BOULDER BUSTER Volume #49 Issue # 8, 2014 HELL’S CANYON GEM CLUB Serving the Valley for 62 YEARS P.O. BOX 365 LEWISTON, IDAHO 83501 PURPOSE OF HELLS CANYON GEM CLUB, INC. The purpose of this nonprofit, social club is to promote the rock hound hobby by providing opportunities for the collection, working and displaying of gems and minerals, as well as educational programs in the field of geology. MEETINGS: 2nd Friday of each month Board Meeting 6 pm Regular Meeting 7 pm VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Dues: Adult [per person] $15.00; Junior [under 18] Free with a responsible adult membership. President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President Steve Rand Mel Wilks Marylou Northrup Marilyn Sharp Linn Enger 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 208-791-2325 208-301-3939 208-743-6944 509-758-4218 208-746-4957 1st Year Trustee Richard Peterson 1st Year Trustee Jerry Blemka 2nd Year Trustee Betty Wilks 2nd Year Trustee Torch Yates Federation Director Jeremy Giard Federation Delegate Gail Giard HELLS CANYON WEBSITE: http://www.hellscanyongemclub.com WEBMASTER: Rick Westerholm: [email protected] 208-276-7077 509-758-7384 208-301-3939 208-743-3358 509-758-2581 509-758-2581 =================================================================================================================================== HOW TO FIND OUR MEETING PLACE BOULDER BUSTER Volume #49 Issue # 8, 2014 July 11, 2014 Board Meeting 6:30pm Board meeting called to order by Rick Westerholm. Officers present were Marilyn Sharp, Linn Enger, Jerry Blimka, Torch Yates. Marilyn Gave the Treasurer's Report. Minutes as printed in the newsletter approved by all members present. Linn offered to donate a printer to the club if someone would take over the job of sending printed copies of the newsletter to members. The best way to advertise for the show in October was discussed. The Tribune, the big signs for Bryden Canyon Road, hand held signs and flyers. Any other ideas? General Meeting 7pm Mel Wilks conducted the meeting. No program this meeting. Orville and RoseAlene McArthur were up from Meridian and announced that Emily Pollske, their grand-daughter, would be moving to meridian with them. Emily had to down-size her rock collection so she gave all kinds of specimens for door prizes. Rick Westerholm and Randy Squires went on a field trip to Challis, ID and brought back zeolite, barite, flourite and heulandite. They donated some nice pieces for the drawing. Four guests present - Donna and Doug Heieren and grandson Jonathan and grand-daughter Kirsten. Rick And Linn gave a report on a garnet claim that Lloyd Nye has leased until the end of July. Rick and Linn will check it out this week-end. The club approved $300 for a lease if they decide the club should take over the lease. No word on the garnet claim the club put money toward to lease, so will try to get the money back. If not just let it stand. Rick and Linn checked on the crystal claim, and said the road in was muddy but gate will be left open this next week until a club lock can be put on the gate with the state's lock. Please sign up to help with the show in October. Bruce Borgelt has some rocks and equipment for sale. Jerry Blimka has rock equipment for sale. Meeting adjourned. NO MEETING FOR AUGUST 2014. ===========================================================================A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered,'I think it's Adam's underwear! A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!' BOULDER BUSTER Volume #49 Issue # 8, 2014 While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-yearold daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!' A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?' A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar.. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone.. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now She's hitting the bottle.' On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents ..' I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!' =================================================================================== WSMC FIELDTRIPS 2014 ( Will be updated—see mineralcouncil.org ) The Washington State Mineral Council plans guided fieldtrips to collecting sites. Open to member clubs, and the general public. Most trips are free. Included will be Pow Wow trips (must join to go on trips). Host clubs and contact persons will be set up as I gather info. For now, go to mineralcouncil.org for updates, or contact Ed Lehman @ [email protected] , or home (425) 334- 6282 cel (425) 760-2786. Date Host Site Meeting place and time Material Tools 08/16/ NWOS Greenwater 9:00 @ Enumclaw Ranger Station Agate, Jasper Dig, lt hard rock 09/6-7 POW Red Top 8:00 @ camp (W fork M fork jct) Dues, see above Agate, geodes, jade, jasper 09/13 NWOS Little Naches 9:00 @ Enumclaw Ranger Station Thunder-Eggs Dig, lt hard rock 10/04 Msvl D.P. Mine & H.T. 9:00 @ Money Creek Camp Creek Ore, picture Jasper Lt hard rock, light 11/08 MtBkr Blanchard Mt Stilpnomelane & Chert Hard rock tool 9:00 @ I-5 240 exit gas Station Kit = Kitsap M & G Soc— T B D Msvl = Marysville R & G Club - Ed Lehman [email protected] (425) 334-6282 or (425) 760-2786 MtBkr = Mount Baker R & G Club—Kris Menger @ (360) 927-0994 [email protected] Elb = Ellensburg R Club—Steve Townsend—(509) 933-2236 [email protected] Spk = Spokane Rock Rollers—Mike Shaw—(509) 244-8542 [email protected] NWOS = Northwest Opal Soc—Tony Johnson—(253)863-9238 This is just a work in process. Participants please respond for corrections and updates. Thanks, Ed Lehman 1. The bonds of matrimony are only a good investment when the interest is kept up. 2. Many girls like to marry a military man – he can cook, sew, make beds, and is in good health, and he's already used to taking orders. 3. Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy earning his salt that he forgets his sugar. BOULDER BUSTER Volume #49 Issue # 8, 2014 Bumper stickers • Young at heart-- slightly older in other places. • Don't worry about your health, it'll go away. • I'm retired – I was tired yesterday and I'm tired again today! • Geezer (ge-zer) -noun. Slang, Not young. Not dead. Somewhere in between. • I'm speeding because I have to get there before I forget where I'm going. • I don't exercise! It makes my coffee spill. • The only trouble with retirement.... You never get a damn day off!! • Senility ain't bad----I can wrap my own Christmas presents. I never watch reruns. I can hide my own Easter eggs and I get to meet new people everyday. When something bad happens, you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you. 10% of conflicts is due to difference in opinion and 90% is due to wrong tone of voice. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NFMS Annual Meeting August 15, 2014 , 4 pm Hermiston Conference Center, Hermiston, Oregon Hatrockhound Happenin’ “The Biggest Little Show in Town” The 2014 NFMS Show and Convention is rapidly approaching. We, the Hatrockhounds, are all looking forward to showing you a good time. I want to remind folks to get their advance registrations in to me. The cut-off date is July 15, so we can finalize our plans for banquets and such. I am going to be gone from July 15th until the beginning of August, so I am hoping you can get the forms to me early so I can send your advance tickets in a timely manner. If you are wanting to camp, we do have quite a number of spaces (42), but you need to preregister to be assured of a spot. The information is on the preregistration form that you can find on our website hatrockhounds.org, on the NFMS website under Federation Shows or in the April newsletter. We are working on a venue of speakers for your learning pleasure. On Friday, we will have Ed Thornton who will be giving a presentation related to mineral identification using the computer. On Saturday after the ALAA Meeting, you don’t want to miss John George speaking for Forest Access for All. We are also booking Professor Phil Schmitz to give an overview of the geology of Oregon, George Last speaking on the Ice Age Floods and a representative to present on the John Day Formations. We are gaining interest in the field trip to the China Hollow Jasper Mine out of Wasco, Oregon. Be sure to sign up so you don’t get left behind. Either email me, Judi Allison, or give me a call. Email: [email protected] Phone: 541-720-4950. Things that make no sense! Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? BOULDER BUSTER Volume #49 Issue # 8, 2014 NFMS MEMBER CLUBS’ SHOW SCHEDULE (Partial list) DATE & TIME CLUB SHOW LOCATION Aug. 15 Fri 10–6 Aug 16 Sat 10–6 Aug. 17 Sun 10–4 Hatrockhounds Gem and Mineral Society NFMS Annual Meeting Hermiston Conference Center 415 South Highway 395 Hermiston OR Judi Allison [email protected] 541 720 4950, Or Mike Filarski [email protected] 541 571 2593, 222.hatrockhounds.org Lisa Stearns 509 386 0584 [email protected] September 13 & 14 Sat 10–5 Sun 10–5 Marcus Whitman Gem and Mineral Society Walla Walla County Frgrnds, Com. Cntr. Blding, 363 Orchard St., Walla Walla, WA Sept. 27 Sat 10–5 Sept. 28 Sun 10–4 Billings Gem and MineralClub Billings Hotel and Conv. Center 1223 Mullowney Lane Billings MT Doug True 406 670 0506 2622 Broadwater Billings MT 59102 [email protected] October 4 & 5 Sat 9–6, Sun 10–5 Hellgate Mineral Society Hilton Garden Inn 2730 North Reserve St. Missoula MT Bob Riggs 406 543 3667 [email protected] ================================================================