Central Virginia Gold Prospectors
                                     November 15, 2008


There will be no December meeting; we will be doing the Christmas 
Parade in Dillwyn Va. Next meeting will be January 17, 2009 at the 
rescue squad building in Dillwyn VA.

Old Business: Hunting season starts today and goes through Jan. 3, 
2009. We can access all claims on Sunday except for claim #4 and #7. 
They can be accessed 7 days a week. You need to wear Blaze orange for 
safety purposes. 

October we had a workday, and a wonderful turnout we had. Thank 
you to everyone who could help it could not be done with out you. We 
marked at least half of claim #1. This will help everyone know where to 
go on the properties. 

New Business: We are looking for volunteers to participate in the relay 
for life. We need at least 10 people to walk and this will be in May 2009. 
The time will be from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm. This is to support the 
American cancer society. Today they are holding a kick off in Dillwyn 
at the school. If we make a donation of 350.00 we get our name on our
t-shirts that will be worn at the walk. We also would like to raise some 
additional founds for the cancer society. We all know someone who has 
had cancer and this is going to a good cause.

Jack and Buddy went to then chamber meeting in Dillwyn and there 
was a gentleman there who is working to build a park in Dillwyn. It is 
called Ellis Acres Memorial Park. This park will be built in phases, as 
funds are available. We would like to do a demonstration and sell 
concentrates to help support the building of the park. We would donate 
any profit that we make that day to the park fund. This will help us as 
well as help a good cause in the county.

Buckingham Christmas Parade will be December 20, 2008. We have 
agreed to participate in this event and need people to sign up and help. 
It will not last long, and you probably only need to work 2 hours.  The 
theme is a family Christmas. We can't throw candy, so we will use gold 
pan and walk beside the wagon and hand out candy to the children. 
This parade is a memorial to the late Mayor Ranson.

We will hold meeting in January and February 2009. This was put 
before the members and voted on. If there is bad weather the meeting 
may be canceled. Contact one of the officers if any questions.
We have stickers with the CVGP logo on them. We want everyone to 
look at them and give your input as the design and size. The final one 
will be for review at the next meeting. This will go on the inside of your 
window.

CCPO is having a raffle to help support the cost and upkeep of the land 
at Contrary Creek. This is a non-profit organization and all the funds 
collected will be used for improvements of the property and also to pay 
the land lease fees. Please see Adwag after the meeting to purchase 
tickets.

American Airlines magazine contacted Jack to do a story on Gold 
prospecting. So if you are flying be sure to check it out.

A special gift was given to Kevin from Ladygarnet and also we sang 
Happy Birthday to him. We also had sang Happy Birthday to Roland 
his is on Monday.

Announcement!   There will be a dance in Dillwyn at the fire station. It will 
be on December 6, 2008 from 9:00 pm to 1:00 am. The band playing is the 
Silver Creek-plays a mixture of country and rock. The cost will be $20.00 
for couples and $10.00 for singles.


Lynne Shaw
Shawshouse3@aol.com
804-556-6523