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Table of Contents: Club News Coming Events Show and Tell Recommended Resources Dues Reminder Seminars Meeting Location Member Web Page Update

Club News: The club is now meeting twice a month - the first and third Wednesdays at 7pm!      Charlie Sapp has decided to step down from his duties as Newsletter Editor after a 4 1/2 year reign beginning with the January 2004 Newsletter and ending with the May 2008 Newsletter. He has done a great job and it will be difficult to follow in his footsteps but I will do the best I can. Wyatt Sample At the June 18th meeting Bill Kuhn instructed club members on carving a relief hound dog. He drills the back and inserts a magnet to make it a refridgerator magnet. Bill provided follow-up instruction at the July 2nd meeting for those who had not finished or had missed the previous meeting. Thanks Bill for having the blanks ready for us and providing the instruction. It was a fun project. Bill Kuhn instructing Wilbert Brewton and Martha Byron Corky Breece working on his hound dog Moe Schmitz looks like she has a question for Bill John Bouchillon marks his dog Wade Schott carving on his dog Bill instructs Ray Poldzien Mary and Mike McGinley and Wade diligently working on their hounds Pat Bauman marking his hound before carving Bill instructing Mary Other members worked on thier own projects. Bob Berg working on a Santa President Rich Weitzman looks on as Brian Ellison shows what he is working on Coming Events:back to table of contents Charles Sapp has volunteered to lead a class in carving a Santa ornament. The date is not fixed but it is expected to be in October. Show and Tell:back to table of contents   Here are more carving by Dick Weber (our Washington carving member).      Here are show and tells from the John Bouchillon class held in May. The two painted Santa ornaments were done by Charlie Sapp and one unpainted Santa ornament done by Wyatt Sample.     Here are two views of Corky Breece's version of Baccus.    Here are two views of Ray Plodzien's Santa. Carved from a Shawn Cipa pattern in the "Santa Showcase" book of patterns from Woodcarving Illustrated. The carving is painted with acrylics and antiqued     Here are two views of Johns Bouchillion's Rufus   Recommended Resources:back to table of contents The following two links are to sources of carving woods. Heineke comes to the Belleville woodcarving show each year and to other shows and provides excellent wood. Slim also comes to the Belleville show and has also attended our woodcarving shows. Heinecke Wood Slim's Woodshed Lynn Doughty is a western carver living in Oklahoma. He does a blog which provides tutorial on how he carves his characters with detailed instruction. There is no cost to the blog. It is a great resource, check it out at Out West Woodcarving. The following pictures are examples of some of the carvings that he gives specific instruction on. Dues:back to table of contents The "rent fee" has also been rolled back to $1/meeting.   It is time to pay your dues for 2008 Club dues are $15.00 per year and include the website and electronic newsletter.  Contact the Membership Chairman, Charles Sapp, or Treasurer Bob Craven. Seminars:back to table of contents          Corky Breece, Seminar Chairman Corky is working on the schedule for 2008.  If you have any suggestions, please get in touch with him.    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.   Corky has Bob Bierman scheduled in the fall for a relief carving class.  Bob will be offering a Santa Claus or a newsboy pattern.  Contact Corky for more details. Meeting Time and Location:back to table of contents Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The meetings include a brief business meeting followed by a carving session. The meeting location has changed. Meetings are now held at the Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project at 7295 Highway 94 South St. Charles, Missouri 63304. Visitors are always welcome! Saturday carving is being held on the Saturday prior to the third Wednesday of each month. Saturday carving is also held at the Weldon Spring Site. Visitors are always welcome! 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 the next driveway / facility.       Member Web Pages-Update: back to table of contents New members - be sure to get with Wyatt Sample and provide him with some pictures of your work and a background write up for the website.  All Members, please feel free to update the information for your page on the website any time. Just send an email to the webmaster, Wyatt Sample,(link at bottom of page) with any new information about yourself. Please provide some information about any new carving you want displayed and either send in a digital picture or bring in a picture of your carving to be scanned. You can look through the other member pages to see what type of information others have provided. Contact us for more information on the club or activities.  For questions regarding this Web Site, contact Webmaster: Wyatt Sample