2017 September
THE BADGER DIGGIN’S
The Badger Lapidary and Geological Society, Inc. Monroe, Wisconsin Devoted to the Earth Sciences
Vol. 52, No 8 Sept 2017
Hello Fellow Badgers! There will be a replacement field I hope that you all had a great summer, with a chance to do some collecting with favorable results. trip on Saturday, Sept 2nd to the I spent most of my spring and summer packing, quarry in Monroe. They have moving, unpacking, down sizing, and cleaning out a flooded basement. I did have two great trips. One recently done a lot of blasting and was my annual camping trip. I saw Pipestone the quarry owner thought there National Monument, camped with bison at Sage Creek in South Dakota, saw a badger for the first would be a lot of material to hunt time, saw Scott's Bluff in southwestern Nebraska, thru. and Wounded knee. My second trip was in August to see the full solar eclipse in Chester, Illinois. I hope to see all of you at our meeting this month in The September meeting will be on Monroe. This is the Show and Tell meeting. It is my favorite meeting of the year. I enjoy hearing stories Saturday, Sept 9th at the 1st of your trips and seeing what you found. I hope you National Bank of Monroe in the can make it this coming Saturday. community room at 10:30. This is Clay Schroll our annual Show & Tell, so be sure to bring your treasures to share with everyone!
Hope to see you there!
Laurie Trocke Newsletter Editor
Officer Roster: BLGS 2017 Calendar of Events President Sept 2: Field Trip: Fossils, Monroe quarry Clay Schroll 1238W Stephenson St Sept 9: Meeting: First National Bank in Freeport, IL 61032 Monroe @10:30 Annual Show & 815-233-2136 Tell [email protected] Sept 23: Field Trip: Geodes, Keokuk, IA Vice-President Brian Green Oct 14: Proposed Field Trip: Quartz, PO Box 396 Arkansas (Leader to be named) Warren, IL 61032 815-745-2228 Oct 28: Meeting: Lapidary Day, Trockes [email protected] Nov 11: Meeting: Mystic Moraine Minerals, Secretary activity tbd Tamara Unger-Peterson 3626 Falcon Ridge Dr Dec 9: Meeting: Annual Christmas Party Janesville, WI 53548 [email protected] There is not a field trip in November or December due to the Holidays
Treasurer Dan Trocke 4771 CTH II Highland, WI 53543 September Field Trip 608-425-9264 [email protected] GEODE FEST
Field Trip Chair & Newsletter Editor Dan Trocke (Field Trip Chair) Keokuk, IA Laurie Trocke Newsletter Editor) Friday Sep 23, 2016 - Sunday Sep 25, 2016 4771 CTH II Chaney Creek Boat Access, Hamilton IL Highland, WI 53543 428 Main St. 608-935-0597 [email protected] The Annual Geode Fest is held at the Chaney Creek Boat Access in Hamilton, Illinois right Show Chairperson across the river from Keokuk, Debbie Wehinger Iowa. Organized guided hunts each morning 708 W 2nd Avenue and afternoon. Family oriented event. Geode Brodhead, WI 53520 displays, identification, flint knapping & geode 608-897-2608 cracking. This event is unique to the Keokuk [email protected] area as the Keokuk Geode is found within a 35
mile radius of Keokuk. Rain or shine. Officer at Large Marv Hanner PO Box 201 Juda, WI 53550 608-312-8267 [email protected]
Jordan’s book is now available online. Hopefully The Green Menace he’ll also have a copy or two for everyone to see at one of the upcoming meetings!!
You can order at: Emerald Ash Borer and www.oup.com/academic/biology the Invasive Species There is currently a 30% discount, *Only when you order Problem directly via www.oup.com/academic/ adding promotion code ASPROMP8 to your shopping basket. Discount valid until 31/01/2018. Limit 10 copies per transaction. This offer is only available to individual (non-trade) Jordan D. Marché II, University of customers . This offer is exclusive and cannot be Wisconsin-Madison redeemed in conjunction with any other promotional discounts.
Presents the first in-depth overview of the ash borer ‘invasion’ of North America, from both scientific and social viewpoints EAB continues its spread across North America, with two more U.S. states being found to contain the invasive species in 2016, so this book is essential to increase awareness and knowledge of the EAB Features the “back story” of the emerald ash borer, which has never been told before
This volume is an account of the scientific and social responses made to the discovery of an invasive forest insect -- the emerald ash borer or EAB (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888) -- in North America. This wood-boring beetle has become one of the most destructive and costly exotic species ever encountered. This book covers all of the major aspects of scientific research and management that have occurred since EAB was recognized in 2002.
Earthaven Museum 7599 Fifield Rd. Gillett, WI 54124 920-855-6132 www.earthavenmuseum.org
Earthaven sale
Remarkable Rocks! Marvelous Minerals! Fabulous Fossils! (Okay. So we’re over the top. Come for carefree conversation and flavorful food, if you’d prefer…)
Friday, September 8th & Saturday, September 9th, 2017 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM All proceeds to benefit the educational work of Earthaven Museum On offer: • • Mineral & Fossil Specimens • • Jewelry & Gem Stones • Petrified Wood • Agates & Thundereggs • Lapidary Slabs • Fluorescent Minerals • Garden Rock (!!!)
Drop in and rummage around on our tables! (And don’t forget about that REFRESHING WELL WATER!!!) 10% off for Rock Club Members
2017 Auction Venue - Amana, Iowa The CEDAR VALLEY ROCKS & MINERALS SOCIETY Presents A TWO-DAY ROCK and MINERAL AUCTION Amana RV Park and Event Center, 39 38th Ave, Amana, Iowa 52203 Saturday, September 16 – 9:00 a.m. - 7 p.m.? Sunday, September 17 – 9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.? Viewing Hours: Fri., Sept. 15, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.; Sat. at 7:30 a.m.; Sun at 8:00 APPROXIMATELY 1,200 LOTS From Several Collections Minerals, Rough, Fossils Equipment, Books Many Excellent Specimens HOT FOOD AVAILABLE CAMPING AVAILABLE THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY LIST OF ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED EQUIPMENT WILL SELL AT 2:00 ON SATURDAY ROCKS & MINERALS SPECIMENS Agate: Brazilian, Botswana (uncut) Bubble Gum, Fairburn, Lake Superior, Montana Moss, Moss, Texas plume Amethyst: Standing; Cathedral; Geodes (Morocco) Apache Tears Apophylite, India Barite with Other Minerals, Morocco Chalcocite/Bornite, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith WI Citrine Brazil Copper Minerals, Last Chance Mine, AZ Copper, UP Keweenaw Chrysocolla Datolites Fluorite: Mexico; China Geodes Mixed Minerals, Graves Mt. GA. Native Silver Crystals, New Nevada Mine, Batopolis Chihuahua, Mexico Obsidian Pyrite, Peru Pyrite/Marcasite xls, Klein Quarry Quartz xls, AR Selenite, West OK Spirit Quartz or Cactus Quartz (some amethyst) Stilbite, India Tabasco Geode pairs Thomsonite, MN Tiger Eye Vanadinite, Morocco Zeolites (India) ROCKS & MINERALS ROUGH Agate: Bubble Gum, Dryhead, Fire, India Green tree, Kentucky, Moroccan, Ocean Wave, Shadow Binghamite, (Cuyuna Mine, Mn.) Feldspar/Garnet/Mica plate Garnet/Staurolite/Mica plate Jaspers: Bruno, Ocean, Viper, Various Misc. slabs Onyx Rainbow Hickoryite TeePee Canyon FOSSILS Branchiopoda (bulk) Colonial Coral Head, IA Echinoid, large Horn coral Iowa Coral Heads Iowa Fossils (various) Iowa Feather wood slabs (Fluorescent) Woodworthia? Montana Fossils Oligocene fossils (2 lots) Oligocene Turtles, 1 partial, 1 almost complete Petrified wood Petrified wood, rough, (Montana, Iowa) Tampa Bay Coral BOOKS Dana’s System of Mineralogy, Palache Berman Fondel, Seventh Ed. Vol 1, 2, and 3 (MINIMUM REQUIRED: $115.00) Lapidary Books JEWELRY Beads Cabochons Findings Hexagonaria Coral lapidary rough Jade/Thulite lapidary rough block Jewelry Sets Vintage Costume Jewelry Wire Wrapped Pendants EQUIPMENT (will sell at 2:00 on Sat.) Covington 6” Diamond Combination Unit, Includes trim saw, 2 grinding wheels, 1 expandable drum with Sanding Belts and Flat Lap Highland Park Rotary Flat Lap Hydraulic Rock Trimmer (Home built) Jeweler’s Bench Lortone 12” Slabbing Saw, Model LS 12 Lortone 15” Oscillating Flat Lap Mettler H-80 Analytic Scale (electric/hanging pan) Mettler H-78 Analytic Scale (electric/hanging pan) Stereo Microscope MISC. Flats of colored sand for bottle art. Fluorescent: 1 Flat each of Franklin NJ/Sterling Hill; Woodbury TN geode pcs, Rare Qtz/dolomite; Indiana Geode section; IA calcite romb sections Micro Minerals (labeled} Sand Art kits Spheres: Mixed; Septarian I.D. will be required to obtain buying number. Cash or good check. Two forms of I.D. required for all checks. No items removed until settled for on day of sale. Not responsible for accidents, theft or damage. Announcements day of sale take precedence over advertising. CONTACTS: Marvin Houg 319-364-2868, [email protected] or Sharon Sonnleitner 319-396-4016, [email protected]; www.cedarvalleyrockclub.org
8-16—DENVER, COLORADO: Annual show; Colorado September Rock & Gem Mineral and Fossil Show , Crowne Plaza Dia; 15500 E 40th Ave; Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 9-6; Free Admission; Shows Colorado Mineral and Fossil Show 2017. Guest Speakers, Retail Wholesale Dealers from all over the world. First Day Grand Opening - $1,000 cash vouchers giveaways. This show 1-4—RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: Retail show; was formerly the Marty Zinn Expo that was at the Ramada Inn Treasures of the Earth, Inc., North Carolina State Fairgrounds; - The entire show has been moved to the Crowne Plaza Dia. 1025 Blue Ridge Road; Fri. 12-6, Sat. 10-5, Sun. 10-5, Mon. There will not be any shows at the Ramada anymore!; contact 10-4; Adults $5, Children 16 and under free; Vendors from Sandra Gonzales , P.O Box 100187, Denver, CO 80250, across the US bring a variety of merchandise, including jewelry (720)-425-3908; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: of all types, gemstones, beads, crystals, minerals, and fossils. www.rockygems.com Jewelers and wire wrappers who can design, remount and set stones and make repairs on site will be present. ; contact Jane 9-10—SILOAM SPRINGS , ARKANSAS: Annual Fall Westbrook, PO Box 59, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, (804)- Swap; Northwest Arkansas Gem and Mineral Society, Siloam 642-2011; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: Springs; Hwy 43 North and Lawlis Road; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; www.TreasuresOfTheEarth.com Free Admission; contact Dave Leininger, 14029 White Oak Lane, Bentonville, AR 72712, (479)-721-1579; e-mail: 2-4—SILVER CITY, NEW MEXICO: Annual show; Grant [email protected]; Web site: www.nwarockhounds.org County Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society, Grant County
Veterans’ Memorial Conference Center ; 3031 HWY 180 E; 15-17—LINCOLN, MISSOURI: Annual show; Mozarkite Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-5, Mon. 10-4; Free Admission; Grant County Society of Lincoln Mo, Inc., Lincoln City Park; 2 blocks east of Rolling Stones Gem and Mineral Society will hold their 34 Casey\\\'s; Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-5; Free Admission; Silent Annual Gem & Mineral Show Labor Day weekend. A great Auctions conducted daily with proceeds for local scholarships. family event ! Large assortment of vendors, Wheel of Fortune, Public digs for Mozarkite during the show.; contact Pat Silent Auction, and Daily Field trips for Collecting & for Geology Monahan, (660)-826-1129; e-mail: - Educational Displays. Special displays - New Mexico State [email protected]; Web site: Mozarkite.com University Zuhl Collection of Petrified Wood and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.; contact Jeannine 15-17—HOLLAND, MICHIGAN: Annual show; Tulip City Weiner, P.O. Box 1555, Silver City, NM 88062, (575)-654- Gem & Mineral Club, Soccer Stop Sportsplex; 5 River Hills 4424; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: Drive; Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 11-5; Adults/Seniors $3, www.rollingstonesgms.blogspot.com Students/Children free; 48th Annual Show: “Geodes – Hidden Treasure”. Crack your own geode! Collect special rocks, 8-10—GREENFIELD, INDIANA: Annual show; 500 Earth fossils, jewelry and beads by visiting dealers, artisan market, Sciences Club, Hancock County 4-H Fairgrounds; 620 N. silent auction and club sales. View special displays by Seaman Apple Street; Fri. 10-7, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 10-4; Free Admission; Mineral Museum and area colleges. Enjoy Kids Games, Sluice, 41st Annual Greater Indianapolis Gem, Mineral and Fossil Fluorescent Tent and club members’ personal displays. Show. Dealers and swappers in fossils, minerals, gems, Interact with the Lapidary Arts demonstrators. You will find jewelry and lapidary equipment silent auctions, door prizes, kids activities, demonstrations and programs for all special common, strange and precious treasures to take home! ; fossil exhibit by: The Children\\\'s Museum of Indianapolis; contact Sue Goedert, PO Box 2082, Holland, MI 49422, (616)- contact Cheryl Hamilton, 3507 Luewan Dr., Indianapolis, IN 452-7843; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: 46235, (317)-897-6639; e-mail: [email protected] www.tulipcity.org 16-17—HOWELL, MICHIGAN: Annual show; Livingston 8-10—TOLEDO, OHIO: Annual show; Toledo Gem and Gem and Mineral Society, Hartland Education Support Service Rockhound Club, Stranahan Great Theater Complex; 4645 Center (Old Hartland High School); 9525 Highland Road; Sat. Heatherdowns Blvd; Fri. 2-8, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5; Adults $5, Seniors/Students $4.50, Children under 12 free; The show 10-6; Adults/Seniors $3, Students $1, Children under 12 free; offers something for the entire family! Dealers from around the contact Ed Oiler, MI; e-mail: [email protected] country offer finished jewelry, beads, gem trees, faceted stones, mineral specimens, fossils, cabochons, tools, carvings, 22-24—JOPLIN, MISSOURI: Annual show; Tri-State Gem and more. The club will be demonstrating various lapidary & Mineral Society, Joplin Historical & Mineral Museum; 504 S. techniques such as faceting, beading, making a cabochon & Shifferdecker Ave.; Fri. 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-3; Free metalsmithing. The kids will enjoy the children\\\'s area Admission; 19th annual Rock-A-Thon Gem and Mineral Show. featuring games, activities, and free mineral specimens. Scouts in Uniform and Active Military (w/ID) free admission! Free Admission. Door Prizes. Hosted at the Joplin Historical & Members proudly exhibit their craft and collections along with Mineral Museum, in Joplin's Schifferdecker Park.; contact Chris special exhibits from local universities. A selection of rock and Wiseman, (417)-623-1180; e-mail: jmc- mineral specimens will be for sale along with other items. ; [email protected] contact Stephen Shimatzki, 4295 County Road 16, Woodville, OH 43469, (567)-868-8794; e-mail: [email protected]; Web 23-24—FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY: Annual show; site: www.rockyreader.com Franklin Mineral Museum, Littell Community Center; 10 Munsonhurst Road #12; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $7, Children $4 (6-16); 61st Annual Franklin-Sterling Mineral Museum Gem & Mineral Show with Outdoor Swap ; contact Robyn Seger; e-mail: [email protected]; Web Wisconsin September site: https://www.facebook.com/AnnualFranklinSterlingGemMineral Show/ Events
23-24—SOUTH SIOUX CITY, , NEBRASKA: Annual LUMBERJACK STEAM TRAIN FALL FESTIVAL show; Siouxland Gem and Mineral Society, South Sioux City Lumberjack Special Steam Train & Camp Five Museum Senior Citizens Center; 1501 West 29th St.; Sat. 9-4; Free Complex Admission; 52nd annual show. Exhibits, fabulous dealers with 5480 Connor Farm Rd - Laona, WI 54541 gems, agates, rough and polished specimens, beads, geodes, 715-674-3414 minerals, superb faceted jewelry. fossils,door prizes spin the Sep 2, 2017 wheel silent auction, artifacts.; contact Bob Powell, 406 Sep 9, 2017 Brandon, Kingsley, IA 51028, (712)-378-2775; e-mail: Sep 16, 2017 [email protected] Sep 23, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 23-24—OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN: Annual show; Oshkosh Enjoy the colors of Northern Wisconsin from the windows of the Lumberjack Steam Train. Award-winning Green Treasure Forest Tour, Earth Science Club, Sunnyview Expo Center; 500 E Country pumpkin patch,face painting, marshmallow roast and fresh apple cider. Road Y; Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-4; Adults $2, Students $1 w/ID, An exciting event for children of all ages! The Fall Festival is a unique Children under 12 FREE; Member displays, rocks, minerals, opportunity to steam through Wisconsin's wonderful fall colors on the fossils, door prizes, exhibits and kids events, lapidary arts and Lumberjack Steam Train. jewelry, concessions available; contact Wanda Timm, 656 WILHELM TELL FESTIVAL Boyd St., Oshkosh, WI 54901, (920)-573-2968; e-mail: Wilhelm Tell Grounds [email protected]; Web site: W5199 County Road W - New Glarus, WI 53574 https://www.facebook.com/Oshkosh-Earth-Science-Club- 608-527-2095 202088083155987 Sep 1, 2017 - Sep 3, 2017 Aug 31, 2018 - Sep 2, 2018 The Wilhelm Tell Festival includes the final pageant performance in 29-1—INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA: Annual show; Treasures German. Highlights include Swiss music, yodeling contest, parade Of The Earth Gem & Jewelry Shows, Indiana State (Saturday morning) Art in the Park (Sunday), and children's lantern Fairgrounds - Agriculture/Horticulture Building; 1202 East 38th parade (Friday evening). Street; Fri. 10-6:00 pm, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 11-5; Adults $5 (Good WISCONSIN HIGHLAND GAMES all 3 days), Children Free under age 16; Jewelry makers, Waukesha Expo Center goldsmiths and silversmiths from all over the U.S. who can 1000 Northview Rd - Waukesha, WI 53188 262-548-7200 reconstruct, repair, design or make original jewelry from Sep 1, 2017 - Sep 3, 2017. Fri 5-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun customer-selected gems, stones, opals and crystals. Wire 10am-8pm. wrap, wire sculpture, stone beads, pearls, stone setting, Aug 31, 2018 - Sep 2, 2018. Fri 5-10pm, Sat 9am-10pm, Sun amber, opal, mineral and fossil dealers. Hourly door prizes 10am-8pm including a Ring with a precious stone that will be given as a A weekend of Celtic fun! Scottish & Irish athletics, rugby tournament, Grand Prize. Demonstrations and classes.; contact Van Highland dancing, pipe & drum competition, kids' area, cultural area, Wimmer - Show Director, 5273 Bradshaw Road, Salem, VA pub tent, live music all day, demonstrations, workshops, animals, parades, food, and more. Pub tent open late with live music Saturday 24153, (540) 384-6047; e-mail: [email protected]; Web and Sunday. site: www.toteshows.com TASTE OF MADISON
Capitol Square 30-1—OMAHA, NEBRASKA: Annual show; Nebraska Madison, WI 53703 Mineral and Gem Club, Westside Middle School; 8601 Arbor 608-276-9797 St; Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-5; Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Sep 2, 2017 - Sep 3, 2017 Children under 12 free with adult; Dealers from several states Held each year over Labor Day weekend, the event showcases more with fossils, minerals, gems, jewelry and unique gift and than 80 local restaurants, 20 beverage stands and three entertainment stages. The participating restaurants sell a vast variety of both unique collectible items. Demonstrators showing how to make wire and traditional dishes to the estimated 225,000 attendees over the two- wrap jewelry, silversmithing, rock painting, carving and day period. And every food item is reasonably priced from $1 to $4. arrowhead making. Displays of lapidary art, jewelry, fossil and Best of all, admission to the event – which includes hours and hours of mineral collections. Special activities including gem and fossil live entertainment – is free and open to the public. digs for the kids, rock racing, rock pile, and silent auctions. HEART OF LA CROSSE EXTREME MAKEOVER Show proceeds go to geology scholarships and related POTHOLE EDITION activities.; contact Allan or Tammy Jeanneret, 7287 N Rd, Pump House Regional Arts Center Nebraska City, NE 68410, (402)-873-6515; e-mail: 119 King St - La Crosse, WI 54601 [email protected]; Web site: www.nerockgem.org -785-1434 Sep 7, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017. 7:30pm. Sep 14, 2017 - Sep 16, 2017. 7:30pm. Sep 21, 2017 - Sep 23, 2017. 7:30pm. Sketch comedy, song paradies and improv with the areas only interactive comedy troupe! Admissiion: Thursday $18, Fri & Sat $21, Day of show $25. A leisurely evening in historic downtown Dodgeville, during which you SPUTNIKFEST wander into local shops and businesses to taste and choose which Rahr West Art Museum wines you like best (white and red). Each place offers a new 610 N 8th St - Manitowoc, WI 54220 experience with food and drink and some even have music. A ticket 920-686-3090 includes a wine guide, a wine glass, an entry into a wine basket Sep 8, 2017 - Sep 9, 2017. Fri 5-11pm, Sat 12-6pm drawing, and a night of good times. Must be 21 or older. A celebration of the 1962 crash landing of a piece of the satellite GEMUETLICHKEIT DAYS Sputnik in Manitowoc. Festivities will include Wacky Costume Jefferson County Fair Park Contests, Miss Space Debris Pageant, entertainment, food and much 503 N Jackson Ave - Jefferson, WI 53549 more. 2017 marks the return of "Aliens in the Alley" on Friday night. 920-674-4511 Occurring on the Eve of Sputnikfest this event will prepare you for the Sep 15, 2017 - Sep 17, 2017. Fri 5pm-mid. Sat. 9am-mid, Sun Wacky Tacky festival that is Sputnikfest. Join us for food, 3pm-7pm refreshments, music, Trivia and the crowning of Ms. Space Debris Gemuetlichkeit is German for "good times, good fun, good fellowship." 2017! Celebrating our German Heritage we bring you good fellowship, good BEAVER DAM PEPPER FESTIVAL food, great music for dancing and listening pleasure, arts & crafts fair. Park Village Shopping Center Fun for the whole family and a huge parade on Sunday at noon 810 Park Avenue - Beaver Dam, WI 53916 BEER AND BACON FESTIVAL 920-382-6453 Fern Island Sep 9, 2017. 9am-4pm 500 River Road - Wausau, WI 54403 The Beaver Dam pepper was brought to Beaver Dam by 715-297-9531 Hungarian immigrants in 1912. Join us to celebrate its Sep 23, 2017. 1-4:30pm heritage! Sample over 150 different types of craft beer while also tasting bacon- Free live music, food and lots of fun! Pepper/apple pancakes & inspired samples from meat shops & restaurants! A general admission sausage breafkast all day for only $5/per person. 12:45pm- ticket will allow you to taste/eat as much beer/bacon as you desire! Apple Pepper Pie eating contest Music, food, kids activities Live music will be playing throughout as well. This is a 21+ event. and square dancing. New this year: chili cook-off starting at FROMM PETFEST noon! Henry Maier Festival Park BEER TASTING TRAIN 200 N Harbor Dr - Milwaukee, WI 53202 East Troy Railroad Museum 920-350-3378 2002 Church Street - East Troy, WI 53120 Sep 23, 2017. 10am-6pm 414-702-6257 Bring your four-legged pals along to enjoy family and pet-focused Sep 9, 2017. 5-7:30pm activities and entertainment all day long. Catch all your favorite events Enjoy a 2-1/2 hour excursion with heavy hors d’oeuvres while like dock diving as well as new activities this year including the Petfest tasting a variety of beers brewed today, including weissbiers, Bier Garden and Dog Park! Free parking & admission. lagers, ales and steam beers. Michael Rehberg, Lead HARVEST FAIR Interpreter at Black Point Estate, will lead our tasting. Many September 22, 2017 - September 24, 2017 more styles of beer will be discussed than we could possibly Wisconsin State Fair Park taste in one evening! 640 S 84th St - West Allis, WI 53214 Michael will also introduce you to five beer barons who 414-266-7300 summered on Geneva Lake over the decades and you'll learn Sep 22, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017. Fri 5-9pm, Sat 9am-11pm, Sun about the evolution of the craft beer movement. 9am-5pm. Tickets are $65, which includes a souvenir beer glass. Sep 28, 2018 - Sep 30, 2018. Fri 5-9pm Sat 9am-11pm Sun DAIRY DAYS CELEBRATION 9am-5pm Legion Park Get the family together for a day at Harvest Fair! Enjoy fall-focused Platteville, WI 53818 events, activities, live entertainment, competitions, scarecrow making 608-348-8888 and the much anticipated Pumpkin Bowling. FREE admission. Sep 8, 2017 - Sep 10, 2017 WARRENS CRANBERRY FESTIVAL There is fun to be had with amusment park rides at Legion Field, Dairy Downtown Days Parade down Main Street at 9:30am, an arts & crafts fair, tractor 402 Pine Street - Warrens, WI 54666 and truck pulls, live music and entertainment, and much more! So help 608-378-4200 us celebrate Dairy Days in Platteville! (Connor will be marching in the Sep 22, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017. Daily 7am-5pm parade as part of the UW-Platteville marching band!) Join us at the World's Largest Cranberry Festival - Fall family fun with IRONMAN WISCONSIN TRIATHLON over a thousand arts & crafts/flea/antique/farm market booths, Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center cranberry harvest tours on Friday & Saturday, and a gigantic parade 1 John Nolen Dr - Madison, WI 53703 Sunday at 2 p.m. A "Berry" Good Time! 608-255-2537 WIZARD WORLD MADISON COMIC CON Sep 10, 2017. 7am-11:59pm Alliant Energy Center Cheer on more than 2,000 athletes as they swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way - Madison, WI 53713 miles and run 26.2 miles. The competition begins at 7am at the 310-648-8410 Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and concludes at Sep 22, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017 Midnight around the Capitol Square. Come and check out your favorite artists, creators and celebrity OFF THE VINE guests. Join tens of thousands of fellow fans as they converge on the Downtown Dodgeville Alliant Energy Center at Wizard World Madison to celebrate the best in Dodgeville, WI 53533 pop-fi, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, 608-935-9200 video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Sep 15, 2017. 5:30-8pm. Wizard World Madison is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before Maker Faires are part science fair and part county fair. Showcasing dreamed – will roam the convention floor and participate in the famed invention, creativity and resourcefulness, makers – tech enthusiasts, Wizard World Costume Contest on Saturday night. crafters, artists, educators, tinkerers, students and others – exhibit their DOORS OPEN MILWAUKEE work and share their knowledge and skills. September 23, 2017 - September 24, 2017 TWILIGHT AT TALIESIN Various Locations Taliesin - Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center Milwaukee, WI 53202 5607 County Highway C - Spring Green, WI 53588 414-277-7795 608-588-7900 Sep 23, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017. 10am-5pm. 877-588-7900 Doors Open Milwaukee will open the doors to more than 100 wonderful Sep 29, 2017. 5-7pm. buildings free-of-charge to the public with more than 30 in-depth tours Experience Taliesin in the atmosphere of early evening on this 2-hour – buildings that hold hidden treasures and special stories – from leisurely look at Wright's home Taliesin. Your guide will lead you from churches to office buildings, theaters to work sites, museums to hotels, the orchard through the picturesque gardens and courtyards, to clubs to universities; all sites of historic, architectural, cultural, or Taliesin, where you'll tour Wright's home. The house stands as the commercial interest. And remember — if it rains, most of our activities longest on-going project of Wright’s career. Then wander as you like, are indoors. Free to the public. enjoying time on the Birdwalk, taking photos of your favorite rooms, all MAKER FAIRE® MILWAUKEE while enjoying hors d'oeuvres and drinks, with an experienced guide Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park available to answer questions.The refreshments feature local white 640 S 84th St - West Allis, WI 53214 wines. End the evening with a light dessert on Wright's bedroom 414-266-7300 terrace. Sep 23, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017
Oshkosh 46th Annual Gem & Mineral Show
Sunnyview Expo Center 500 E County Road Y - Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-725-1640 Sep 23, 2017 - Sep 24, 2017. Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Exhibits and demonstrations. Twenty-five dealers, mineral specimens, geodes, fossils, jewelry lapidary material, home decor, member, dealer & museum displays, demonstrators, silver work, gem faceting, lapidary beading, children's area, rock polishing, rock painting, jewelry making, fluorescent rock display, take home mineral kits. Admission $2, students $1 with ID, kids under 12 free. Concessions available.
Book Notice/Review by Jordan Marche’
Paul B. Wignall, The Worst of Times: How Life on Earth Survived Eighty Million Years of Extinctions. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2015.
The end-Permian mass extinction has long been recognized as the most devastating in Earth history. Starting around 252 million years ago, some 90% of all species then alive ultimately perished. Figuring out the how and why behind this perennial mystery has challenged geologists and paleontologists for decades. But unlike the comet or meteorite impact responsible for the later mass extinction of dinosaurs and other ruling reptiles, the cause of the end-Permian extinction appears to be entirely terrestrial and closely tied to the eruption of the Siberian Traps. This is a group of enormous flood basalts that comprise what are known as Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs). Through a combination or two or three resultant mechanisms, including temperature increases (greenhouse warming) from the influx of vast quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2), corresponding anoxia (loss of dissolved oxygen) in the seas, and ocean acidification (currently the least established mechanism of the three), a vast array of terrestrial plants and animals (especially vertebrates), along with major groups of marine invertebrates (e.g., rugose and tabulate corals, plus the trilobites), succumbed. The loss of most terrestrial plants was so severe as to completely change the nature of continental drainage systems from meandering rivers to braided streams.
Yet, the end-Permian mass extinction wasn’t the first, nor the last, in a series of closely related extinction events that spanned roughly eighty million years. What all of these occurrences had in common was their association with episodes of cataclysmic volcanism related to the final assembly and gradual breakup of the supercontinent Pangea. Considerable evidence has now been amassed (especially in the form of carbon isotope ratios) that have enabled researchers to test and support the various mechanisms proposed. It is hypothesized that the bulk of the carbon dioxide emissions did not come directly from the flood basalts themselves (a problem long since recognized), but likely from the ‘baking’ and release of much of the organic carbon that had accumulated in large basins during the preceding ‘Coal Age’, along with the possible release of significant quantities of methane (hydrates) from the ocean floors. Another feature common to many of these extinction events is that they have been resolved into at least two distinct phases, usually an earlier and lesser ‘pulse’, followed after a short duration by a larger, longer-lasting, and more damaging occurrence. These successive ‘stages’ might be telling us important things about the nature of the enormous mantle plumes believed responsible for eruptions of the igneous provinces.
This book is generally well-written and can be recommended to anyone having an interest in the subject(s) of mass extinctions. The explanations are sound enough to be convincing, without becoming bogged down in too many technicalities. Its author is a professional geologist and researcher who has spent more than twenty-five years working on just these problems. It is perhaps the most thorough and up-to-date account of our growing understanding of these mass extinctions and their causes that is available today.
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