Show Me Gold Prospector

January 2012 Newsletter

Date Change  January 7, 2012

January 7, 2012 Meeting:  The January 7th meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the Wellington Fair Building in Wellington, MO.  The directions to the building are: Take I-70 to the Odessa Exit (exit 37).  This is highway 131; take 131 North, cross 24 Hwy into Wellington.  The Wellington Fair Building is on the north east corner of the square.

THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED WITH THE FOOD AT OUR ALL GOLD MEETING IN NOVEMBER.  IT WAS GREAT.

We will have Chili to eat, so bring some side dishes, and your favorite desserts.  The Chapter will provide the Chili and you can provide the drinks (non-alcoholic). 

As we finish last minute preparations for the holidays and the end of the year, I can’t help but think of our meeting in November and all the stories of everyone’s trips and hunting for gold adventures.  I will be ready for our meeting to start back up in January, even if it is not an official meeting I am ready to see everyone and see their new prospecting toys they received for Christmas.  Bring them and any cons you would like to work; we can play with them together.  Also bring any of your gold related items you want to sell.  

GOLD AND TREASURE SHOW COMING TO MISSOURI

Well it has finally happened. The GPAA Gold Show is coming to St Joseph, MO. on October 13 & 14, 2012.  There will be more info at the meeting and in the newsletter each month. All Mo. Chapter will be working the show, so mark your calendar.  We will be discussing ideas for what we will be doing at the show and ideas for what we will be selling.

2012 Meeting Dates:  January 7, Annual Chili Feed and Cabin Fever     

February 11                       March 10                                         April 14

May 12                              June 7 & 8 Thermal City, NC??     July 14

August 11                         September 8                                   October 13 & 14 St. Joseph, MO

November 3                      December No Meeting

For more detail, check the 2012 meeting dates chart on the ShowMeGold web site.

At the January meeting we will be discussing if there is an interest in having meeting when the chapter has an outing and there are some who do not go.  Maybe we can still rent the building for June.

We will be also discussing a ideas for a big raffle item and how we should run it. Ideas????

Food Drive:    The Chapter collected canned goods for the House of Hope.    A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THAT DONATED FOOD!!!!!

Reminder:   The official addresses are:

E-mail address:   mo_gpaa@hotmail.com

Snail mail:  Show Me Gold Prospectors Box 219 Grain Valley, MO 64029

Web Site: www.showmegold.org

Forum site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moprospectors/

If you have not signed up for the moprospectors forum site, please do, as it is a quick way to get messages out to all chapter members, if any changes happen.

Mailing List:  It’s time again to clean up the mailing list. If you receive the newsletter by snail mail and want to continue receiving the newsletter give me a call 816-690-3596 and leave a message.  In March, if I have not heard from you, I will be deleting you from the mailing list. The reason for this is to save the Chapter some money. It’s costing us about $40.00 a month to mail the newsletter. If you receive the newsletter by snail mail and you have an e-mail address please e-mail mo_gpaa@hotmail the e-mail address so we won’t waste money on snail mail.  If you changed your email this last year be sure to email us your new email.

Sharon Foster came thru her other knee surgery just fine and is on the road to recovery.

Sharon Meyer lost her father in November 2011.  We are so sorry for your loss.  Prayers are for you and your family in this sad time.

There is a new chapter in Kansas.  Down by Wichita.  There meeting will be January 21, 2012 at 4 p.m.  Call Randy Don Carlos for more info.

Final thought:  As the year draws to an end, we must not forget the families who can not be together at this time and say a prayer for them.  I am so blessed to have so many good friends and my family together for the holidays.  May the New Year bring everyone good health and a pan full of gold.

Roenna