Submitted by Mary Kocz, Program Director
The Spring River Gem & Mineral Club in Cherokee Village will meet 10AM Thunderbird Center , 62 N. Lakeshore Rd, on the first Friday of each month, beginning in March.
To learn more about this beautiful state we live in, SRGMC is continuing its mini-series of Only in Arkansas programs which are devoted solely to Arkansas.
March 7: Only in Arkansas : “The Archeology and History of the Cherokee Village Area,” presented by Archeologist Jason Eeds, who is Section Head of the Cultural Resources Section at the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). This talk will encompass 12,000+ years ago to the 1500’s. We’ll learn who lived in the area which we now call Cherokee Village. Where did they come from, and what did they leave behind?
April 4: Only in Arkansas: “Lithium Resources in Arkansas” by Geologist Doug Hanson at the Arkansas Geological Survey. Did you know that lithium was discovered in Arkansas? Wow! What a tremendous boom for Arkansas! Who will do the mining?
May 2: “Only in Arkansas: “Notorious Arkansas Swindler- Dr. John Kizer ” by Dr. Rodney Harris, Chair of the Department of History at Williams Baptist College. This is a true story of murderous greed.
June 6: SRGMC picnic
July 4: “Born to Run: The Evolution of Human Locomotion.” By Dr. Jason Kennedy, Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Lyons College. This will be a brief overview of our potential ancestors starting with bipedalism. This will begin roughly 22 million years ago and we’ll learn the changes that resulted in unique biological adaptations to running and walking upright.
August 1: Only in Arkansas: “ How to Talk Ozark, One” by Dr. Brooks Blevins, MSU Professor of Ozark Studies. Come to hear a lighthearted presentation exploring early ethnic and cultural influences on the Ozarks through the lens of dialect and accent.
September 5: “The Ghost Dance” by Historian Kenton Adler , Lyons College. The Ghost Dance ceremony incorporated numerous Native Americans belief systems. It spread to Native American tribes throughout the east and west . Come to see the Dance, learn when it began, and when it was danced no more. More importantly, WHY was it no longer danced.
October 3: “Rock Salt: Studying Squeezy Rocks” by Dr. Bari Hanafi, Assistant Professor of Geology at UALR. Rock salt is a unique type of rock that can flow like a liquid in response to geological stress. Who woulda thunk it?
November 7: “Exploring Fluorescence” by Geologist Mike Howard, a SRGMC Honorary member who is retired from Arkansas Geological Survey. Did you know there are fluorescent minerals in Arkansas? Mike will give us the “skinny” on this and also present a light show of fluorescent minerals.
December 5- SRGMC Christmas party.
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