Crystal's Rock - Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club

Page 43. PersonalsA big Thank You goes to Will van den Berg whotook the urn home and repaired it for us.Get Well Wishes go to Karien Grobler who hadto endure a kidney stone operation; what a painfullesson to learn – not all “stones” are worthcollecting! Karien we are thinking of you and wishyou a speedy recovery.Get Well Wishes go also to Horst Windisch whohad another nasty fall whilst on a mineral outing.His shoulder and collar bone had to be operatedon. The procedure went well but post-operativecomplications kept him in the hospital much longerthan planned. Horst our thoughts are with you andwe wish you also a speedy and full recovery. Hopeto see you at the club soon again.In this regard we also wish to extend our thanks toPiet Reitz and Lex Krabbendam who stepped inand temporary took-over some of Horst’sresponsibilities (monthly mineral meeting andmonthly programme) until Horst is “up andrunning” again.4. Special Acknowledgement and Thank You’sgo toFay PieridesHelmut Schönberger andNeels van den Berg,who ensured that the recently completed lapidarytraining sessions for the ten students of theUniversity of Johannesburg, held on two separateWednesdays, where successful.Apparently all students where able to completebeautiful cabochons under the supervision of thehighly experienced “PGMC Training Team”.Who knows, some of them might even join our club.Thank you very much Fay, Helmut and Neels forpassing on your experience and knowledge and thuspromoting our hobby and the club to the public in thebest way possible.