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GULF COAST MINERAL, FOSSIL & GEM CLUB
P.O. Box 1404
Venice, FL 34284-1404
www.mineralfossilgemclubvenicefl.org
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME
7 NUMBER 7 APRIL 2008
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PURPOSE
The purpose of our club, organized in
1967, is to foster an interest in minerals,
gems, fossils and lapidary
arts, to give people with these interests the fellowship with each other and a
chance to interact with informative meetings, programs and activities and to
present our hobby to the community at our annual show. We also try to foster an interest with the
children of our community and to share our knowledge through programs and
displays in the local schools and libraries.
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MEETINGS
Meetings are held the first
Monday of the month, October through May, except as noted below, in the Meeting
Room at the Venice Public Library, 300 S. Nokomis Avenue, Venice, FL.
ANNUAL DUES ARE $10 FOR SINGLES OR $15 FOR
FAMILIES
REGULAR MEETING
DATES: 2007-2008 CLUB SEASON
Monday 7-9 pm Oct
1, 2007 Show & Tell: Club Members
Monday 7-9 pm Nov 5, 2007 Speaker: Herbert Knodel—Amber
Monday 5:30-8pm Dec 3, 2007 Dinner
Meeting, Gift Exchange
Monday 6-8 pm Jan 7, 2008 Discuss Show and Tom Ladd—Making
Cabochons
Tuesday 6-8 pm Feb
5, 2008 Silent Auction
Monday 6-8 pm Mar
3, 2008 Speaker: John Colagrande—The Nature of
Fossils, Part I
Monday 6-8
pm Apr 7, 2008 Speaker: Bob Morgan—Florida Fossils
Monday 6-8 pm May
5, 2008 Dinner Meeting
CLUB SHOW January 24 & 25, 2009; Sat. 10am to 5pm; Sun. 10am to 4pm
CLUB OFFICERS
President and Liaison with AFMS: Allen Brown (941)
926-4171; allen_brown19467@msn.com
Past
President: & Newsletter Editor: Geraldine Vest (941) 408-1711; Gvest201@yahoo.com
Vice President 1: open
Vice President 2: Ursula Jablonski, (941) 484-9956;
ujjablonski@comcast.net
Secretary: Barbara Walker (941) 488-1302
Treasurer: Tom Granata (941) 484-1533 sunshine744@verizon.net
Assistant
Treasurer: open
Webmaster: Duane Daniell (941) 375-8858 duanedaniell@yahoo.com
Educational Committee: G. Vest, T. J. Granata, R. G.
Campbell (813) 754-6987 rareearthmaster2021@yahoo.com
Senior Trustee: Tom Ladd (941) 755-6428
Senior Trustee and Show Chairman: Ralph Marble, (941)
922-2135 marblesgems@verizon.net
Trustee: Gifford Smith (941) 698-0183 gif@gls3c.com
Trustee:
John Mort (941) 794-2185 mayjohn008@aol.com
Trustee: Meyer, Katrina: (941) 484-1435 wiredwonders@yahoo.com
GULF COAST MINERAL, FOSSIL AND
GEM CLUB
SEVENTH MEETING—MONDAY, APRIL 7,
2008 at 6:00 to 9:00 PM
TOPIC: Speaker: Florida Fossils—plus many specimens
for show and tell Speaker: Bob Morgan REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED—Cold drinks will be
supplied by the club; “home made” goodies will be furnished Judy Coe, Donna
Compagnone, Stanley Craig, Joanna Stuparich, Joe Winesette |
PLEASE BRING ITEMS
FOR THE RAFFLE
SIGN UP FOR MAY DINNER
MEETING
PLEASE SIGN UP TO BRING A SALAD, VEGETABLE OR DESSERT
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PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE FROM ALLEN BROWN
I would like to thank everyone who participated in the silent auction at
the last meeting. There were many interesting items and everyone seemed to have
a good time. It has been suggested that we have two such meetings each year.
One being a silent auction for various club related items, perhaps in the fall,
and one that would be more of a tool/lapidary swap in February. I would ask the
membership to give me some input on this idea at the next meeting. Also, let me
remind members that if you have some small items that you want to sell, bring
them to the meeting and set them up on a side table. We are currently looking
to fill the guest speaker time slots for the 2008-2009 club year with club
related lectures. If you or any one you know would like to offer to speak to
the club, please have them contact me at 941-926-4171. See you at the meeting.
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TREASURER’S
MESSAGE FROM TOM GRANATA
The Community Center has been reserved
for the January
24 & 25, 2009 club show. The price is about $1000 higher than it was this year.
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CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST
WISHES
TO OUR MEMBERS
CELEBRATING:
APRIL
BIRTHDAYS:
JoAnne Stuparich (Apr. 1), Jane
Gillum (Apr. 2), Ursula Jablonski (Apr. 6), Genie O’Brien (Apr. 6), Bridget Bergeron (Apr. 6), Dorothy
Hatfield (Apr. 16), and Donna Jean Bothum (Apr. 25)
APRIL
ANNIVERSARIES:
Joseph & Ursula
Jablonski (Apr. 14),
Stephen & Bridget
Bergeron (Apr. 17),
NEWS FROM
MEMBERS
Tom Granata, our club
treasurer, recently led a Purdue-Indiana Ft. Wayne University Alumni field trip
on Palm Island. He took twelve members
of the group on a beach walk identifying shells, talking about the geology of
Florida and the fossils of the area.
His trip will be featured in the April Alumni Newsletter.
Tom also spent a day in
his wife's third grade classroom and helped the students through a fossil dig.
He buried fossils and had the students dig them up and then identify and label
them. The students were able to take
home their finds.
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As our Snow Birds go home
and the rest of us travel about the country, let us stop and visit with some of
the museums along the way.
The March 2008 issue of “Natural History” magazine lists most of these museums.
SOME MUSEUMS AROUND THE COUNTRY
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State |
City |
Museum/Display |
Web page |
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AZ |
Mesa |
Arizona Museum of Natural History Ongoing: “Walk through time” |
www.azmnh.org |
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AZ |
Phoenix |
Arizona Science Center Through May 4: “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit” |
www.azscience.org |
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CA |
Los Angeles |
Natural History Museum of L. A. County Ongoing: “Hall of Gems & Minerals” |
www.nhm.org |
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CA |
San Diego |
History Museum Ongoing: “Fossil Mysteries” |
www.sdnhm.org |
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CO |
Denver |
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Through June 8: “Gold” |
www.dmns.org |
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CT |
New Haven |
Peabody Museum of Natural History Ongoing: “Hall of Minerals, Earth & Space” |
www.peabody.yale.edu |
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DC |
Washington |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
www.mnh.si.edu |
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FL |
Gainesville |
Florida Museum of Natural History Through March 30: “Florida’s Vanishing Habits & Wildlife” |
www.flnmh.edu |
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FL |
Deland |
Gillespie Museum of Minerals (one of the largest private collections
of gems and minerals in the world); Stetson University; Michigan & Amelia
Aves. (386) 822-7330 |
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FL |
Tampa |
Museum of Science & History (MOSI) Ongoing: “Disasterville” |
www.mosi.org |
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GA |
Atlanta |
Fernbank Museum of Natural History Through May 4: “In the Dark” |
www.fernbankmuseum.org |
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HI |
Honolulu |
Bishop Museum Through April 20: “Animal Grossology” |
www.bishopmuseum.org |
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IL |
Chicago |
The Field Museum Through July 6: George Washington Carver |
www.fieldmuseum.org |
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IL |
Chicago |
The Notebaert Nature Museum Through April 27: “Wild Music: Sounds & Songs of Life” |
www.naturemuseum.org |
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MA |
Cambridge |
Harvard Museum of Natural History Through June 30:” Looking at Animals: Photographs by Henry Horenstein” |
www.hmnh.harvard.edu |
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MO |
St. Louis |
Saint Louis Science Center Ongoing: “DNA Zone” |
www.slsc.org |
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NM |
Albuquerque |
NM Museum of Natural History & Science STARTUP: “Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution” |
www.nmnaturalhistory.org |
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NY |
New York |
American Museum of Natural History Ongoing: “Discovery Room” |
www.amnh.org |
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NY |
Tupper Lake |
The Wild Center, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks: Ongoing:
“Living River Trail” |
www.wildcenter.org |
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NC |
Durham |
Museum of Life & Science Ongoing “Explore the Wild” |
www.ncmls.org |
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OH |
Cincinnati |
Cincinnati Museum Center Through September 1: “Bodies” |
www.cincymuseum.org |
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PA |
Philadelphia |
The Academy of Natural Sciences Through April 27: “Ends of the Earth: From Polar Bears to Penguins” |
www.ansp.org |
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TX |
Fort Worth |
Fort Worth Museum of Science & History Ongoing: “Seeing” |
www.fwmuseum.org |
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TX |
Houston |
Houston Museum of Natural Science Through April 20: “ Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia” |
www.hmns.org |
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VA |
Martinsville |
Virginia Museum of Natural History Ongoing: “Uncovering Virginia” |
www.vmnh.org |
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WA |
Seattle |
Pacific Coast Center Through May 4: “Strange Matter” |
www.pacsci.org |
If you visit other, large museums let me know and I will add them to
the list
Geraldine Vest
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UPCOMING SHOWS 2008
Note: Club members get free admission to the
Frank Cox Shows—show your membership card
to the ticket collector.
Mar 7-9, 2008, Sarasota, FL, Frank Cox Productions. 179th
Gem, Jewelry, and Bead Show. Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail (Hwy.
41). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 941-954-0202, frankcox@comcast.net,
www.frankcoxproductions.com.
Apr 11-13, 2008, Sarasota, FL, Frank Cox Productions.
180th Gem, Jewelry, and Bead Show. Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail
(Hwy. 41). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 941-954-0202, frankcox@comcast.net, www.frankcoxproductions.com.
May 16-18, 2008,
Sarasota, FL, Frank Cox Productions. 180th Gem, Jewelry, and Bead Show.
Municipal Auditorium, 801 N. Tamiami Trail (Hwy. 41). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
941-954-0202, frankcox@comcast.net, www.frankcoxproductions.com.
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March 7-9, 2008—LARGO, FLORIDA: 38th
annual show and sale; Suncoast Gem & Mineral Society; Minnreg Bldg., 6340 126th Ave. N.; Fri. 10-6, Sat.
10-6, Sun. 10-5; adults $5, students with parents or I.D. card $4, under 6
free, good all three days; club sales, dealers, finished and unfinished gems
and minerals, jewelry, equipment, tools, raffles, displays, grab bags,
demonstrations, displays,; contact Bill Schmidt or Sue Black, Suncoast Gem
& Mineral, P.O. Box 13254, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3254, (727) 657-0998 or
(727) 345-8994; Web site: www.sgams.com
March 7-9, 2008—TAMPA, FLORIDA: Show;
AKS Gem Shows; Florida State Fairgrounds, 4800 U.S. Hwy. 301 N; Fri. 10-6, Sat.
10-6, Sun. 10-4; admission $5, children under 12 free; beading classes; contact
Kay Schabilion, 4532 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, LA 7006, (504) 455-6101; e-mail:
info@aksshow.com; Web site: www.aksshow.com
March 29-30, 2008—ORLANDO, FLORIDA:
Show; Central Florida Mineral & Gem Society; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4630 W. Colonial Dr.;
Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-5; adults $4, seniors $3, students $2, children under 12 free;
silent auctions, faceting, cabochon cutting, and wire wrapping demonstrations,
lectures, sluice mining for gems. Contact John Piziak, 16534 Avenida Del Lago,
Winter Garden, FL 34787, (407) 239-9165; e-mail: annepiziak@embarqmail.com
Apr. 12-14, 2008 Miami Beach, FL -
Jewelers International Showcase. Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention
Center Dr. 561-998-0205, www.jisshow.com
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DO NOT FORGET THAT THE TAMPA BAY MINERAL &
SCIENCE CLUB MOVED THEIR ANNUAL SHOW FROM THE THEIR FORMER THIRD
WEEKEND IN MARCH TO OCTOBER. THE LARGO
SHOW THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MARCH AND THE FOSSIL SHOW THE SECOND WEEKEND IN MARCH
LEFT THE MOST OF THE POTENTIAL BUYING PUBLIC MORE THAN A LITTLE—BROKE.
THEY WILL HAVE A GREAT 49th
SHOW IN OCTOBER.
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