Sat. 11/5    Work Day  Come out one and all – we need your help! We have to organize our club collection. So please stop by to help for one or more hours on Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in 900 Knell Road, Montgomery Illinois. On that day if you have problems finding this storage facility, please call one of a couple people, Jim at 630-400-0750 or John at 630-483-2363.

Fri. 11/11   St. Paul Indiana Fossil Field Trip. Meet at the quarry office by 7:45 am (6:45 am Chicago time). Normal safety equipment is needed – hard hat, protective boots, eye protection. To get to the office take I65 south around Indianapolis to 174. Exit and Exit 123 go south to Michigan Av. right to N. County Road 800 W left following signs to St. Paul. Go through the town over the railroad tracks past town, ending up on Mound Rd, to office on right. Indiana state law that no one under 18 is allowed in quarries. Also, need to be a member of ESCONI. 

Fri. 11/11    General Meeting: 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. CaryR. Easterday, Instructor, Curator of Mazon Creek Project, Northeastern Illinois University, will be speaking on Planetary Geology. “Most of what you think you know about the solar system is probably out-of-date or just plain wrong.  Twenty ‘plus’ years of advances in the study of our solar system, including some surprises in the search for extraterrestrial life.”

Sat. 11/12    Mineralogy and Micromount Study Group. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. Dan Behnke presents microphotography of specimens collected from Clark Mines.