Wednesday, February 12, 2025

February 2025 notes

Stones River Woodworkers Club Members,


This is a reminder that our meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 25 February 2025
We will meet at St. Marks United Methodist Church in our usual room; 1267 N. Rutherford Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN.  The doors open at 6 PM
If you are bringing a woodworking item to Show & Tell, be sure to fill out a 3”X5” card with your name, item description, and email address. 
From 6 to 6:30 PM is set aside for members to check out the Show & Tell projects and ask questions of our members' Show & Tell projects. 
The meeting’s briefing will start at 6:30 PM.

From the President Sam Clark:

Good day fellow Woodies,

At our January meeting I passed around two wish lists for classes and meeting presentations, and I was informed the lists did not make it to the other side of the room.  At the February meeting we will resend the lists.  Requests on the January lists included help setting up and running CNC equipment.  This may be of interest to our CNC members.  There is a FREE CNC users group meeting at the Franklin Woodcraft the 1st Wednesday of each month.  The next CNC meeting is March 5th at 6pm – 8pm.  You can also keep up with the Nashville CNC User’s Group at facebook.com/groups/nashvillecncusers

Currently, approximately 60% of our members have paid their 2025 dues.  If you are unsure about your dues status, please check with Club Treasurer Larry Counts at the meeting.  I will be submitting our current membership list to Rockler and Klingspour for our 10% discount after our next meeting.  

I hope to see you at our Feb 25th meeting.  Until then continue making sawdust!

Sam Clark, President SRWC

From the Vice President Jason Moore:

Dr. Chris Barton is our presenter at this meeting. He is a retired medical researcher with 30+ years in pharmaceutical development. His future in woodworking started 58 years ago by making a bird feeder. He will be sharing a tour of his shop and some examples of past work. He will be discussing hybrid woodworking (hand and power tools combined) as well as tips and tricks learned over decades of learning the hard way.
Pictures of some of Dr. Barton’s woodwork and projects are attached below.


Monday, February 10, 2025

Membership Application

 

Stones River Woodworkers Club membership application

Please print legibly

Name __________________________________________

Street Address____________________________________

City________________________________  State_____________  Zip____________ 

email ______________________________ primary phone _______________________ 

secondary phone ______________________

Woodworking interests – check all that apply

__artistic – intarsia, wood burning, toll painting, etc

__ carving

__ furniture building

__misc – boxes, picture frames, plaques, cutting boards, etc

__ toy making

__ wood turning

Type of membership  ___ single      __family

Bring this form to the next meeting or mail to :

 SRWC   c/o  Larry Counts

 3115 Field Rd

 MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE 37130

 

Dues are $25 per year per household

Make check payable to SRWC

Monday, December 23, 2024

Update

 Stones RiveStones River Woodworkers Club Members,


2024 was a very active year for our Club. President Sam Clark led us in a very productive year. VP Gregg Peay found great presenters to share their expertise with us. Many Club members graciously opened their shops for the tour of shops. We had several varied classes organized by our members for us to sign up for and learn more woodworking skills.

Our Executive team provided the communication needed to keep us informed and spread the word about our Club. Our Club has gained 30 members in a short period of time. A big thanks goes to the efforts of Mary Nichols and Robert Woolfolk who manage the Club’s Face book and Website. Our members who invite other woodworkers to join our ranks are recognized as well.

Dave Roesler provided Club minutes and Sheryl Meier kept us financially solid. A big thanks go to the Executive Committee and advisors, including Larry Counts and Glen Emery, who worked the extra hours to make this year successful.

We had a great Christmas Party for our Club on 14 December 2024. Everyone brought in their favorite dishes to share. All the dishes were very tasty. The Club provided the Ham, drinks, plates and utensils along with table decorations.

Several members asked for the Cabbage Casserole recipe.
The recipe comes from Pam Tyring, wife of our member Larry Tyring.
Cabbage Casserole – from the Brenda Gantt Cookbook
Main Ingredients:
1 small or ½ large cabbage
1 medium Vidalia onion
1/2 stick butter melted
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 10 ounce can - cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup mayonnaise
Topping Ingredients:
1 sleeve Ritz crackers crushed
1 stick butter. Melted
1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
Directions:
Chop cabbage and place in casserole dish
Add chopped onion
Pour melted butter over top
Add salt and pepper
Next, mix soup and mayonnaise and spread on top of cabbage
For topping, mix melted butter and crushed crackers and cheese. Spread on top
Place in oven at 350 degrees and bake 45 minutes or until the top is browned and inside is bubbly.

Attached below are pictures from our Christmas Party (one attachment is a Word Doc. and the other is a PDF). There are pictures of the Good Shepard Home gifts made by our SRWC Members for the children residing there, a look at some of the food tables, and our Club members in attendance.
Have a Merry Christmas.

Lou Ferraro, Newsletter Editor

Woodworking and Cooking are both art forms to be appreciated. – Lou Ferraro

r Woodworkers Club Members,

The annual Stones River Woodworkers Club Christmas party will be Saturday December Stones River Woodworkers Club Members,

The annual Stones River Woodworkers Club Christmas party will be Saturday December 14th at 5 PM at St. Mark’s Church in our regular meeting room. The Club will provide the meat and drinks, please bring a dessert or food to share. Set up will begin at 4 PM if you want to help. This is always a fun event with good food and fellowship. 

If you did not get a chance to sign the Christmas Party attendance sheet at the last meeting, please send me a quick email reply if you will attend and if you will have a family member with you. We don’t want to run out of food or drinks. Thanks.

A update note to Stones River Woodworkers Club Members. 

Each month I send out Newsletters by email to all the SRWC Members listed on our Treasurer’s membership list. To date, the Treasurer’s list has a total of 89 members listed and only 86 with email addresses. This occurs because we have several ways to become a member.  If a member signs up with a $25 Annual Fee using PayPal, there is no way to obtain a member’s email address. 

One of the benefits of our Club is to get potential discounts at local woodworking stores. This is done by sharing our member’s information with participating woodworking stores. If members do not want this benefit, they can opt out by letting me or any Club Officer know.

To make sure we have everyone’s email address and name on our official Treasurer’s roster, I would like to ask any member who does not receive the email Newsletter from me, but sees it either on the Club web site or Face Book locations, please send me an email at ferrarojr@aol.com to let me know your email address and name. Also, let me know if you want to be included on the discount list that goes to local woodworking stores.  Thank you for your help.

Lou Ferraro, SRWC Editor

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffet 14th at 5 PM at St. Mark’s Church in our regular meeting room. The Club will provide the meat and drinks, please bring a dessert or food to share. Set up will begin at 4 PM if you want to help. This is always a fun event with good food and fellowship. 

If you did not get a chance to sign the Christmas Party attendance sheet at the last meeting, please send me a quick email reply if you will attend and if you will have a family member with you. We don’t want to run out of food or drinks. Thanks.

A update note to Stones River Woodworkers Club Members. 

Each month I send out Newsletters by email to all the SRWC Members listed on our Treasurer’s membership list. To date, the Treasurer’s list has a total of 89 members listed and only 86 with email addresses. This occurs because we have several ways to become a member.  If a member signs up with a $25 Annual Fee using PayPal, there is no way to obtain a member’s email address. 

One of the benefits of our Club is to get potential discounts at local woodworking stores. This is done by sharing our member’s information with participating woodworking stores. If members do not want this benefit, they can opt out by letting me or any Club Officer know.

To make sure we have everyone’s email address and name on our official Treasurer’s roster, I would like to ask any member who does not receive the email Newsletter from me, but sees it either on the Club web site or Face Book locations, please send me an email at ferrarojr@aol.com to let me know your email address and name. Also, let me know if you want to be included on the discount list that goes to local woodworking stores.  Thank you for your help.

Lou Ferraro, SRWC Editor

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffet River Woodworkers Club Members,

The annual Stones River Woodworkers Club Christmas party will be Saturday December 14th at 5 PM at St. Mark’s Church in our regular meeting room. The Club will provide the meat and drinks, please bring a dessert or food to share. Set up will begin at 4 PM if you want to help. This is always a fun event with good food and fellowship. 

If you did not get a chance to sign the Christmas Party attendance sheet at the last meeting, please send me a quick email reply if you will attend and if you will have a family member with you. We don’t want to run out of food or drinks. Thanks.

A update note to Stones River Woodworkers Club Members. 

Each month I send out Newsletters by email to all the SRWC Members listed on our Treasurer’s membership list. To date, the Treasurer’s list has a total of 89 members listed and only 86 with email addresses. This occurs because we have several ways to become a member.  If a member signs up with a $25 Annual Fee using PayPal, there is no way to obtain a member’s email address. 

One of the benefits of our Club is to get potential discounts at local woodworking stores. This is done by sharing our member’s information with participating woodworking stores. If members do not want this benefit, they can opt out by letting me or any Club Officer know.

To make sure we have everyone’s email address and name on our official Treasurer’s roster, I would like to ask any member who does not receive the email Newsletter from me, but sees it either on the Club web site or Face Book locations, please send me an email at ferrarojr@aol.com to let me know your email address and name. Also, let me know if you want to be included on the discount list that goes to local woodworking stores.  Thank you for your help.

Lou Ferraro, SRWC Editor

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – War