[Rockhounds] AD: FGMS selling minerals and fossils Sunday at Fallbrook's Avocado Festival

[Erich Kern]

Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society (FGMS) Fallbrook, California. Web site at http://www.fgms.org

Sunday, April 20th, 2007 will be Fallbrook's 22nd Annual Avocado Festival, with an expected 
attendance of 70,000!  Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society invites everyone to visit us at 123 W. 
Alvarado Street, across from the public parking lot on Alvarado St (entrance on Mission Rd or 
Pico St.). Take the Fallbrook / Mission Road exit from the 15 freeway and follow Mission Rd. to 
downtown.

FGMS will be in full force with a large booth in front of the building, selling mineral and 
fossil specimens, slabs of all sizes, and especially for the kids, our famous "grab bags", 
spoonfuls and children's necklaces of tumbled stones.

Raffle tickets for FGMS's annual Fall Festival of Gems (Oct. 5th) will be on sale (only $5 each) 
in the booth and many of the raffle prizes will be on display...get your tickets early!  Our 
team of "strong-armed" men will operate our geode cracker next to the booth, which is always a 
crowd pleaser and a delight for everyone to see what's inside those geodes!  On the upper patio 
of the building will be a special gem identification booth, which will be manned by members of 
the San Diego Gem and Mineral Society.

Garth Bricker, Curator of the FGMS Museum, will be in the Museum to provide tours and answer 
questions. The Museum Gift Shop will be open, offering many new books, mineral and fossil gift 
items, soap rocks and a fabulous jewelry collection created by the FGMS Beading Brigade.  The 
Avocado Festival runs from 9 am to 5 pm.