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about this project and I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank all of the people involved in making
this happen. Many people have worked on this pro-
ject and many more have helped to fund it. It could
not have come to fruition without all of this help and
support. We are very excited about the "On -Line"
part of this project but the scanning of data for the
archive is an on-going project that could use a little
more help financially. If you are so inclined, send-
ing money to the
Kansas Geological Foundation
for future scanning would be most appreciated!
Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca Radford
FROM THE MANAGER'S DESK
Dear Members,
It has been a very hot summer with no end in
sight at the time I am writing this. Hopefully it will
break soon, bringing that nice cool fall weather that
we all love.
As September comes around, we are ready for
another great year of Technical Talks, thanks to the
hard work of
Bob Cowdery. He has several talks
already scheduled. Please see
page 5 for the sched-
ule and get these dates on your calendar. On Sep-
tember 25, there will be a very interesting talk on the
geology of the Lewis and Clark Trail. Don't miss it!
The KGS Annual Picnic was held on August 1st
at All Star Sports Entertainment. We had a very
good turnout this year and everyone seemed to have
a wonderful time. The food was delicious and the
air-conditioned room was greatly appreciated as it
was very hot that day and evening! Photos from this
event are on the following page. Please thank the
Picnic Committee for such a fine event:
Brian Wil-
hite, Chair, Kimberly Dimmick-Wells and Cory
Baker.
We had a special event this year at the picnic
thanks to
Tyler Sanders. He devised and sponsored
a contest called
"Know Your Rocks." There were
several logs displayed with the headers removed and
you had to guess where the well was drilled. The
one coming closest to the actual location won $50.00
cash! The winner was Gerald Honas. Congratula-
tions Jerry! The pictures at the end of my letter
show the serious nature of the species called geolo-
gist, working on the solution to this contest.
We have the
KGS Shooting Tournament com-
ing up October 7th. Please see
the insert entry
form for details on this event or talk with Larry
Richardson.
We have started the free demo of the
Walters
Digital Library as of August 27th. We will be run-
ning the free demo until September 15th when we
will go live with all the images presently available.
If you plan to use the Digital Library, please contact
me or Tyler Sanders here at the library. We will get
you signed up with a user name and password. All
KGS members who are also Library members, will
get a discounted fee to join the Walters Digital Li-
brary. We think you will be surprised at how easy it
is to use this digital format and will find it extremely
beneficial when you are not able to get to the paper
library to do your research. We are very excited
"Maybe if I drink enough beer I'll be able to figure this out"