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Austin Community College will offer "Introduction to Economic Geology" in the Continuing Education Dept. this fall. The schedule has not been assigned yet, but it would be one night per week for half a semester. The contact at ACC is Ed Ardizoni, Coordinator, Continuing Education - Business and Industry Institute. He can be reached at Highland Business Center near Highland Mall (ph. 512-223-7525

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At an educators workshop (May 25, 2008) called "Groundwater to Gulf" AGS Education Chair John Mikels, assisted by outgoing AGS President Brian B. Hunt, discussed the maps with about 50 teachers. At the end of the conference each teacher was presented a map to take back to their school courtesy of AGS. Additionally, John Mikels demonstrated to all 50 teachers surface and

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Congratulations to the new AGS officers! President: Shane Valentine President-Elect: Ann Molineux Vice-President: Gay Gutierrez Secretary: Angela Ludolph Treasurer: Dallas Dunlap

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AGS is a such a great success because of its wonderful volunteer members. There are many folks that contribute to the success of the society and periodically we like to acknowledge some of the people that make it all happen. This year AGS recognized three folks for their outstanding contributions. For their continued efforts in outreach and education at all levels of the public Sigrid Clift

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AGS awarded three scholarships in the amount of $500 to University of Texas at Austin undergraduates Sephanie Cox and Natasha Gerke for their outstanding academic and departmental involvement. Also, Julie Mitchell received the first AGS Field Camp Scholarship for her "outstanding" field skills. Congratulations to all three students--keep up the great work! Pictured left is Natasha Gerke

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Pat Bobeck will give a talk titled: "Public Fountains of Dijon: Henry Darcy's Legacy" at the California Environmental Protection Agency's GeoSymposium 2008 on May 29-30 in Sacramento. She will talk about Darcy, the water supply system he built in Dijon in 1840 and his ideas on water, which are remarkably relevant to the water challenges faced almost 200 years later.

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The Guidebook to Westcave Preserve and Reimers Ranch is now available at the BEG for $20.

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Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies & Gulf Coast Section of SEPM 58th Annual Convention October 6th – 7th, 2008 Houston, Texas The Houston Geological Society is proud to host the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting for GSA/SSSA/ASA/CSSA/GSAGC/GCSSEPM. This joint meeting, which will run from October 5th-9th, 2008, will include GCAGS sessions on Monday October 6th and Tuesday October

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GOT DUST? LET US VACUUM YOUR LIVING ROOM AND HELP SCIENCE TOO! The U.S. Geological Survey needs your help for a HOUSEHOLD DUST STUDY. Volunteer to have your household visited one time and a section of the living room vacuumed. The dust collected will be analyzed for some common chemicals. To participate in this study, please contact: Barbara Mahler bjmahler@

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We had more than a dozen posters from AGS folks and 4 students invited from the recent science fair. Thanks go to John Mikels, Scott Tiller, Eric Radjef, Linda McCall, Shirley Wade, & Andrew Donnelly for being judges of Earth Science and representing AGS. Also thanks to Sarah Davidson and Dr. Jack Sharp for bringing in the UT contingent for the poster session. The room was pretty packed

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Bellian's Devil's Sinkhole Imaging Featured by TPW Texas Parks and Wildlife teamed up with the Jackson School of Geosciences and the Texas Cave Management Association to construct a 3D digital model of Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area in Rocksprings, Texas This impressive collapsed sinkhole is over 300 feet deep and

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"The Permian Basin: Geologic Models to the World" This year is the 20th anniversary of the West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium. We are not resting on our laurels, but continuing to ensure we offer the most up to date information available. We are seeking papers for oral and poster presentations covering topics on resource plays, techniques, field studies, and general and regional

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Brian Hunt (left) and Dr. Brian Smith (right) of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District are shown installing a Westbay multiport sampling system at a monitoring well west of Buda. The well will provide data on water quality and heads in hydrogeologic units ranging from the Hammett Shale (between the Lower and Middle Trinity Aquifers) to the Edwards. (photo and text modified

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Will Boettner will be selling AGS ball caps for $10 to members.

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Bureau scientist and AGS member Sue Hovorka is featured in the February 2008 issue of Texas Monthly as one of the "Top 35 People Who Will Shape Our Future" because of being in the forefront of sequestration of CO2 in Texas. Get the whole story, which includes an interview with Sue, by clicking here.

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Laura Zahm (Conoco/Phillips) and Mark Edwards (Cypress E&P Corp) have volunteered to represent AGS at the Annual AAPG Convention in San Antonio in April. AGS has a total of 4 delegates--Laura and Mark join Scott Tinker and Eric Potter and will represent AGS in the upcoming AAPG Conference in San Antonio in April. Many thanks for the willingness of these folks to serve and for the others that

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The Walter Geology Library of the University of Texas at Austin has graciously posted out-of-print AGS Guidebooks on their website. There are nine guidebooks available! Click here for more information.

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Geophysical Delineation of the Freshwater/Saline-Water Transition Zone in the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Travis and Hays Counties, Texas, September 2006 Click here for more information.

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Officers and Chairs will meet at Scholtz Beer Garden on Monday January 14th at 6 pm (note it was moved up one day). Please contact one of the officers or stop by if you have an AGS item you want addressed.

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AGS is in the process of buying and framing geologic maps produced by the USGS titled "Tapestry of Time and Terrain" to donate to area schools. The idea, put forth by the Corpus Christi Geological Society, is to get these beautiful maps permanently on the walls in schools to promote geoscience education. GCAGS is sending us some seed money for the program. John Mikels, AGS Education Chair,

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Al Broun received a 2007 Stewardship Award from the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District for his research on the geology of the Trinity Aquifer in Hays County. His work was recently published in the AGS Fieldtrip Guidebook (Oct-07) and presented as a poster at the GCAGS conference in Corpus. Congratulations Al!

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Yes, they let AGS Education Chair John Mikels and President Brian Hunt spend the morning talking about geology to 80 4th graders at Clayton Elementary in Southwest Austin. John is seen here with a captive audience demonstrating the water cycle with his aquifer model.

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The annual AGS Bulletin was revealed at the November meeting by editor Dr. Robert Mace. Go to the publications page to download the PDF.

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AGS members Craig Caldwell and Brian Hunt work with local web developer Webii.net / WebXess, Inc. to develop a new look and tools for the website. Thanks go to fellow AGSers Ann Molineux and Al Cherepon for their initial work on the subcommittee.

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AGS conducted a fieldtrip to Westcave Preserve and Reimers Ranch on Saturday October 20, 2007. The picture here shows half of the participants at Hammetts Crossing looking at the lower Cretaceous Sycamore Sand. This stop was led by Eddie Collins. A guidebook is available for purchase at the BEG.

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