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<center><h1>September 2006</h1></center>
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<h2>Report from our January 2007 meeting. The theme was the Awards month</h2>

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	<th><h2>The entries for the awards selection</h2></th>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0740.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Maine</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0741.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />New Hampshire</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0742.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Massachusetts</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0743.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Rhode Island</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0744.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Connecticut</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0745.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Units States outside New England</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0746.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Fossils</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0747.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Lapidary</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0748.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Ugliest</td>
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	<th><h2>The Best of the Show was awarded to Dryal Ostrander<br />
	for his Babingtonite on Prehnite with Quartz crystals, Westfield, MA<br />
	Congratulations! Good job!!</h2></th>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0780.jpg" alt="pict" /></td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0760.jpg" alt="pict" /></td>
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	<th><h2>The winner of each category</h2></th>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0749.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />
		Maine<br />Elbaite Tourmaline, Mt. Apatite</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0761.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Daryl Ostrander</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0750.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />New Hampshire<br />
		Purple Fluorite, Stoddard Mine, Westmoreland</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0772.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Curt Stevens</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0751.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Massachusetts (Best of Show)<br />
		Babingtonite on Prehnite with Quartz crystals, Westfield, MA</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0761.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Daryl Ostrander</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0752.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Rhode Island<br />
		Actinolite, Sneech Pond, Cumberland
		<td><img src="IMG_0761.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Daryl Ostrander</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0753.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Connecticut<br />
		Aquamarine Beryl Crystal, Simpson Quarry, <br />
		South Glastonbury, repaired</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0774.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Bob Sproule</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0754.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />United States (outside New England)<br />
		Fluorite, Eureka Mine, Marion, Kentucky</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0777.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Steve Townes</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0755.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Fossils<br />
		Grawlotor Dinosaur footprints, around 180 million <br />
		years old, Jurassic period, Westfield, MA</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0761.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Daryl Ostrander</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0756.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Lapidary<br />
		Pyrite Cabochons, Plainville, MA</td>
		<td><img src="IMG_0778.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Jim Gaudet</td>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0757.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />Ugliest<br />
		Plainville, MA by Richard Zigler</td>
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	<th><h2>George Wilson Award</h2></th>
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		<td><img src="IMG_0758.jpg" alt="pict" /><br />The surprised Awardee, speechless</td>
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