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NEWS

  • OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY, February 21, 2012. The 5 minute program will feature club members bringing their favorite 3 or 4 quartz crystals for a show and tell. The main program have be a DVD on the World Championship Quartz Crystal Hunts in the Mt. Ida, Arkansas area.
  • SOME UPCOMING CLUB MEETING HIGHLIGHTS.... Tuesday, March 20, 2012 the programs will be announced later.
  • The GTARMC was awarded the first place award for the 2011 Midwest Federation's annual website contest and fifth place in the nationwide American Federation contest!! The awards were announced at the September 9 - 11, 2011, Midwest Federation Convention in Toledo, Ohio. The Midwest Federation includes 8 states and portions of 3 others. The American Federation is made up of 7 regions across the country.

  • The 2012 Copper Country Mineral Retreat will be August 6 - 10.... The event website plans on posting more information about next year's event in early March. You can visit the website by clicking on the underlined event name above.
  • The GTARMC needs members or guest of members to sign up to present the 5 minute and main programs for many months of 2012. Please sign up at the meetings or contact Don Reed, Vice President in charge of program scheduling.
  • Margaux Smith and Jim Pillars will be teaching beginning cabochon classes in 2012. Ken Schug and John Matz have taught silversmithing classes in 2011 and are teaching again in 2012. Check with Education Coordinator, Tom Fordyce about getting in a class for 2012. Remember, you must be a member of the club to participate in these or other classes.
  • Be sure to check the calendar and the GTARMC newsletter for further updates!
  • The 2012 Petoskey Stone Festival will be held at Barnes Park in Eastport on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Check the festival website by clicking on the event title for more information.

    • FUN

  • ROCKPUPS - YOUNG AND OLD - For some rockin' fun, click HERE for a fun word search!!
  • This page link has many fun games, quizzes, activities for the young geologist. The rest of the sit covers a whole bunch of fun science subjects. To check out this site CLICK HERE!!
  • Here is an awesome page from Canada called "Rocks for Kids". Lots of places for learning and fun. CLICK HERE!!