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From the President's Desk
Happy New Year to all! I hope this message finds you well. I have a new granddaughter to welcome into 2025. Little Blair Elizabeth is another little pebble pup to keep me busy. I am looking forward to some good things happening this new year and hoping to get some new friends and volunteers to help us through all of our activities and adventures. We're still looking for a new editor. Thanks for reading and I'll see you at the meeting. -Mike Bomba
Photos from the Club Picnic September 15, 2024
Photos from the Club Banquet, June 1, 2024
Our Scholarship Recipient for 2024
Congratulations to our scholarship award recipient, Benjamin Jones, seen here with his parents at the Hungarian Rhapsody at our annual banquet, Saturday June 1, 2024. Many thanks go to Velma Bradley and Doris Snyder, and Andrea Rinker for all their hard work!
Update: We received this note from Benjamin...
Dear Midwest Mineralogical and Lapidary Society,
I was writing to give thanks to MMLS for their scholarship of $1500. I was extremely delighted to have been chosen for this scholarship and for the honor of receiving it at the MMLS banquet back in May. College has not been without its challenges, and with this scholarship that burden will be much lighter. I am currently studying Environmental Science with a focus in the geosciences, and after graduation I plan on attending graduate school for Engineering Geology/Environmental Engineering and hope to be an Environmental Consultant. This scholarship will help me get one step closer to my goals.
I also wanted to say I enjoyed the banquet that was held back in May. It was very moving to see people not just from an environmental background but all backgrounds caring for and being passionate about the earth and the minerals it gives us to find and to research. So many talented and amazing folks being there to support my education was really inspiring, and I hope to give back to MMLS in the future with minerals that I might find. Thank you all once again for bringing your time, energy, and love for the sciences together to help me in my own journey to give back to folks as you've done for me. Thank you all very much!
-Benjamin Jones
Update: We received this note from Benjamin...
Dear Midwest Mineralogical and Lapidary Society,
I was writing to give thanks to MMLS for their scholarship of $1500. I was extremely delighted to have been chosen for this scholarship and for the honor of receiving it at the MMLS banquet back in May. College has not been without its challenges, and with this scholarship that burden will be much lighter. I am currently studying Environmental Science with a focus in the geosciences, and after graduation I plan on attending graduate school for Engineering Geology/Environmental Engineering and hope to be an Environmental Consultant. This scholarship will help me get one step closer to my goals.
I also wanted to say I enjoyed the banquet that was held back in May. It was very moving to see people not just from an environmental background but all backgrounds caring for and being passionate about the earth and the minerals it gives us to find and to research. So many talented and amazing folks being there to support my education was really inspiring, and I hope to give back to MMLS in the future with minerals that I might find. Thank you all once again for bringing your time, energy, and love for the sciences together to help me in my own journey to give back to folks as you've done for me. Thank you all very much!
-Benjamin Jones
