(p) The Blackhawk Woodcarver
Presidents Report
Friends,
Our annual August Carving Show has come and gone. There will be a report on
the show in the near future. The Show Planning Committee met monthly from
March thru August to prepare for the Show. We had good cooperation from many
members of the club. Most of us have an opinion about most things. So if you
do on this, please give your thoughts about the 2015 Show to one of the
committee members. They are Carol Benning, Larry Clark, Martha Fitch, Bob
Matthews, Denny Neubauer, Bunny Nordheim, Elaine Terrell and me. The
committee will be meeting to assess the 2015 Show and make recommendations
to the club concerning 2016.
At the August meeting it was decided by the club to send the monthly
newsletter out by email only. There will be a limited number of printed
copies at the Wednesday meetings. If you are not now receiving the
newsletter by email, and would like to, please send your email address to
Gordy Moscinski at
gordy@moscinski.net.
This change will take effect with the October newsletter.
Gary Curl
A Request
A request was presented at the August meeting for our members to provide a
carving program for a Boy Scout troop in Crystal Lake. Bob Hallstrom offered
to organize this. He got a good response that day. If you are interested,
contact Bob.
By Gary Curl
September Birthdays
(that we know about)
5
Frank Lay
7
Nancy Peters
17
William Trosper
23
Jeff Hartman
President - Gary Curl, 895-5106
Vice Pres. - Frank Lay, 677-1190
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
Secretary - Martha Fitch, 399-2453
Committees
(815 area code)
Librarian - Dawn Rozanas—229-8996
Show Co-Chairmen - Gary Curl
895-5106,
Elaine Terrell
765-2886
Webmaster - Gordy Moscinski, 874-7978
Membership - Chuck Drewes,
316-0398
Newsletter Publisher, Gary Johnson 399-1697
Newsletter Editor, Gordy Moscinski, 874-7978
Photographer - Larry Clark, 262-9982
Historian - Elaine Terrell 765-2886
Programs—Bob Matthews 544-2359 &
Denny Neubauer 515-508-9524
Petty Cash—Dona Wisner
Christmas Party -
Rosalie Wesley
Picnic -
Tony Devita
Soap Carving –Gary Lundquist
September 2 open carving
September 9
open carving
September 16 open carving &
meeting plus
Carrie Lay will demonstrate painting our woodcarvings at the September
meeting. After seeing her work at our last meeting I'm sure this is one
program you don't want to miss!
Denny Neubauer
September 23
open carving
September 30
open carving
October 7 open
carving
October 14
open carving
October 21 open carving &
meeting
October 27
open carving
November 4
open carving
November 11
open carving
November 18
open carving &
meeting
November 25
open carving
December 2 open carving
December 9
Christmas Party
December 16 open carving & meeting
December 23
open carving
December 30
open carving
Tree puns are very poplar.
Do embarrassed trees turn a shade of oakre?
Don’t climb a redwood—that counts as high treesin’.
Woodcarvers Meeting of August 2015
The meeting was called to order at 9:08 by President Gary Curl.
Chuck Drewes
reported that 9 people signed up as new members at the Show on Saturday,
August 15th.
Chuck will review all information and verify if there were new members or
renewals from last year. We
will be advised if new people will be attending the weekly meetings.
Martha Fitch
read the Minutes of the July Meeting.
No one had additions or corrections.
John Skaggs
gave the Treasurer’s report. He
will have totals from the Show next month.
OLD OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
No one had unfinished business.
NEW BUSINESS:
The Committee which met to organize the Show will meet in 2 weeks to discuss
the results and to make recommendations for the future.
These recommendations will then be presented to the general
membership of the Club for discussion and voting.
A change in the date of the Newsletter has been under discussion by
President Gary Curl, Gary Johnson and Gordy Moscinski.
In order to have the Newsletter be more current with the Meeting day,
it was decided to have all information given to Gordy by the first Wednesday
of the month so that the Newsletter is out a week before the Meeting on the
3rd
Wednesday of the month. Due to
a question by member Todd Wisner, Gary Curl explained that this change will
make Newsletter information more current for the meeting, rather than just a
review of what happened at the last meeting.
Gary Curl announced a request he received from a Sara Bleigh of Crystal Lake
for several members of the Blackhawk Woodcarvers Club to present a
woodcarving program for their Boy Scout group.
Per Club rules, there needs to be an acceptance by the general Club
membership. The discussion
included the question of money to offset travel expenses, why a carving
group from the Chicago area was not asked to do the program, and who would
be in charge of the activity.
The result was: no money to be asked of the Boy Scouts, Bob Halstrom will be
the leader of the group and will make contact with Sara Bleigh to arrange
the activity.
Don Stansfield entered a motion to have all future Newsletters be issued by
e-mail only, no more mailing out of Newsletter copies.
This will save hundreds of dollars every year and simplify the
Newsletter process. The
motion was seconded and then a lively discussion began regarding whether or
not this change will be best for the Members, Associate Members and
participating Vendors who now receive our Newsletter.
Some Members now receive the Newsletter by e-mail.
Others prefer to have the Newsletter mailed to them and some members
pick up a copy at Club meetings.
The Newsletter is available in color on the Club website.
We will have paper copies still available at Club meetings for those
who wish a paper copy. A vote
was taken and the majority voted to make the change to emailed copies only
with paper copies available on Wednesdays.
Therefore, as of the next issue of the Newsletter, no copies will be mailed
out. The Newsletter will be
available on line at
www.blackhawkcarving.com.
For those who would like a paper copy, we will have paper copies available
on the side table at the Wednesday meetings.
You will not have to sign up for these copies.
If you do not receive your Newsletter by email, be sure that your current
email address is on file with Gordy Moscinski.
His email address is
gordy@moscinski.net.
A reminder was given by Gary Larsen of the soap carving activity on August
30th.
The meeting adjourned at 9:45am.
Carving Shows/Classes
Shows within 3 to 4 hours one-way drive time of Rockford will be listed as
they become known.
September 15, 2015 The Rock Valley Wood Carvers
are having a carving show. The featured carver is Ron Duffy. Held at
the Rock County Fairgrounds, Craig Center, 1301 Craig Avenue,
Janesville, WI 53545. For more information contact Robin Rios at
(home) 608-752-3328, (cell) 812-243-1946
September 19 and 20, 2015 - Stevens Point, WI. The Wisconsin
River Woodcarvers
are announcing plans for their 15th
annual woodcarving show, which is the “The Largest Woodcarving Show in the
State of Wisconsin”.
The 2015 show,
competition and sale
will be on September 19 and 20, 2015
at the Holiday Inn, Stevens Point.
Admission is $3.00 for adults and those 12 and under are free.
The hours are 9-5 on Saturday and 9-4 on Sunday.
For more information about our show or a recap of previous shows
visit our website at
www.wisconsinriverwoodcarvers.org,
or call Ron O’Kray at 715-341-2214 or 715-570-2534(cell) or Greg Wirtz at
715-423-0471 or 715-323-2035(cell).
October 17, from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Oct. 18th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. North Suburban Carvers 2015 Artistry In Wood Show DuPage County Fairgrounds 2015 W. Manchester Rd. Wheaton, Ill. For info. call 224-333-0263
Demonstration:
Members brought in past or present other hobbies for club members to admire.
Bunny Nordheim
Gary Curl
Larry Clark
Martha Fitch
Elaine Terrell
Bernie Budzynski
Gale
Terrill
Show and Tell
pictures by Larry Clark, comments by Martha Fitch
Chuck Drewes brought in a carving of an owl, which took a ribbon at the show and also a relief carving.
Mike
Petty
New Show Feature A Success
Live-televised demonstrations brought new excitement to the Blackhawk
Woodcarvers’ 2015 Show at the Tebala Shrine Center. Three Club artists were
featured: Bob Matthews’ DVD showed how he carved a pelican; Bob Coleman
showed how he carves a face on a golf ball; and Larry Stenzel demonstrated
his artistic skill in pyrography.
Bob Coleman, ever the showman, claimed he could carve the golf ball
face in 15 minutes. There were several doubters. When he finished well
within the time, the audience cheered and clapped. Everybody in the Show
hall stopped what they were doing to see what had happened!
For this event, Bob Matthews had set up the Club’s large flat-screen TV with
closed circuit video camera focused on the artist’s work area. The artist
sat at a desk facing the audience while his hands and work space were shown
large on the TV screen. The audience had a good, sharp view of the artist at
work. This is the same TV arrangement the Club uses for teaching carving
classes. Brief question and
answer session followed each demo. The TV demonstrations were so well
received Matthews plans a repeat next year featuring different artists and
projects.
Show photos by Scott Gray
Audience gets great close-up
view of Bob’s hands as he carves the golf ball
Larry Stenzel concentrates on his pyrography demo
Larry and TV screen from audience view
Bob Matthews holds the pelican he carved to make the DVD showing on the TV
screen
September Demonstration
Carrie Lay will demonstrate painting our woodcarvings at the September
meeting. After seeing her work at our last meeting I'm sure this is one
program you don't want to miss!
Denny Neubauer
Stroke is an Emergency
by Tony Devita
Face
Ask them to smile
Does the face look uneven?
Arm
Ask them to raise both arms.
Does one arm drift down?
Speech
Ask them to repeat a simple
phrase like “The sky is blue”
Does their speech sound strange?
Time If you observe ANY of these signs, then it’s time to CALL 9-1-1.
Deadline for the news for the next newsletter is October
7th.