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Monday, October 12, 2015 6:30 pm Executive Meeting 7:30 pm The Changing Gemstone and Bead Industries OCTOBER 2015 Gemstone Beads 2015 – The Changing Gemstone and Bead Industries. New Finds, Fakes, Created, Dyed & Enhanced – An Illustrated Talk by Ken Rogers Join us for an evening with Ken Rogers who will talk about changes in the gemstone bead industry and how they affect jewelers, beaders, lapidary enthusiasts and jewelry buyers. On February 17, 1972 Nixon went to China, opened trade, and in doing so, woke up the “Sleeping Dragon.” While China expanded its industrial growth it looked to its own natural resources, including historic and craft industries. China opened and expanded their mines, including Turquoise and many other gem stones. They retrained their craftsmen and developed new, modern, bead and gem cutting and carving facil- ities. As time went on, the Chinese started design- ing and manufacturing new gemstones in their factories. The Chinese went as far as buying up gem-mines in its neigh- boring countries and territories. Soon, the Chinese were able to control much of the world’s gem and bead market. In his illustrated talk, Ken will discuss what has happened in Asia, where it is going, and how it will and discuss some of the misnamed and new factory manufactured gemstones. Ken Rogers has been recognized as one of the “go to” people when someone, or firm, had questions about gemstone beads. Ken has been a rockhound since he was 10, cut his first gemstone cabochon at age 15, and learned silversmithing and jewelry making in his high school art class. Ken had a 30-year career as a photo- journalist, working for the world’s top magazines and corporations. When the photographic world converted from film to digital media, Ken returned to the gem and jewelry world to manage a Beverly Hills jewelry store and several gem bead companies. Since then Ken has returned to creating his own gem bead jewelry, consulting, lecturing, and helping friends with their businesses. Ken has been a member of the Bead Society L.A. for the past 15 years and the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club for 10 years. Charlene Aspray Program Chair affect us, here in the U.S. Ken will go on to expose Hello fellow Club Members and rock hounds. Autumn has arrived in Southern California and along with the changing season comes opportunity for all members to get more involved toward further de- veloping the Club into the most interesting, fun, and community serving organization it can be. Several currently serving club officers have expressed desire to let their tenure expire at the end of this year’s term which will allow new members to step in and help administer the club in 2016. Continued page 2
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Monday, October 12, 2015 6:30 pm Executive Meeting

7:30 pm The Changing Gemstone and Bead Industries

OCTOBER 2015

OCTOBER 12 PROGRAM

Gemstone Beads 2015 – The Changing Gemstone and Bead Industries. New Finds, Fakes, Created, Dyed &

Enhanced – An Illustrated Talk by Ken Rogers

Join us for an evening with Ken Rogers who will talk about changes in the gemstone bead industry and how they affect jewelers, beaders, lapidary enthusiasts and jewelry buyers.

On February 17, 1972 Nixon went to China, opened trade, and in doing so, woke up the “Sleeping Dragon.” While China expanded its industrial growth it looked to its own natural resources, including historic and craft industries. China opened and expanded their mines, including Turquoise and many other gem stones. They retrained their craftsmen and developed new, modern, bead and gem cutting and carving facil-ities.

As time went on, the Chinese started design-ing and manufacturing new gemstones in their factories. The Chinese went as far as buying up gem-mines in its neigh-boring countries and territories. Soon, the Chinese were able to control much of the world’s gem and bead market.

In his illustrated talk, Ken will discuss what has happened in Asia, where it is going, and how it will

and discuss some of the misnamed and new factory manufactured gemstones.

Ken Rogers has been recognized as one of the “go to” people when someone, or firm, had questions about gemstone beads. Ken has been a rockhound since he was 10, cut his first gemstone cabochon at age 15, and learned silversmithing and jewelry making in his high school art class. Ken had a 30-year career as a photo-journalist, working for the world’s top magazinesand corporations. When the photographic world converted from film to digital media, Ken returned to the gem and jewelry world to manage a Beverly Hills jewelry store and several gem bead companies. Since then Ken has returned to creating his own gem bead jewelry, consulting, lecturing, and helping friends with their businesses. Ken has been a member of the Bead Society L.A. for the past 15 years and the Culver City Rock & Mineral Club for 10 years.

Charlene AsprayProgram Chair

affect us, here in the U.S. Ken will go on to expose

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEHello fellow Club Members and rock hounds.

Autumn has arrived in Southern California and along with the changing season comes opportunity for all members to get more involved toward further de-veloping the Club into the most interesting, fun, and community serving organization it can be. Several currently serving club officers have expressed desire to let their tenure expire at the end of this year’s term which will allow new members to step in and help administer the club in 2016.

Continued page 2

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OCT 2015

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE continued from page 1

Nominations for all positions are now open and should be forwarded to the nominating committee chairman, Steve Dover {[email protected]}. The slate of nominated officers and committee chairper-sons will be presented and discussed at the upcoming October 12 meeting, with formal voting of officers at the following November meeting.

Personally, I haven’t belonged to a group that has been more fun than The Culver City Rock and Min-eral Club and I hope, if nothing else that my tenure as President reflects those simple precepts: Come to meetings, have fun, learn things and give back to the community that has nurtured us. If we can all pitch in and help serve the club in an officer or committee chair capacity (even if only for a single year) we can all enjoy the meetings and diversity of different opin-ions and knowledge that keeps us strong and together in our common interest.

That said, I hope everyone saw the incredible super moon, blood moon eclipse last Sunday September 27. What a great show and one we won’t see again until 2033! Hope to see everyone on the second Monday in October.

Darrell RobbPresident

Zoisite, Thulite, Tanzanite

It may appear as blue, violet, green, brown, pink, yellow, gray, or colorless. Its luster is vitreous, while its fracture is conchoidal to uneven. While its specific gravity varies slightly between varieties, it is in the range between 3.10 and 3.38. It is slightly harder than orthoclase feldspar, which is a 6 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Its streak is white.

Zoisite belongs to the epidote group of minerals. It can be found in metamorphic and pegmatitic rock. Transparent Zoisite is generally used as gemstones, while other material is usually used for carving. Any-olite, which sources from Kenya, is prized for decora-tive carvings because of the contrast between its green Zoisite, black tschermakite, and ruby crystals.

It was first described in 1805 by Abraham Gottlob Werner. It was named for Sigmund Zois, who has sent him the specimens from Carinthia (modern-day south-ern Austria and northern Slovenia). Some sources for Zoisite are Tanzania, Kenya, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, India, and Pakistan.

Thulite, the variety from Norway, experiences manga-nese substitution, with up to two percent replacement of the original calcium. It was named for the mythical island of Thule, as some think it refers to Norway. It is also found in Austria, North Carolina, and Western Australia. Recently, high quality thulite was found in Okanogan County in Washington state.

The variety from Tanzania is called tanzanite, and it is generally blue to violet. While it was originally just called blue Zoisite, Tiffany & Co. renamed for marketing purposes. Nat-urally formed tanzanite is extremely rare, and is found only in the Mererani Hills. It is reddish brown in its rough state, so heat treatment is required before the stone can be used for jewelry. In 2002, it was chosen as the December birthstone by the American Gem Trade Association. Alternate December birthstones are turquoise and zircon.

Minda MoeMineral Chair

Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Shop scheduleCheck our website, www.culvercityrocks.org, for scheduled open time or call the shop (310-836-4611) after the scheduled opening time to confirm that an instructor has arrived.

Equipment AvailabilityAs of September 15 (when I was last at the shop before

MINERAL REPORT

SHOP NEWS

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SHOP NEWS continued from page 2

writing this report) all shop equipment was in good working order and ready for use except for the 16-inch slab-saw which needs a blade and jaw facing.

Slab saw practiceLast month I outlined the steps for using the three large covered slab-saws. This month starts explaining the details and why they are important.

1) Turn on the exhaust fan. In use the saws produce a lot of heat and small rock chips. Circulating oil flush-es the chips and cools the blade so it will not warp and jamb in the kerf (the cut or incision made by a saw). The exhaust fan draws the oil mist, produced by the cutting action, out of the Shop. In practice the fan is normally operating any time the saw room is occu-pied and often for general Shop ventilation in warm weather. Oil or dust in the air can cause health prob-lems such as allergies or emphysema. We currently use food grade mineral oil certified by the USDA for use in food processing equipment where oil may come in contact with the food.

2) Clamp the rock to be cut in the saw’s vise and ad-just thickness of the cut.

Securely clamping the rock to be cut is one of the most important steps and certainly the most frustrat-ing procedure in setting-up a cut. Failure will almost always result in damage to the saw, especially to the blade, and often to your rock. The difficulty comes from having to do at least four things at once: find a way to orient the rock so that it can be securely clamped, will be cut on a plane suitable for the project you are cutting it for, allowing enough overhang from the vise so that several cuts can be made (at least two if you want a slab with parallel surfaces), and bracing the vise so that it clamps your rock and not just itself. I’d like to say this process gets easier with experi-ence and practice, but in truth it is rarely easy when clamping irregularly shaped stones. There are some aids which help. The vise in each of our covered slab-saws has been modified so that it accepts a comb-like metal bar that will maintain the right-hand side of the movable jaw so that side of the vise has a stable open-ing. This also aids putting most of the clamping force on your rock rather than into binding. It can reduce

applied tightening force when compared with using scrap wood for preventing vise binding. In addition, we have several rock gripping devices that sometimes (rarely) can hold the rock and can be clamped rela-tively easily in the vise. All three saws have resilient materials lining the jaws which aid griping the rough surface of your rock. Tightening the jaw imbeds the rough rock surfaces allowing strong gripping.

Adequate clamping is rarely easy and usually awk-ward. Accept this and continue to learn what leads more often to success. Avoid hurry and impatience, they are counter-productive.(To be continued in future Shop News reports)

Limited parking in back of the shop is open for use. Park on the asphalt, off the alley concrete to avoid a parking citation. Please respect the space reserved for the shop instructor next to the paddle-tennis court.

On behalf of the Shop CommitteeBruce Mensinger

BENCH TIPS

DEBURRING A HOLE

When you drill a hole, there’s usually a burr pro-duced on the underside of the metal. Typically, burrs are removed by filing or sanding the area smooth, but do-ing it this way will put scratch-es on your piece that will have to be polished off.

A quick way to remove the burr is to grab a drill that’s two or three times larger than your hole. Sim-ply twist it in the hole to cut off the burr. I usually do this twisting by hand, but if you have many holes to do, it’s easier on your fingers to put the drill into a holder like a pin vise.

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THE NUGGETOCT 2015PAGE 4

MINUTES of the EXECUTIVE MEETING September 14, 2015

SAVE THE DATE

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CLEANING STEEL SHOT

Steel shot in a vibratory or rotary tumbler works great to burnish and shine your finished silver pieces. But a common problem is how keep the shot clean. Carbon steel shot can get rusty if exposed to the air, and even

stainless steel shot can some-times develop a blackish coat-ing that’s hard to remove.

My solution of choice to clean the shot is Classic Coke. Just pour an ounce or two

over the shot and let the tumbler run for an hour or so. A bad case might require a second cleaning. Some folks like to let the bubbles in the Coke dissipate before using it so that gas pressure doesn’t build up in the tumbler barrel. I’ve heard that it’s the phosphoric acid in Coke that does the trick.

While you’re waiting for the shot to clean up, just settle back and enjoy the rest of the Coke.

Exerpted from Bench Tips for Jewelry Making: 101 Useful Tips

Bench Tips continued from page 3

DECEMBER 14, 2015

HOLIDAY PARTY6pm to 9pm

Culver City Rotary Plaza Bring a side dish, salad, dessert or something special

to share - along with something for the infamous White Elephant gift exchange - more to come

• Those present: Charlene Aspray; Steve Dover, Franne Einberg, Ana Maria Guimaraes, Bruce Mensinger, Darrell Robb, Leda Rogers, Grace

Sato, Mary Ellen Shaffer, Rick Shaffer, Brad Smith, Jette Sorensen and Joyce Watanabe.

• The meeting was called to order at 6:44pm by President Darrell Robb.

• The August Executive Meeting minutes published in the September Nugget were approved as read.

• Darrell Robb indicated Ken Rogers would make a eulogy about Shep Koss, who passed away. Brad Smith added that there was a crowd funding campaign taking place to Support Shep’s disabled brother.

• Treasurer Report: Franne Einberg said the Club was solvent. She made a motion, which was approved, to renew the Lapidary Journal subscription for two years. Ms. Einberg indicated in October the Club was due to report to the State to whom the raffle proceeds would be donated. It was decided approval to donate the entire proceeds to the Friends of the Culver City Scout House (FOCCSH) was to be obtained from the Club members at the general meeting.

• Field Trips Report: Darrell Robb discussed upcoming trips organized by the Federation and other Clubs.

• Federation Report: Rick Shaffer recommended that members visit the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CFMS) website to familiarize themselves with several bills aimed to decrease rockhounding rights and bring attention to their government representatives.

• Membership Report: Jette Sorensen informed the Club had approximately 150 members. She added that Felice Ganz would not be the Membership Chair in 2016.

• 2016 Board Elections: Jette Sorensen reminded that in October the Board must put forth a new slate for voting in November.

• Program Report: Charlene Aspray indicated that there was no program secured for November and requested ideas. Brad Smith said he had presentation material that could be delivered by another member, as he wouldn’t be able to attend the meeting.

• Social Report: Mary Ellen Shaffer committed to provide Grace Sato with information on how to contact the Rotary Club to reserve the recreation room for the Club’s Holiday Party.

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THE NUGGET PAGE 5OCT 2015

MINUTES of the GENERAL MEETINGSEPTEMBER 14, 2015

PROGRAM REPORTSEPTEMBER 14, 2015

EXEC BOARD MINUTES continued from page 4

• Webmaster Report: Jette Sorensen reported the Club had 451 “Likes” on Facebook, from all over the world.

• New Business: • Leda Rogers raised concern regarding the shop

rates increase. A motion was approved to propose lowering the rates by the Shop Committee.

• Gary Mitchell donated a framed chart displaying many samples of gems to the shop.

The meeting adjourned at 7:28pm.Submitted by Ana Maria Guimaraes

Recording Secretary

• The meeting was called to order at 7:41pm, the Pledge of Allegiance was made and a quorum was established.

• The August General Meeting minutes published in the September Nugget were approved as read.

• Four guests were introduced.• Darrell Robb recommended Club members join

a field trip to Searles Dry Lake, open for rock-hounding once a year on the second weekend of October. Other members who had visited the place added the trip would be a fun experience for families including kids.

• Rick Shaffer indicated the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies organized two trips per month – one in Southern California, one in California; their website also had information about trips organized by other clubs. He added the Club’s webpage had a link to the CFMS’s website.

• Jette Sorensen indicated that a link CFMS link was on the webpage.

• Jette Sorensen announced the Club had 451 “Likes” on Facebook.

• Darrell Robb indicated that nominations for the 2016 slate must be made by the October meeting, for elections in November. He asked members to consider volunteering for the nominations for the various chairs.

• Franne Einberg informed the Club was solvent.

• A motion was approved to donate the 2015 Fies-ta of Gems raffle proceeds to the Friends of the Culver City Scout House (FOCCSH), a nonprofit organization that benefited the Culver City scouts.

• Brad Smith announced he would be doing a demonstration on casting at the Boy Scout House the following Saturday.

• Ken Rogers made a eulogy to Shep Koss, who had recently passed away and was one of the CFMS trip leaders and a great supporter of rockhounding for many years. He informed there was a crowd funding campaign to support Shep’s disabled brother, as well as a sale of some of Shep’s items. Information about these events would be pub-lished in the Nugget.

• The meeting adjourned; a break was held for re-freshments and a raffle, followed by the Septem-ber Program.

Submitted by Ana Maria GuimaraesRecording Secretary

Fund Raiser Addressfor Shep Koss’ Brother

https://www.gofundme.com/shepkoss

Charlene Aspray introduced Melinda Alexander, who demonstrated how to use riveting as a stone setting technique.

Having received her Master of Arts degree from California University at Los Angeles specializing in Metals, she is a jeweler and stone setter and teaches at Irvine Fine Arts Centers. Ms. Alexander provided a step-by-step demonstration of her technique, shar-ing valuable tips on the best tools to use for each step, how to customize tools and how to obtain various graphic effects on the metal. Several samples of her work were on display.

Submitted by Ana Maria GuimaraesRecording Secretary

● Michael Hill 10/5 ● Holly Westhoff 10/20 ● Jan Dunn 10/22 ● Richard Parra 10/22 ● Charles Warner 10/22 ● Nickie Jessup 10/25 ● Gary Willens 10/25 ● Steven Dover 10/27 ● Steven Zagha 10/31 ●CONGRATS - Your cake is at the 10/12 meeting

OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS

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UPCOMING SHOWS

October 3 - 4: BORON, CA Mojave Mineralogical Society Boron Park 12000 Boron Avenue Hours: 9 - 4 daily Contact: Steve Breckenridge, (760) 559-0872 Email: [email protected]

October 3 - 4: VISTA, CA Vista Gem & Mineral Society Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum 2040 North Santa Fe Avenue Hours: Sat 10 - 5; Sun 10 - 4 Contact: Ray Pearce, (760) 535-5524 Email: [email protected] Website: www.vistarocks.org

October 10: MARIPOSA, CA Mariposa Gem & Mineral Club Rock Swap Mariposa County Fairgrounds Hours: 10 – 5 Contact: Nikki West, (209) 742-4234 Email: [email protected]

October 10 - 11: ANDERSON, CA Shasta Gem & Mineral Society Shasta District Fairgrounds 1890 Briggs Street Hours: Sat. 9 - 5; Sun. 10 - 4 Contact: Kelley O’Leary, (530) 772-7133 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shastagemandmineral.com

October 10 - 11: GRASS VALLEY, CA Nevada County Gem & Mineral Society Nevada County Fairgrounds (Main Building) 11228 McCourtney Road Hours: 10 - 5 daily Contact: Anita Wald-Tuttle, (530) 277-6195 Email: [email protected]

October 10 - 11: TRONA, CA Searles Lake Gem & Mineral Society SLG&MS Show Building 13337 Main Street Hours: Sat 7 - 5; Sun 7 - 4 Contacts: Jim & Bonnie Fairchild, (760) 372-5356 Email: [email protected] Website: www1.iwvisp.com/tronagemclub

October 11: FALLBROOK, CA Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Facility 123 West Alvarado Street Hours: 9 - 4

Contact: (760) 728-1130 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fgms.org

October 17: WEST HILLS, CA Woodland Hills Rock Chippers First United Methodist Church 22700 Sherman Way Hours: 10 - 5 Contact: Anita Niles, (818) 349-2943 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rockchippers.org

October 17 - 18: PLACERVILLE, CA El Dorado County Mineral & Gem Society El Dorado County Fairgrounds 100 Placerville Drive Hours: 10 - 5 daily Contact: Karen Newlin, (530) 676-2472 Email: [email protected] Website: www.eldoradorocks.org

October 17 -18: WHITTIER, CA Whittier Gem & Mineral Society Whittier Community Center 7630 Washington Avenue Hours: 10 - 5 daily Contact: Marcia Goetz (626) 260-7239

October 24 - 25: LOS ALTOS, CA Peninsula Gem & Geology Society Los Altos Youth Center One No. San Antonio Road Hours: 10 - 5 daily Contact: Steve Jobe, (408) 834-5384 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pggs.org

November 7 - 8: ANAHEIM, CA American Opal Society The Phoenix Club 1340 South Sanderson Avenue Hours: Sat 10 - 6; Sun 10 - 5 Contact: Veronica Purpura, (714) 501-9959 Email: [email protected] Website: www.opalsociety.org/

November 7 - 8: OXNARD, CA Oxnard Gem & Mineral Society Oxnard Performing Arts Center 800 Hobson Way Hours: Sat. 10 - 5; Sun. 10 - 4 Contact: Josephine Martinez, (805) 701-1826 Email: [email protected] Website: www.oxnardgem.com

This month’s pink backgrounds and cover is for October as Breast Cancer Awareness month

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THE NUGGET PAGE 7OCT 2015

The Nugget The deadline for submissions is the 15th of every month. All articles or notes without a byline are written by the Editor. Permission to copy is freely given as long as proper credit is noted. The Nugget accepts paid advertisements. The cost for an eighth of a page (approx. 2” high x 3.5” wide) is $7 per insertion, payable in advance. Ad location is at the discretion of the Editor. Ad layouts, copy, or business cards must be received by the 10th of the month. Send materials to Culver City Rock and Mineral Club, P.O. Box 3324, Culver City, CA 90231, Attention: Editor.

The purpose of the CULVER CITY ROCK & MINERAL CLUB is to bring together persons interested in the earth sciences, to engage in research and study in this realm, and to assist members in the collection and preservation of rocks and minerals and in the study of lapidary and related arts................................................................................................http://www.culvercityrocks.org

MEETING SCHEDULE

General Meetings are held the second Monday of every month* at 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Bldg., 4117 Overland Ave. Enter from the rear door. Guests are always welcome.

Executive Committee Meetings are held the second Monday of every month* at 6:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Veterans Bldg. Auditorium. All club members are welcome.

*Meeting days occasionally change due to federal holidays or to accommodate the Fiesta Of Gems Show.

DUES & FEES

One time Initiation Fees:Individuals $20.002 Persons/Same Address $35.00 Juniors $15.00

Yearly Membership Dues:Individuals $25.002 Persons/Same Address $35.00Juniors $10.00

(After July 1, dues are $15.00, $25.00 and $5.00 respectively.)

SHOP INFORMATION

The shop is open to all members in good standing over the age of 18 who sign an indemnification form. Junior members (13 - 18) must be accompanied by an adult. Instruction is available at all sessions. Practice slabs are available.Location: 10866 Culver Blvd. in Culver City (behind the Boy Scout clubhouse and next to the paddle tennis courts)Shop Phone: (310) 836-4611Hours: Tuesday 7 – 9:30 pm - Bruce MensingerWednesday 10 am – 2 pm - By appointment, see http://culvercityrocks.org/lapshop.htm Thursday 10 am – 2 pm - Various instructorsSaturday Noon – 4 pm - Lynne LukertSunday Noon – 4 pm - Rick ShafferIf no one shows, the shop may close early. If you plan to arrive more than a half hour after the opening time, phone the instructor at (310) 836-4611

Elected Officers for 2015President - Darrell Robb

Vice President - Jette SorensenTreasurer - Franne Einberg

Recording Secretary - Ana Maria GuimaraesCorresponding Secretary - Jan Ferguson

Education - OPENHistorian - Bruce MensingerParliamentarian - Ellen Moe

Committee Chairs:Federation Director - Rick Shaffer

Field Trips - OpenLibrarian - Bruce MensingerMembership - Felice Ganz

Minerals - Minda MoePhotography - Bruce Mensinger

Programs - Charlene AsprayPublications - Co-Chairs Barbara Fier,

Jan Ferguson, Jette SorensenPublicity - Janice Metz

Show - Brad SmithCo-Chair - Hellena Jones-Elbling

Shop Committee - President, Vice President, Instructors

Social - Grace Sato Co-Chair - Joyce Watanabe

Sunshine - Leda RogersTrading Post - Steve Dover

Web Master - Jette Sorensen

Board of Directors: (2015) Rick Shaffer - Jette Sorensen (2016) Steve Dover - Leda Rogers

(2017) Bruce Mensinger - Ana Maria Guimaraes

Contact Us:Phone: (310) 836-4611Address: P.O. Box 3324, Culver City, CA 90231FaceBook: www.facebook.com/CCRMCTwitter: www.twitter.com/culvercityrocksYahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ ccrmc/info

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