The Blackhawk Woodcarver
Friends,
Occasionally, meetings can have interesting implications. At our recent
October meeting a motion was made, seconded, discussed and passed that we
have the Christmas Breakfast catered (rather than be a pot-luck as was
planned and being worked on).
During the discussion of the motion a member asked “if we could use some of
the Club's excess funds to help others, such as public school art classes.”
Later in the meeting a motion was made, seconded, discussed and passed that
“The Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer)
do a study on how much the Club needs in funding each year, with the idea
that we may in future expend Club funds in a manner to further wood art.”
The interesting implications of this meeting, to me, is the fun the
Executive Committee will have with this task.
Gary Curl
Club
Officers
(815 area code)
President - Gary Curl, 895-5106
Vice Pres. - Frank Lay, 677-1190
Treasurer - John Skaggs, 547-6951
Secretary - Martha Fitch, 399-2453
Show Co-Chairmen -
Membership - Chuck Drewes,
985-8575
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
Librarian temp -
Picnic -
Tony Devita
Soap Carving –Gary Lundquis
Club Activity Schedule
December 1
Denny Neubauer
will be teaching how to forge a knife out of a drill bit.
(see article on page 2)
December 7
Christmas breakfast
from 08:30 am to 11:00 am at
Stockholm Inn.
December 14
open carving and meeting and
Denny Neubauer
will be teaching carving little people (miniature carving).
(see article on page 2)
December 21
open carving
December 28
open carving
January 4
open carving
January 11
open carving
January 18
open carving and meeting
January 25
open carving
February 1
open carving
February 8
open carving
February 15
open carving and meeting
February 22
open carving
March 1
open carving
March 8
open carving
March 15
open carving and meeting
March 22
open carving
March 28
open carving
December Birthdays
(that we know about)
2
Larry Stenzel
22 Larry Onley
5 Bob Hallstrom
29 Tim Backer
7 Larry Rill
30 Isaac Grover
14 Don Stansfield
30 Jim Foster
18 Jane Pheiffer
31 Martha Fitch
Deadline for the news for the next newsletter is January 4, 2017.
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes November 2016
The meeting was called to order by President Gary Curl at 9:04 am.
Chuck Drewes was not present to give his report.
Martha Fitch read the minutes of the meeting held in October.
There were neither additions nor corrections.
John Skaggs reported on the status of the treasury, stating that no monies
were received and he did pay several bills.
The end balance was approved.
John reported that the July show netted about $500.
Dona Wisner gave the income and expenditures of the Coffee Fund.
Her report was approved.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Christmas Breakfast will be held at Stockholm Inn on December 7th.
The time is 8:30am to 11am.
Any item not present on the buffet table can be ordered and paid for
separately by anyone who wants that item.
NEW BUSINESS
The next business meeting will be held on December 14th
instead of the 3rd
Wednesday of December. December
21st
is so close to Christmas that it will be difficult to gather a quorum, as
protocol requires.
John Skaggs volunteered to check with Ken-Rock to see if the room is
available on December 21st and 28th.
The Nominating Committee met together several times to discuss and identify
a list of new officers for 2017.
The list they provided is as follows:
President, Bob Matthews
Vice-President, Jerome Mais
Secretary, Steve Terrill
Treasurer, John Skaggs
A motion was entered to accept the list as the presented for all officers of
the Club for the year 2017.
That motion carried.
A vote was taken to approve Bob Matthews as President, Jerome Mais as
Vice-President, Steve Terrill
as Secretary and John Skaggs as Treasurer for the year 2017.
The vote was nearly unanimous.
A thank you was given to all present officers for the effort they put in
during 2015 and 2016.
Recording Secretary, Martha Fitch
Don't forget the Door Prize drawing on First Wednesdays. Bring something
you don't need or want anymore, but know someone would be thrilled to win at
the drawing.
I booked Mike Eickman from Sand Bluff Bird Observatory
(SBBO) to give us a presentation on January 25. He will be at Ken Rock
between 9 and 9:30 and suggested we setup the TV and he will have a laptop
for Power Point. I will talk to the school to see if they want to
attend. Also he will invite us to participate at their Birdfest Event
in the Spring.
Bob Matthews
Grace Lutheran Church’s Friday Fun Fest
We need volunteers to help with soap carving and wood working.
There will be 4 four week sessions on Fridays. Volunteers should
arrive by 3:30 with session ending at 5:00.
Session 1, September 30, October 7, 14, 21
2016
Session 2, November 4, 18, December 9, 16
2016
Session 3, January 20, 27, February 3, 10
2017
Session 4, February 24, March 3, 17, 24 2017
Anyone with questions should talk to me Wednesday mornings. Richard Dunphey
The Woodcraft Shop, Bettendorf, Iowa
Dave Sharp, carving & painting an African Lion
December 8,9,10 and 11, 2016 - &175.00 + $15 material fee.
For more information go to www.thewoodcraftshop.com or call toll-free
800-397-2278
Blackhawk Carving Club
Denny Neubauer
will be teaching carving little people (miniature carving).
November 30 and December 7, 2016 at
Ken Rock Community Center (Sacred Heart Academy, Multi-purpose room) 3218
Eleventh St, Rockford, IL 61109.
Cost of supplies is $10.00.
Photographers needed!
Please feel free to snap a photo that might involve any woodcarving class or
related event. Attach the photo
to an email and send to gordy@moscinski.net.
You just might see it in the next newsletter.
It will be a good way to share what is happening with other members.
No two creative, expressive humans have the same vision of beauty and will
never produce identical works from the same pattern.
Denny Neubauer’s
Studio,
Rockford, IL
Denny Neubauer
taught a class on how to forge a knife out of a drill bit.
December 1st. It was at his studio at 1846 Second Ave, Rockford, IL.
61104. (in the garage behind
the house). Everyone was happy about the class.
Show and Tell pictures by Larry Clark and comments by
Martha Fitch
Larry Stenzel presented a wood burned and framed
feather, on birch plywood.
Jerome Mais brought in a fisherman carved from
basswood.
Gary Curl has completed 2 Victorian style locks made
from basswood and walnut. They
work!
Bob Matthews brought in a deep relief carving of a
large horse with a small child carved from basswood and also a mid relief
carving of a Native American with wolves; also carved in basswood.
Richard Dunphey presented a number of pen holders,
carved from and painted, with pens inside.
Louis Jurisch brought in a butterfly he carved, burned
and painted from willow wood.
John Skaggs brought in a box of 11 of the same
ornament, which he carved for family members this year.
All ornaments are carved from basswood.
