Community News

Do you have news you’d like to share with the AGS community, such as a new team member being promoted, or maybe you or your store have won an award? We’d like to include your special news in this section of Spectra Update! This month, we have exciting news of our own as well as news from ASHI Diamonds! We hope you’re making plans to join us for Conclave 2022, April 25–27, in Oklahoma City, OK. It’s not too early to mark your calendars for Conclave 2023, May 1–3, Louisville, KY! We’ll be making more announcements in the upcoming months.

Do you have news you’d like to share with the AGS community? “Community News” puts the spotlight on your business’s notable news! In this issue of Spectra Update, we’re featuring an article from Chatham Jewelers, in celebration of their 70th anniversary. During their 70th Anniversary Holiday Gala, in gratitude for an amazing year, Chatham Jewelers honored Walter and Pota Meier, who founded the business 70 years ago. Walter, who passed away on July 31, 2021, predeceased by Pota, stopped coming into the store on a daily basis only two years before that. He had been a member of the American