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The Monongahela Rockhound News
is a Monthly Publication of the
Monongahela Rockhounds,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021 is Volume 54
10-11 Issues / Year
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A Pittsburgh Area Mineral, Fossil, & Lapidary Club
Monongahela Rockhound
News
June 6-8, 2021
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The 2021 Annual Show is officially scheduled for July 17-18 [instead of April this year].
Please register to the event(s) to receive updates for 2021’s show! Registration is open to the public.
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ATTN Rockhounds: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Annual Show: July 16, 17, and 18, 2021
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If anyone is bored and in need of some club social time, we are looking for any willing and able volunteers to assist in our upcoming Annual Show (click for event details)! This is an opportunity for all members to support the club!
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Please email Bret () with your name and availability in the mentioned days below...
Friday, July 16 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Set Up (primarily setting up/arranging tables and chairs, cleaning table tops)
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Saturday, July 17 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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Welcome Table: Tally / Door Prize Assistance / Raffle (2-hr Shifts)
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM​
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12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
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02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
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04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
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Kids Activity Table
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Shifts are Flexible​
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Sunday, July 18 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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Welcome Table: Tally / Door Prize Assistance / Raffle (2-hr Shifts)
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM​
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12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
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02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
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Kids Activity Table
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Shifts are Flexible​
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Show Location Address
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Google Link - https://goo.gl/maps/Zwh8RuCzdvd6e7fNA
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West Mifflin Volunteer Fire Co., #4
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Skyview Hall (air-conditioned)
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660 Noble Drive
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Pittsburgh, PA 15122
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(Near Century III Mall and the Allegheny Co. Airport)
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Monongahela Rockhounds
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SCHEDULE UPDATES - Return to In-Person Meetings!
The next meeting will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2021 beginning at 7:30 PM EDT. We will have a presentation that is currently“TBD” and will update with more details prior to the meeting. For the Show-and-Tell in the upcoming meeting, our theme is Sphalerite. The theme is only a suggestion, so members and new guests and applicants—share whatever gems, minerals, fossils, and lapidary art findings and creations you wish to tell us more about!
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Club Officers will keep the website(s) and club members' e-mails informed on any further changes.
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THANK YOU
June Zoom participants
and
Members for sharing your iron-based minerals and other specimens!
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Join our next
Saturday, September 11, 2021
7:30 PM EDT
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​New Website Guests:
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The online newsletters for 2021 will change format from the 2020 version for better readability and accessibility for members and future club officers. Please check your emails for .PDF newsletters until we streamline the member exclusive online access and directory. Thanks again for everyone’s patience!
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(Members Only)
(2020 Online Newsletters)
JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC
90 DAYS TO THE EVENT
• Presentation TBD
• "Rock of the Month" is Sphalerite
• "Article of the Month" is TBD (any volunteers?)
• September Host(s) are TBD (any volunteers?)
When
Sep 11, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Where
​Munhall Borough Building,
1900 West St, Munhall, PA 15120, USA