Cedar Valley Woodcarvers   

 

Welcome to the Cedar Valley Woodcarvers

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at American Legion Post 298 at 625 31st Street in Marion at 7 p.m. and you are cordially invited to come see what we do and how we do it. Our meetings last about an hour and are followed by classes taught by our members. We finish about 9 or so. Here are some things from those classes and others just to show off...

We met for our last meeting in 2011 and are really getting excited about the upcoming show... Remember you must get your dues in.

 

Scott, Sue, Anna and Sarah Garbe put together our club newsletter.
Click on the picture to go to it. 

Our 2013 Show is scheduled for 2-3 February.

The pictures from our 2012 show are up  on the photo site. 

Here are the 2012 leaders (same as 2011 - same picture).

L to R  Maurie Vandewalle - Board Member, Don Lund - Secretary, Al Avis - Board Member, Roger Norfolk - Vice President, Sherri Wilcox - Board Member, Jerry Schierholz - Treasurer, Jody Warren - Board Member and Larry Sylvester - President

 

 

We honor one of our members in memory of one of our own carvers.  Annually we give the Harold Davis Award to a member who has given a lot to our club and to the hobby of carving.  Nominations are made to the Board by the membership and the board votes on the winner.  Our winner so far are:

2003     Kirt Curtis
2004     Larry Sylvester
2005     Jerry Schierholz
2006     Maurie Vandewalle
2007     Linda Langenberg-Curtis
2008     Jody Warren
2009     Jim Gerlich
2010     Don Lund
2011     Clark Crane

Here is a link to the results per category at our last show

Here is a link to our history of who won and who judged

We are just a bunch of folks that share the joys of woodcarving!

Jim "The Bird Man" said there are 1,600 veins on this feather. Jim passed away unexpectedly in November 2010.  We will all miss him.

 

Our club collage is kinda cool!

 

Here are some links to sites you may like:

The Carver's Companion

St Charles Area Woodcarvers Make sure to check out their newsletters.

  Their webmaster also puts their show and tell here.

 

Many of our members belong to National Wood Carvers Association

and Mid America Woodcarvers Association

 

 

Don Lund won the Best of Show for 2012

 

Sue Orth Won Second

 

Don Lund got 3rd

 

Mary Lou Snyder got Best of Show of all Instructor Assisted

 

Mike Augustine won Best Table Display

 

The Carving Competition was won in the Junior category by Jared Cunningham, and in the Open category by Merle Krug

 

Our 2012 Judges, Robert Kroese and Marty Dolphens

 

One of my favorite carvings from a few years ago. I thought they were real!

 

We are especially proud of the efforts to give canes to Wounded Veterans.

From guys only back from the  battlefield to recover To guys a bit longer in the tooth

Jody Warren and Jim Gerlich have headed up the effort.

Part of what this site is about, is showing off the pictures of our monthly show and tell, or of our annual show. They can be found on Roger (the webmaster pseudo-geekoid that put this stuff together) photo album. Click Here to go to the Photo Album

 

Kirt Curtis and Linda Langenberg are our famous carvers. (We try to claim them) They have both done lots for our club. Click here to go to their web page.

 

 

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