The Youth The
official newsletter of Youth Stamp Collectors
Volume 9 DECEMBER 2007 Issue 11
CLUB NEWS &
ACTIVITIES: December 14 is our holiday party. I will bring the pick tubs so
you can choose stamps to keep you busy over winter school break.
Exhibit Class
– Sad news -- We have learned that the Boeing Stamp Show will not have exhibits
at their January show. Since we are not ready to show our Bill Boeing exhibit,
this will give us the time necessary to complete and show it at a later date.
Our research is getting more complete. We are nearly ready to choose important
words and phrases to lead us to philatelic material and to collecting items.
Our activity this month will be an exercise in choosing the
important ideas from the story. This exercise will also assist you in your
personal exhibit. I will provide a story to dissect and discuss how to change
the story into a visual representation.
If you have more Bill Boeing research, remember to bring it
to the meeting. I will add it to our stack.
Everyone should still be working on their personal exhibit.
If you have made progress, please bring it to the meeting to share with the
group. See you Friday! ~ Keith
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Reminder
– If the school is closed on meeting night due to Snow and/or Ice, the meeting
will be held in our home in Mountlake Terrace (address on Page 2).
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Puget Sound Club members
– Bring to stamp club in January a photo of you with one of your stamp items
(big enough to see in photo) and a short write-up of why you collect. Remember
to put your name in the write-up! All photos will go in the
school display window so other students can see how much fun
we have at stamp club!
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DUES REMINDER:
Our dues will go up starting January 1, 2008. Feel free to pay your dues now in
order to lock in the old rate.
~ Youth: Current rate -- $10.00
per year; New rate -- $15.00 per year
~ Educator: Current rate --
$25.00 first year, $15.00 each year after. New rate -- $30.00
first year, $20.00 each year after
~ Supporter: Current rate --
$15.00 per year; New rate -- $20.00 per year
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Next Puget Sound Meeting – January 25th, 2008.
ALL EDUCATORS
– New for WESTPEX 2008 – Scout Stamp Collecting Merit Badge workshop!
Scheduled for Sunday, April 27, 2008 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm (close of show) in
the Santa Barbara Room (next to Santa Clara Room/Youth Activities). If you have
a scout working on his merit badge, please have him complete the big project of
the merit badge as we will not be able to work on it during the workshop,
though I can view the project. I would appreciate the assistance of any
California scout leaders attending the show! Let me know if you can help and/or
how many scouts who wish to attend. Pre-registration is a must as seating is
limited!
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Reminder -- All our
Educators can borrow philatelic books from Northwest Philatelic Library
(Portland, Oregon). See details in October newsletter (or contact Carol).
CLUB MEETINGS
PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS
– Do you have empty laserjet printer toner cartridges, empty color printer
inkjet cartridges and cell phones you are no longer using (but still work)? If
so, how about recycling them for Youth Stamp Collectors’
fundraising? All you have to do is gather the above items from home, work,
relatives, friends and local businesses, package them in a sturdy box and ship
to the Funding Factory, the fund raiser organization who recycles all these
items. I have shipping labels direct to Funding Factory so you do not have to
pay for shipping or figure out how to get them to us if you only see us once or
twice a year. Once you package the items up and ship, drop us an e-mail and let
us know how many toner and inkjet cartridges and cell phones you sent out.
(This helps us keep track.) Funding Factory will inform us the current dollar
value. There is no expiration date on this program; we are in it for the long
haul. Thanks for your continuing support!
WELCOME NEW
MEMBERS: Michael Heesacker,
Boy Scout leader in Silverdale, Washington. Christina Rogers, homeschool in
Lutherville, Maryland.
SUPER QUIZ: This month, Science R (e.g., Animals such as
snakes, lizards and alligators. A: Reptiles.)
1.
The process of
turning around on an axis.
2.
A system for
detecting aircraft and ships by sending out radio waves.
3.
A mechanism that can
move automatically or by remote control.
4.
Orbital motion about
a point.
5.
The process by which
a plant exchanges gases with its environment.
6.
Energy that is
emitted in the form of rays, waves or particles.
7.
Term for planets
moving around the sun in a direction opposite to that of Earth.
8.
A chemical reaction
in which electrons are gained.
9.
The process whereby
DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division.
Courtesy of The
Everett Herald
Tobin Hanson of Kenmore, Washington; and Peter Sheppard of
Monroe, Washington.
NEW
STAMP ISSUES for December 2007
To obtain a first day cancellation: Address requests to
postmaster of the first-day city within 30 days of the date of issue. The
first-day city and zip code are included with each listing as soon as they are
known to us. To prepare your own FDC's, buy and affix stamps to your (decorated
and) addressed envelopes and insert a postcard-thickness stiffener. Any artwork
should not be in address or stamp sections of envelope. Place covers in a
larger envelope, with appropriate return postage and addressed to:
Customer-Affixed Envelopes, (Name of Stamp), Postmaster, City, State and
5-digit zip code followed by -9991 (listed with stamp or other address given).
Include larger self-addressed stamped envelope if you do not want your covers
to go directly through the mail stream which may result in damage to covers.
United States
No new stamps for December. New list in January!
Canada
No new stamps for December; here’s
October and November listings:
Ø October 1: Endangered Species right
whale, northern cricket frog, leatherback turtle, white sturgeon single stamps
and souvenir sheet (for Stamp Collecting Month)
Ø October 12: Beneficial Insects
Convergent Lady Beetle, Golden-eyed Lacewing, Cecropia Moth, Northern Bumblebee
and Canada Darner Dragonfly
Ø November 1: Christmas Reindeer,
Christmas Hope, Christmas Joy and Christmas Peace
STAMP SHOWS: Get out your calendar and mark down the following stamp
shows for December 2007 &
January 2008.
FREE ADMISSION to all shows unless
noted. Youth Stamp Collectors means we will be there, so come pick
stamps out of the pick tubs! Don't forget to ask what new items we have!
No shows this month as far as I know. Keep checking your
local newspapers for local shows. Show coming February 2008!
No shows this month as far as I know. Keep checking your
local newspapers for local shows.
January 6: The Original 1st
Sunday Stamp Show. Masonic Hall, 14750 Sherman Way; Van Nuys. 9:00 am to
4:00 pm.
January 11 – 13: 33rd Annual ORCOEXPO
Stamp Show. Embassy Suites Hotel/Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Boulevard;
Anaheim/Garden Grove (just 1 mile south of Disneyland). Friday 11:00 am to 6:00
pm; Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
No shows this month as far as I know. Keep checking your
local newspapers for local shows.
December 23: Cresthaven Stamp & Postcard
Show. Jewish Community Center, 3151 North Military Trl (at Community
Drive); West Palm Beach. 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.
No shows this month as far as I know. Keep checking your local newspapers for local shows.
December 23: Melville Stamp and Coin Show.
Camelot Hall, 585 Rt. #110; Melville. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
December 22: The Stamp Collectors Corner. Oregon
Stamp Society Clubhouse, 4828 NE 33rd Avenue; Portland, OR. 10:00 am to 4:00
pm.
December 30: Baltimore Monthly Coin &
Stamp Show. Holiday Inn Select, Timonium Plaza, 2004 Greenspring Drive;
Timonium, MD (Timonium Exit #16, just off I-83). 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Free
parking.
No shows this month as far as I know. Keep checking your
local newspapers for local shows.
January 26 – 27: Boeing Employees Stamp Club
Winter Show. Highline Community College, Student Union; 2400 South 240th
Street; Des Moines, WA. Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00
pm. Show covers and postmark, Youth Stamp Collectors and USPS.
January 26 – 27: Greater Seattle Postcard &
Paper Collectibles Show. Kent Commons, 525 – 4th Avenue North;
Kent. Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
THANK
YOU: The following
persons/organizations have donated stamps, Christmas seals, stamp catalogs,
covers, glassine envelopes, albums, album pages, stockbooks and pages, advice,
and other supplies and door prizes as well as financial donations to Youth
Stamp Collectors: Dave James, Tim Greene, Collectors Club of Seattle, Rod Askelson, Jim
Bryan & Guys, Ann Clarke, Martin Feibusch, Naomi & Randall Schafer,
Helen Wiswell, Francis Houck, Loretta Lucier, and Greater Eastside Stamp
Society.
Merry Christmas!
Happy
Hanukkah!
Happy
Eid!
Happy
Kwanzaa!
…And…
A Happy
New Year!!