Page 6 Tips and Trips November 2003 The Georgia Mineral Society Report on the DMC Trip to Graves Mountain SUNSHINE NEWS (hosted by the Aiken Gem, Mineral and Fossil Sunshine news is brief this month with a Society of Aiken South Carolina) changing of the chair. Sara Gilbert has resigned her position as Sunshine Chair Thirty six people attended with Freddie Bolden and his due to her job relocation. I have been asked to take over the column in her crew from New Market, Tennessee being the most stead and am excited about keeping all distant travelers. No surprise, Glen Williams found the the good news flowing! largest rutile. But as he has always stated, go where others don't and keep your eyes on the ground. A Please contact me at 770.613.0748, or at guarantee for success at Graves Mountain. He found [email protected] with any announcements of your own or of other members. a large floater just resting in a ditch. By state, we had one person from North Carolina, five from Tennessee, Sunshine news would like to announce all our members’ eight from South Carolina and twenty two from speaking engagements and other accomplishments outside of Georgia. The weather was great for Graves digging. A club activities that you would like to share with us. Please bit warm, but beautiful otherwise. I personally thank share your Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings, Graduations or any other events so we can all celebrate! all participants, and as most of you conveyed as you departed, you enjoyed the day and found something Please contact me if you are aware of any illnesses or to carry home. members deaths. Don Reems Accomplishments: Aiken Gem, Mineral and Fossil Soc Dr. Dave Babulski will have a collection of twelve micro-mineral GEM SECTION watercolor paintings on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida from mid-November 2003 Monday, November 24, 2003 through mid-February 2004. 7:30 P.M. Kim Cochran’s Home Nedra Palmer will be the featured artist with her sculpture art 2695 Van Court, Snellville, on Friday, December 5, 2003 (5:30 to 7:30 P.M. reception) at Georgia 30078 the Lake Arts Gallery, Flowery Branch, Georgia. Last month we had our quiz. Again, you showed Speaking Engagements: that you are learning well. Kim Cochran had speaking engagements with the following At the November meeting, we will play with the groups in September 2003: refractometer and discuss birefringence. • Chamblee Library on “Rockhounding”, As usual, supper will be at 6:00 P.M. • West Georgia Unitarian Church, sermon on “Creation vs. Evolution”, RSVP 770.979.8331. • Kyana Gem and Mineral Society in Louisville, Hope to see you there, Kim Cochran, Gem Section Chair Kentucky on “Rocks”, • Lithonia Library on “Fossils”,and “Rocks from the Water”, • Covington Highway Library on “Animals in your AFMS and SFMS WEBSIT ES Neightborhood”, and • Mid-Georgia Gem and Mineral Society on Check out the SFMS (Southeast “Fossilization”. Federation of Mineralogical Societies) and AFMS (American Federation of Mineralogical Societies) websites: Anniversaries: http://www.amfed.org/sfms and www.amfed.org Dick and Nedra Palmer will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on December 26, 2003. via Lodestar (SFMS newsletter; 8-9/02) Marilyn L. Tarantino, Sunshine Chair Tips and Trips Page 7 The Georgia Mineral Society November 2003 MINERAL SECTION NEWS MICROMOUNT SECTION Many thanks to Joan White and Bill There will be no meeting for the Waggener for hosting the Mineral Section Micromount Section this month. meeting in October. There will be no The next meeting of the Micromount meeting in November. Details of future Section will be announced in a meetings will be posted in the Tips and Trips and announced on the GMS website. future issue of Tips and Trips. If you have a mineral or topic that you want to talk about, or if you Dave Babulski, Micromount Section Chair would like to host the next meeting at your home, please contact me. Julian Gray, Mineral Section Chair JUNIOR SECTION OUTING 3:00 P.M. Sunday, November 30, 2003 SEPTEMBER 2003 GENERAL MEETING MINI-MINUTES Roxanne Lopez's House 1711 Donna Lynn Dr The September 2003 General Meeting of the Smyrna, GA 30080 Georgia Mineral Society was called to order at 7:33 P.M. by President Joan White at the Chamblee, We went on many outings this year and had a lot Georgia Library. Approximately 29 people were present, including of fun. It is time to 2 guests. regroup. I know that the The GMS Vice-President, Programs, Jay Gorday, was the speaker 30th is the Holiday for the evening. Jay spoke about setting up a display case. weekend, but I am hoping that enough of you will be Executive Board members and Committee Chairs gave short back from visiting by reports. Door prizes were awarded at 9:13 P.M., and the meeting Sunday. was adjourned at 9:38 P.M. I would like to meet with as many juniors as OCTOBER 2003 GENERAL MEETING MINI-MINUTES possible. We will do The October 2003 General Meeting of the Georgia Mineral Society was crafts for Christmas, have some hot dogs (no called to order at 8:34 P.M. by President Joan White at the 57th Fighter turkey leftovers), give out door prizes, and talk Group Restaurant, follwing our annual banquet. Approximately 36 about a program on earning patches for studying members were present. rocks and fossils. It will be a new adventure. Parents are invited, too. Reading of the September minutes and Treasurer’s report were dispensed with. Sue Gorday, Awards Chair, presented the annual Society awards (see article on page 13). Kim Cochran installed the new officers (see Please R.S.V.P. page 2). Joan White then gave the incoming President’s address. Brief Roxanne Lopez, Junior Section Chair Section announcements were made. 770.436.0387 (work 404.814.4031) Door prizes were awarded at 9:17 P.M., and the meeting was adjourned at 9:19 P.M. Mayo Education Foundation Respectfully submitted, Doug Daniels, Secretary During the latter part of the Federation Annual Meeting during (ed. - the Thanksgiving weekend), there will be an opportunity to elect Directors for OCTOBER 2003 BOARD MEETING MINI-MINUTES the Mayo Education Foundation. If you wish to be a part of or know of someone who would like to be A GMS Executive Board meeting was held at Emory University on October 19, 2003. The meeting was called to order at 2:18 P.M. a part of this rewarding endeavor, please contact by President Joan White. Twelve Board members were present. me or the Mayo Foundation Secretary. The main order of business was to set the budget for 2003-2004. There will be openings on the Board that need to A budget was approved by the Board. be filled! The meeting was adjourned at 4:21 P.M. Ron Denton Respectfully submitted, Acting MEFI President (from an email) Kim Cochran for Doug Daniels, Secretary Page 8 Tips and Trips November 2003 The Georgia Mineral Society MEMBERSHIP NEWS Calling all GMS Document Collectors! Please help in welcoming the following new members to the Georgia Mineral Society: Richard As the current historian for our group, I Cole and Alison Smith of Brecksville, Ohio; Mark went to the Atlanta History Archives to and Carolyn Dalusky of Athens, Georgia; Bob see what we had in storage. We Dolezal and Melanie Price and their daughter Kyra presently have ten boxes starting with Price of Buford, Georgia; J.R. Jarett, M.D. of minutes from General and Executive Chattanooga, Tennessee; Jeffrey and Janey Board meetings from 1935 to 1982. We Lennox of Lilburn, Georgia; Michael and Sherion have annual reports up to 1992. We Stewart and daughter Nicole of Gainesville, have Treasurer's reports up to 1984. We Georgia; Tony and becky Verdi of Hinckley, Ohio; have correspondence up to 1982. We have bulletins up to Alexander and Roberta Williamson of Atlanta, 1982. Georgia; and Brian and Jennifer Wood of Tocoa, Georgia. As you can see, we need to collect about 20 years in some areas and ten years in others. This is where I need your help. GMS looks forwarding to meeting all of you. If you can go through your collections of papers for GMS from Joan White, President for Carl Ziglin, Vice President/Membership the past twenty years and list what you have. Then, give me a call. I will try to piece together what we have been doing for Adopt-A-Highway Report the past twenty years, make copies if needed, and get it into the collection at the History Center. Nothing but blue skies and gorgeous temperatures greeted club members participating in the fall litter Roxanne Lopez, GMS Historian pickup of our adopt-a-highway mile when we met on Saturday, October 18th in Ball Ground, GA. FOSSIL SECTION NEWS Twelve members pitched in to represent our club and demonstrate their concern for the environment. There will be no Fossil Section meeting this month. The next Special thanks go out to this “dirty dozen”: Margaret Ronan, Bob Hughes, Marzi Siekierski, Jim Haege, meeting date and time will be published in a future issue of Tips Lori Carter, Charles Carter, Joan White, Bill and Trips. Waggener, Joel Woodin, Cindy Peard, Tom Peard Friends, like fossils, are forever, Harry Yingst, Fossil Section Chair and Rob Peard. Thank you all for volunteering your Saturday morning for such a worthy cause. It only took an hour and a half to get our entire mile CALLING ALL litter free and afterwards all twelve of us went to DEMONSTRATORS - Two Brothers Bar-B-Que to share a few laughs over We need Demonstrations for lunch.