SBCK Meeting Pictures from last Tuesday
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ScaredyCatAsh
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Where is this place at anyways? Im interested 
ToniandGizmo
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Where is this place at anyways? Im interested
Here is the email to get on their announcement list for the next meeting. It comes with links to directions, etc. See you at the next meeting maybe.
[email protected]
ChamNovice
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We have nothing like this around here..... Yet another reason I wish I still lived in SoCal.
Malicious
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Stop, and take look at all the wonderful things that Indiana has/had...
The Indiana Dunes region provides habitat for many unusual plants, including prickly pear cactus, lichen mosses, bearberry, and more than 20 varieties of orchids.
In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn.
James Dean, a popular movie star of the 1950s was born February 8, 1931, in Marion.
North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
In 1906 U.S. Steel laid out the city of Gary, naming it after its chairman of the board, Elbert H. Gary. By 1920 the Calumet region was one of the leading industrial centers in North America.
David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.
Indiana has earned the nickname "Mother of Vice-Presidents". There have been five men from Indiana elected as vice-presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle.
Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.
Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.
Many Mennonite and Amish live on the farmland of Northwestern Indiana.
In 1880, Wabash became the first city in the United States to have electric streetlights.
Corydon was the scene of the only Civil War battle on Indiana ground. The battle was fought July 9, 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan attacked the city.
-Jay
ToniandGizmo
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Chamnovice, you don't have to live in SoCal to do something like this.... there are probably more cham owners than you know within a 25 to 50 mile radius of you. I imagine thats all it would take to get one started. However, having said that....
I sure would be interested to know (as maybe other forum members from all over the world are), how SBCK got started.. It would be nice to see these group meetings come up everywhere around the world.
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bbqandtinyb
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More attendee pictures,
The 1st pic is another of everybody talking and sharing information... Wow it was a plethera of information. (Hope I spelled that right).
The 2nd Shot is of Dr. Gonzo with the flash. Neither picture did him justice, this big guy just glowed with color.
anyway.... enjoy.
I'm the boy in the blue sweater on the right... Art here!
ToniandGizmo
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ToniandGizmo
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Bump!
Does anyone know the history of the SBCK Meetings? Who started it, how long have they been going on, etc.
chamelisa
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I only know that it was started by Dave Weldon and Alice. I have been to every meeting once I started going but it was going well before I came along. I was soooooo excited to go. I embarrassed myself by talking way too much.
Dave Weldon
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Howdy,
Fellow chameleon keeper Alice, suggested that we try to organize a meeting of local chameleon keepers. She thought that maybe the Daily Breeze local newspaper (circulation of ~70,000) would put a small story about us trying to form a chameleon keeper group. The newspaper sent out a reporter and photographer to my house! They wrote a great article, full of big photos, that ended-up right on the front page. That Monday must have been a slow news day
. That got things kick-started. The first meeting was 9-23-07 with 4 of us attending; Alice, Nicole, Dave and Howard. The numbers quickly grew from there. Howard hasn't had a chance to be at meetings since then but we're still in touch. He's a busy local emergency room surgen. We have about 30 members so far .
Docility
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cham owners in my local are far, and few between, and people dont like to take/ offer advice around here. i miss the south (Florida) people seem to be much more modernized, and will help each other out with more mental aligned tasks, but i would love to get together with people that knew the ins/outs of chams and soak up all that knowledge they have
ToniandGizmo
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Howdy,
Fellow chameleon keeper Alice, suggested that we try to organize a meeting of local chameleon keepers. She thought that maybe the Daily Breeze local newspaper (circulation of ~70,000) would put a small story about us trying to form a chameleon keeper group. The newspaper sent out a reporter and photographer to my house! They wrote a great article, full of big photos, that ended-up right on the front page. That Monday must have been a slow news day
Thanks Dave,
Hope the Florida folks read this. As you may already know, there's another thread where they are trying to organize a Cham Keepers get together like we do here in Southern California.
That would be wonderful to see happen.
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codiwatkins
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The cham is so pretty!! I wish we had this in texas too.....how do you go abouyt starting one
ToniandGizmo
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You can read Dave Weldon's last post. I had asked the same question about the SBCK group.
ChamNovice
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Stop, and take look at all the wonderful things that Indiana has/had...
The Indiana Dunes region provides habitat for many unusual plants, including prickly pear cactus, lichen mosses, bearberry, and more than 20 varieties of orchids.
In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn.
James Dean, a popular movie star of the 1950s was born February 8, 1931, in Marion.
North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
In 1906 U.S. Steel laid out the city of Gary, naming it after its chairman of the board, Elbert H. Gary. By 1920 the Calumet region was one of the leading industrial centers in North America.
David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.
Indiana has earned the nickname "Mother of Vice-Presidents". There have been five men from Indiana elected as vice-presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle.
Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.
Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.
Many Mennonite and Amish live on the farmland of Northwestern Indiana.
In 1880, Wabash became the first city in the United States to have electric streetlights.
Corydon was the scene of the only Civil War battle on Indiana ground. The battle was fought July 9, 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan attacked the city.
-Jay
Yeah, I know there's plenty of stuff here, I just liked SoCal a lot better, seemed to fit me and my personality a lot better. The dunes are fun, take the truck up there and play around. David Letterman also attended Ball State in Muncie. I think there's something about James Dean being from around here too. There's a museum at least....
I understand I don't have to live in SoCal to do the meetings. It is possible that there are plenty of cham owners around here that I don't know of. I also would be interested in how SBCK or other clubs or meeting were started, perhaps I can start one.... even though as my name implies... I am a cham novice.
ToniandGizmo
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Check out Dave's post.
Julirs
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Stop, and take look at all the wonderful things that Indiana has/had...
The Indiana Dunes region provides habitat for many unusual plants, including prickly pear cactus, lichen mosses, bearberry, and more than 20 varieties of orchids.
In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted in corn.
James Dean, a popular movie star of the 1950s was born February 8, 1931, in Marion.
North of Lafayette is the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe, where on November 7, 1811, William Henry Harrison's forces defeated the Native American confederacy formed by the famous Shawnee chief Tecumseh.
In 1906 U.S. Steel laid out the city of Gary, naming it after its chairman of the board, Elbert H. Gary. By 1920 the Calumet region was one of the leading industrial centers in North America.
David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis.
Indiana has earned the nickname "Mother of Vice-Presidents". There have been five men from Indiana elected as vice-presidents: Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles W. Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle.
Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial place for many famous figures in Indiana History. Benjamin Harrison, Oliver P. Morton, Kin Hubbard, James Whitcomb Riley and John Dillinger are among those buried here.
The first successful goldfish farm in the United States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.
Santa Claus, Indiana receives over one half million letters and requests at Christmas time.
Many Mennonite and Amish live on the farmland of Northwestern Indiana.
In 1880, Wabash became the first city in the United States to have electric streetlights.
Corydon was the scene of the only Civil War battle on Indiana ground. The battle was fought July 9, 1863 when General John Hunt Morgan attacked the city.
-Jay
I had to add to the list of GREAT Indiana things:
Julirs was born there, and graduated from IU, and 28 years after being born got the heck out of there to FLORIDA-a much, much better place!
