Club Officers President Michael Reggio (405) 386-9050 mreggio@mcloudteleco.com 9204 Ridgecrest Dr., Newalla 74857

Vice President Bob Jarrett 405) 366-0168 dbjarrett@cox.net 4104 Nailon, Norman 73072

Secretary Phil Lokken (405) 243-4192 lokkenpa@cox.net 904 Pinebrook, Guthrie 73044

Treasurer Karen Robinson (405) 802-4613 karenp_is@yahoo.com 10200 Hefner Oaks, Jones 73049

Director at Large Terry Officer (405) 341-5477 toffwood@cox.net 3003 E. Sorghum Mill Road 73034

Director at Large Darell Cookman (405) 204-5519 drayco54@att.net 2212 Meridian Dr, Norman 73071

Past President Jim Clow (405) 293-9388 jclow@cox.net 4054 Prairie Falcon Pointe Edmond

Lifetime Member Jim Clow (405) 293-9388 jclow@cox.net 4054 Prairie Falcon Pointe Edmond

Supporting Volunteers

Photographer Carl Shortt (405) 752-9888 carlshortt@me.com 3108 Hackberry Road, OKC 73120

Videographer Dale Jones, Ken Esslinger, Ken Thompson

Librarian Karen Robinson (405) 802-4613 karenp_is@yahoo.com 10200 Hefner Oaks, Jones 73049

News Editor Dick Webber (405) 478-8432 dwebber@rdsadvantage.com 4200 Oakdale Farm Circle, Edmond

See next page for committees and members.

Central Oklahoma Woodturner’s Association

A progressive chapter of the American Association of Woodturners

http://www.woodturner.org http://www.okwoodturners.net dwebber@rdsadvantage.com

Club Officers — 1

Volunteers — 1

Board Members — 2

Committees — 2

Past President’s Skew — 3

Jim Clow Honorary Member — 3

Michael Reggio’s Vision — 4

COWA Member Turnings — 5

COWA Member Turnings — 6

COWA Member Turnings — 7

Upcoming Workshops — 8

SWAT Meeting — 8

Calendar — 9

About Socialization —- 10

August Meeting—- 11

State Fair — 11

September 2013 Editor: Dick Webber

President Michael Reggio Sets New Goals and Agenda

At a meeting of COWA officers, directors and committee leaders on September 7th, Michael gave a spirited outline of

events and goals for the coming year. See Michael’s outline on page 4.

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2013-2014 Board Members

President - Michael Reggio

Vice-President - Bob Jarrett

Secretary - Phil Lokken

Treasurer - Karen Robinson

Director At Large - Terry Officer

Director At Large - Darell Cookman

Committee Members By Committee Member

Audio-Visual

Ken Esslinger, co-chair

Dale Jones, co-chair

Ken Thompson

By-Laws

Wayne Furr, co-chair

Phil Lokken, co-chair

Michael Reggio, co-chair

Hospitality

Gina Crissman, chair

Identification Card

Bill White, chair

Insurance & Legal

Dewayne Colwell

Dick Nowlin, chair

Karen Robinson

Inventory, Equipment &

Maintenance

Wayne Furr, chair

Library

Karen Robinson, chair

Meeting Program

Wayne Furr, chair

Terry Officer

Membership

Phil Lokken, co-chair

Karen Robinson, co-chair

Mentor

Jim Clow, chair

Photo

Phil Lokken

Carl Shortt, chair

Public Relations

Jim Clow, chair

Publications

Bob Jarrett, co-chair

Phil Lokken, co-chair

Dick Webber, co-chair

Wayne Furr

Segmenting SIG

Jim Clow

Darell Cookman

Ron Eades, co-chair

Phil Hoar

Bob Jarrett

Doug Lawrence

Phil Lokken

Bill White, co-chair

Special Events

Jim Clow

Bob Jarrett

Dick Nowlin, Chair

Special Projects

Gina Crissman

David Dyer, co-chair

Doug Lawrence, co-chair

State Fair Competition

Jim Clow

Bob Jarrett

Dick Nowlin, chair

SWAT

Bob Jarrett, chair & director

Training

Dewayne Colwell

Darell Cookman, co-chair

Wayne Furr

Phil Hoar, co-chair

Bob Jarrett

Doug Lawrence

Butch Lindsey

Wood Distribution

Don Mantooth, chair

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Past President’s Skew

By Dewayne Colwell

As you may know, my wife Carol, has taken a job at Autry Technology Center in

Enid, Oklahoma as the Assistant Superintendent. I am excited for her; however, this

move will prevent me from continuing in the role as your president. I have made

many friends and have enjoyed the club immensely. I will continue to stay in contact

and visit as often as possible. I encourage all of you to stay active in the club and to

support our new president, Michael Reggio, as he moves forward in the club’s en-

deavors.

I especially enjoyed all of the members who came down and spent time working,

learning, or helping someone else. I don't believe these activities are found to this

extent in other clubs. Once I have my new shop up and running the shop will still be

open. It just won't be as convenient as the one in Blanchard.

Once my shop is up and running I hope to have time to establish a new club in Enid. The COWA was founded with eight

members so I have high hopes. I would hope some of you might be willing to come to Enid and help.

July and August were spent planning the activities for the remainder of this year and the first semester next year. I be-

lieve all of the changes necessary have been made and Michael will be able to continue all of the activities we had

scheduled.

COWA attendance at SWAT was at an all time high. Approximately 30 members of our club attended this year! A good

time was had by all. Wayne Furr and the other SWAT board members agreed to stay on for another year which will help

stabilize the organization.

Dewayne Colwell

The members of COWA will sorely miss Dewayne. He was tireless in helping others learn new techniques. He spent

hours to help build our membership and the activities of the club.

All we can do is say, “Thank you, and God’s speed and more good things to come.” Enid will be blessed by his unselfish

spirit and leadership. Anyone care to guess how long it will be before he has a successful AAW membership in Enid?

Submit your ideas, tips, experiences, techniques and anything else that may be of interest to the general member-

ship to: mreggio@mcloudteleco.com or dwebber@rdsadvantage.com. Material that includes pictures is best sub-

mitted on CD, DVD or flash drive (use .JPG format). Your contributions make the newsletter what it is!

In honor of his many years of service and leadership of COWA, and for the

contributions made to help grow and enlarge the scope of programs and

events, Jim Clow has been awarded an honorary life membership.

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Michael Reggio’s Vision for COWA 2013-2014

I. We are expanding our committees to include more people - please help us out by being willing to serve on a committee - this will entail minimal work for those involved

A. On page 2 is the Board, Committees & Committee Members Sheet

II. Going international in 2 ways

1. Tops to Tots (or whatever we call it - Tops for Orphans) in Africa & China

a. Club will turn tops and these will be taken overseas

2. Establishing a Sister Club in Europe or the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, etc.) - English speaking countries

III. Establish a COWA Showcase & Exhibit

A. Possibly at some local Mall

1. Members will get to display their wares

2. Members will get to sell their wares

B. Perhaps we could cut a deal with some place to place our wares inside their craft store

IV. More trips to secure hard-to-get wood on days that all members of the club can participate if they want

1. This means we would have to travel on a day that most people could get away from work, i.e. Saturday, Sunday, holiday, etc.

2. This will be headed up by the Wood Distribution Committee.

V. Going to try to rearrange order of business at monthly meeting to try to reduce time in business part of meeting

VI. Membership Committee will make up member and new member packets (same for both)

VII. I am going to try to be more personal with our membership and our former members - i.e. writing personal letters, phone calls, etc.

VIII. Before meetings, perhaps have a lathe set up and a couple of senior members with it to answer ques- tions and perhaps solve problems. The lathe could be used to turn tops or something like this — more hands-on — this was Karen’s idea — perhaps even go as far as having a “Problem Solving Night” during a monthly meeting

IX. XMAS Party

A. This year will be more exciting not only with the gift exchange, but also with door prizes, games, and other things.

B. Use some of the XMAS ornaments as door prizes

C. Would like to ask members to make some door prizes for the XMAS Party

D. 20 pen kits have been set aside to be made into pens to be given as door prizes.

X. Dewayne is moving to Enid & if he so chooses, COWA will assist help him in setting up a sister club or a new independent woodturning club there.

I. Investigate and possibly have Woodturning Webinar Webcasts in which all members can participate

XII. This is just the beginning, but with the kind of help that I know we can get from the membership, we will be very successful.

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He held the lantern while his mother chopped the wood -

(as any good woodturner would)

The following three pages show some of

the work of COWA members during the

September 11 Oklahoma City meeting.

Two of the pieces were won at a raffle at

the AAW Waco Symposium.

Photos were taken by Carl Shortt, professional

(un-paid) photographer for COWA.

See if you can pick out the two pro turn-

ings won at the raffle.

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Central Oklahoma Woodturners Association is happy to announce that Jimmy Clews will be doing an all-day

demonstration on Saturday October 5th from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. This demonstration is a pay at the door event

and the costs are $30.00 for club members and $40.00 for non-club members.

Please visit our website at http://www.okwoodturners.net/ for more information.

Future demonstrator is Alan Lacer in November. Dates and registration times will be announced as these events

get closer. So please check back often!

Phil Lokken

lokkenpa@cox.net

Where:

Metro Technology Center South Bryant Campus

Automotive Auditorium

4901 South Bryant Avenue

Oklahoma City, OK 73129

When:

Saturday October 5th.

COWA provides outstanding opportunities year-round to see outstanding

turners from around the country, and take part in learning experiences.

The Central Oklahoma Association of Woodturners invites you to attend classes/workshops-

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SWAT August 23, 24, and 25 Waco, Texas

Over 20 members of our club attended. Dewayne Colwell chaired a special interest group on segmenting. Bob Jarrett

demonstrating baby rattles, and the club provided nine room hosts , and help with the instant gallery and the auction.

Way to go guys and girls. SWAT is a great place to meet new people, as a source for many of the supplies we need, to

see what other people are doing (instant gallery), and watch experts do the many things we would like to be able to do.

The food is excellent, three lunches, lines are long but move quickly. The price may be the lowest in the nation for what

you get.

Beginning Turning Class Sept 7th Moore-Norman Technical School

Butch Lindsey was the instructor and the class was full, (10 people). The class was only $ 49.00 and that means the club

got a total $450.00. Out of that the club pays for lunch( soda and pizza) for both students and mentors. The classes are a

primary source for new members. The state fair also provides several new members each year.

Please take a class or act as a mentor. Don't worry about not knowing what to do. Over time you will learn and you will

become a better turner. Darrel Cookman is a prime example. He started four years ago and he demonstrated at the Au-

gust meeting. We can teach almost anything but the most important part is , practice, practice, practice.

Program

Darrel Cookman demonstrated how to make a three cornered bowl from a 4" cube. It was his first attempt at doing a

demo but the program was great and everyone enjoyed it The piece was very well done, especially for a demo piece.

Donation Phil Hoar

Phil brought the remainder of the Florida wood to our meeting and gave it away. Thank you Phil.

SWAT is the second largest wood turning symposium in the world. Over 900 people were involved. An unofficial count

shows that twenty five (maybe more) people of our members and family, attended. There was a huge instant gallery, a

Beads of Courage contest, great demos, a huge number of venders, a grand lunch each of the three days, and plenty of

time to take it all in. Michael Reggio won second place in the Fans Favorite competition at the Instant Gallery. Deanna

Eades won two beautiful pieces. Members and their spouses helped as the host for a room in the instant gallery, Bob

Jarrett demonstrated baby rattles, Dewayne Colwell contributed a set of four wine glasses for the drawing and was a

leader of a special interest group for segmenting . Bob Jarrett, as the director from our club, helped vote in the officers for

next year. The SWAT board members agreed to stay on for another year which will help stabilize the organization.

Wayne Furr, as SWAT President, ran the whole shebang. Many of us supported the vendors quite well and now must

save all year for 2014 SWAT. The club received a donation of wood while at SWAT to be used in our classes. There was

a banquet, a two for One raffle, and a drawing for thirty pieces or so done by the top turners . The raffle had many great

prizes including a Robust lathe. Don't miss the next one.

Calendar

Sept 21, 22, State Fair

Sept 28 Bowl Class Moore Norman

Oct. 5 Jimmy Clewes demo

Oct 6, 7, Jimmy Clewes Hands on

Oct. 8 Club meeting

Nov 2 Hollow forms Moore Norman

Nov 7 Alan Lacer Demo

Nov 8, 9 Hands on

Nov 12 Club Meeting

Nov 16 Xmas ornament Moore Norman

Dec 6 Christmas Party

Dec 10 Club meeting

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Socialization. Bob Jarrett

We teach many turning skills but one thing we don't talk about very often is the many opportunities we have to socialize

with others. We need to grow this skill. We want everyone to feel welcome. We want everyone to feel comfortable

enough to approach the officers or anyone in the club with a new idea or for help solving a particular problem. I don't

know a single time anyone refused to help those who asked. Sometimes, if he doesn't know, it is great fun to find the

solution together.

When we teach public classes we all eat together.

When we teach the classes for the Tech centers we

go out to eat with the other club members . When

we have committee meetings or work , many times

we wind up at the local diner. The summer picnic

and the Christmas Party are both excellent places

for all, including spouses and significant others, to

greet, meet, and visit. Demos are fun even if you

don't turn. These are all grand opportunity to visit

with both members and students. These are all ac-

tivities that help you feel a part of a vibrant and

growing organization. These activities become more

and more fun the more you participate. As I grow

older and turn less these activities become more

and more important to me.

We all need friends. Maybe you don't know many

people. If you don't participate because of that fact

please remember, no one can become your friend if we don't get the chance to know you. All of us were new once. No

one can answer your question if you don't ask it.

Turning skill has nothing to do with your value as a person and/or a club member. I have some turnings brought back by

a beginning turner. You know it is a beginners work , but I value it because I remember helping him become a better

turner. He or she may grow into an excellent turner and I can remember when.

I was talking with a friend recently who worked for Paxton's until they closed. He is very familiar with SAWS, wood carv-

ers, and COWA, all clubs associated with wood. I asked him why he thought that SAWS was no longer in existence. The

answer surprised me. He thought they had not recruited well and simply got too old. We don't want that to happen to us!

We recruit well. Most organizations would kill for the percent of our membership that attends our meetings. We still lose

twenty to thirty members each year. Maybe those who leave find out that they don't like turning, or it interferes with fami-

ly, or it costs too much, or any of a myriad of other reasons. If that is the reason, so be it, the door is always open. But if

we can do something that would keep others from leaving we want to find the reason and try to fix it. We would appreci-

ate knowing if something happened we can fix.

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August Board Meeting

If you missed this meeting you missed a good one. There was bad news and lots of good news. First the bad news. The

well liked and able president of COWA , Dewayne Colwell, resigned effective September 1st. He is moving to Enid. He

has a wonderful place for a shop and his wife has a new job. It would take several newsletters to list all of the things he

has done for the club as well as many individuals. He will be missed.

The board named Michael Reggio as President. Michael will then submit a name or names to the board for considera-

tion for vice-president. After much discussion the board was able to make all of the many changes that were required to

cover the many activities of the club.

The good news is that Michael Reggio will be the new president. His position as Vice-President was filled by Bob Jar-

rett. His goal was to have all of the offices and committee assignments competed by the September meeting and he did

that. Michael suggested the candidate or candidates to the board and then approved or disapprove his choice. When

Michael asked to be relieved of his position as editor for the newsletter the president asked for volunteers. The presi-

dent named Dick Webber and Bob Jarrett co-editors. Bob will collect the material and Dick will do the editing. Bob

hopes to involve all of the club in helping write items for inclusion as well as the collection of news. If you have an item

or idea you may sent Bob an e-mail or call him and he will write the article.

The president presented Phil Lokken with a Plaque from AAW for his work with the website. It finished in second place

in a national competition . Great work Phil, congratulations! We have an outstanding website. Now the challenge is to

build on that foundation.

Members brought only one Beads of Courage Box to the September meeting. We can do better than that. We have

completed 24 boxes and 14 have been given away. Feedback from the person responsible shows she would prefer

boxes about the size of a computer disc, that it doesn't look like an urn, and that it has some type of locking device. That

all makes sense but the Texas club's don't follow those guidelines.

State Fair September 21 & 22

This year the fair cut the number of events that they provide. No reason was given but President Colwell appointed a

committee to look into how we can improve the situation for next year. Jim Clow, Dick Nowlin, and Bob Jarrett were se-

lected. One of the possible causes for the action was a reduction in the number of pieces entered. When President Col-

well asked the group how many had entered the fair only four held up their hand.

Work Day August 16th and maybe the 19th

This was at Dewayne's house starting about 9:00 am. We put the two new lathes together and then mounted them and

the grinder on new carts. We put the new CBN sharpening wheels on the grinder. The advantage of theses wheels is

that they always provide a wide and flat sharpening space. They are always round and you don't have to do anything to

dress them, Just use them. They provide a quick, accurate, and consistent cut and last much longer that a white wheel.

We added new fastening strips inside the trailer to allow us to get the new lathes inside and also mounted safety shields

on the carts for the new lathe. The trailer is now heavy enough that we are pressing the suggested limit for that trailer.

On Monday we finished the work on the trailer. We also helped Dewayne in the moving of his shop.

Doug Lawrence came down to DeWayne's to work on the program for the next segmented turning meeting. He is

scheduled for the presentation of an idea for the Beads of Courage Bowls.

Several ideas were presented but the plan was finalized and construction

began. Can't wait for that one. Remember. Everyone is invited.

Training committee meeting was on August 19 at Bob Jarrett's house. The

dates for our open to the public turning classes at Moore-Norman were

set. These classes must be planned well ahead of their presentation.