DVESS Mailing List (YahooGroup)
If you haven't already joined this Yahoo group, do so now. This is our primary way of disseminating information to members. You will get emails (either individually or in daily digests) from other group members, and announcements about our meetings. You can also read through past messages at the Yahoo site so you don't have to save the emails you receive.

FaceBook!
Check us out on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/DVESSNJ. You can also find us by searching "Pages" for "Delaware Valley Earth Science Society". Thanks to Lance Schnatterly for making this happen.

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Please follow @DVESS_NJ to receive tweets on upcoming meetings, field trips, and general membership news events. Once again, thanks to Lance Schnatterly for making this happen!

Meeting Location -- Centenary United Methodist Church in Berlin, NJ. Come early (7:15 pm) for coffee and snacks. Google map of location (See written directions below.)

Sterling Hill Images
Sterling Hill 2007 & 2008

DVESS

The Delaware Valley Earth Science Society, Inc., a non-profit organization, was founded in 1956 and incorporated in the State of New Jersey in 1957. The Society promotes interest, knowledge, and the development of skills in the earth sciences. These interests include mineralogy, Paleontology, lapidary arts, archeology, and location preservation. The society supports the conservation of natural resources, advocates the availability of collecting sites, and maintains close contact with those in the academic field.

The Society meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Centenary United Methodist Church at 151 S White Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ 08009. Google map of location. Directions: If you are traveling east on the White Horse Pike (Rt. 30), in the middle of town, you'll pass the Diner and a food mart on your left, followed by a couple of white buildings, then the church is on your left (white with red front doors). Look for a square white steeple tower. There is a one-way driveway on each side of the church - the entrance driveway is on the right side of the church. The Education Bldg. is behind the church. Either park on the side and use the doors in the front (come up one flight of stairs), or park in the back to use the door in the rear.

Meetings start promptly at 7:30 p.m. with the main program followed by the business portion, and conclude around 10 p.m. Meetings are open to the general public.


sand dollar
I found this whole, perfect sand dollar laying exposed just as I photographed it, about 6 feet from someone's collecting bucket. Fate kept them from stomping on it. It's a little over an inch in diameter. (See the rest of the story in the Aurora Nov. 2002 section of Photos)