Blackhawk Carving ClubThe Blackhawk Woodcarver
Volume XXIV, Issue 10
New Location
Starting October 16th we will meet at Peterson Meadows, 6401 Newburg Rd,
Rockford, IL 61108 from 8:30 to 11:00 am for open carving. Business Meetings
are the third Wednesday of the month. Friends and spouses of carvers are
welcome to come to meet and visit and carvers are encouraged to bring
in finished carvings for “Show & Tell.” Our mailing address remains P. O.
Box 8285 Rockford, IL 61126.
Presidents Report
October
Fall has arrived! We as a club are
also in a time of change in our environment. This month we are relocating
not just to a new room but to a new location for the first time since the
club was founded. Our next business meeting (and Show & Tell) on the 16th
of October is scheduled to be held at our new location at Peterson Meadows.
This will be our first session at the new location. We expect to delay the
move of our Club Cabinet to the following week; and to be completely out of
our current location by the end of October.
Speaking of our club founding, it is
with sadness that we learned of the passing of member Larry Clark. Larry was
one of the founding members of the club. Larry had been an active member of
the club since its founding but his declining health limited his attendance
this year. Larry will certainly be remembered for also serving as our club
photographer over all those years.
Moving always presents the need and
opportunity to weed out possessions and the opportunity to clean up that
which we decided to keep and move with us. Our beautiful oak cabinet which
contains our sharpening equipment and library was the prime focus of our
effort and has been streamlined and received a nice cleanup. Our library was
drastically reduced.
We are an organization which fully
relies upon our members as volunteers. Our club is only as successful as our
members make it. Differing points of view are very important and make us
more complete and better. Working together also requires participation. We
each bring different qualities and it can be a challenge to mesh them toward
our best synergism. But remember, we need each of you!
Tyrone Johnsen
Larry L.
Clark
Larry L. Clark, 69, of Rockford, IL,
passed away suddenly, Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Saint Anthony Medical
Center. Larry was born April 9, 1950 in Belvidere, IL, the son of Harlow and
Rebecca (Trosper) Clark. He graduated from high school and went on to become
a machine operator at Ipsen for many years. In his younger years, Larry
enjoyed riding motorcycles. He was a proud woodcarver, and was a member of
Blackhawk Wood Carver Club. Larry was a talented photographer who took some
photographs for the Blackhawk Wood Carver Club.
Larry is missed by his brother, Donald (Naomi) Clark, and special cousins,
David Clark and Bill Trosper.
Per Larry's wishes, no services were held. Burial in Willwood Burial Park.
Club
Activity Schedule
October 2 open carving
October 9 open carving
October 16 open carving and meeting
October 23 open carving
October 30 open carving
November 6 open carving
November 13 open carving
November 20 open carving and meeting
November 27 open carving
December 4 open carving
December 11 open carving
December 18 open carving and meeting
January 8 open carving
January 15 open carving
January 22 open carving and meeting
January 29 open carving
February 5 open carving
February 12 open carving
February 19 open carving and meeting
February 26 open carving
Artistry
in Wood
Artistry in Wood will be holding their last show on Saturday and Sunday October12 & 13, 2019 at the Roberts Centre; 123 Gano Road, Wilmington, OH
Capital Carvers of Wisconsin
Capital Carvers of Wisconsin will be holding their 31st annual show & sale at the Abundant Life Christian School; 4901 East Buckeye Road; Madison , WI on Sunday October 20, 2019.
Deadline for the news for
the next newsletter is November 6, 2019
November
Birthdays (that we Know of)
6
Bernie Budzynski
10 Dawn Rozanas
20 Richard Andersen
Door
Prizes
Blackhawk Carving Club Minutes September 2019
Minutes of the regular monthly
business meeting of Blackhawk Woodcarvers; held on, September 18, 2019 at
3218 Eleventh Street, Rockford, Illinois.
President Tyrone Johnsen opened the
meeting at 9:02 am.
Secretary, Steve Terrill read the
Minutes of the previous meeting August 21st
The minutes were approved as read.
Membership: Chuck
Drewes had nothing to report.
Treasurer: Larry Stenzel is still at
home with his recovering wife. She will be going to the
doctor soon to see if she can weight bear on her second ankle.
Her mobility is also compromised by having a bad shoulder in addition
to two damaged ankles.
We have gotten some money in from
the sale of books and spent some money on the upgrade to the lighting in the
sharpening cabinet (with LED’s).
Don Stansfield has done lots of work
with selling books and DVD’s to the club and at the Janesville woodcarving
show. He has also cleaned up the cabinet exterior.
The sharpening extension has been removed and the cabinet
reconfigured with the end of the slider glides now protruding into the book
section. Thanks to Denny and Tony.
Don reported that we are keeping a
limited quantity of books for our own use. The rest were
sold at the Janesville show. We have interest in the two
metal cabinets between Denny and Carol. The current
schedule for moving will be the 16th of October, a business
meeting date.
Arne Larsen brought in a card for
Larry Stenzel for club members to sign.
Don Stansfield notes that now is the
time to start thinking about classes for CLR. The
deadline for any classes starting in May is October 14.
Denny will probably do a caricature class. Don will
probably do a freestyle chip carving class for 6 weeks.
Their proposal form is available on their website.
Tyrone took some pictures at the
Janesville show and posted them on the website. He found
the show very enjoyable. They did have a raffle and a
chainsaw carver outside.
At Greenwich village he met Salem
Barker and in talking to Salem thought that a trip to his workshop would be
instructional to the club. He also thinks that contacting
Bob Coleman to give a tour of the large trees he has carved in the Belvidere
area.
Denny reminds us that next week is
the Steven’s Point show. They have 200 tables. The
Caricature carvers of America will be there as they have their Annual
Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned for show
and tell at 9:26 am
Respectfully Submitted: Steve
Terrill, Club Secretary
President,
Tyrone Johnsen, 397-9274
Vice Pres, Louis Jurisch, 568-7096
Treasurer, Larry Stenzel, 389-4714
Secretary, Steve Terrill, 708-0471