Rock-A-Teer Newsletter for March 2010

Rock-A-Teer Newsletter of the Puyallup Valley Gem & Mineral Club

P.O. Box 134

Puyallup, WA 98371

[email protected]

http://puyallupgemclub.org

http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com (new)

Editor: Dana James

[email protected]

March 2010

Volume 50, Issue 3

President’s Report

Letter from the President Wow! Hard to believe it is already March!! How quickly June will be upon us

and our club show will be happening. Speaking of the Club Show, we still

need volunteers for many areas. Please take a look at the signup sheets at the

next meeting and please sign up if there is any area you would like to help in.

A BIG THANK YOU to LaVon Siperek for sharing her photos and speaking

about their trip to Quartzsite!! I really enjoyed it as I am sure you did too!!

There will be a Hands On March 20th. There will be Advanced Silver Smith-

ing, Cabbing and Gem Trees. Sounds like fun!! Hope to see you there.

March 13th will be a Kids Only Rock Hounding Field Trip to Mike and

LaVons’. Please see Tony Johnson for details.

March 27th will be a fieldtrip to Morton for Fossils. I hope to make it to that

one!

The show-n-tell for the first meeting in March is green rocks and the second

meeting is pastel rocks.

Deborrah Pursifull, President

What’s inside:

2010 Officers Page 2

Committees Page 3

Word Search Puzzle Page 4

Upcoming Events Page 5

Editor’s Report Page 5

How to Corner Page 6

Hands On Activities Page 7

NW Federation News Page 8

AFMS Land Use Page 9

Feb Meeting Minutes 0

Memorial for Bill Luke Page 11

Have you paid Have you paid Have you paid Have you paid your Dues?your Dues?your Dues?your Dues?

Please see Sandy Please see Sandy Please see Sandy Please see Sandy Chilson our Chilson our Chilson our Chilson our Treasurer at the Treasurer at the Treasurer at the Treasurer at the next meeting.next meeting.next meeting.next meeting.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day &Happy St. Patrick’s Day &Happy St. Patrick’s Day &Happy St. Patrick’s Day & Happy Birthday to our March birthday folksHappy Birthday to our March birthday folksHappy Birthday to our March birthday folksHappy Birthday to our March birthday folks

Elected Officers for 2010

Title �ame Phone E-mail

President: Deborrah Pursifull [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 3 Rock-A-Teer March 2010,

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

March 2010, Volume 50, Issue 3 Rock-A-Teer

Volume 50, Issue 3 March 2010, Rock-A-Teer

NO FISHING IN THESE LUNAR WATERS

(SEAS, LAKES, OCEANS, BAYS, AND MARSHES)

F I N S U L A R U M S I R O N O H

E A S N S C P L W S B F O D H U A

C U I I I N E G N I L P S M M G I

U G T U J M M I E R V U N O I W C

N T A D A O U E A O Q L R U D A O

D W T Q R V I L H P A U L E Z J G

I S I E S O B E O M M N Q S M O N

T D L U L P U G L E F I W O U R I

A E L O I E N R D T U C O F R V T

T U I A U N T I L J O U E U A I U

I I U S C L I V A L P S Z P L G M

S F Q D H O D E S G M G O H L X U

H S N F S C H F P L O R H F E Z U

A O A I I H T Y M S U C O I C P T

S L R Z R B U E S M L U N L O D S

I F T U O G O L D W E S A Q R S E

D O L O R I S I T A T I R E P S A

1. AESTUUM 8. INGENII 14. RORIS

2. ASPERITATIS 9. INSULARUM 15. SMYTHII

3. COGNITUM 10. LUNICUS 16. SPEI

4. DOLORIS 11. MEDII 17. TEMPORIS

5. FECUNDITATIS 12. NUBIUM 18. TRANQUILLITATIS

6. HONORIS 13. PROCELLARUM 19. VAPORUM

7. HUMORUM

Rock-A-Teer March 2010,

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 It’s been a busy February and March is gathering steam to be a busy one also. Lots on the calendar this month so you shouldn’t have any trouble finding an activity or meeting to attend.

NEW INTERACTIVE WEB SITE FOR CLUB MEMBERS We have had great response to the new web site. Our member count for the site is now up to 62, thanks every-one for participating. Feel free to upload your field trip or favorite rock photos or write a blog about your ex-periences with the club (keep it clean) or a field trip you have attended. The 2010 Roster has been updated and is available on the web site under the tab “Files”. If you are not on the roster and you have paid your dues, please see Sandy Chilson our Treasurer and she will let me know. Here is the web address for those of you with

internet access and haven’t joined yet: http://puyallupgemclub.ning.com/

Volume 50, Issue 3

Schedule of Events

• Mar. 9th, 7:00 pm, Board meeting at the Fruitland Grange.

• Mar. 12th 7:30 pm, Busi-ness Meeting at the Fruit-land Grange.

• Mar. 16th, 6:30 pm social, meeting starts at 7:00, Club Show meeting at Henne-berry’s all are welcome. Address: 4418 53rd St. East, Tacoma, WA Phone: 253-922-5089

• Mar. 20th, 9:00 am Set up for Hands on which starts between 9:30 and 10 am.

• Mar. 26th, 7:30 pm, Pro-gram night

• Mar. 27th, 9:00 am, Field trip to Elbe - contact is Mark

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 Board

Meeting

10 11 12 Busi-

ness Mtg.

13 Kids

Field Trip

14 15 16 Club

Show Mtg

17 18 19 20 Hands

On

21 22 23 24 25 26 Program

Night

27 Field

Trip

28 29 30 31

March 2010

Show and Tell Programs

March 12th is Green Rocks

March 26th is Pastel Rocks

Rock-A-Teer March 2010, Volume 50, Issue 3

How To Corner by Dana James

Love Knot Cluster Ring - Part 2

You will need to refer to February’s tutorial for the basic instruction of this ring called the Love Knot Ring to get you started. Additional supplies you need are 4 to 6mm beads and head pins. 1. Twist wires on top of ring and curl them flush against themselves (this is kind of hard to explain so I would refer to the sample picture. 2. Knot on top of ring should be in a more upright position vs. flat against the ring like in the love knot. 3. Gather additional supplies such as various beads (I use predominately 4-6mm) and head pins. Good way to use up some beads that get separated from your others as you can mix and match if you want. I keep a little jar to throw my extras in when I'm finished with a design. 4. Make sure your beads will fit your head pins (the pearls I had laid out didn’t work so I had to use other ones). 5. String your beads on the head pin start to make a wrapped loop. 6. Insert it onto one of the ring loops 7. Secure the end wire of the wrapped loop for this bead 8. Continue making wrapped loops on your beads and adding them to your ring alternating the sides. 9. Finished ring 10. A few more rings I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial 2 part series. I would love to hear your comments. Judy Lynn and I will be teaching ring making at the April hands on, so don’t miss out.

March 2010, Rock-A-Teer Volume 50, Issue 3

Hands On Activities for March 20th

For March the classes offered will be Cabbing, Advanced Silversmithing and Gem Trees. As we have had such

tremendous response all classes must be signed up for in advance. Please do not just show up, call either Tony

Johnson or Allen Henneberry.

Cabbing: These are cabs are calibrated which means they are a uniform

shape that was formed using a template. Just an example of what you

might be able to make.

Advanced Silversmithing: In March we are doing a little exploring with some very nice, easy silversmithing

mountings for cabs.

This is open to experienced silversmithers only. We are going to figure out how it is done and then we will be

ready to teach anyone who is interested. We can take only 8 to 10 people who already have silversmithing knowl-

edge and supplies.

Fred Greef is going to be our teacher/guide. This is the list of things we will need. I will buy five feet of wire-this

should be enough and some small leaves.

Wire-16, 18 or 20 gauge, Leaves-small, 26 or 28, Jewelers saw, silver snip, vibratory small tumbler, silver-straight

line stamps, pickle with copper tongs, flux, hard-med.-soft solder, tweezers, brush ??????

These are the usual things needed for small silversmithing projects. The club has pencil torches, butane and fire

bricks.

Gem Trees: This class will teach you the fundamentals of how to

make a gem tree. Materials required for the class; wire, stones, bases,

pliers, wire cutters, etc. You may also bring your own materials if you

wish to do so. There will be a fee for the class. If you want to buy your

own roll of wire, stones and base the price is $10. If you only want to

pay for what is used the price will be $7. Or, like I mentioned before

you can bring your own materials and the class won't cost you a single

penny. Class will be taught by Nancy and Nina LeMay

Northwest Federation News NFMS Mid-Year Meeting, April 17, 2010, Kennewick, Washington

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

If any of you have attended a Northwest Federation Show then you know how big and spectacular they can be. I have competed in the

past 3 shows and can tell you the I have enjoyed attending each and every one and usually come home with a boat load of rocks. This year

there was no host club to sponsor the show and per Evelyn’s President’s message it appears that no club has stepped up to take on that

task for the next several years. The last year our club hosted the NFMS show was in 2001. It is a big job and no club wants that sole

responsibility, but I will miss them. - Editor, Dana James

Check out Evelyn’s message on the first page of the March 2010 edition of the NW Newsletter.

On page 4 Lyle Voglepohl gives the purpose of the American Federation Scholarship fund and the Northwest Fed-

eration Endowment fund. Interesting facts for those who want to know.

SAVE OUR PUBLIC LANDS ACCESS

To all of you who like to get on the band wagon and gather behind a cause then you will want to read Andy John-

son’s comments on Page 5 regarding our rights as citizens and the US Senators who have the ability to take our land

rights away.

Washington - Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark has requested legislation aimed at improving funding

for recreation on trust lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and is

seeking authorization for DNR to charge recreation access fees ( Unprecedented ) in certain situations, to ex-

plore a multi-agency access pass and creates a concessionaire pilot program.

Both versions of the bill (House Bill 24802 - Senate Bill 6237)

can be downloaded from the Washington State Legislature’s website. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx


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.

Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies , Inc. includes these states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Utah

All members of the NFMS receive the Northwest Newsletter, and all members are listed in the NFMS Membership Directory.


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.

1. Adherence to the AFMS Code of Ethics assures compliance with most statutes and regulations governing collecting on public lands and encourages respect for private property rights and the environment. Clubs are urged to read the AFMS Code of Ethics in at least one meeting every year, to publish the Code fre-quently in the club newsletter, and to compel compliance on club field trips.

2. Individuals and clubs are urged to write their elected representatives and land use management agency su-pervisors regarding issues of rule making, legislation and enforcement affecting field collecting of minerals and fossils.

3. Individuals and clubs are urged to join and support activities of the American Lands Access Association (ALAA), a sister organization with responsibility for advancing the interests of earth science amateurs with legislatures and land use management agencies.

4. The AFMS will receive a report from ALAA at its annual meeting. 5. The AFMS endorses the principle of multiple use of public lands as a guarantee of continuing recreational

opportunities. 6. Wilderness and monument designations are inconsistent with the principle of multiple use. In view of the

vast amount of public land already designated as wilderness and monuments, future such designations should be minimal, taking into account the increased demand for recreational opportunities, including rockhounding, created by a growing population.

7. In furtherance of the principle of multiple use, the AFMS believes that laws, regulations and rules estab-lished by relevant governmental authorities should be designed to allow freest possible access to all public lands, coupled with minimal restrictions on the recreational collection of minerals, fossils, gemstone mate-rials and other naturally occurring materials.

8. A right to collect minerals and fossils on public lands should be protected by statute. 9. The AFMS urges its members to work with any or all government authorities to achieve a good working

relationship in order to improve the "Public Image" of recreational collectors.

March 2010, Volume 50, Issue 3

PVGMC Business Meeting for February 2010

Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm, 2-12-10

• Treasurer’s report. Read.

• Secretary’s report. Read.

• Sunshine. Kandy reported on Kevin and Deborrah.

• Guests. Three were introduced.

• Hands On. The next event will be on February 20th. It will feature wire fusion, wire knitting, and cabbing.

• Field Trip. 1) Tony updated the next club field trip on February 27th to Roberston’s Quarry. The group will leave at 9:00 am from the Little Creek Casino gas station. Members will be looking for zeolites, which makes this hard-rock work. 2) The Mineral Council is having their field trip to Cherry Creek

• Library. Brett reported that materials checked out during the first meeting in January are now due back. Greater effort will be made to get more and greater variety of materials out for the membership.

• Programs. Nothing to report.

• Rock-A-teer. Dana talked about the new members’ web site. Nancy suggested members copy and share the newsletter.

• Club Show. Sign up sheets were placed out for members to sign up. Mark mentioned the club show meeting.

• Juniors. No report.

• Audit. Sandy needs volunteers.

• Old Business. Mark discussed the government publication Fish and Gold and specifics related to where it is needed and having it on one’s person.

New Business. None offered.

Meeting adjourned at 8:03 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Brett Lawrence, Secretary, PVGMC

See page 12 for

the Memorial for

Bill Luke

March 2010, Volume 50, Issue 3

You Are Invited to

a Smash of a

Party

Let Us Remember Bill and keep Betty and the family in our thoughts and prayers.

It was rare that we ever saw Bill without the cowboy hat.

They were members of our club from 1999 until they moved

to Montana in 2006.

Bill was a huge supporter of the rock hounding hobby and

will be missed.

WILLIAM L. ‘BILL’ LUKE, 70

11/22/1939 - 02/06/2010

HARRISON — William L. “Bill” Luke, 70, of Harrison, died in Butte on Feb. 6, 2010, after a three-year battle with cancer. During the time he was fighting cancer, he continued to live life with zest and a positive attitude. He looked forward to each day, and never ceased to appreciate the beauty and the wonders of the world around him. He enjoyed traveling, rock hounding, reading, photography, and classic cars.

Bill was born in Kalispell, Nov. 22, 1939, to LeRoy and Vivian (Moore) Luke. His grade school years were spent attending Bald Rock School, northwest of Kalispell. The family moved from Kalispell to the Valley View district near Polson in 1952 and Bill graduated from Polson High School in 1957. He attended Mon-tana State College for a short time, then worked for the Montana State Highway Department survey crew from 1958-1961. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree in business administration and accounting from Central Washington University in 1981. In January 1962, Bill moved to Seattle, and began working for Boeing Co. He worked for the company for nearly 33 years in aeronautical engineering, flight manuals, finance systems, and the defense and space group. He retired in 1994. On Nov. 17, 1962, Bill married Betty Corlett, in Black Diamond, Wash., and they had four children: Ronald (Jackie) Luke, of Crestview, Fla., Laura (Guy) Olsen of Federal Way, Wash., David (Chanon) Luke of Black Diamond, and Dianne (Matthew) Ridgway of Helena. There are 11 grandchildren: Eric, Kyle and Ian Olsen, Quinn, Zane, Willow, Ayla and Harlee Luke, Angel Hamby, Kristie Scarborough and Samantha Adams; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Bill is survived by his wife, Betty, in Harrison; mother, Vivian Luke of Polson; sister, Carol Richmond of Kalispell; brothers, Clifford (Bobbie) Luke and Ralph (Lynda) Luke of Polson, and Duane (Elenie) Luke of Lacey, Wash.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, LeRoy Luke.

From the “Montana Standard”.

Clip and Donate Stamp to the

Club for Cancer Research –

please leave about 2” of paper

around the stamp if possible. March 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

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253-531-7294 [email protected]

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