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Some of the 40 or so attending members socializing ahead of time |
Sam Ciccia sets up the club lending library |
Ron Hudson gets the meeting started |
There was a good turnout of items for the show and tell |
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Barb Berger took the floor for a special award announcement |
Jim Hilburger, taken by surprise, is the deserving recipient |
The award, aptly named the Jim Hilburger Giving Tree Award, is given to Jim |
The award is to honor the selfless, always giving, nature that personifies Jim |
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The award was made by Paul Mazuchowski |
It is a wooden picture frame box that contains the book and proclamation |
Muriel Kummer start off show and tell with her collection of salt and pepper mills |
Paul Mazuchowski shows his bowl with it's personalized base |
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One of Ron Mostel's items was his first turning from years ago |
Sam Ciccia shows a bowl that he converted into a large lidded box |
George Daege explains his recent work on an assortment of pens |
Jake Debski shows a lidded box with a "family" of different lids |
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Jake shows the shoe horns sent in by Gerry Rucker |
Sam Ciccia, the winner of the 50/50, smiles with his good fortune |
The evenings presentation was by Jim Meier on turning alternative materials |
There was a good crowd as Jim explained and demonstrated the various materials |
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog |
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