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The BeauiThe Newsletter of the Sarasota Shell Clubwebsite: www.sarasotashellclub.com April 2007At the April 12 th meeting, in our regular meeting room at the Mote Marine Laboratory,City Island, Sarasota, 3rd floor conference room, the speaker will be Bob Janowski,shell bookseller on his experiences in the shell world.Enter the building at the recessed door on the east side, between the Aquarium entrance andthe Education Room. The meeting room is directly opposite the elevator.Single membership is $15.00 and family is $20.00. Family membership is for a couple living atsame address. Memberships includes a monthly copy of Beaui sent via e-mail, an extra $5.00 isrequired if a hardcopy of newsletter is needed.Club pins are to be worn at each meeting, or pay a fine of 25 cents. If pin is lost, $6.50 will get youa new one ordered.Marilyn HortonMembership ChairpersonPicnic Time!The Shell Club Annual Picnic will be held on April 29 at Sylvia Thompson’s home onLongboat Key. You may park in garage or driveway if available, but if you do not want to getblocked in, park on the pink brick road but allow cars to pass where you park.The theme this year is a Good Ole fashion Texas Hoedown - but in the sunny state of Florida - isn't thata hoot! So all of you get out your best Cowboy or Cowgirl hat or Shell hat...There will be a prize for thebest hat and the funniest hat! Other than that, wear your sunblock, swimsuits, no Birthday suits -Please! And be ready for a relaxing day of Fun in the Sun and shelling fellowship.~Dinner is served at 6:00 p.m. ~Munchies will be poolside from 2p.m. - 6p.m.Bring: Your own Spirits if you wish! The club will provide soda and cold H2o.There will be sign up sheets at this months meeting for: Set-up, Clean-up. What side dish to bring, howmany Shell club members and their family plan to attend, this is a must need to know number soenough food is provided.IF YOU CANNOT BE AT MEETING CALL LORI OR SYLVIA FOR DIRECTIONS

I have always had an interest in shells. To me each shell, whether broken or whole, is a treasure fromGod. For that reason I cannot just go for a walk on the beach. My eyes immediately go to each of thesetreasures, and I find myself more engrossed with the shell rather than with the person I might bewalking with! Until I joined the club I thought I was quite unique in my appreciation for shells. Now I canwalk the beach with others who have the same admiration as I do.I am very excited about SSC and all I have learned and how everyone welcomed me with open arms. Iam looking forward to helping our club grow. My goal this year was to update some of our technology,and I feel the club was successful in doing so. My other goal was to help some of us begin learningscientific names for the shells we find. Okay, so we can use a little more practice, but hey, if each of uslearned one new scientific name this year, that’s one more than we knew before, right? As for nextyear, one of my goals is to try to bring in some high school students as members (The wheels arealready turning!)Joanne ChmielewskiI have been an active club member for many years. I have at one time or another been VP,Corresponding Secretary/Editor, Member at Large, Field Trip coordinator and Show Chairman. Myinterests are collecting shells on field trips around FL and the Caribbean for over sixty years (I lived inFL as a child!). I collect mainly Epitonium & Strombidae families. My other shelling interest includesmaking flowers with a group of club members, which we then sell at the annual Shell Show in February.Lynn GaulinFrom my earliest memories of vacations on Cape Cod, I’ve had a fascination for anythingaquatic, particularly shells. The best shelling I’ve done was during the 18 months I lived inAustralia. I don’t take live shells (can’t imagine killing something so that I can have itshome), & Australia was fantastic for finding beautiful empty shells on the beaches. Whenmy husband & I moved to FL in 2003 I joined the SSC with my sister, Susan Eckler.This will be my 3 rd year as Recording Secretary. I would like to see more new members, keepingthe meetings interesting and fast paced seems to have helped our membership increase in recentyears. Member retention is crucial and an area we need to work on. It is an honor to serve themembership as Recording Secretary, and I take the position very seriously.Jan McSweenA lifelong Floridian, I have been collecting shells seriously for over 35 years by wading,snorkeling and diving. I have been active in the both the local and international shellworld including judging at shows, writing articles for popular shelling magazines (as wellas my new book on the Caribbean Turridae). I have traveled extensively to collect shells,and guided many shell-collecting trips in Florida and foreign countries. I have served anumber of times as President of the SSC and was the newsletter editor for a number ofyears and I look forward to taking over as the editor once again as the CorrespondingSecretary.Peggy WilliamsMy wife Judy & I became interested in shelling in 1972 when we began snorkeling &SCUBA diving while living in Micronesia for 12 years. In addition to collecting shells, wehave done a lot of trading worldwide over the years. I have also enjoyed photographingthe live mollusks to show the animals characteristics. Moving here in 2004 renewed ourinterest in beach & snorkel collecting. Favorite families include cowries, cones, miters, themurex and olives.Jim Wedge

Field TripsA trip is now set up for Saturday, April 28; we will be going Fossil Hunting once again. This trip is to afossil pit in Naples that our club has been to before. Gary Schmelz will be leading our group and willexplain the restrictions of this particular pit.. Gary was the presenter of the magnificent program at arecent meeting. He will require Liability Waivers to be signed and will hand out a book with informationon the fossils you can expect to find. The cost is $24.00 per person.We will meet Gary at a specific location in Naples at 8:30am. A minimum of 10 and no more than 20people, so only the first 20 to contact me will get to-sorry. Again, it is advisable to carpool due to thecost of gas and the distance traveled. More information will be available at the April club meeting. Foradvanced reservations you can call me at 941 708.3085 or e-mail me at H2Lees@aol.com .March Field TripA group of 10 people went to Shell Key on March the 10 th , the outing started out a little chilly but soonwarmed under the sun. We were finding lots of shell and stayed there for four hours, long enough to getthe tops of my feet very sun-burned! Various small shells and sand dollars were found. After wereturned to the mainland we gathered for lunch at a restaurant by the water. Great fun was had by all.NEW SHELL BOOKAnadara Press is pleased toannounce the release of a new book:Bivalve Seashells of Florida:An Identification Guide to theCommon Species of Florida andthe Southeast.by Trish HartmannIt features over 500 full color, high-resolution photographs of bivalves, Florida's coastal habitats, as well ashuman uses of bivalves and successful methods for shell collecting. Incorporating, habitats and interiorshell structure, Bivalve Seashells of Florida makes shell identification and study easy for the beginningshell enthusiast to the experienced biologist. Visit their website: www.anadarapress.com