The 59th Rock and Gem Show in Sweet Home drew 2,306 people to the Activities Gymnasium at the high school Saturday and Sunday.
Visitors got to see exhibits of polished picture agates, agatized Easter eggs, slabs of petrified wood, local carnelian agate, valuable local Holley blue agate, artifacts from South America and jewelry carved from precious stones.
Sweet Home’s Bob Waibel won the People’s Choice award, for which attendees turned in ballots indicating their favorite…