2011 Proposed Program Schedule
(All programs subject to change.)

February 11 – Short presentation on Zeolites by Mark Dameron followed by a video lecture by Professor John J. Renton from his course “The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology” produced by The Great Courses. Theme for Show & Tell will be Crystals.

March 11 – Presentation by Warren Arends on Cabbing.

April 8 – Video lecture from “The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology” series. Theme for Show and Tell will be Petrified Wood.

May 13 – presentation by Roger Clark on Fairburn Agates (not yet confirmed).

June 3 (note date change) – Annual elections and presentation by Dan Lane on Gold Panning.

July – No meeting.

August – No meeting. (Club picnic).

September 9 – Presentation by Mark Dameron. Topic to be determined).

October 14 – Presentation by geologist Charley Trautwein (not yet confirmed).

November 11 – Video lecture from “The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology” series. Theme for Show and Tell will be Fossils.

December 9 – Annual Christmas Party.

January 13, 2012 – Video lecture from “The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology” series. Theme for Show and Tell will be Agates.

2011 Proposed Field Trip
and Activity Schedule
(All trips and activities subject to change.)
(Contact coordinators for up to date information.)

April 16 – Ashfall State Park, Nebraska (guided tour if possible) and collecting near Niobrara, Nebraska.
     (Mark Dameron – coordinator)

May 14 or 21 (Date will be scheduled to coincide with Rapid City Agate Swap) – Guided tour of Museum of Geology at Black Hills School of Mines and Technology and possible agate hunt.    
     (Harlan and Aletha Hoogeterp – coordinators)

June 11 & 12 – South Dakota Outdoor Expo at Huron.
     (Vern Timmermann – coordinator)

June 25 – Local gravel pit
     (Vern Timmermann – coordinator)

July 23 & 24 – Keokuk Iowa Geode Hunt
     (Mark Dameron – coordinator)

August 13 & 14 – Sioux Empire Fair in Sioux Falls
     (Vern Timmermann - coordinator)

August 21 – Annual Club Picnic at Falls Park
     (Vern Timmermann – coordinator)

September 3, 4 & 5 – Camp 5 Road, Gold Panning and Collecting
     (Dan &Teresa Lang – coordinators)

September 3, 4 & 5 – Annual Crawford Nebraska Rock Swap – (No field trip planned)

October 15 – Shark Tooth Hunt near Mitchell (water levels permitting)
     (Vern Timmermann – coordinator)

Additional local gravel pit hunts may be scheduled. Most of these will be scheduled for a Saturday following a regular club meeting.

Also additional information about field trips can be found in the Rock Dust, SEGAMS Facebook page or at the meetings