The Junonia October 2018
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The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club, Inc. The Junonia October 2018 . Shell Club Will Start Meeting on the Second President’s Message Sunday of Each Month Instead of the Third – The First Meeting will be on October 14 Welcome Back, Shell Club Members! The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club Board of Directors met First, I want to thank all the members who wrote to the in April for a “brainstorming session.” The purpose of the Sanibel City Council and expressed our opposition to the meeting was to introduce the new Board members to the ordinance that would prohibit off-island advertising of the rest of the Board and to plan the coming 2018/2019 Shell Sanibel Shell Festival. Your letters certainly made an Club season. The strengths and weakness of the club of impact that lead to its denial. this meeting were discussed and this led to how we can I send a warm “welcome streamline our club meetings, and in general, enhance our back” to all our members, club as a whole. and as we strive to bring you Beginning in October, our meetings will be held on the excellent programs and second Sunday of the month instead of the third Sunday. activities, we appreciate your This decision was reached after the Board discussed continued support and look moving the November meeting to the second Sunday forward to any suggestions because often third Sunday falls at the beginning of you may have as we began Thanksgiving week and many members travel to be with sharing another amazing their families. Likewise, the December Holiday Party has season! traditionally been held on the second Sunday for the same I would like to extend my reason. Rather than bounce back and forth between the appreciation to my fellow two Sundays, the Board voted to change the regular Shell Board members and most importantly a big thank you to all Club meeting day to the second Sunday of the month. of the volunteers that make our Shell Club a success. As a result of the Board’s brainstorming meeting last October 14 Meeting April, I am pleased to report that we are adding another The meeting will be held in the auditorium on the main meeting to our season. level of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. It This year we will meet October thru April and our begins at 2:00 PM and is open to the public free of charge. meetings have been restructured. We will begin with Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be refreshments, and then our guest speaker will be given. introduced. Our business meeting will follow. The Board Dr. José Leal, Science Director and Curator at The has approved the use of a consent agenda format to Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, will be our first conduct our meeting more efficiently. This means that the speaker this season. His committee reports will be sent to you prior to the meeting presentation is titled “Cool via email. Questions and comments will be taken, but the Gulf of Mexico Mollusks.” reports will not be read during the meeting. The presentation highlights Please remember to mark the second Sunday of each the results of the recent month as the new Shell Club meeting day. We are looking cruise sponsored by Dr. forward to bringing you another great season of events. Greg Herbert from the Tom Annesley has organized a formidable guest speaker University of South Florida line-up and Susi Butler has some fun field trips planned for to the northeastern Gulf of us. Additionally, as you may know, some shell clubs have Mexico. Shell Museum study groups; however, one of the greatest benefits of Science Director Dr. José H. being a member of our Shell Club is our relationship with Leal and Marine Biologist the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. In our Rebecca Mensch dedication to provide information on educational resources participated in the cruise, available to our members, beginning in November we will and Dr. Leal's presentation list in The Junonia all future talks and events that will be will showcase rare mollusks and shells collected in the held at the museum. occasion and incorporated into the collection of the In conclusion, I want to express my enthusiasm for the University. (Photo by Chip Clark) 2018-2019 season and I look forward to great things ahead for the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club. Kathy Kapp 1 Shell Club Field Trips Your book is about shells, marine or beach by Susi Butler life/ecology, or takes place on/around Sanibel and Field Trip Chair Captiva. You can sit at the Authors’ Table and sign books for Hello, fellow shell-lovers! I'm Susi Butler your new Field a 3-hour shift during the show, which takes place March Trip Chair and I hope to propose some fun Shell Club field 7-9 at the Sanibel Community House. trips for our Florida winter. You (or a friend) can drop off copies of your book(s) I am happy to announce that we will be having a fossil the Tuesday before the show, March 5, at the Sanibel field trip this season; however, it will be different from our Community House. past fossil trips. As you may remember, Dr. Gary Schmelz You agree to donate a portion of the proceeds from no longer has access to the fossil pits he has taken us to in the sale of your books (suggested donation is 25 the past. However, he did put me in touch with Roger percent of the list price) to the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Portell, Collection Director at the Florida Museum of Natural Club, to support its educational programs. History, home of one of the largest and most active If you meet the above requirements and would like to invertebrate paleontology collections in North be a part of the 2019 Authors’ Table, send an email with the America. Roger has provided field trips for other shell clubs name of your book or books (you can sell up to three titles and together, we are planning a 2-day trip that will include at the show), a brief description of each book or else a link an extensive visit to the museum and a fossil dig. to it on Amazon or your website, and a photo of each cover This trip is limited to 25 individuals. We will leave on a (if the books are not available online), along with your Friday morning, getting to Gainesville about noon. We will contact information, to me by December 1, 2018 via email have lunch, check into our hotel, then head to the museum at [email protected]. for the rest of the day for our tour with Roger as our guide. The committee will then review all submissions and will The next morning, he will take us to a quarry for a fossil notify everyone who submitted a request before the end of dig. We will have lunch together and then we will be on our the year. way home. The specific details as to cost and date are still I look forward to hearing from you! in the process of being worked out, but if you think you would like to go on this field trip, I suggest you get your Jewelry for the Shell Show name on the list as soon as possible. I am sure this trip will By Heather OKeefe, Chair fill up quickly. Shell Show Jewelry Other trips that I am investigating include a shelling trip to the 100,000 islands area off Marco Island; a visit to the I hope this finds you all healthy and ready to commit to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in conjunction with a another successful Shell Show. visit to the Sarasota Shell Show; and, traveling to Pompano This is a quick reminder that we will once again sell Beach for the Broward Shell Club’s Shell Show and jewelry and costume jewelry at the Shell Show to raise beachcombing there. funds for our club. Next month, look for my new column “Stops Along the For those of you trading North for South, or West for Way.” It will include interesting places with shell features East, please don’t forget to pack any jewelry or costume that may not warrant a field trip, but if you’re driving around jewelry you are willing to donate. This includes: costume the state, you can stop in to see them. and gem quality pieces. If this is a quality piece, please Members, if you have any ideas for field trips, please identify the designer if you know who it is and original price. contact me at [email protected]. Thank-you! WE SELL ALL KINDS OF EARRINGS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE FOR PIERCED EARS. Calling All Authors! We sell only designer sunglasses, small bags, and by Jennifer L. Schiff, Chair high-quality watches and small wallets, loose beads, bells. 2019 Authors’ Table The jewelry can be vintage, modern or antique. We had a wonderful team last year. We had volunteers Have you written a nonfiction or fiction book about who could really sell. We also had some very kind donors. shells, the marine biology and/or Thank you to everyone who donated items for sale. We ecology of Southwest Florida, raised over $4,000. and/or Sanibel or Captiva? My team will price the jewelry, but please try to get it to Interested in sharing your book with us in the best shape possible. If you cannot get the jewelry visitors to the 2019 Sanibel Shell to me, I will arrange to have it picked up.