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FALL 2013

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Back

After

Flood

news and

notes

Dennis and Susan Thornton pose with their 26

students aboard the Celebrity cruise ship

Eclipse

.

When the White River flooded in Spring 2013, Holli and Rich Smithson’s

home and business, located in Tipton, Ind., were flooded. Holli and Rich

have owned Helvie Knives for nine years, after buying it from Ken Helvie.

The couple saved most of their belongings by moving them to an

upper floor. “We did shut down our web site for about 10 days and didn’t

accept any new orders,” Rich and Holli said. “We notified customers that

had existing orders to let them know of our situation, and everyone was

understanding. We continued operations with the existing orders while we

cleaned up and tore out wet materials in both our home and shop.

The Smithsons send their thanks for the many offers of help and

support. “We can’t express how grateful we are to the carving community!”

Carving Cruise

More than 25 carvers took part in a carving cruise in

January 2013. Aboard the cruise ship

Eclipse

, Dennis

Thornton, a member of the Caricature Carvers of America,

taught a class on creating a pirate sea captain caricature.

His wife, Susan, taught the carvers how to paint the

carving. The 14-day trip to the south Caribbean was the

second cruise sponsored by Cherry Ridge Campgrounds

of Honesdale, Pa., and coordinating travel agent Mary Lee

Cipriano. Another cruise is in the works for 2015.

Cruise participants learned to carve

and paint this caricature pirate.

Yuma Carving Show

The North End Community

Center Carving Club of Yuma,

Ariz., held its 8th annual

Woodcarving Expo on January 11

and 12, 2013. Thirty-six carvers

and eight equipment and supply

vendors exhibited before a crowd

of more than 1,200 visitors. They

also presented demonstrations

ranging from tool sharpening to

chip carving, caricatures, relief

carving, and painting.

More than 50 carvings

competed for awards. Ed Miller,

Vernon Brown, Fran Ladrow, John

Bender, Al Kirk, and Larry Thorpe

all won first-place ribbons. Vernon

Brown’s chip-carved walking stick

also took the Best of Show award.

Ed Miller won the People’s Choice

award, and John Bender won the

Carvers’ Choice award.

The club will hold its next

show on January 10 and 11, 2014.

For information, contact the City

of Yuma Parks and Recreation

Department at 928-373-5243.

Floodwaters inundated the home and

business of Holli and Rich Smithson.

John Bender’s relief-carved leopard was

the Carvers’ Choice winner in Yuma.