Here is the link to Tom Falkenberry's photos from the January 2012 meeting

January 2011 Meeting Gallery

Link to Clay Duda's blog post on the meeting:

ClayDuda.com

Link to more photos by Clay

claydudaphotography.com

The new John C Campbell catalog is out. From past experince I have found out that the more popular, meaning most blacksmith classes, fill up quickly.

https://www.folkschool.org/index.php?section=classes

2012 Schedule


These locations can change during the year so please
review this listing and the EVENTS/CALENDAR prior to
each meeting date.

Month	Date	Location	Demonstrator	Challenge
January	21	Andrew Crawford	Andrew Crawford	Pair of Shutter Locks
February	18	Wayne Martin	Steven Balliey	Hinge
March	17	Ken Baker	Kevin Daniell	campfire cooking toll
April	21	Jim Guy	John Stein	Rush light
May	19	Dan Bump		Dummy Gate Hinge
June	16	Tom Falkenberry	Jack Wheeler	Grill Tool
July	21	Lance Ziegler		cabinet Handle / drawer pull
August	18	Betty and Loyd Hendricks		Gate Handle
September	15	Tony Bivens		Courting candle
October	20	Hard Labor Creek		Pumpkin/leaf
November	17	Ben Bradshaw		Fork/spatula
December	15	Zieglers		ornament

At the OctoberNovember meeting, officer elections were held. The following officer were elected by unanimous vote for the 2011/2012 service year:

President: Tony Mullins
Vice-President: Cal Kohler
Secretary/Treasurer: Sean O'Shea

Board of Directors position - Drew Cash - Replacing Dan Tull

2011 Scholarships Winners:
The “Judd Nelson Scholarship”
WINNER: John Stine - Class Selected - Viking Ironwork w/ Elmer Rousch - Class in March 2012
ALTERNATE 1: Tom Falkenberry
ALTERNATE 2: Drew Cash

The “Floyd Daniel Scholarship”
WINNER: Stephen Bailey - Class Completed - Blacksmithing w/ Brian Brezeals - Article posted - Demo to be scheduled


The “Stan Strickland Scholarship”
WINNER: Kevin Daniell - Class Selected - Blacksmithing Fundamentals w/Charley Orlando -Class in October 2011
ALTERNATE 1: Greg Thompson
ALTERNATE 2: Tom Falkenberry

The “John C. Campbell Scholarship”
WINNER: Machiko Ichihara - Class selected - beginning blacksmithing w/ Paul Garret. March 2012
ALTERNATE 1: Jim Guy
ALTERNATE 2: Greg Thompson

ALL WINNERS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE CLASS THEY INTEND TO TAKE - if for some reason a winner cannot take their class, they will need to promptly inform the Secretary so that the scholarship may pass to the next alternate.

We look forward to their demonstrations of the skills they will learn!