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Vince Matthews was going to do a talk for FSS in February but has postponed it until May because of his new commitments as Director of the National Mining Museum Hall of Fame and Mining Museum in Leadville. So we have a couple of alternative events for you to attend this month - Feb. 21-22-23 - Denver Gem and Mineral Guild Show at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, Friday 10-6, Sat. 10-6, Sun 20-5. Free admission. 50th Anniversary show, so lots of great exhibits by club members! Or for those in the southern climes Pete suggests that you attend the "Stories in Stone" symposium at the Colo. Springs Pioneer Museum, Sat. Feb. 22. Sat., Feb. 22, “Stories in Stone Symposium” 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, 215 S. Tejon St., Colorado Springs. Five featured lecture presentations on Ordovician fossils, dinosaurs and their tracks, Baculite Mesa, Lake Florissant, and more activities. Free admission; for more info call 719-385-5990 or see www.cspm.org . I'll add the detailed program: 10:00 a.m., Tom Nolan, Ordovician fossils and observations in deep time 11:00 a.m., Lou Taylor, The Morrison Formation and its dinosaurs 1:00 p.m., Amber Cain, Dinosaur tracks of the Dakota Sandstone 2:00 p.m., Malcolm Bedell, Jr., Life in the Pierre Shale of Baculite Mesa 3:00 p.m., Conni O'Connor, Reconstructing Lake Florissant All excellent speakers! See you in March at Woodland Park for Bob Knapp's talk! Contact BETH at cloverknoll@comcast.net