Annual Shell Show
The Club sponsers a judged show each year. Competition is held in a wide range of categories with special groups for novices and juniors. Divisions for shell crafts and photography are included as well. The Club invites the public to attend and vote for their favorite display. For more information, contact
Shell Show Chairman:
Karlynn Morgan
karlynnmorgan@earthlink.net
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MEETINGS
The Club meets four weekends per year. Meeting locations change each quarter and occasionally are out of state. Locations are announced in the club newsletter prior to each meeting. Programs on Friday and Saturday nights feature speakers. During the day on Saturday there is an opportunity to collect shells. The Club invites guests to join us for any of our meetings.
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2018 Club Meeting Schedule
Ocracoke, NC
March 23-24
Ocracoke Community Center
Trip to Portsmouth Island, including an hour at Portsmouth Village!
Click above logo for information on Ocracoke Meeting.
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Morehead City, NC/
Cedar Point Area
May 18-19
Western Park Community Center - Cedar Point, NC
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September 27-30
Wilmington, NC
Annual Shell Show
NEW LOCATION!
Coastline Conference and Event Center
503 Nutt Street
Wilmington, NC
Set-up and Judging 9-27-18
Show Open to Public
Friday 9-28 through Sunday 9-30
Admission Charge $4 Adults
Children 18 and under Admitted Free
Seniors Age 65+ $3
Special Room Rates at the
Best Western Plus
adjacent to venue
910-763-2800
(Mention NC Shell Club Show)
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Sunset Beach, NC
November 9-10
Annual Auction and Meeting
Sea Trails Homeowners Association Club House 201 Station Trail, Sunset Beach, NC
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COA 2018
San Diego!
Click poster for details.
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Newsletter
The Club publishes a newsletter four times a year which provides articles on shells, descriptions of field trips, and information on up-coming meetings. The newsletter is now mailed electronically except to those individuals who do not have computer access or require a printed copy.
If you have any news items or an article you wish to have published in the newsletter, please contact our newsletter editor, Ed Shuller.
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Annual Auction
One of the highlights of the year is the annual fund-raiser held during the November meeting. Shells and shell-related items are offered in both silent and live auctions.
Click this shell for a preview of the shells available during our Auction!
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Find out about the North Carolina Shell Club's project to display shells at the Nunnelee Pediatric Specialty Clinic in Wilmington - organized by John Timmerman and Brady Semmel.
Click HERE for article from Jul-Sep 2017 newsletter
DID YOU KNOW?
The North Carolina Shell Club has a Facebook Page. Please drop by for a visit and join this group, easily found at:
N C Shell Club on Facebook.
New Scholarship at UNC-W!
Ron and Janie Hill have funded a new scholarship, the Ron & Janie Hill Honors Scholarship at UNC-W in Marine Biology. Within the next three years they hope to have the value of the scholarship reach $6,000 annually. The Hill's daughter, Mandy, studied Marine Biology at UNC-W, obtaining her B.S and Master's Degrees there.
Special Collecting Trips
During the year special trips may be scheduled to local beaches, off-shore islands or fossil sites for collecting.
Club members Susan O'Connor and Tamara Zetka are planning on conducting a collecting trip to Bull Island, SC during the winter of 2018. Check with them for further information. Susan or Tamara
Vice President Dora Zimmerman has arranged for John Vance, Collections Manager at the Calvert Marine Museum at Solomons, Md, to lead a collecting trip to the famous Calvert Cliffs on the Chesapeak Bay on Saturday April 14. See the newsletter, or contact Dora for details.
Click HERE for a nice photo essay on the club's trip to Cumberland Island in February 2016 prepared by club member, Vicky Wall.
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NEWS FLASH!
Club member Art Bogan has had an article published in the Raleigh News & Observer. To read Art's article, click on this link:
Raleigh News & Observer
Club member John Timmerman, has written a brief article on NC Shells for "Going Green" magazine's current issue.
It can be viewed and downloaded at their website:
www.goinggreenpublications.com
This link is actually to the archives section. John's article appears in Vol. 1 Issue 4 (the Winter 2008 issue with his shell photo on the cover)
Interesting Article on Taxonomic Etymology
Click Above Shell
For Tips on Shell Show Exhibits and Labels
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See the ENTIRE 2017 COA Key West Auction Catalog (created by our own John Timmerman) by following this link.
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Click Above Shell
To read Art Bogan's recent article on his field work in Malaysia
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Click Above Shell
To read fascinating article on club member Mique Pinkerton
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Click on the above shell to see photos of
our Shell Show 2014
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OFFICIAL
North Carolina Size Records
for Marine Mollusks
The Club's Records Committee has generated a complete listing of size records for marine mollusks found in North Carolina. The Rules for submitting your own record-size shells, along with the listing itself can be found by clicking on the symbol below.
Congratulations Art!
At the joint meeting of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FCMS) and
Upper Mississippi River Conservation Commission (UMRCC) recently held at St. Charles,
Missouri, Arthur E. Bogan was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the FCMS.
As most N.C. Shell Club members know, Art is a noted expert in the field of freshwater
bivalves, not only in this country but also worldwide with several trips to Viet Nam and
Malaysia to study freshwater bivalves. He has authored several monographs on state
freshwater mollusks, and a checklist for the world’s freshwater bivalves in 2010.
Art has been and is eagerly sought by government agencies, academics, museum
personnel, and field workers for his knowledge of this unique and fascinating molluscan
fauna He is generous with his knowledge and time to increase the scientific, government,
and general public’s knowledge of this important fauna.
The award states: “ Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Lifetime Achieve Award Presented to Arthur E. Bogan for singular accomplishments and long-term conservations
that have advanced the conservation and science of freshwater mollusks at a national and
international level. By order of the Membership of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation
Society presented in St. Charles, Missouri this 25th day of March 2015.”
_____ - submitted by Alan Gettleman
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Click Shell for
New 2018
Raffle Information
NC SHELL CLUB MEMBERS ON COA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Everett Long - Trustee
Karlynn Morgan - Membership Director, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Acting Vice President
Doug Wolfe - Member at Large
Ed Shuller - Member at Large
Amy Dick - Member at Large
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NEW!! __ Click Above Shell
To read Vicky Wall's Article which appeared in the March, 2016 issue of American Conchologist, entitled "Shelling the Pearl Islands of Panama"
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Click This Shell
to Read John Timmerman's article recently published in COA's American Conchologist about our North Carolina Shell Club's Shell Show.
Here is a link to an article (Page 1) about the Shell Club's meeting in Ocracoke published in the Ocracoke Observer April, 2017. Here is Page 2
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Click Above Shell
To read Doug Wolfe's Article which appeared in the December 2014 issue of American Conchologist about past club member Hugh Porter
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