Brazos Valley Woodturners Monthly Newsletter

August mtg. Notes:

Matthew Hill will be coming November 14. He will be doing a demo and will have an afternoon session of hands on.

John Solberg will be coming in December.

The Rocky Expo will be Sept 12 & 13th in Loveland Colorado.

SWAT is Oct 15 to 18th in Wichata Falls. The following have volunteered to help.

James, Johnny Joel and Jan will help with registration for the ladies event.

Craft Supplies will give a 10% discount to club members.

Tony knows a lady that has some table top tools for sale.

Charles has some cedar boards ,¾ oak and walnut.

Larry has a pecan tree and cedar elm.

The meeting was adjourned at noon.

Bring Back & Raffle $5300

Paid out Keeley $41.49

Sold table to James $35.00

Appletree Craft show is the first weekend of November at the Heart of Texas Fairgrounds.

Safety Minute: Try not to push safety too far away

Demonstration: Janice Levi demonstrated turning backyard Pine

Bring Back Auction / Door Prizes: See the web site

Treasury:

Bring Back & Raffle $53.00

Paid out Keeley $41.49

Sold table to James $35.00

Jan Dean Sec/Treas.

Presidential Notes: Fall in really coming at us fast and there are all sorts of things going on in the next couple of months. But, before we look to the future, let’s take a moment to say a big “Thank You” to TSTC and Mike Hubbard for letting us meet in their facility. We also want to thank Maynard Miller for making all of the initial contacts to make this happen.

Now for that fall agenda: Our September meeting will feature Bill Meador who will be getting us ready for Christmas by demonstrating how to make balls and other toys. The October meeting will be held at Lovely Lake Limestone in my barn and we will have our all day Retreat with four hands-on classes and several demonstrations. Please see our website for more specific information.

The very next week-end we’ll be traveling to Wichita Falls for our Southwest Association of Turners Symposium. I am very proud to be among those who will be demonstrating. Thank you, Johnny Farmer and James Norton for helping out with the hosting and AVing in one of the demonstration rooms.

Finally, on November 6 and 7, we will be demonstrating and selling our goods at the Appletree Show in Waco at the Heart of Texas Coliseum. We have a good list of folks who want to help out and that includes Joel, Bill, James, Jan and Tom, Charlie, Janice, and Ed. If you want to attend and I have left your name off the list, let me know. We have three great volunteers who will be coordinating the effort—Charlie, Joel, and James N.

The September President’s Challenge is going to be to turn something that has antlers, antennae, or other unusual projections or protrusions. That really leaves the whole affair wide open, so use your imaginations and get to turning!

Janice