Great Plains Woodturners
Woodturning Club in Lincoln, Nebraska

The January meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Terry Savage.  The minutes of the last meeting were read by Ray and Theo gave the treasures report.  Theo noted that the club made a  profit of $279.00  on the Rudy Lopez seminar. 

The American chestnut project came to it’s completion at  the December 20th meeting of the Great Plains Woodturners Club.   All members who received pieces of the chestnut wood, brought their completed turnings to the December Meeting.   Two representatives of the Arbor Foundation attended with Dr. Scott Josiah and after reviewing all of the pieces created from the American Chestnut wood we received,  they selected a Vase turned by Curt Norman and a Bowl turned by Theo Alles .  These pieces will be placed on permanent display at Arbor Lodge and the Nebraska Forest Service  Office.   This brings to a close our year long chestnut project.  I will post pictures of the entire collection when they become available.

The December  meeting of the Great Plains Woodturning Club was called to order at 7PM by Terry Savage.  The minutes of the last meeting were read and the treasures report given. Despite the closeness to the Christmas holiday we had a good attendance for the meeting and an excellent show and tell.

After many months the American Chestnut Project is nearing completion.  Everyone will bring their  completed turnings to the December Meeting.  Dr. Scott Josiah and the members of the selection committee will select the pieces that will be put on permanent display at the Nebraska Forest Service headquarters on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus and at Arbor Lodge.  Joanie Cradick will be on hand to document the selection.  Pictures of the selected turnings will be posted here when available.

The November meeting of the Great Plains Woodturning Club was called to order at 7PM by Terry Savage.  The minutes of the last meeting were read and the treasures report given.  Terry talked about the excellent turnout for the Rudy Lopez seminar and asked for everyone’s opinion of the program.