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S.A.M.S. meetings are usually held on the first Monday of each month except January and September at the Tuton Hall Community Center at 7:00 p.m. Visitors and guests are always welcome. Here is a Map of the meeting site.
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:00 PM
Tuton Hall Community Center
Deerfield Retirement Community
Wayne Steinmetz - Crystal Symmetry, A Short Introduction
I was a member of the chemistry faculty at Pomona College where I taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, and environmental chemistry. My research focused on molecular structure and NMR spectroscopy. I was a Scoutmaster for 32 years and am a Woodbadge Course Director. I have been a volunteer for over 25 years with the USFS and NPS and have worked on the construction and repair of trails in California and North Carolina. My hobbies include choral singing, target shooting, mineral collecting, and cross-country skiing.
Wayne Steinmetz
PERMANENT MEETING LOCATION CHANGE
At a Board of Directors Meeting on May 11, 2011 the Board voted to change the location of the Club meeting place from the Murphy-Oakley Community Center on Fairview Road to a meeting room at the Deerfield Retirement Community in south Asheville. This action was taken after consideration of a number of factors and discussion of alternatives. The vote by the Board was unanimous to make the change.
For a number of years we have paid the City of Asheville a rental fee for use of the Murphy-Oakley Center plus additional charges for non-residents of the City attending our monthly meetings. These charges have increased in recent years to where they are a significant item in our annual budget. Since the Center is a polling place the first Tuesday of November, it is not feasible to meet there the evening before. July also presents a problem with the Center being closed if July 4 is on or near our meeting date and the following Monday is not available to us. This year we would have utilized the Center on the first Monday of the month only eight times although rent was paid for the entire year.
Our gathering at each meeting requires preparation time before the scheduled start of the meeting for registration, set-up of equipment for the program, and numerous details. This was not convenient for some time in the past due to another group using the space until our scheduled start time. Also, we had to clean up and be out of the Center by a 9:00 pm closing time, with no allowance for an extended program or meeting.
These and other items were discussed by the Board and it was decided that there were a number of advantages, including economic, to change the location of our meetings to the new facility at Deerfield. The Board was impressed with the facility and several aspects of convenience in conducting future meetings.
Directions to Meeting Location:
1617 Hendersonville Road, Asheville NC
From I-40 - westbound take Exit 50A or eastbound take Exit 50 and turn right. Go south on US-25 (Hendersonville Road) approx. 3 miles and turn right (across from Walmart) onto Deerfield Campus.
From I-26 - Exit 37 (NC146 / Skyland / Long Shoals Road). Take Long Shoals Road toward Skyland, (TC Roberson HS). At first light after HS turn left on Hendersonville Road/US25; Drive approx. 2 miles and turn left at Deerfield entrance (across from Walmart).
Deerfield Campus. Take Lambeth Drive to stop sign; go straight and turn left on Highbridge Crossing. Follow under building connector to top of hill and pass the Timson Hall parking lot on the left. Stay to the left on Salisbury Drive where the road splits. Follow to open parking lot on left - Tuton Hall. (Do not park in Parking Garage or covered parking areas as these spaces are reserved for residents.)
Enter through main entrance and the Tuton Hall Community Room is to the left.
Here is a Map of the meeting site.
Have a suggestion for an upcoming S.A.M.S.
program?
Contact S.A.M.S. President Joe Enderle (828) 670-1996 or e-mail sams@main.nc.us
share your thoughts.
Here are a few photos
from the 2011 Hey Day & the 2011 Annual Meeting & Picnic at Lake Julian. Thanks to Rudy Olson and Judy Presnell:
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Illustration with text from LIVING FOSSILS by Anne L. Parker. Used by permission
of Dr. James P. Parker.
Epidote image Copyright 
