A Pittsburgh Area Mineral, Fossil, & Lapidary Club

Monongahela Rockhound

News

September 2, 2021

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SCHEDULE UPDATES - Return to Zoom Meetings!

The next meeting will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2021 beginning at 7:00 PM EDT via Zoom Video Conference.  We will have a presentation about “Hunting Meteorites in the Mountains of Antarctica” by Paul Scholar.  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

Zoom Video Conference

Saturday, September 11, 2021

7:00 PM EDT

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​New Website Guests:

BECOME A MEMBER

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July 18, 2021

—THANK YOU—

To Everyone who

Shared

Attended

Shopped

Volunteered

Worked

Organized

&

Planned

The 2021 Annual Show

:)

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—Register for updates on the 2022 Show—

(open to the public)

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Next upcoming event is:

The 2021 Holiday Party

(*members-only* & must RSVP closer to the date)

on

December 4, 2021

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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

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Newsletter Access!

Become a member:  Memberships will provide full access to current and past newsletter downloads and 2020-2021 website pages moving forward.  There are other perks as well!

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JOIN US

Please follow the instructions to MAIL applications and checks if you would like your membership to remain effective through December 2022.  Printed applications will be available at upcoming Fall Meetings at the Munhall Borough Building (for anyone who wants to pay dues with cash or check, in-person).

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Access to the monthly newsletter, website log-in, and zoom passcodes will remain exclusive to current members and applicants who have submitted their dues.  If applied online, your email subscription will become effective within 1-4 weeks of your application (by the upcoming scheduled club meeting or event).  However, any Site Member Requests (signing into the website - a members exclusive perk) will not be approved until your dues have been received.

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[NOTE on 2019-2021 Memberships & 2020-2021 Online Applications:]

• *2019 - March 2020* Memberships remain ACTIVE until December 2021.

• *April 2020 - December 2021* online applicants MUST follow-up with their dues via mail (or in person at an upcoming meeting) to attend the upcoming HOLIDAY PARTY.  This is a member-exclusive event that provides food, refreshments, auctions, and potential prizes in which your club membership contribute.

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Monongahela Rockhounds
PO Box 18063
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
www.monongahelarockhounds.org

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Mission Statement

• To promote, among its members and the general public, an interest in collection of minerals, fossils, and associated items.

• To promote their use in lapidary work.

• To promote the study and classification of minerals, gem stones and other items of such nature.
   

Affiliations

• Member: Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, Inc.

• Member: American Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc.
   

Meeting Location
Munhall Borough Building
20th Ave. & West Street
Munhall, PA 15120

General Information

​Club Officers
 

President Johanna Burnett
 

1st Vice-President Bret Howard
 

2nd Vice-President Debbie Braddock
 

Treasurer Tony Orzano
 

Record Secretary Debbie Thompson

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Silent Auction

Debbie Braddock

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Board of Directors

June Epp
Donald Laufer
Frank DeWinter
 

Webmaster Emmalyn Ilagan

MonongahelaRockhounds@gmail.com

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Newsletter Editor Frank DeWinter
Editor@MonongahelaRockhounds.org

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Monongahela Rockhound News is the official newsletter of the Monongahela Rockhounds.

Disclaimer & Release:  To the best of our knowledge, all articles and information presented in this newsletter are true, accurate and free of copyright infringement.  The Monongahela Rockhounds is not responsible for the usage of the information contained in the newsletter.  The Monongahela Rockhounds hereby grants other non-profit organizations the right to republish articles in this newsletter for non-commercial usage as long as complete source credit is given, unless noted otherwise.

Deadline:  The editor welcomes any and all contributions to the newsletter.  Please provide articles and any other submissions for publication at least 2 weeks prior to the upcoming meeting to be considered for inclusion in that month’s issue.

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Please e-mail any newsletter articles to the editor's e-mail:  Editor@MonongahelaRockhounds.org

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