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THE
POUNDER
JANUARY,
2006
VISIT OUR
WEB PAGE
http://www.pittpounders.org (press ctrl and click for link)
WEBMASTER, JOHANNA SCHROER - PHONE 419 - 753 2612
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REGULAR
GUILD MEETINGS; TIME AND LOCATION,
NORMALLY
HELD THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH 1:00
PM TO 4:00 PM
SEE OUR WEB PAGE FOR
DIRECTIONS, PITTPOUNDERS.ORG
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JAN 15, 2006 TERRY
MOORE WILL TEACH HOW TO USE THE BASKET WEAVE
STAMPING TOOL.
Bring your basket weave stamping tools, and some 4 x 6 scrap
leather
COMING EVENTS;
OCT 13 TO
OCT 15, 2006 PITTPOUNDERS AND THE
IILG ARE - COSPONSORING
HARVEST OF LEATHER HELD IN BUTLER,
PA.
PITTPOUNDERS.ORG
- IS OUR GUILDS WEB
PAGE
CHRISTOPHER
KEARNS, PRES. PITTPOUNDERS EMAIL
ckearns109@yahoo.com
INTERNATIONAL
FEDERATION OF LEATHER GUILDS, IFOLG WEB SITE http://ifolg.org
IFOLG
IS THE PITTPOUNDERS (AND OTHER GUILDS)
MOTHER ORGANIZATION
VISIT ALSO;
INTERNATIONAL INTERNET LEATHER GUILD
- WEB SITE http:// iilg.org
IILG HAS
LINKS TO THE ENTIRE LEATHER
COMMUNITY
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PITTPOUNDER
GUILD OFFICERS;
PRESIDENT
- CHRISTOPHER KEARNS 724 - 368 9507 VICE PRESIDENT
- TERRY MOORE 412 - 567 6664
SECRETARY - GARY DRAPER
412 714 - 4430 TREASURER - JOYCE
WEDGE 724 538 - 5853
LIBRARIAN - LOIS SILVIS 724 256 4457
PITTPOUNDERS SUPPORTERS
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TANDY LEATHER COMPANY
DELMONT, PA.
PHONE 724 468 5148
www.tandyleather.com
JIMMY WALDREP MANAGER
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Greetings Folks and Happy New Year!!
I
trust that most of you not only survived the Holidays, but enjoyed your time
with family and friends. And should I ask how many of you made New Years
resolutions to spend more time working with leather, or should I assume that
since everyone did we need to make our meetings as fun, informative, and filled with as many hands
on projects as possible? Okay then, that's what we will do!
One
of our members who didn't have his best Christmas ever was Dave Briggs. After
some complications following a scheduled surgery which led to another surgery
to 'fix the problem', Dave spent Christmas in the hospital. Although Dave
should be home recuperating now, there is at least one more surgery scheduled.
So please keep Dave & Paula in your prayers. If you would like to drop him
a card or quick note his address is: 5318 Newton Falls Rd., Ravenna, OH 44266.
Dave, we hope your recovery is going well and that we will see you soon!
IFOLG Show Update
2006
should be a very busy and fun year for the Pitt Pounders as we continue to work
hand-in-hand with our friends in the International Internet Leather Guild to
prepare to co-host the International Federation Of Leather Guilds Annual Show
right here in Butler, PA, October 13-15. In the last two newsletters we listed
the committees that the Pitt Pounders
are responsible for and who was doing what. Here is a quick update:
Show packet: Maria Haddock did a great job getting the
show packets together with help from Pat Hay and Hope Boltz.
Publicity: Mark Strain, President of the Buckeye
Leather Guild, stepped up to take care of national publicity. And Al Runser
will take care of the local stuff. (Al, it's great to have you back and doing
well!)
Social & Awards Ceremony:(Formerly under the heading of Banquet.) A) Peggy
Gabauer has said that she would help plan & organize the pie & cider
social, but she can't do it alone. Can you help her? D) Peggy is also the one
to contact if you would be willing to make small leather items to be used as
giveaways durring the awards ceremony. Her email is: peggab@webtv.net
(Peggy, Sue Bergfeld let me know that she will be making bookmarks for the
centerpieces.) B) Someone to take photos of all entries, put those photos on a
disk and project pictures of the winning entries during the Awards Ceremony. C)
Someone to put together a DVD of all the past IFOLG shows using both still
photos & video.
Now
there was at least one person each who said they would help with B & C, but
because I lost everything on my computer back in November, and have been locked
out of my yahoo email account for the past few weeks, I don't know who this was
or how to get in touch with them. I am sorry about this, but if you can help in
either of these areas, please email me again.
Demonstrators / teachers: Carol Higgins has graciously offered her
experience to line up the pre-show classes, mini workshops &
demonstrators for the show. If you would
like to teach a mini- workshop or do some type of demonstration lasting about an hour, please get in touch with Carol
at: higgins@teknology.net
FYI
we will be having two pre-show classes: Edd Lucas will be leading folks in a
molded case project, and Jan Schoonover will be leading folks in creating a
wolf's head. We hope to have more info on these classes soon.
Show check in: Joe & Mary Jane Talbot and....
Show Program: Terry Moore will be putting this together.
His email address is: tlmoore1948@akvalley.net
SITE COMMITTEE: Chair Gary Draper
Show site: Days Inn Conference Center, 139 Pittsburgh Road,
Butler, PA 16001. 724-287-6761
Room setup: As both the banquet halls we will be using
are in different parts of the hotel, we still need someone willing to make
nice, large directional signs.
Hospitality room: We need folks willing to supply refreshments
as well as folks to man this room.
Commercial sales & Commercial sales
setup: Ron Ross has the floor plans all drawn up and Dave Briggs was taking
care of lining up
the vendors for the show, until he ended up in
the hospital. Dave has asked that someone would take over getting vendors for
the show as he doesn't feel he will be able to work on this at present.
Workshop rooms: The hotel will setup the rooms to meet our
needs.
Security: An outside agency will provide security at the show.
Thanks
to so many of you who have already done a great deal of work for this show, as
well as to those who have already volunteered to fill a need. There is still A
LOT of work to be done. If you can help in any way,
please contact me, Chris Kearns at: ckearns109@yahoo.com 724-816-3901.
Or Ron Ross rosaddlery@aol.com
Thanks
folks, for making this a great guild to be part of. Hope to see you at our next
meeting.
Your Friend,
Christopher
PS I just received the
latest listing of reference photos from Krausman's Woodcarving Studio. This is
a great resource if you are looking for good pictures of birds of prey,
waterfowl, game birds, songbirds, fish & aquatic and mammals. Each set will
contain anywhere from 11 to 30 pictures of the same subject. 1-877-572-8762 www.referencephotos.com
