For general questions about the HGMS, please send email to hsvgems@gmail.com. For specific questions, please send email to one of our Officers or Committee Chairs.
Officers:
President: Anthony Zwilling, 256-541-8894, afzwilling@gmail.com
Vice President: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Recording Secretary: James Yack, 256-683-1836, jamesgyack@gmail.com
Treasurer: Clara Goode, 256-883-9194, claragoode1@comcast.net
Newsletter Editor: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Directors at Large:
- Les Bartel, 256-722-4944, lester.bartel@gmail.com
- Shelley Curran, curranshelley1@gmail.com
- Isabel Leon y Leon, 256-289-0847, isabel.leonyleon@gmail.com
- Gene Powers, 251-510-4465, genepowersgddm@gmail.com
Immediate Past President: Mike Harrison, 256-797-2435, campcraft.mike@gmail.com
SFMS Liaison: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
HGMS Education Center Building Administrator: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Commitee Chairs:
Programs: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Publicity: Robert Kemper, 256-417-1018, bob_kemper@yahoo.com
Webpage: Leslie Malakowsky, 256-970-8286, lmalakowsky@gmail.com
Auction: Shelley Curran, curranshelley1@gmail.com
Field Trips: Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Rocket City Jewelers: Judy Osmundson, 205-541-7207, artzjjjc@aol.com; Theresa Chivers, 256-837-6819, wolfsong929@gmail.com; and Leslie Malakowsky, 256-970-8286, lmalakowsky@gmail.com
Metalsmithing: Kathy Bowman, HGMS@wildivystudio.com and Shelley Curran, curranshelley1@gmail.com
Lapidary Hosts:
- Theresa Chivers (1st Monday mornings), 256-837-6819, wolfsong929@gmail.com
- Karen Cale (Tuesday days), 256-783-3933, kc31114@gmail.com
- James Yack (Tuesday evenings), 256-683-1836, jamesgyack@gmail.com
- Anthony Zwilling (Wednesday evenings), 256-541-8894, afzwilling@gmail.com
- Bill Friday (Wednesday days), 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
- Bruce Kowalczyk (Thursday evenings), 256-424-2197, BKowalczyk@nektar.com
Future Rockhounds of America (formerly “Pebble Pups”): Karen Allen, 256-722-0522, KarensMail@HSVAL.com and Bill Friday, 256-527-8227, bill.friday@earthlink.net
Property: Michael Cape, 256-890-9172, macape@knology.net
HGMS Corporate History: Lowell Zoller, 256-534-8803, lzol@comcast.net
Librarian: Leslie Malakowsky, 256-970-8286, lmalakowsky@gmail.com
Show Chairs:
Show Chair: Tony Smith, 256-603-3095, tsmith@erc-incorporated.com
Show Vendor Chair: Lowell Zoller, 256-534-8803, lzol@comcast.net
Assistant Show Vendor Chair: Jan Edmunds, 256-468-5276, edmundsjan@gmail.com
Show Volunteer Chair: open
Show Publicity Chair: Tony Smith, 256-603-3095, tsmith@erc-incorporated.com
Show Treasurer: Clara Goode, 256-883-9194, claragoode1@comcast.net
Did You Know? Now is a good time to observe Comet “Leonard”, also known as C/2021 A1, the brightest comet of 2021. Dubbed the “Christmas comet”, Leonard can be seen in the Southwest sky in the Northern Hemisphere about 45 minutes after sunset. Source: 
Garnet - The garnet group of minerals offers gems of every hue, including deep red almandine, fiery red pyrope, orange-yellow spessartine, and rare intense-green varieties of andradite, grossular, and uvarovite.
Almandine and pyrope are especially popular in jewelry.
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