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Generally meets the third Wednesday of each month, August through May We are now meeting in Penn State's Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, on White Course Drive off North Atherton Street. See driving directions and Campus Maps . All are welcome to attend our meetings! Mineral collectors and rockhounds, earth scientists and dinosaur lovers will all enjoy our activities. |
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JUNIOR ROCKHOUNDS meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of the month this fall.
The December meeting will be held on Monday the 14th at 7:00 p.m. The location is room 117 of Earth & Engineering Sciences
Building, Penn State's University
Park "West Campus." This is the same location as the last couple of years, and the
same building as our regular meetings. Each month's meeting has a new topic or topics with fun, hands-on learning for the kids, and this fall we have a gift for each child.
November 18th meeting: Prospectors Restaurant by David Glick Our November meeting will be held Wednesday the 18th at 6:30 p.m., in the private room of Prospector’s Allegheny Rib Company at 2080 Cato Avenue, just off West College Ave. (PA 26 South) across from Harner Farms. See directions below. The event has free admission, free parking, and free refreshments, and is open to all – please come, bring your family and guests, and share an enjoyable evening! - Editor Our November meeting will be our annual Holiday Social & Sale. It is open to all NMS members and guests; admission is free to all. It will be at Prospector’s restaurant (directions at right); our event will be in the private room (from the front door, it’s straight ahead to the back section, then turn right and continue to the room). Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and close at about 9:00 or later; everyone may come and go on their own schedule. We have arrangements with three NMS members to have a variety of items for sale. Willard Truckenmiller will have lapidary rough and slabs, polished stones and more. His material generally includes materials from some oldtime collectors in the western U.S., such as plume agate, Biggs jasper and petrified woods. Ruth Park will have semi-precious stone necklaces and bracelets, fun glass, and nice cultured pearls. Tim Holtz' Rock World will be selling mineral specimens and a variety of quartz crystals (including some large crystals). We thank them for participating and adding to our event, and for providing a portion of their sales to NMS. Any other current NMS members with Pennsylvania sales tax licenses who would like to participate should contact David Glick immediately. The club will have for sale NMS T-shirts, mineral sets, and posters. Also, NMS will have a small silent auction of Michigan native copper specimens donated by Mrs. Jean Carpenter. We do not plan to have door prizes at this meeting. Snacks and appetizers from the restaurant will be provided by NMS, and individuals can order beverages and food in the room. Members are allowed to bring other party food, particularly your favorite holiday baked goods or dessert items; they can also be brought for our December meeting (see page 2). Of course the restaurant and bar are available to attendees throughout the evening; you can enjoy a full dinner in their dining room before, during or after the event. They are open all evening. We hope you can make it. Each year we have a good time socializing while selecting from the interesting items for sale.
Directions to Prospector’s for the NOVEMBER meeting For more current news, see our NMS Bulletin (link at top of sidebar at left). DRIVING DIRECTIONS and PARKING for Earth & Engineering Sciences Building meetings: After 5:00 p.m. and on weekends, free parking is available immediately across the street from the building. From North Atherton St. (Business Rt. 322) between College Avenue and Park Avenue, turn west (toward the golf course) off North Atherton at the traffic signal marked "White Course Drive." Go past the parking attendant's booth, follow the curve to the left, then turn right into the parking lot. The building entrance is a little beyond the center of the lot. For campus maps see http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/ .
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