Rock club sets open house at new facility

The Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association hosts an open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the club’s new facility at 40 Harrison Road in Carlsborg.

Club members will be on hand to show how to cut and polish stones. Class instructors will also be available to explain the club’s various classes, including metal smith, wire wrap, chain maille, faceting, beading and rock painting.

Visit the new classroom and shop and spend the day having fun with other “rock hounds.”

A nonprofit association, the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association was organized for educational activity in the science of geology as it relates to the discovery of rock, mineral and fossils; the art of lapidary to enhance rocks’ natural beauty and to the promotion of rocks and “rock hounding” through information and special programs.

For more information, visit sequimrocks.org, call club president Andy Patapoff 303-906-0839 or publicity coordinator Kathy Schreiner at 360-681-3811.