26th Annual S D Woodcarvers Christmas Show and Sale

The Park Ridge Galleria management has agreed to accommodate the 26th Annual S D Woodcarvers Christmas Show and Sale. As usual, the date is set for the first Saturday in December, Dec. 5, 2009. There is a good chance also that Santa Clause himself will find time to show up there on that day. If there can also be arranged some kind of an ornament auction/sale or give-away to benefit the Children's Home or little folks at the Children's Care Hospital just up the hill, it might prove to be a event worthy of advanced media publication--anything to get a crowd of people there.

Details of this event should be worked out and confirmed at our next meeting: Thursday evening, November 12. 6:30 - 9:00 PM, room 503 at the Ed Wood T & I Center, Southeastern Tech, Sioux Falls, SD.

Kidney Transplant for Gene Dickey

Gene Dickey, prominent member of SDWC, went into the operating room at McKennen Hospital last Friday, Sept. 25, to get another kidney transplant. Pres. Dick Hansen has paid him a visit and reports that "he looks great and feels the same".

He is scheduled for release from the hospital Thursday morning and is hoping to attend the meeting on the evening of October 8th.

Let us all pray that this transplant will bring Gene back to a normal life filled with all the great and wonderful things he is destined to experience and achieve!

NOW ANOTHER NEW NOTICE OF MEETING TIME CHANGE!

The Wednesday evening meeting turned out to be a problem for some of the members, so now the meetings for the coming year (until next August) will be held on the Second Thursday evening of each month.

Our next meeting will be October 8th, starting at 6:30 PM. Location remains the same: room 503 in the Ed Wood T & I Center, Southeastern Technical Institute, Sioux Falls, SD.

NOTICE OF NEW TIME FOR MONTHLY MEETING

To all members and guests who attend monthly
meetings of the South Dakota Woodcarvers:

Terms in the contract for using the classroom at Southeastern Tech
have changed. Starting September 16, 2009, we will be meeting on the third Wednesday eveing of each month. The time for these meetings is set for 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

The location remains the same: Ed Wood T & I Center, room 503.

Sioux Empire Woodcarving Exposition Winners

Novice Class Best of Show:

Rose Broach

Entered by Derek Boekoff, Sioux Falls, SD

Intermediate Class Best of Show:

Kestrel Hawk

Entered by Lorraine Pearson, Sioux Falls, SD

Advanced Class Best of Show:

The Veteran

Entered by Don Clemetson, Brandon, SD