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APRIL MEETING CLARIFICATION AGAIN!!!

We are in error reporting that Jeannie Burke will be with us for our April meeting to discuss historic artifacts. Jeannie will in fact be with us in MAY. Our meeting will therefore begin at its regular time of 2:00 at the Falls Interpretive Center.

However, this is also Earth Day, as we have previously brought to your attention. This will be a very busy and crowded event at the Center. We will NOT be able to park in our usual places. Parking must occur elsewhere, such as at Ashland Park along the river. People must walk into the Center from there. If someone needs to do so, they can be dropped off at the front door.

>BR> Finally, we will have a shortage of chairs due to the event. If anyone has a sling chair, lawn chair, or folding chair, you might want to bring that along with you tp guaranatee a seat. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Perhaps you should consider coming a bit early to navigate the confusion!

APRIL MEETING CLARIFICATION!!!

There is a lot of confusion regarding April's meeting....this will hopefully clear things up. No meeting on the second Saturday of the month due to Thunder Over Louisville. At one time, the first Saturday was considered in its place. But it is actually the THIRD Saturday, April 19th, that the meeting will be held. Also, please consider coming over early with your historic artifacts. Jeannie Burke will be hosting a short session on identifying historic artifacts at 1:00 that day, before the regular meeting. Jeannie calls this session "You Show Me Yours, and I'll Show you Mine".

Also, artifact processing will now occur at Anne's new office at 10320 Watterson Trail in Jeffersontown (Do NOT confuse this with the place where she previously worked and where we occasionally washed artifacts in the past. The days of dragging all those boxes and tubs are over. Anyone who wants to work on artifacts before the meeting can show up at Anne's office any time after 9:00.

MARCH MEETING CANCELLED!!!

Due to the heavy snowfall, our meeting on March 8 is cancelled!

Also, be aware that our April meeting has been moved to the THIRD Saturday of the month because Thunder Over Louisville will take place on the second Saturday, and the Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center will be closed. So, for APRIL ONLY, we will meet on the FIRST Saturday at the regular time.

February 7, 2008

New Archaeological Society in Meade County

Saturday, February 2, was the first meeting of the new Meade County Archaeological Society! The meeting was very well attended by some 65 people. FOAS member Jerry Fischer was instrumental in starting the society, which will meet at the Library Annex in Brandenburg on the first Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Saturday's meeting included several speakers beginning with Jerry Fischer and his students from the St. Nicholas Academy; Dr. Fred Coy on rock art of Kentucky; and Rick Brown who spoke on the chert resources of Gas Well Hollow. Several collectors were present to share their collections. Upcoming speakers will be announced on this website. It is hoped that FOAS will work together on upcoming projects with this new society. Congratulations to them all!

Artifact Processing Continues on Saturdays before our Meetings

Anyone who is free to help out with washing, sorting, and labelling artifacts is welcome to join us on Saturday before our regular meeting at the Interpretive Center. We should be there around 12:30 this week.

Scheule of Events has been Updated

Check out the Schedule page. This has been updated for 2008. As you can see, we still have some slots open. If you have any good suggestions for a speaker, please let us know and we will try to scheule them.