February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 1 Volume 53, Number 2 Monthly Bulletin of the West Seattle Rock Club, Inc. Seattle, Washington Website: http://www.westseattlerockclub.org Our Club: Practices the Rockhound Code of Ethics Meetings: Visitors are always welcome! WEST SEATTLE PETROGLYPHS Mike Wall, Editor P.O. Box 16145 Seattle, WA 98116 email: [email protected] February 2018 February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 2 WEST SEATTLE ROCK CLUB, INC. Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 16145, Seattle, WA 98116 The purpose of this Club is to promote the study and enjoyment of the Lapidary Arts with good Rock- hounding and good fellowship; and to further education and lapidary skills for all; to conduct field trips for exploration and collection of minerals, gems, rocks and fossils; to promote shows and displays; to publish a monthly periodical known as West Seattle PETROGLY PHS relating to club activities. **************************************************************************************** OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2018): President Diane Christensen (206) 582-2267 Vice President Scott Ryan ??? Secretary Sue Fox (206) 835-0774 Treasurer Audrey Vogelpohl (206) 932-3292 Federation Director Audrey Vogelpohl (206) 932-3292 Director at Large Ken Schmidt (206) 932-3626 Mineral Council Reps Katherine Koch (425) 765-5408 Seattle Regional Reps Lyle Vogelpohl (206) 932-3292 Newsletter - Editor Mike Wall (206) 476-6471 Current Past President Rich Babcock (206) 326-8951 **************************************************************************************** COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS (2018): Show Chair (2018) Diane Christensen (206) 582-2267 Programs <Vice President> <Vice President> Refreshments/Hospitality Sue Fox (206) 835-0774 Membership Mary Bentler (206) 932-6108 Historian Annette Nelson (206) 379-3677 Library Chair Jim Ewins (206) 283-6914 Field Trips <Open> <Open> Webmaster Donn Ullery (206) 550-1318 **************************************************************************************** AFFILIATED WITH: Northwest Federation & American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Seattle Regional Gem and Mineral Show Committee Washington State Mineral Council ALAA – American Lands Access Association **************************************************************************************** Meetings are held on the Fourth Wednesday of each month, except for November which is the THIRD Wednesday and no meetings in July and December The meetings are held in Adams Hall of the Tibbetts United Methodist Church 3940 41st S.W. (corner of 41st S.W. and S.W. Andover Street) Seattle, WA 6:15 PM – Junior Meeting 7:00 PM – Adult Meeting Dues are: $20.00 first year (including name badge), then: $10.00 per adult member per year or $15.00 for 2 adults in same family, $3.00 per junior member per year VISITORS ARE INVITED AND ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO ALL MEETINGS All material in this Bulletin may be reprinted if properly credited - Exchange Bulletins are most welcome. February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 3 CLUB CALENDAR AMETHYST February 28, 2018 Junior Meeting (6:15 pm) Program: Gem Stones Lore & Legends General Meeting (7:00 pm) Program: Gem Stones Characteristics & Properties Shown-N-Tell: Birthstones PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE WHAT’S INSIDE Hello Fellow Rockhounds - Club Calendar 3 Welcome to 2018! ♥ I hope everyone was spoiled on Valentine’s day. ♥ President’s Message 3 There are only 3 more meetings before our Amethyst 3 show. It is important that all club members volunteer their time to have a successful What’s Inside 3 show. Please sign up for as many time slots as possible. The more members who volun- WSRC Jan. General Meeting Minutes 4 teer, the more activities we can have. If you 2018 Refreshments 5 are not able to attend one of the meetings to sign up, please call me 206-795-5742 or leave Safety Matters - Field Trip Follower 5 a message on my answering machine at 206- 582-2267 and I can add you to the volunteer Concretions 6 list. Dues are Due 7 Each year we have had more attendees than the prior year, and I would love that to hap- Time to Tumble 7 pen again this year. WSRC—Member News 7 Leroy and I will be quitting our jobs soon and enjoying the great outdoors. We plan Montana Agate 7 on traveling to new places, near and far. If you know of a place that you think is worthy Montana Agate Pictures 8 of visiting, let us know. We will most likely 2018 WSMC Field Trips 9 travel across the US, then hopefully visit Eu- rope and Asia. I hope this year will be just as 2018 Field Trips 10 exciting for you too. 2018 Shows 10 Rock on! Diane Christensen February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 4 WEST SEATTLE ROCK CLUB – GENERAL MEETING MINUTES January 24, 2018 Business: The meeting was called to order by President Diane Christensen. Sue Fox announced 14 adult members, 4 junior members and 7guests present. The door prizes were won by Sue Fox, Irwin Shenker, Zoe Ryan, Lola Smith. Guests were invited to pick up an application to join the club. Committees: Junior Advisor Coordinator (Annette Nelson): Audrey ran the program this week, topic: Communica- tion/Jr Achievement Award. The NWFederation has a contest for juniors to submit a “resume” of what they’ve accomplished (school, home, rock/hobby, chores, etc) – can win $25-$100! Seattle Regional (Lyle Vogelpohl): The North Seattle Lapidary & Gem Club’s show is cancelled (this club is the “parent” of our club). Northwest Federation (Lyle Vogelpohl): the Federation show and convention will be in Yakima 4/28- 29. Labor Day weekend – 5 day workshop in central Oregon ($350 including classes). This year there will be a carving class for an extra fee. Contact Lyle with questions. Treasurer Report (Audrey Vogelpohl): At the end of December 2017, we had $300 more than we start- ed the year with. Doing well. Editor's report (Mike Wall): Want to write an article? If you want to see something in particular in the Petroglyphs, let Mike know. Washington Mineral Council (Kat Koch): no update Show 4/29-30 (Diane Christensen): We need to fill 70 volunteer hours per day Case sign-up sheet available Friday night dinner (4/27) Small flyers available if anyone wants some to distribute Thank you Russ Thoman for making grab bags! Librarian (Jim Ewins): no update Refreshments for the meetings (Sue Fox): sign up to bring drinks and snacks Historian (Audrey Vogelpohl): some old photo albums were found Field Trips and Shows: see Petroglyphs (last page) New Business: Board meeting schedule: the board generally meets the FIRST Wednesday of each month. For loca- tion, contact a board member. January is our past president’s “birthday” month – previous presidents in attendance were Lyle Vogel- pohl, Dave Clausen, Ken Schmidt, and current president Diane Christensen. 2018 Board Elections—Nominations: Dave Clausen moved to accept nominations slate, Lyle Vogelpohl 2nd – passed unanimously President – Diane Christensen (for part of 2018) Vice President – Scott Ryan Secretary – Sue Fox Treasurer – Audrey Vogelpohl Editor – Mike Wall (Continued on page 5) February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 5 (Continued from page 4) Lyle nominated to accept the nominated slate, Annette Nelson 2nd – unanimously accepted Show and Tell — “Special” Rocks Lyle Vogelpohl: a bolo he made with malachite (from Africa) Dave Clausen: photos of the ’94 summer picnic, labradorite (can be found in Canada, Madagascar, Leav- enworth), carnelian agate, and an agatized seashell found at Alki (!). Annette Nelson: lapis lazuli (from a beach by Plymouth Rock) Lola Smith: wire wrapped piece of gold stone in a paper box she made; tote bag made at Christmas party Dante Ryan: soapstone carved into a diamond shape Atticus Ryan: a rock from Jerry’s Rock Shop Scott Ryan: a collector box (thanks Hannah!) Diane Christensen: crystals and calcite Zoe Ryan: onyx frog (from the raffle) and a soapstone arrowhead that she made herself. Ken Schmidt: a bucket of tumbled material Atticus Ryan won the show and tell raffle Program: Instead of the video “Rocks and Minerals”, we had fun visiting instead The meeting was adjourned; Refreshments were served. Respectfully Submitted by Sue Fox, WSRC Secretary KANSAS ROCKS — 2018 CONCRETIONS REFRESH- by Audrey Vogelpohl, WSRC Member MENTS Note: The sign-up sheet is available at our meetings. Please signup. There are lots of empty spaces for the new year. Thanks to everyone for bringing refresh- ments! This Month — February Snacks: Russ Thoman (30-40) The recent article on concretions in the Petro- glyphs reminded us of our 2004 trip across Kansas Drinks: Diane Christensen (30-40) on US Highway 70. There are many rock for- mations in Kansas and we were impressed with the ——————————————————- number of concretions at Rock City. These are huge sandstone concretions in an area about the Follow-on month reminder: size of two football fields -- 200 rocks, with some being as large as houses, dot the landscape. Hus- February band Lyle is standing among them and agrees that nowhere in the entire world are the concretions as Snacks: Mary Bentler (15-20) large as they are at Rock City, Kansas. It is touted: Snacks: ??? (15-20) "a natural wonder which must be seen to be be- Drinks: ??? (30-40) lieved". Location: 20 miles North of the I-70 and I-135 intersection, 3.5 miles SW of Minneapolis, Kansas. February 2018 West Seattle Petroglyphs Page 6 SAFETY MATTERS — Lastly, a club’s safety or first aid kit should be passed on to the new chair or the designated TIME TRAVEL medical safety person, who may or may not be the safety chair. The “Kit” should then be By Ellery Borow, AFMS Safety Chair checked for outdated meds and supplies... but that will be the topic of another Safety Matters Time travel is a hot Articles. topic in my house- hold. Time: lack Seriously, keeping track of a clubs own safety thereof, slow passage files is a very important task. One might even thereof, quick pas- say safety files are the more important of the sage thereof -- always time travel items..