities we face in land and water conservation,in improving recreational opportunities for a largeurban population, and in restoring and conserving ourvital natural and cultural resources to enable accessto a broad array of outdoor recreation. The July 8thpublic listening session and discussion is anopportunity for the leaders of the America’s GreatOutdoors Initiative to hear from you and other voicesin the region about solutions for building a 21st centuryconservation and recreation agenda and forreconnecting people with the outdoors. Here are thedetails:

Listening Session and Discussion Information:

When: Thursday - July 8, 2010, 3:00 pm to 7:00pm

What: Public Listening Session on PresidentObama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative

Where: Thorne HallOccidental College1600 Campus RoadLos Angeles, CA 90041 (See map at http://www.oxy.edu/x6307.xml)

Who: Senior national and local leaders from US EPA,CEQ, USDA, DOI and DOD will be present to hearyour recommendations and to participate in aconversation with you about America’s GreatOutdoors.

Please This event is free and open to the public. Forplanning purposes, please register by

Register: Thursday, July 1st by sending an email [email protected] with your name, the nameof the organization with which you are affiliated, ifany, your telephone number and email address. Wewill endeavor to accommodate everyone.

In the event you are unable to participate in person,please submit your comments and stories via theAmerica’s Great Outdoors website at http://www.doi.gov/americasgreatoutdoors/.

If you have questions, please call Nelly Sun at(415) 947-4237. We look forward to yourparticipation – please join us!

June 18, 2010NOTICE OF A PUBLIC LISTENINGSESSION ON THE PRESIDENT’SAMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS

INITIATIVE IN LOS ANGELES


Frank’s toy at the show

Mary handing out the packets

Nancy and the plants

Jonas & Valeria Faceting

Pat cutting Geods

Don E Silversmithing

Kathy E and Valeria - Donation Awards


Kathy V - Silent Auction

Valley Prospectors

Brittany Eschbach - Spinning Wheel

Kids Zone - Kim

Kids Zone - Wendi

Kids Zone, Pachinko - Ofelia


Editors Breakfast

CFMS Directors Meeting

Pirates Wife at Cracker Barrel

Don W & Kathy V at the Cracker Barrel Jennifer the Pirate at the Cracker Barrel

Bob Jones - Rock & Jem Magazine


Walking the Plank

Captain Hook the Piratearrives at the Cracker Barrel

He finds the Pirate who stold the Treasure

His sentance - walk the plank

So long bad Pirate

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