Meeting

There were a total of 50 in attendance including 3 guests at our regular April meeting. Announcements A big thank you to all who helped with the Picnic The PICNIC and 2×4 contest held at the Farm Bureau pavilion on Palmer Blvd, was a great success. The club would really appreciate members filling out the […]

  President Peasley called the meeting to Order at 7:04 PM  Total of 63 in attendance with 12 guests! Announcements: A big thank you to the State Fair volunteers. The PICNIC and 2×4 contest is March 31st. at 7289 Palmer Blvd, Sarasota. Last chance to sign up sheet passed around can also e-mail or call

The Holiday Party this year was the best ever. There were about 60 people present. The emphasis was on eating and bidding on gifts made by our many talented  members.  The auction is the only regular fund raiser other than dues that we have. Thanks to our auctioneer, Denny Wetter, and his grench assistant, Mike Swart,

Sorry for the delay in posting this. This is going to be  mainly pictures. But a picture is worth a 1000 words, right? As  some of our snow bird members have returned, we had a pretty good attendance. This was the last meeting to turn in all the bowls that were made by our members

At 7 PM President Joe Mannke opened the meeting at Advantage Lumber.  Joe said that by his count 24 woodworkers were at the memorial service for John Philips, and Joe briefly recounted some of the past achievements of our former Treasurer.  Joe gave the night’s guests members a minute to speak and allowed new members

Club President, Joe Mannke opened the meeting by thanking club VP John Peasely for filling in last month.  Reports are that John needed a few drinks and rest after that strenuous event.  In any case, John survived and the club is no worse for any wear and tear.   Joe reminded everyone that the Logo contest

John Peasely, club vice president opened the meeting serving as President pro tempore as Joe Mannke is out of town.  John presented a check representing $750.00 from the club with additional funds individually contributed by club members to Advantage Lumber to aid in the Brazilian Workers food charity which provides food baskets to their workers.

Club president Joe Mannke called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.  Thirty-Nine members and two guest signed in. Business Meeting Report: Brazilian Charity  Joe Mannke announced that the Board has set aside $750.00 this year to assist in purchasing food baskets for Advantage Lumber Brazilian mill workers.  In addition, any members who wish to

Aprils meeting was attended by 56 members and 2 guests. Tony D’Alberto and Ed Columbo won tonight’s raffle.  The quarterly show and tell was won by Larry Simmons. Don Herndon, the principal of the high school at Easter Seals, thanked us for the 10 weeks of woodworking training that John Philips, Neil McCullough, and Terry

Forty four members and nine guests signed in for the March General Meeting President Joe Mannke called the meeting to order and proceeded with the introduction of new members. The meeting quickly moved to the feature speaker of the evening, Art Stadlin, whose talk was on creating bandsaw boxes. Art stated he has been making