TRI – VALLEY WOODCARVERS California Carvers Guild, Chapter 5 Carving groups, carving classes and business meetings are held at Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94566. Phone: 925.931.5365 Contact address: Bob Kehl, 452 Leona Dr., Livermore CA 94550 Phone: 925-443-5632, E-mail rjkehl@comcast.net Web site http://www.tri-valleycarvers.com. Since 1972

January 2017 | CCG Mission Statement: Teaching, Sharing, Promoting the Art of Woodcarving

PRESIDENT: Bob Kehl 925.443.5632 rjkehl@comcast.net

VICE PRESIDENT: Ken Morgan 925.462.6586 kjasmorgan55@comcast.net

RECORDING SECRETARY: Currently vacant

CORESP. SECRETARY: Paul Fackler 925.462.1847 pdfac@comcast.net

TREASURER: Mike Pocha mpocha@aol.com 925.443.1953

EDITOR: Mike Pocha, Demi Tanner See above

CCG ADVISOR Currently vacant

CCG N. REGIONAL DIRECTOR: Dave Boles 510.352.5283 dcboles@aol.com

SHOW CHAIRPERSONS: Bob Kehl Paul Fackler Mike Pocha Dave Boles

WEB MASTERS: Bill & Lydia Bender 408.386.6042 billwb@sbcglobal.net lydiabender@live.com

Our Next Meeting Our  next  meeting  is  Sat.  Jan  14,  2017    

An  Important  Election  Meeting,  we  need  a  big  turnout.  10:15  A.M.  (pre-­meeting  activities  –  9:00  A.M.)  

Pleasanton  Senior  Center  

From The Pres By Bob Kehl

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Happy New Year!!!!!Here we are again starting another new year of carving for the Tri Valley Carvers. As we begin this year, our first business meeting will be held at the Pleasanton Senior Center on Jan 14th. The meeting will start at 9am with our usual pre-meeting carving/visiting followed by the meeting start at 10:15. We have several new members to meet and get acquainted, so make sure you attend. This meeting is very important for you to attend as we must have an election of officers. This event occurs every two years as required by our bylaws. The officers are President, Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Correspondence Secretary, and Advisor. If you are interested in any of these positions, please present your nominations at the business meeting or to the present officers prior to the meeting. We need to make sure nominees are willing to run for the office to which they are nominated. We will finalize the nominations and hold elections at the January 14th meeting.

This year we will be trying out a new meeting forum. We will be doing fun projects during our normal second Saturday meetings. The projects will be divided into projects to complete in several hours of carving or just learning a tecniques from many of our experienced carvers. Come to the January 14th meeting and sign up for a class or give us a list of your preferences to learn. This will give us a starting point to set up the program for the 2017 year.

We have a lot to look forward to in this New Year beginning with the annual Oakhurst Wood Carvers Rendezvous the week of April 23rd to April 29th. Many of the classes are similar to last year with only changes in subjects to be carved. The rendezvous is a fun event for carvers and non-carvers, so many folks can attend. The fees are $115 for each person or $170 a couple for the week. The classes are available for sign up starting Monday April 24th, so make sure you have a list of classes you wish to attend in mind. I will have an application and a list of classes soon. On the 29th, the rendezvous will have a pinewood derby and soap carving for the kids as a special event to show the town some fun.

The Sacramento wood show will be held this year on the third weekend in May, May

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From the Pres (continued)

New Year’s Resolution

“Don’t be mean in 2017”

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! • Jan. 14: TVC meeting, 9-12:00am. Election of new

officers • April 23-29: Oakhurst Woodcarvers Rendezvous • May 19-21: Maker Faire, San Mateo • May 20-21: Capital Woodcarvers Show • June 16-July 9: Alameda County Fair; “Best

Summer Ever”; Tue-Sun, 11am-11pm. Closed Mon. Seniors Free-Thursday; Kids Free—Friday

• July 15-16 (probably): Alden Lane “Art Under the Oaks”; 11am-4pm

• Sept. 9-10: Tri-Valley Carvers 45th anniversary show; 10am-4pm. Veterans Memorial Hall, 301 Main St, Pleasanton. Set up and judging, Fri, the 8th.

Birthdays!

So far, our records show 3 members born in January: Ethel Burgett, Steve Gramberg, Ed Heskett

Happy Birthday! If you were born this month, please tell our Editor,

Mike Pocha (see front page for contact info.).

“THINK ABOUT’S”© from Joan Cousins, 1-2017

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filled, prosperous Happy New Year! jc ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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20th & 21st. The Capital Wood Carvers in Sacramento really appreciate our Tri Valley woodcarvers teaching soap carving to the kids in attendance, as it adds so much to the show. The show teams up with the Gourd Society and is very well attended by many carvers and draws very good carvings for the judged competition, so make sure you enter your carvings and attend.

The Alameda County Fair dates are June 16th - July 9th. The Fair’s theme this year is “Best Summer Ever”. There are, of course, the preparations for entries, so it’s time to think about what to carve for judging and what the club display is going to be this year. We will be holding the soap carving event again on Kid’s days. We are hoping to sponsor the youth wood carving event again this year. The Kid’s carvings are from our teaching classes at the local schools. We really received high appreciation from the kids, parents and the Fair management for our participation in these events.

Our participation in the annual Art Under the Oaks event is set for this year July15th-16th. We are in the same building as last year. Perhaps, the club can discuss a theme or project to present for this event or we can keep it an individual sales event, as we did last year. Last year was our second offering of kids soap carving for this event. It was very well received and a lot of fun. Depending on our TVC soap carving volunteers, we might offer soap carving again this year.

This year marks the club’s 45th anniversary for our annual Wood Show. The wood show will be not only a great showing of our carvings, but a wonderful celebration of our club and achievements. The venue and dates are established for September, 9th and 10th at the Pleasanton Veteran’s Hall. Preshow setup will be on the 8th starting at 3pm until 9pm. We have started a list for the tasks needed for a banner successful show.

The events listed are some of the high lights for the year. We will be continuing with our school teaching sessions and the Veteran’s Cane projects. Make sure you keep up with the Club details in the “Mark your Calendars” section of the newsletter.

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Meeting Highlights 12-10-2016 Final ‘minutes’ by Joan Cousins

No business meeting in December as it was replaced

by our TVC Annual Christmas Lunch, therefore no minutes for December.

January 14th is our Election meeting so PLEASE plan to attend and place your motions and/or votes for folks to fill the Officer positions. I have had the honor and pleasure of serving as your Recording Secretary for 16 years but will not be continuing with this position as of

Jan 1st so please consider taking a shot at this job or suggest someone else.

My deepest thank to Ken Morgan, Paul Fackler, Bob Kehl and Dave Boles for all your help and input and special thanks to Mike Pocha for always having my back with proofing the minutes and other official things. You are a great bunch to work with and I know you’ll be there for the next Secretary too.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all …. Joan Cousins ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Bulletin Board by Paul Fackler [:] Christmas Luncheon, Saturday, Dec. 10: We had a very nice Christmas lunch at the Brass Door, with 27 club members. And, as always, the auction was a lot of fun. [:] Black Walnut Wood: Ken Morgan just bought some more black walnut. They are big pieces, 4 x 8, 4 x 12 and 4 x 14 each about 7 ft long. Contact him if you are interested 925.462.6586 or kjasmorgan55@comcast.net [:] Joan Cousins Retiring: As of Jan. 2017 Joan Cousins is retiring as Recording Secretary. Come to the meeting, Saturday, Jan. 14, and thank her for her outstanding efforts to make our meeting’s minutes complete and informative for these last 16 years. That’s 192 months worth of taking meeting minutes, sending get well and condolence cards, writing “Thank You” notes, being the sympathetic voice of the “Broken Blade” notices, and so much more. [:] Space Available: The space on the Bulletin Board page is also available to our members who would like to submit ideas or information of interest to the Club. Let me know what you have in mind at pdfac@comcast.net .

CHECK IT OUT By Paul Fackler

Take a few minutes to check out these really unique pictures submitted by Bob Ahrenkiel. It shows that art can be found anywhere there is imagination and a handy woodpile!

Fallen Tree

Owl Mosaic

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Round Wood Pile

Spirl Wood Sculpture

Artistic Wood Stack

Piling Log Art

King and Queen of Denmark

Little House

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Christmas Lunch Photos By Bob Kehl

Local Carving Opportunities MONDAY:

Manteca/Tracy area: contact Beatrice Machado (209) 835-2075 or Gordon Moody (209) 835-2781 San Jose area: 9:00am – 2:00pm; contact Joanne Carroll (408) 398.5991.

TUESDAY: Pleasanton; Tri-Valley area: at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd.; in a fully loaded wood shop

that includes a variety of wood for sale; 9:00am – 4:00pm: ($2.00 resident, $2.50 non-resident) contact Bob Kehl (925) 443-5632 rjkehl@comcast.net

Hayward area: Hayward Senior Center, N. 3rd St., $2.00 per day, 9:00am – 3:30pm; Currently no contact.

WEDNESDAY: Fremont; Tri-City area: Community Center, Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont: 6:45pm – 8:45pm: (Free). contact Bob

Larsen (510) 795-1275. Livermore; Tri-Valley area: Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave.; 6:00pm – 8:00pm. ($4.00) contact

Ken Morgan (925) 548-5486 kjasmorgan55@comcast.net

THURSDAY: San Jose area: 7:00pm-9:00pm, (FREE) Contact Joanne Carroll (408) 398-5991 Union City; Tri-City area: “U.C. Wood Art” (carving & burning), 6:00pm – 9:00pm. LOCATION: Ralph &

Mary Ruggier Sr. Center, 33997 Alvarado Niles Road, Union City CA 94587, (510) 489-6629. FEES: $3.00 drop in (City fee) unless you have a membership. Contact Joan Cousins (510) 471-6401, joanburnswood@gmail.com No groups from Dec 8, 2016 through Jan 5, 2017. Groups resume on Jan 12, 2017.

Pleasanton; Tri-Valley area: at the Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd.; in a fully loaded wood shop that includes a variety of wood for sale; 6:00pm – 8:30pm: ($2.00 resident, $2.50 non-resident) contact Bob Kehl (925) 443-5632 rjkehl@comcast.net

Plus, we also have: Tupelo, Aspen, Butternut, Spalted Maple,

Liquid Amber, Black Walnut, Olive, Sycamore and several others.

Contact Ken Morgan.

Wood Inventory  

Basswood available at Sr. Ctr.

Qty Description Price 2 1x9x13 $10.00 4 1x3x12 $3.00 2 1x3x10 $2.00 10 2x2x3 ½ $0.50 5 2x4x12 $8.00 4 2x7x12 $14.00 1 2x10x12 $19.00 5 3x5x8 $9.00 2 3x5x12 $14.00 3 3x7x12 $14.00 1 4x7x12 $23.00 1 2x8x12 Jelutong $14.00 1 2x10x12 Jelutong $17.00 1 2x9x20 Jelutong $20.00 13 Cribbage templates (1x4x16) $5.00

many Tupelo in a variety of sizes & $ --

(Subject to change)