ST. CHARLES AREA WOODCARVERS

    December 2007  

Club News

 Meeting Location - 7295 94 South

Weldon Spring Department of Energy site.  From highway 40/61 or I-70 exit highway 94 and continue south toward Defiance.  It is just past the Francis Howell High School.  When you see a Quonset hut on the right hand side it is facility.   

Club News

The club is now meeting twice a month - the first and third Wednesdays at 7pm!   The "rent fee" has also been rolled back to $1/meeting.  The next club meeting is January 2, 2008.

The Christmas party was well attended, the food was terrific, and everyone enjoyed the ornament exchange.  Dick Weber, one of our carving buddies in the Seattle, Washington area, also sent in an ornament so he could participate in the exchange.

Seminars

Something fishy is going on here!

Jim Leifeld hosted a trout power carving seminar on Nov 16, 17, and 18.  The class worked from a roughout for the body and fins.  Jim demonstrated the steps to the group and then moved from carver to carver providing individual instruction.  After two plus days of carving the trout was starting to take shape.  Everyone was focused on getting the eyes installed and the fins ready for insertion by the end of the seminar.  Everyone left with a project he could be proud of and we hope we can talk Jim into a painting seminar early in 2008.  Thanks Jim for a great seminar!     

*  Rex Branson will be conducting a seminar on Nov 27, 28, and 29th.  The cost is $125 plus the cost of the blank.

*  John Englert is scheduled for a relief carving seminar on Feb 15, 16, and 17th, 2008.  The cost is $110 plus the cost of the blank.

For seminars - the doors open in the morning at 8:30am and in the evening at 5:00pm.  Typically classes during the day will be conducted from 9am to 5pm and in the evening from 5:00pm to 9pm.   Ask your instructor for exact times.

New Web Site

The new web site is on line!  Thanks to Wyatt Sample for setting it up.  More emphasis will be placed on getting input from club members.  Wyatt will be routing a form so that you can provide information on yourself and provide him with pictures for the site.  Be sure to book mark the new URL - http://www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com/ .  

Want a paper copy of the news letter?

Paper copies of the news letter will be available provided you pay for the printing and the mailing.  The copies will be printed from the electronic file so the layout will be different than you are use to.  Page breaks will be a fall out of the electronic copy.  A $10 fee will be charged up front and the cost of each issue will be deducted from the account.  Cost for black and white copies will be 15 cents a page plus postage.  Contact the editor if you would like to set up an account. 

Dues are Due

It is time to pay your dues for 2008; $15.  Contact the Membership Chairman, Charles Sapp, or Treasurer Bob Craven. 

When you have an item for show and tell, please get my attention before you leave (presuming that I remember to bring the camera).

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Charles W. Sapp

Editor