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Welcome to the Lakes District Rock Club page |
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| Club Information Our club is non-profit and is open to all people but we have some restrictions because of safety issues and field insurance. All members under age 19 must be accompanied by a member parent or legal guardian in all workshop (for when we have one) and field trip activities. While non-members may attend all meetings, they are only permitted to attend one "selected" field trip as an introduction to rock hounding. The cost of the field trip is $5.00/person and an appropriate waiver(s) must be signed. We are located in Burns Lake. |
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| Here's the latest news from Lakes District Rock Club | |||||||||||||
| Lakes District Rock & Gem Club "came into being" in November, 2000 when eleven people with similar interests in Rock Hounding met together and decided to form a club. The purpose of our club is to promote and encourage the study of rocks and other geological materials as a hobby. Our summer activities will be mainly out in the field; hiking, climbing up hills, digging, and scouring along river banks and lake shores to find the perfect rock or fossil. We hope to learn how to identify the rocks we find and learn which ones are hard enough for polishing, which ones are soft enough for carving, and which ones are best left where they are. Our dreams include owning a small workshop and machinery for doing lapidary work. Meanwhile, some of our members have rock tumblers and have tumbled some nice stones. One member will be teaching us the art of wire wrapping. Other member interests center around the study of fossils and geological formations. Lakes District Rock & Gem Club is affiliated with the B. C. Lapidary Society and the Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada. Club Meetings take place on the first Thursday of each month except for July, August, September, and January. We schedule field trips over the summer months. Next Meeting Date: Thursday May 7th, 2009 Place: Decker Lake Elementary School Time: 7:00 p.m. Bring: Rock Samples and blankets to display your samples on Visitors are welcome to come to club meetings. Visitors may join us on group field trips for $5.00 / person / trip. Only one visitor trip is permitted then membership is necessary. Appropriate waivers must also be signed. Memberships: for the year April 1st, 2008- April 1st, 2009 Family $35 (includes no more than two adults from one household plus their children). Adult $20 (ages 19+ years) TOURIST SELF-GUIDING ROCKHOUND MAPS Lakes District Rock & Gem Club has published 5 brochures for self-guided rockhounding tours in and around the Burns Lake area. Each brochure costs $2 or you can purchase all five at a bargain price of $7 (+shipping). They can be purchased by contacting any of the executive. Club Meetings take place on the first Thursday of each month except for July, August, September, and January. We schedule field trips over the summer months. Next Meeting Date: Thursday May 7th, 2009 For more information please contact: Jack Kortmeyer, President 692-4135(h) 692-4206(w) cjkortmeyer@yahoo.ca Ernie Olinyk Vice President 698-7685 bolinyk@telus.net Directors: Richard Brown 692-7458 rkbrown49@hotmail.com Art Mercer 692-3410 amercer1@telus.net Doug Price 695-6611 doug.m.price@hotmail.com |
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