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FOUNDING MEMBERS Ray Brandon @ still active in
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North Coast Woodturners: A Brief History. By Dave Hout, Don Karr and King Heiple The original organizing effort came from Dave Hout with the assistance of Ernie Conover and the Conover Workshops mailing list. The very first meeting attracted 23 members. Dave Hout was the first president, Gary Lansinger vice-president, Bruce Lance secretary and Ray Brandon treasurer. NCWT grew quickly and in the next few years was conducting symposia with many of the best turners in the country as presenters. North Coast was the host of the very first AAW sponsored local symposium with Russ Hurt, Del Stubbs, Alan Lacer and Al Stirt. The first meetings were held in members workshops and tool stores but settled into the Coventry High School near Akron, OH. The club early on began working hard on activities to assist its membership including a lending library – now very extensive – group purchases of supplies, monthly raffles of tools and wood and much more. In 1991 the membership distribution and size demanded a bigger, more central venue and the meetings shifted to Rockler Woodworking & Hardware in Parma, OH., where it still meets today. In 1993, the club grew to over 100 members and the Akron-based membership held a separate meeting and decided to form a separate group, the Buckeye Woodworkers and Turners, and 33 members started this new chapter. Since this separation they have increased their membership to over 100 and we have grown to over 150 members. Evidence of the growing popularity of turning arts today. Over the past 20 years the club has had many of the most widely recognized turning artists as visiting demonstrators, including: Stuart Batty, Trent Bosch, Ernie Conover, Nick Cook, Ron Cronkite, Judy Ditmer, Dave Ellsworth, Ron Fleming, Michael Hosaluk, Dave Hout, John Jordan, Ray Key, Alan Lacer, Bert Marsh, Rude Osolink, Robert Rosand, Betty Scarpino, Mark St. Ledger, Dick Sing, Bill Stephensen, Al Stirt, Del Stubbs, Frank Sudol, and Andy Wolfe. |
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