Author: Alan Molineux

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

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Cyndy Mandell, past president, accepted Jim Fosse's award of 1st place for a web site.

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………………Terry Booth…………(909) 223-1386
Librarian….…………….….Lois Papner…….………………..244-7169
Newsletter…………...…..Alan Molineux…….………….951-7064
Sunshine Lady…………..Bobbie Kaufman.…………...868-5120
Displays………….………….Don Pomerenke......………..868-5264
Raffles……………………….Cyndy Mandell....…………….244-7169
Scholarships……………..Lois Papner………………………244-7169
Photography………….....Alan Molineux…………………951-7064
Hospitality………………..Vacant……………………………………………….
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, Scott La Fond, Chieko Printz, Tina La Bau, Jessie La Bau and Terry Booth.
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 65 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 July general meeting was held on Tuesday, 24th at 7:00p.m. and the August general meeting will be on Tuesday the 28th.
On The Front Cover
Jim Fosse entered the V.V.G & M.C newsletter against all others at the CFMS annual meeting. He won FIRST place!
The award was accepted on his behalf by the club’s past president—Cyndy Mandell.
The annual CFMS meeting was held from Friday, July 13th through Sunday, July 15th—on Friday and Saturday from 10a.m—5p.m and on Sunday from 10a.m—to 4p.m. at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium. I went down there on Friday and took some photos for the newsletter. The club was closed for the three days it was on.

For Sale or Swap
I will carry an add free of charge for a member for (1) month in the Bulletin. Please forward it to my e-mail address and a picture of what you’re trying to sell is always helpful.
Thanks for your help
As you all know we recently had a booth at the San Bernardino County Fair. We did very well, I think we all had fun and more importantly we have a lot of people interested in joining our club. We had (9) nine new applications after the fair; but we will get more turned in later.
Some of our people worked almost every day of the fair. I would like to give them a very special thank you and here they are: Terry Booth, Barbara Minard, Cyndy Mandell, John and Chieko Printz and Jonathan Van DerLoop.
A lot of people worked when they could and I would like to thank them all for their assistance. I got these names from memory and the sign in sheets. If you did not sign up ahead of time, I may have missed your name. In that case I am sorry so please let me know so I can give you credit next month.
These people are Virgil Melton, Pat Estes, Don and Marilyn Pomerenke, Cody Poppert and Chere Pomerenke, Scott and Tyler LaFond, Jessie, Tina and Faith LaBau, Michael and Debbie Berresford, Scott Hamilton, Bill and Susan Woody, Debbie Savacool, Jim Knight, and Theresa Owens, Lia Hamilton, Michael Gromes, Ruben Martinez, Barbara Sausser, Jonathan & Kristy Huddleston, Patti Deer and Mary Lou Fletcher.
Thank you for all of your work,
John Printz,
President VVGMC.

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Photographs from a recent Field Trip
to Acton.

The Witte’s are looking for and gathering specimens for future projects.

Lois Papner and Cyndy Mandell look for rough they can use later on.

This is the countryside where the Acton Field Trip took place. There are rolling hills in the background and more of a desert scrub where the field trip actually took place.
Thanks to Debbie Savacool who took these photographs.

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Cyndy Mandell took some photographs
of the CFMS annual show.

John & Chieko Printz and Barbara Lois Papner won a third place at the Minard wander around the vendor displays. for her exhibit at the CFMS show.

Photographs from the field Trip to the Lavic Siding.

Lavic Siding, the Cady Mountains. Cory Beck discusses his finds.

Cory Beck’s buckets have all diff- Adam and Teresa Dean give instruct-erent types of rocks in them ions to our members. for later projects.

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August 2012

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

Deadline for the August issue of the Bulletin is Monday, August,20th.Ph.(760) 951-7064 or email amolineux@gmail.com

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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.

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

HMC Co.
Victorville, CA 92392
(760) 245-2313
Jonathan P. Vanderloop
B.S Ch. E; M.S Met. E.
(25 years experience) Metallurgy & Mining Consultant

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Photographs from the CFMS
Annual General Meeting at Riverside

There were quite a few vendors displaying their wares at the CFMS show.

There were displays from various clubs all showing different sides of lapidary.

Women in Mining had a stall there and vendors came from all over.

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Results of Club Day 06/30/2012
(Cont.)
Cyndy Mandell, Jacob Walters, Patti Deer, Dr. Smokey, Ed Berresford, Mo Morris and Steve Hendrix. Thank you all!
There will be another cleanup day on July 28th, 2012 from 8a.m to 12 noon. Most of the special equipment is already taken care of—but we do need you! If you work at least (3) hours we will give you a coupon for a free shop day.
John Printz
President VVGMC
Pot Luck Etiquette Just a reminder, here are some things to consider so everyone can have a chance to enjoy all of the different dishes.
Wait until your table is called before you get in the line for food.
Take a small (taste) [or one piece] of whatever you like; but leave enough for everyone else [to hopefully have a taste.]
Bring enough food to feed everyone in your group and enough for about (10) additional people.
At the end of the meal (night) take home only what you brought unless you get permission from the person that brought the food to take any of her/his food.

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Results of Club Day 06/30/2012
We had twenty (20) people show up. This is the best turn out we’ve ever had! A very big thank you to all the people that showed up!
We didn’t get everything done, but we got a lot of it done.
Terry Booth and his crew got about 1/2 of the front wall repointed—way to go guys!
Cece Kawasaki and her crew took all of the chairs outside and steam cleaned them. They also disinfected all the tables and counters in the kitchen and community areas—Thank you!
Dr. Smokey picked up allof the trash around the clubhouse—Thanks! Woody and Mo cleaned (3) slab saws—Good Job Guys!
Lois, Carol and Ed Berresford worked on the storage shed—That was a big job.
We will be having a live auction on surplus stuff, probably in the next 2-3 months. The rest of us helped where we could.
The Parking Lot Sale was a bust. None of the (4) guest sellers showed up and none of our members brought anything to sell or trade.
Here is a list of workers at the club that day: John & Chieko Printz, Bill & Susan Woody, Cece & George Kawasaki, Howard Kegel, Eric & Maria Vanrokle, Terry Booth, Lois & Carol Papner,

Minutes of July Board Meeting
Tina LaBau told of the youth demonstration night – 18 Boy Scouts they can also work on Saturdays with the Petrified Pups.
The Board congratulated Tina’s work with the pups.
Gary House gave further information about a tailgate in Apple Valley in November.
Terry Booth and (3) others worked on repointing the front wall of the clubhouse on Saturday, June 30th.
The saw room, grinding room and silver room need to set up a budget.
By Law committee meeting on Thursday, July 5th at 4p.m.
Special Board Meeting on Monday, July 16th at 4p.m.
The Board was notified about Virgil Melton’s upcoming demise.
Terry Booth will be holding a sphere making class on Education Night in July.
Honorary Membership is being set up.
Morris O’Brien will become a probationary instructor.
Tina LaBau has volunteered to do a power point presentation at the Barstow VA.
Graeme Carr an Apple Valley Realtor is looking for a new location for a clubhouse.
John Printz made a flyer for Youth Demonstration Nights.
Budget Meeting on Monday, 16th of July at 4p.m.
The laser printer is in and Jim Fosse has installed it.

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Minutes of the June
General Meeting
The club still has some $5 raffle tickets left for a 16” rock saw.
Blaine Witte, the club wagon master told of the June field trip to Acton.
He also told of a recent CFMS field trip to Lavic siding in the Cadee Mountains. There will be a CFMS field trip on July 28th to Palos Verde Bluff.
Jonathan Van DerLoop will lead members to put leverites behind the clubhouse to try and combat erosion.
There is a rock sale on Saturday, June 30th. The Petrified Pups are welcome.
The club summer picnic will be held at Doris Davies Park once more.
The CFMS annual meeting and show will be held at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on July 13th, 14th and 15th.
The club will be closed on those days.
Because Don Pomerenke is convalescing at home, we will keep the same club display as last month.
We will continue with You Demonstration Night and try to finish off the Boy Scouts we started with last month.
The members will look out for a venue for this year’s Christmas Party.
A start has been made on the stencils and ladders and planks are needed for scaffolding.

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