Author: Alan Molineux

The
bulletin
Newsletter of the
victor valley
Gem and
mineral club
Ph. (760) 243-2330
February 2012

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Your officers for 2012
2012 Executive Committee
President……………………...John Printz….……(951) 255-9158
1st V.P (Membership)..Corey Beck…….….…………242-3366
2nd V.P (Education)…….Terry Booth…..…(909) 223-1386
3rd V.P (Gem & Mineral Show chairman)
Jonathan Van DerLoop…………….245-2313
Recording Secretary….Alan Molineux……………..951-7064
Treasurer…………………….Ed Berresford .…………388-4229
Corresponding Secretary..Debbie Savacool….(720) 620-9845 Board Members Don Pomerenke………….……………..868-5264 All ‘phone numbers have Jim Fosse.……...………….……………...245-8644
(760) area codes unless George Kawasaki…..…………………..247-4121
otherwise indicated. Gayland Graves……...………………...902-3249
Past President……..……..Cyndy Mandell………………………...244-7169
CFMS Representative...Debbie Berresford ……………..388-4229
Standing Committee Chairpersons
Wagon Master………….Blaine Witte…………………….244-8211
Historian……………………Jonathan Vanderloop…….245-2313
Maintenance……………..Ed Deren……..………………….252-7009
Terry Booth…………(909) 223-1386
Librarian….…………….…Lois Papner…….………………..244-7169
Newsletter…………...…..Alan Molineux…….………….951-7064
Sunshine Lady…………..Bobbie Kaufman.…………...868-5120
Displays………….…………. Vacant………………………………………………
Raffles……………………...Cyndy Mandell....…………….244-7169
Scholarships……………..Vacant……………………………………………….
Photography………….....Alan Molineux…………………951-7064
Hospitality………………..Mike Stafford……………….248-7404
Webmaster……………….Jim Fosse……………………….245-8644
Tailgate……….…………….Brett Ward…………………….948-1232
Jonathan VanderLoop……245-2313
Training Coordinator..Gayland Graves…………….902-3249
Instructors
Bill Woody, John Hill, Cyndy Mandell, John Printz, Debbie Savacool, Don Pomerenke, Steve Hendrix, Ed Berresford, Pat Estes, Virgil Melton, Scott La Fond, Chieko Printz, Tina La Bau and Jessie La Bau. Club Website—www.vvgmc.org

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The Victor Valley Gem and
Mineral Club
was organized in 1947 and has been the focal point of High Desert rock hounds for the past 61 years. The club takes active roles in various civic activities. Membership is open to all persons interested in the gem and mineral hobby and lapidary arts. Meetings are held at the clubhouse located at 15056-B, 7th Street (behind Kaman Bearing) in the center of Victorville. Visitors are always welcome.
For further information,
call (760) 243-2330.
Meeting dates
Our February general meeting was held on Tuesday, 28th at 7:00p.m. and the March general meeting will be on Tuesday the 27th.
Going Green
As things stand at the moment, I bring the newsletters to the club and theoretically, those who cannot receive them on the internet and have advised me are put on a mailing list to be delivered. Some people are taking a hard copy and are viewing it on the internet as well. This idea of “going green” not only cuts down on the number of newsletters I need to have printed, but it saves paper too!
Help me out in doing the “right thing” and only taking a hard copy of the newsletter if you have to..Ed
Front Cover
I have put a photograph I received from a recent field trip on the cover of this newsletter. Juliana __________ is featured here digging for some rough. Blaine Witte e-mailed me and told me that on February 11th, members were going to a claim in the North Edwards area.

Upcoming Field trips
By Blain Witte—Wagon Master
Twenty eight people braved the cold wind and showed up for the field trip to North Edwards. Old pros and newbies alike showed up for the great onyx hunt. And boy did we find it. We started out by chance at a new dig. Plenty of onyx there but it was more a brown/yellow color pattern. Don Pomerenke 'snucked' off to the older pits and was soon on some of the more prized reddish material. Soon most of us followed suit and were soon on the same. Such excellent material! Judy my wife came up with a chunk out of a whole I started near Don's that probably went 25-30 pounds. That wasn't the biggest piece by far. One of our newer members came up with what I thought might be the best piece though. His was about a 7-10 pound chunk (just a guess) that had tight bands of reds, browns, yellows, maybe some purple and green in there too. It just doesn't get perttier than that. I thought about taking us to another onyx site close by but folks were to enthused with what they were on. "Give us another hour and a half Blaine." So we did. I estimate that we probably pulled out about a half a ton of rock, literally.
While we were there some of use were interviewed by Elisabeth Clark (student at UCSB and inactive member of VVGMC) for a communications project she is doing for one of her classes. She was accompanied by a camera man from a local station. This will be aired on local TV and they said they would get a copy to Jim Fosse. Next field trip is the Tri-color marble trip that we do in conjunction with tailgate. Jim Fosse will be leading that one. Check the tailgate info for more on that.
After that we will be going out to Hodge for turquoise or past Ludlow for thulite. The turquoise is small and hard to get too. The thulite is easier to get to but requires hard work. More details later.

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March 2012

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
				1 Workshop / 1—9p.m.	2	3 Workshop / 12noon—5p.m. / Petrified Pups 9—2pm
4 / Workshop / 1—5p.m.	5	6 Instructor’s / Meeting—6p.m. / Board Mtg.— 7p.m.	7 / Workshop / 1—9p.m.	8 Workshop / 1—9p.m.	9	10 Workshop / 12noon—5p.m.
11 / Workshop / 1—5p.m.	12	13	14 / Workshop / 1—9p.m.	15 Workshop / 1—9p.m.	16	17Workshop / 12noon—5p.m. / Petrified Pups 9—2pm
18 / Workshop / 1—5p.m.	19	20 Education/ / Demonstration / Night—7p.m.	21 / Workshop / 1—9p.m.	22 Workshop / 1—9p.m.	23	24 Workshop / 12noon—5p.m.
25 / Workshop / 1—5p.m.	26	27Potluck 6:30pm / Monthly General / Meeting at 7:30p.m.	28 / Workshop / 1—9p.m.	29 Workshop / 1—9p.m.	30	31Workshop / 12noon—5p.m. / Club Clean

Deadline for the March issue of the Bulletin is Monday, March,19th.Ph.(760) 951-7064 or email amolineux@gmail.com

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CFMS Gold and Gem Show
Hosted by the Valley Prospectors
We Look forward to seeing you in Riverside, California
July 13 – 15, 2012
Hours: Fri & Sat. 10:00to 5:00
Sunday: 10:00 to 4:00
Riverside Municipal Auditorium
3485 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside

White Buffalo & other turquoise—from various states. Priced per piece
Contact Virgil Melton (760) 900-0507

Up to 25% off retail—
See the Sports Memorabilia Man
Jonathan Vanderloop at (760) 245-2313
We specialize in hard to find teams!
NBA, NASCAR, NFL, UFC
COLLEGE, NHRA, & NHL
sportsmemman@yahoo.com

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I Need A Car
I need help. I was entering the club last month and was in a car accident. I am looking for a second hand car ($2,000). Needs to run great but looks don't count.
Terry Booth
Special Board Meeting
We had a Special Board Meeting last Friday, February 17th to amend some by laws, policies, and procedures. The meeting started at 6p.m and went for a couple of hours.

Attention all Newsletter Editors
and Prospective Editors
There is a society devoted to helping you with your monthly newsletter—both content and grammatical
construction.
S.C.R.I.B.E is the Special Congress Representing Involved Bulletin Editors.
Members have years of editorial experience and are only too willing to help you.
Dues are just $6 a single or $8 for a couple.
See Doug Arnold at (760) 885-7409.

Upcoming Lapidary Events.
March 2, 3, & 4: Newark, California
Mineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley
Newark Pavilion
6430 Thornton Avenue
Hours: Fri. & Sat. 10-6pm. Sun. 10-5pm. Cathy Miller (510) 887-9007.
info@mgscv.org
www.mgscv.org
March 3rd & 4th : Ventura, California
Ventura Gem and Mineral Society
Ventura County Fair Grounds
10 West Harbor Blvd.
Hours: Sat. 10—5pm and Sun. 10-4pm. Rob Sankovich (805) 494-7734
rmsorka@adelphia.net www.vgms.org

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March 3rd & 4th: Arcadia, California Monrovia Rockhounds
L.A County Arboretum
301 South Baldwin Avenue
Hours: 9-4:30pm Daily.
Jo Anna Ritchey (626) 359-1624
joannaritchey@gmail.com
www.moroks.com
March 9, 10, & 11 Victorville, CA.
Victor Valley Gem & Mineral Club
36th Outdoor Tailgate
Stoddard Wells Rd. (12 East of I-15)
Hours: 9-5pm. Daily
Info. Map on website www.vvgmc.org
(760) 243-2330

Our Field Trip to the North Edwards Area

Marla and Juliana are starting out on the field trip. Juliana is featured on the front page of this issue.

Jim Fosse sent me these photos of a recent field trip to the North Edwards Area. See page 2 for a detailed explanation.

A lady from Cal State San Bernardino is filming the outing as a project for one of her geology classes. Thanks to Debbie Savacool for these photos.

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Minutes of the February Board Meeting
John Printz mentioned that a neighborhood businesswoman wanted to rent our parking spaces.
George Kawasaki became a board member and took Ed Skidmore’s place.
Tina La Beau, Jessie La Beau, Scott La Fond and Chieko Printz wer no longer provisional but now full time instructors.
Jonathan Van DerLoop said that we needed donations from club members for the upcoming tailgate.
Brett Ward will bring in sign up sheets to the clubhouse for volunteers for tailgate.
We will be buying a digital tape recorder to record and archive the minutes of each board meeting.
Cyndy Mandell purchased a new bold and dopping technique and a new materials holder for the 24” saw at Quartzite.
There will be a divider made between the Genie #2 and the #100 Grinder.
Each of the club’s (4) areas need to decide how much they need so that the club’s budget can accurately reflect this.
Terry Booth said we should wait for better weather before we start to repoint the outside of the club.
A Special Board Meeting to discuss changes to the existing bylaws would be convened on Friday, February 17th at 6p.m.

Minutes of the January
General Meeting
We need an assistant to help Terry Booth with the maintenance.
A new book “Creating Artisan Jewelry” has been donated to the club library.
Scott La Fond is updating the Petrified Pups manual.
Jonathan Van DerLoop tells us that tailgate flyers are now available.
No security committee to review the footage from the club’s security cameras has yet been formed.
The saw auction raffle tickets are being sold—slowly.
A casting class is now available.
Kaman’s heater has been repaired.
New sphere cups were bought in Quartzite.
John Printz and Ed Skidmore are readying the sphere machine for production.
Newsletter ads now cost $30/year.
The By-Law committee is meeting to overhaul the club bylaws.
Donations for the Tailgate
We need members to make donations for the up coming tailgate. Donations both large and small can be left at the clubhouse.
We could also do with (4) members getting their food handler’s licenses for the tailgate at V.V.C

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Victor Valley Gem & Mineral Club
15056-B Seventh Street
Victorville, CA 92395-3811.
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