Hey Carvers! Keep your eyes on the parade, Friday, and watch for the float Ken Giles helped to carve. I believe it is the 42nd entry in the parade this Friday the 24th. Take a look at Ken’s Album for an up-close look at his handy work. He says that the team of workers on the float were truly amazing from design to finished float. Congradulations on a Float-Well-Done!!!
Archive for the ‘WPWC Club Members Info’ Category
17 Apr
Carving In Elk City, OK with the Bishops
Ken Giles is in Carving Heaven! Sitting around the table with Phil & Vicki Bishop. Carving to his hearts content. Have fun Ken, we’re anxious to see what you carve. 
13 Feb
The ‘Anonymous Carver’
Let’s all reach out our carving hands and offer a big welcome to the ‘Anonymous Carver’. We’re not really sure who it is, but if he’ll just step forward we can give his Photo Album a real name and make him an official member of the club. You’ll notice a real subtle hint in his carving – the color Blue, that rhymes with YoU. if you’re going to carve that good you better just join the club and get it over with! Welcome A.C.!!!
5 Jan
Welcome Home Tyler Bair!
Tyler just came back from two years in the Redlands, California area to a very chilly Utah winter. I regret to say that Tyler started showing interest in the carving club and has now become club’s ‘Official Bair Carver’. He needs to get us a picture for the website or he may have to put-up with one of our caricatures. Welcome back Tyler!!!
19 Dec
Welcome Martin Tremblay
We’re happy to have you as part of the club, Martin! Unfortunately, Martin expressed an interest in our club and has now become a lifetime member. He will shortly receive a punch card (worth dollars) and has accepted the position as ‘Foreign Affairs Officer’. We look forward to seeing what Martin will whittle himself into next. Good luck!
25 Jan
The President is on the Mend!
The Happy Carver Committee reports that Bruce is at home recovering from injuries he received in a traffic accident Jan 11th. The Good News is that he can still Carve!!! We’re looking forward to having him return to the Pres. Chair back in The Shop. We’ve each taken our turn Sitting-on-the-Nest trying to keep the carving spirit alive while he’s out recovering. Get Better Bruce . . . We’re Pulling for you!
14 Dec
The President is in Mourning
Our president has sold his nativity carving and now we need to let him have some off-line time to mourn. Good Luck President! We’ll see you on the flip-flop.
23 Apr
In Memory of My Flute – Red Fox
I lost my Red Fox Flute when it was crushed in the car door on the way to playing songs in the park while the children played off in the distance. I have since dissected it and now use it to help me build other flutes and to tune them.
A good friend wrote a little epitaph to my flute and I quote:
“In Memory of the Red Fox”
“High up float the notes so free
But long ago, it was first a tree
Though all was hidden ‘neath the bark
A nimble hand would release a heart
Only the expert eye could conceive
The journey beyond branch and leaf
For it takes long hours and hands of skill
To find such treasure takes great will
He whittles both night and day
At his feet wood shavings lay
It becomes his focus and his goal
In this fine wood he’ll find a soul
From simple and rough is the birth
To final triumph of great worth
The carver toils long and lovingly
He fashions a work of love you see
A beauty to behold, words can’t convey
The joy it brings to one and all, in so many ways
He’s now content, finished piece in hand
An accomplishment few can understand
Together God and master carver
Take these elements so much farther
Wood, skill, labor and conception
A process deserving of our appreciation
An arduous voyage of discovery
He searched and found it carefully
Only a true artist with patient, careful knife
Can bestow this gift, can bring it to life
Crafted with such tender care
A pleasure to both eye and ear
The masterpiece has been achieved
Long will live the memories” jn
I miss the first flute I had ever made and yet it tutors me with each new flute I make.
15 Apr
Holy Hogwarts!
Holy Hogwarts! The Koster’s had a Harry Potter Party. I came home one day and my wife, Verlynn, was reading my Carving Magazine;
“Hi, Honey. What are you looking at?”
“Can you make this?” she asked. It was a wizard’s staff featured as a project in the carving magazine.
“Well! I’ll try!” I said sheepishly.
Weeks later I had the staff carved and the party was under way. Go to the following link to see the party (there’s also a Making of Hogwarts album showing the work put into transforming our home):
Highlight the link above (and copy into your browser) then be sure to Click on the link at the top of the site to read the newspaper article about the party! And, Click the Hogwarts symbol at the bottom to see the party albums.
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