HICKORY, N.C. - The Catawba Valley Wood Carvers Club’s meeting will be Saturday October 19, from 1:00 until 3:00, at the Klingspor Woodworking Shop at 856 21st Dr SE (Sweetwater Rd) Hickory. For October’s project, it’s from WCI FALL 2019, Issue number 88. Jack the Pumpkin will require your knife and a v tool, no 8 - 1/4” and perhaps some smaller gouges. The Club will be providing a 2” x 2-1/4” wide piece of wood about 4” long.

Members are also reminded that the Murray’s Mill Folk Festival will be rescheduled. Please make table reservations with Alvin. Bring your tools and finished carvings and set up inside the tent. There will be electracy available!

Also, this year’s 21st ANNUAL Competition and Show theme will be “Sea Life”.  The October Competition and Show is October 25 and 26 in conjunction with Klingspor’s 24th Extravaganza. Everything you need to know about entering the Competition and Show can be found on our “NEW” website https://www.woodworkingshop.com/cvwc

SHOW RAFFLE ITEMS NEEDED: We are collecting the donations for this year’s Show Raffle. Please be looking around your home or shop for items for the Show RAFFLE. REMINDER, we could not afford to do the show without the raffle income!  PLEASE bring your items to the October meeting or to the Show as late as Friday.

The annual selection of an Outstanding Club Member for the Mel Moose Award will be announced at the October 19 meeting.

The club officers’ elections nominations will be at the October 19 meeting, with elections at the November 16 meeting. The new officers will make committee chair selections at the January 18, 2025 meeting.

The 2025 Officer recommendations are as follows:

·         President – Gerry Shaw

·         Vice President – Ted Hodgson

·         Secretary – Beth Parham

·         Treasurer – Richard Grant

·         Director – Ronnie Smith 2027

·         2025 Show Cahir – Alvin Woody

Meetings are open to the public and to anyone interested in wood carving. Youth’s (under 18) must be accompted by an adult, minimum age is 14. The meeting will follow COVID protocols, and members and guests are encouraged to wear masks.

Members are invited to bring any woodcarving tool that they don’t currently use, and donate them to the,” Visitor Loaner Took Kit”. A project that will loan a carving knife to a meeting visitor.

Members are encouraged to bring in your finished carvings for Show-n-Tell.

The club consists of about 40 Hickory-area woodcarvers of all skill levels, from hobbyist to professionals. The club meets on the Third Saturday of each month at the Klingspor's Woodworking Shop.

The club is also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/catawba.woodcarvers/