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United States Faceters Guild Newsletter UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 UNITED STATES FACETERS GUILD NEWSLETTER 1 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 ................................................................................................................. 3 ............................................................................................................... 4 ...................................................................................................... 6 .............................................................................................................................. 9 ......................................................................................................................................... 12 ............................................................................................................................ 21 ...................................................................................... 22 ............................................................................................................... 25 ................................................................................................................. 30 ............................................................................. 31 ............................................................................................................................ 40 ....................................................................... 41 ............................................................................. 46 .............................................................................................................. 53 ........................................ 60 ..................... 62 ............................................................................................................................ 72 ........................................................................................................................................... 73 ..................................................................................................... 74 .................................................................................................................... 74 ......................................................................................... 75 2 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 USFG welcomes all new members! John Adams TX Don Monsees NC John W. Ake WY Michael Power OR Jon Barendse MI Erin Rudowski NJ Brenda Barteck MD Ed Schwarz UT Cameron Dean TN Chales Shupe CA Michael Dobbs OK John Sullivan NC Conny Egan FL Edward Smith NY Roger Crickenberger NC Heather Sutton OR Jay Gorday GA Richard Vogl CA Pat Gourlay SC Eudora Wilson MD Robert Hammond NC Stewart Wilson OR Dan Henderson FL Theodore Wilson TX Joe Henley CA Dave Woolley VA Gary Herauf ID Wyatt Yeager CA Timothy Hoff MT Michael Zappe CO Randy Jacobson CA Richard Lavinghouse CA Bob Lawrence OH WELCOME BACK! John Lichtenberger KY Roy Kersey TN Susan McCauley NY John Kilian AZ Bruce Mock PA David Renneckar OH Susan Moner OR 3 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 Tom Maxwell The year is rapidly passing by and we work he put in to this project for the have accomplished much and much benefit of the USFG. remains to be done. We have engaged the services of Scott The 2016 Single Stone Competition saw a McIntire of Lost Dog Graphics to be the large number of entries and qualifying USFG Webmaster and do some tidying scores. The results are listed elsewhere in up of the existing site. You should see this newsletter. Congratulations to all that some improvements in the speed and entered, whether you qualified or not. I’m fewer if any broken links. There is a link sure will agree that this is a good learning at the top of each web page that you can experience. Special congratulations to Jim use to report a problem. Clark for winning the Grand Master Division! Jenny Clark is now Secretary of the USFG in addition to continuing as 2017 SSC Selection Committee will Membership Chair. The large increase in begin selecting stones for the 2017 SSC. both new members and renewals requires The designs and rules will be posted on a lot of her time. Thanks Jenny! the website along with an email notifications to all members Getting Involved- Melissa Smith has agreed to be Volunteer Coordinator. If This Mark Oros’s last Newsletter as you have any skills that you would like to Editor. Dan Lynch has agreed to become offer the USFG, contact her at the Editor and will work with Mark on the [email protected]. If you would transition to the December Newsletter. like to help but are not sure what you Mark has done an outstanding job in the would like to do, send your name to past year. We appreciate Mark’s hard Melissa. We will find some area that you work and other contributions to the USFG will be able contribute to your and wish him well as he moves on to organization. other endeavors. FFF9 was another successful event thanks Robert Asmundi OF RKA Studio has to the efforts of Ken Michalek and Norm completed the major redesign and Holbert. See Ken’s report elsewhere in upgrade of the USFG website which has this newsletter. Rennie Castelino just increased our presence and helped to wrapped up the third event this year in the expand our membership greatly. I want to San Francisco Bay Area. Loyd thank Robert for l the extra time and hard Blankenship [email protected] is trying to 4 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 develop interest in an event this spring in Coordinator Melissa Smith at Pawtucket RI. [email protected]. She will compile a list for the organizer of each The Third USFG Tucson Frolic will be event. February 2, 3 and 4 at the Old Pueblo Lapidary Club. We will have GemCad This is your organization. Get involved Classes, Faceting Classes Tours of and help expand the hobby and craft that Tucson Rough dealers. Speakers and we all love. Programs will be posted on the website soon. Tom Maxwell President - USFG Helpers are always needed at these events. Please contact our new Volunteer 5 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 The 2016 USFG Single Stone competition results are in. The judges have ruled on the 4 classes of stone, Novice, Pre-master, master, and Grand Master. We had quite a few entries (55 total) comprised of 32 Novice, 14 Pre-Master, 5 Master, and 4 Grand Master. The following tables list the details for each class as to those who certified and the top scores and winners in each category Winners in the Novice Classification: Name Location Status Rank Score Michael Noetzel Nashua, NH certified 1 99.78 Christopher Bork San Clemente, certified 2 99.57 CA Imaizumi Fumio Kyoto, Japan certified 3 99.35 Novice entries qualifying for certification: Name Location Status Score Theordore Wilson Wylie, TX certified 98.27 Kenneth Befus Robinson, TX certified 97.62 Ron Davis Council Bluff, certified 97.6161 Iowa Dan Henderson Sun City Ctr, certified 97.4 FL Marek Mikolaj Kosice, Slovakia certified 97.3994 Gerald Smoot Kennewick, Wa certified 96.53 Diana Skye Maple Valley, certified 96.32 WA Carl Shearer Maple Ridge, certified 95.8824 B.C Michael Power Medford, OR certified 95.23 Loyd Blankenship East Providence, certified 95.23 RI Jack Spinks Midlothian, TX certified 95.02 Tim Vieyra Clarksville, TN certified 95.02 David Juckem Neenah, WI certified 94.3654 Owen McDevitt Butte, MT certified 93.5 6 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 Lionell Bailey Genas France certified 93.0651 Gerald Boykin Etowah, N.C certified 91.9815 Phillip Woods Barton MD certified 91.98 Carmina Orilla Anaheim, CA certified 91.3313 Matthew Castor Cocoa, FL certified 91.33 Casey Trump Grand Junction, certified 90.031 CO Corey Brenner Post Falls, ID certified 90.031 Edwin Gessele Anaconda, MT certified 89.82 Edward Smith Wolcott NY certified 88.0806 Participants: Scott Kelley, Allan Jacques, Gjeret Stein, Rick Brooker, Gary Hirt Winners in the Pre-Master Classification: Name Location Status Rank Score Pavel Filinov Moscow Russia certified 1 99.813 Frank Woodward Queensland, AU certified 2 97.97 Steve Page Brea CA certified 3 96.6781 Pre-Master entries qualifying for certification: Name Location Status Score Bruce Argall Greensburg, PA certified 91.3262 Participants: Timothy Kaufman, William Parent, Jerry Hill, Susan Lichtenberger, Kevin Ellis, Rita Phagan, Diane Eames, Frank Toth, Greg Stimpson, Don Sabie Winners in the Master Classification: Name Location Status Rank Score Alexander Naryshkin St Petersburg, certified 1 100 RU Clara Ventor Usakos, Namibia certified 2 97.9872 Richard Moriyama Niceville, FL certified 3 95.2425 Participants: Carl Davis, Jeff Theesfold 7 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 Winners in the Grand Master Classification: Name Location Status Rank Score James Clark Mesa, AZ certified 1 98.0641 Grand Master entries qualifying for certification: Name Location Status Score Charles Lundstrom Tucson, AZ certified 96.8322 Participants: Homer Barrs, Denny Bradley Every year there are changes to the competition, including where to mail your stone. Please be sure to read the details when next years stones are published. This is usually in the December newsletter. 8 UNITED STATES FACTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2016 Wayne Barnett and when
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