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Marc is an ardent collector of many things besides rocks and minerals. Among them are Santa Clauses, relics, roadrunners, "bugs," old western history books, and about 3000 bells.
At eighty years of age, Marc's philosophy is that
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pack and unpack the Foundation collections when moving from the fairground museum location to the present location and also has helped with Foundation
mineral shows, sales, and meetings.
Marc is well-known for her knowledge of quartz, especially her "discovery" of the Four Peaks amethyst with c-faces. On her engraved sandstone award plaque appropriately are two quartz crystals, one from the Fat Jack and the other from Quartzsite. After Marc read an Arizona Highways' article about
micro mounts written by A.L.Flagg and illustrated by Floyd Getsinger (deceased Foundation member who created the first color cover for Arizona Highways), she knew she wanted to be a "micromounter." She has exhibited micromounts as well as thumbnails and educational exhibits at the State Fair and mineral shows all over the county.
I have shown in the prior paragraphs how Marc met our award criteria. I reserve for last just a few other details about Marc that were too interesting to omit:
Marc is a descendant of the first woman public school teacher in California. Her great-grandmother, who reached California at age 16, knew the Marshall of Coloma- gold fame. She taught illiterate miners.
Horses were "Marc's life." She grew up on a cattle ranch in California, spending her summers at Lake Tahoe and winters in Eldorado County. Her brother was permitted on cattle drives between Lake Tahoe and Eldorado County when he was five, but Marc was not permitted to ride in the cattle drives until she was nine (she didn't like being a girl until she was 16). She rode in rodeos and was rodeo queen. Marc had horses until just a few years ago when arthritis prevented her from riding.
She didn't like being told she couldn't do anything because she was a girl.
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(Continued from page 3)
As in any organization I have been involved with, there is a small group of members who are always there to pick up the slack and get things done. The
last thing I ever want to hear from any Foundation member is they are not allowed to participate because everything is done by the "clique". There is plenty of work for everyone at the Museum. I also do not want to hear that a member does not feel qualified to do something. You get out of an organization what you put into it. We are more than trying to build a mineral collection or having a few field trips or whatever. The Museum is only as good as we make it. Some of that has to be by giving your time.
We do plan on having a meeting July 8th. Have a safe summer and remember to always carry plenty of water when you get out in the desert.
Les Presmyk
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Foundation Internet Domain
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(Continued from page 1)
lasting contributions.
By the way, I am now using Christine and Randall's Service, CRPROD.COM, as my ISP, and they have the fastest connecting and highest transfer rate I have ever enjoyed. They offer service by the month at very reasonable prices, and are responsive and knowledgeable when I need support. If you are considering getting on line, or are getting tired of busy signals, you ought to give them a try, too. Tell Christine you heard it from Steve, and she might give me some free time on line to look at rocks!
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