Dues Are Due Now
If you didn’t pay their dues before or at the Show, please bring them to the next membership meeting, or mail them to Theresa Chivers, Membership Chair.
Show Yard Signs
Please return Show yard signs to Tony at the next membership meeting or drop them off at the Ed Center when it’s open. The signs are expensive to replace.
Lapidary Holiday Closings
Due to the upcoming holidays, the Lapidary Lab (not the Education Center in general) will be closed on November 25th, 27th, and 29th and on December 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, and 31st. It will be open Tuesdays from 9am to 2pm on November 19th and 26th and on December 3rd, 10th, and 17th.
Club Scholarships for Wm Holland and Wildacres Art Schools
HGMS members interested in applying for one of the three $300 Club scholarships should send Shelley Curran an email at [email protected] no later than midnight of Friday, December 6th. Winners will be drawn at our Christmas Dinner Meeting on Monday, December 9th. You don’t have to be present to win. One scholarship is reserved for class instructors. Scholarships are available to members in good standing and may be used toward continuing education at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts (https://lapidaryschoolregistration.org/) or Wildacres Retreat Center (https://wildacres.org/). Reimbursement will be made when a paid receipt from the school is presented to the Club treasurer.
Did You Know?
December: Tanzanite – Named for Tanzania, the country where it was discovered in 1967, this popular gemstone is the blue-to-violet or purple variety of the mineral zoisite. Zircon – Best known for its brilliant blue hues, zircon’s optical properties make it bright and lustrous. It also occurs in warm autumnal yellows, reds, and reddish browns, and in green hues. Turquoise – This vivid blue gemstone is a rare phosphate of copper that forms only in the Earth’s most dry and barren regions. Ancient peoples from Egypt to Mesoamerica and China treasured it. Source: 
