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Next meeting:
July 13 - Meeting at Millworks in Bloomington - Program: Dave Lee with a review of Hollowing Tools and Systems on the market today
Members Challenge
July's President's Challenge - Create a piece using one of Jennifer Costa topics from the April discussion of Balance - you may demonstrate either a Symetrical, Asymetrical, or a piece showing Radial Balance
Library
Don't forget to return items you've checked out
Membership
2009 club dues can be paid now.
If you want to mail your dues, send them to Dave Carroll at:
10198 N. Point Rd., Tremont, IL 61568.
He can also be contacted at (309) 925-3222, or email (see below)
Your 2009 dues for the AAW are due. Renew via mail or online
Education
Committee Members: (Dave Kraft - Chair, Mary Fairfield, Mike
Haskell)
Upcoming events
See the calendar page for details
Jul 13 - Meeting in Bloomington
Aug 10 - Meeting at James Pierce's shop in Peoria
Sep 14 - Meeting in Bloomington
Oct 12 - Meeting at James Pierce's shop in Peoria
Oct 16-18 - Ohio Valley Woodturning Guild Symposium in Cincinnati, OH
Club Officers
President -
Dennis Belcher
Vice President -
Frank Kobilsek
Secretary -
Hod Bailey
Treasurer -
Terry Quiram
Membership -
Dave Carroll
Librarian -
Joe Landon
Education -
Dave Kraft
Newsletter Editor -
Keith Zimmerman
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| Club News and Announcements
The June meeting was held in our new home, James Pearce's shop at SW Washington St and Persimmon in Peoria. Here is a map to the new location. The address is: 1101 S.W. Washington St. Peoria Illinois 61602. We had 29 members in attendance.
Also attending was new member Dave Razunas. Welcome DAve. We look forward to seeing your work.
The President's Challenge for July is to turn a piece using one of Jennifer Costa's topics from the April discussion of Balance - demonstrating either Symetrical, Asymetrical, or Radial Balance.
Joe Landon has had a piece accepted for the 2009 AAW Symposium juried show, "Spirit of the Southwest". This exhibit will be at AAW headquarters in St. Paul following the symposium. Congratulations Joe.
Instructors are needed for "Turning Saturday. Interested members need to contact Frank Kobilsek.
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| AAW News
The 2009 symposium was in Albuquerque New Mexico this month. Follow up information and photos are available on the AAW website at http://www.woodturner.org/sym/sym2009/gallery/
Message from the Board
The June message from board member Jean LeGwin is at Click on this link to read more.
Teaching Guide Available
A new 53 page downloadable woodturning teaching guide is available for AAW members. To access the file, log-on from the homepage. Then, on the left-hand side of the "Members Area Home" page, look for a button called "Downloadable Articles & Resources". Finally, click on "Complete Article List in Alphabetical Order" and look for the article named "Teaching Woodturning Basics".
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| Local Shows & Opportunities
There are no upcoming local shows this month.
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| Drawings and Raffles
June drawing and raffle winners were Larry Moreau, Bill Smith, Jim Meizelis, Joe Landon, Roger Alexander, Bob Briggs, Dave Lee, Stephen Konrad, Roy Johnson, Bill Schultz, Dave Razunas, Jack O'Bryan, Hod Bailey, and James Pearce. Stephen Konrad won the "Bring Back" drawing.
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| Show-n-tell
The following members shared and discussed their work with us:
Jim Meizelis - Small black locust bowl
Dave Bloom - Walnut winged bowl
Dave Lee - Vase of cut walnut pieces and a Cottonwood burl bowl w/diorama of cliff dwelling community
Dick Coers - 7 hollow forms; turned from dyed maple and European white poplar
Roger Alexander - An example of a warped rough turned bowl
Joe Landon - 2 dyed maple hollow forms and one not dyed
Roy Johnson - small maple bowl
Jack O'Bryan - persimmon bowl and 3 pens
Larry Moreau - 2 pens
Frank Kobilsek - a Molly Winton piece and a maple bowl w/foot
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See photos of our members showing their work at the June Show-n-tell.
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| Demonstrations
Hod Bailey gave an outstanding demonstration of turning game calls.
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