The following 11 photographs represented but a glimpse of the 2009 Tucson International Gem and Mineral Show. We'd like to thank all the participating dealers and look forward to their presence next year.

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...for photographs from the Tucson Classic Car Show, and more local events.

Memorial day ceremony

Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, La Jolla, Ca. - Memorial Day Ceremony, May 26, 2008.

View from top of Mt. Soledad, looking towards Pacific Ocean.

Navy Band Southwest - Director LCDR Dale Yager, USN.

Marine guard being interviewed by local media, Channel 8.


Visitors at event.



Brigadier General Earl Van Inwegen, USAF ret. (center). Brigadier General Michael Aguilar, USMC Ret. (first row, in uniform).



Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Color Guard.


Jerry Sanders, San Diego Mayor at podium.


William J. Kellogg, MSMA President (on left); Dr. Bobby Brown, former President of baseball's American League (center).



William J. Kellogg (on left); Max Gurney (right); and Lt. Col. Jerry Coleman, USMC ret. (far right).


San Diego Salute T-34 Team Flyover - "performing the time honored 'Missing Man' formation."

A tribute to our troops - Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, San Diego, Ca.

Museum docent (on left) and Max Gurney (on right), retired veteran of 101st Airborne Division.

Brigadier General Bob Cardenas, ret. (center) - worked with General Chuck Yaeger on X-1 project; Max Gurney (far right); and various volunteers from the museum staff.

Mr. John Henry with Barbara, local Rotary Club member.

War memorial mural inside museum.

Special thanks to current museum director Rear Admiral Rod Melendez, U.S. Navy ret., for opening speech at this function.

Dallas & J.R.

Mr. Henry alias J.R. seen with Dallas girls - "Monte Carlo Does Dallas" fundraiser at Contemporary Museum of Art, La Jolla, Ca., 09/06/2008

(Click to enlarge on each picture.)


Valet area outside the museum.



Crashing waves near Seal Cove, La Jolla.

From naval air base, Cabrillo National Monument - looking towards Catalina Island.

Crimson sunset, La Jolla proper.


Cabrillo National Monument, from sea caves.



Sunset at Wind and Sea, La Jolla.




Day time surf surge at La Jolla proper.