Discounts for All Seniors

Remind the cashier that you are entitled to senior discount.

108 Stores with Senior Discounts

Gone are the days of your grandmother’s “early bird special” at the local diner. As our baby boomers reach retirement age, hundreds of retailers are featuring new and improved discounts exclusively for the 60 and older crowd. We have composed a list of senior savings that will help you keep more cash in your pocket. Whoever said getting older was a bad thing, obviously didn’t know about these fantastic senior discounts!

Restaurants

• Applebee’s: 15% off  with Golden Apple Card (60+)
• Arby’s: 10% off (55+)
• Ben & Jerry’s: 10% off (60+)
• Bennigan’s: discount varies by location
• Bob’s Big Boy: discount varies by location (60+)
• Boston Market: 10% off (65+)
• Burger King: 10% off (60+)
• Captain D’s Seafood: discount varies on location (62+)
• Chick-Fil-A: 10% off or free small drink or coffee (55+)
• Chili’s: 10% off (55+)
• CiCi’s Pizza: 10% off (60+)
• Culver’s: 10% off (60+)
• Denny’s: 10% off, 20% off for AARP members (55+)
• Dunkin’ Donuts: 10% off or free coffee (55+)
• Einstein’s Bagels: 10% off baker’s dozen of bagels (60+)
• Fuddrucker’s: 10% off any senior platter (55+)
• Gatti’s Pizza: 10% off (60+)
• Golden Corral: 10% off (60+)
• Hardee’s: $0.33 beverages everyday  (65+)
• IHOP: 10% off (55+)
• Jack in the Box: up to 20% off (55+)
• KFC: free small drink with any meal (55+)
• Krispy Kreme: 10% off (50+)
• Long John Silver’s: various discounts at participating locations (55+)
• McDonald’s: discounts on coffee everyday (55+)
• Mrs. Fields: 10% off at participating locations (60+)
• Shoney’s: 10% off
• Sonic: 10% off or free beverage (60+)
• Steak ‘n Shake: 10% off every Monday & Tuesday (50+)
• Subway: 10% off (60+)
• Sweet Tomatoes 10% off (62+)
• Taco Bell : 5% off; free beverages for seniors (65+)
• TCBY: 10% off (55+)
• Tea Room Cafe: 10% off (50+)
• Village Inn: 10% off (60+)
• Waffle House: 10% off every Monday (60+)
• Wendy’s: 10% off (55+)
• White Castle: 10% off (62+)

Retail and Apparel

Annual Competition 2011

We held our annual competition.  We had about 90 entries in many categories.

Congratulations to everyone who participated, but especially to the following winners:

Harold Canon 1^st Best in Show winner:  Roger Schroeder – toolbox with various tools

Harold Canon 2nd Best in Show winner: Roger Schroeder – Bellamy style eagle

Harold Canon 3^rd Best in Show winner: Howard Busch – relief carving of bamboo plants

People’s Choice: Helmut Schillings – chip carved plate

All Around Carver:  Eddie Sesack - (46 points)

Thanks to Ken Donovan, Steve Aguanno, Joel Hull and Frank Barry for helping out with running the  competition.  Thanks also to Eddie Sesack for finding some new judges.

Meeting Dates for Remainder of 2011

Meeting Dates for the calendar year:  ***= change from the normal date you would expect

Tuesday meetings:                                                                                                                        

September 13^th                                                              

October 11^th                                                                   

                     November 16^{th***(no 11/08 meeting-Elections)}      

December 13^th                                                                 

Join The Club ...

Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work. 
-William Arthur Ward

Top Ten Underrated Uses for Carving Tools

Tongue-in-cheek take on common carving tools and materials.  by Bob Duncan
#1  CA glue: To glue your thumb to the piece of wood you are trying to replace back to the carving. Also serves to glue cut skin back together and glue your thumb to the cut.
#2  Bandaids: To cover the CA glue you use to glue together a cut and keep your thumb out of the glue. Also works to hold gauze against the glue long enough to adhere it to the cut.
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Carvin The Tiny Tiny Santa!

Carvin The Tiny Santa!

by Anon.
I have decided that I had better put something up on the blog. Anything! So I decided to carve a tiny Santa head. A real quick and "dirty" one. The carving part of this tiny one took about 4 minutes. Hey I said quick and dirty! Really if I took a few more minutes it'd be a lot cleaner. But when viewed in ones hand this little fella looks clean.

The various techniques used to carve reasonably small items is no secret to a lot of carvers. But if you're rather new to carving small, they may be a secret to you. I know that I did not have any idea how one could carve small stuff. Take the small Santa head for instance! Most new carvers say they have a hard time carving the eyes and nose of the face. The first "secret" to carving small Santa heads is that the eyes don't matter so much. Here's a few things to consider when carving a small Santa head:

a. Carve the Santa on the end of a piece of wood you can hold, then cut the carved head off when completed. In this example I use a 1/4" x 1/4" x 6" piece.

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Wood Blocks Carved Into Art

Wood Blocks Carved Into Art

Author: Pat Rogers | Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 

Long Island Pulse April 2011

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Randall Rosenthal’s artwork can fool you. From a distance, his carved wooden sculpture looks like a stack of newspapers, the notebook you’ve been looking for, a treasure trove of baseball cards bundled with rubber bands or a box of money. A closer examination may still leave viewers pondering: Is it real or is it art?
The question may persist even if Rosenthal’s work is installed at a museum, an art gallery or at a SOFA show (The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art). That’s okay—the East Hampton artist is used to quizzical first reactions to his wooden works and welcomes them.
“I’m making an intense visual object,” he said. “The goal is that you can’t not look at it.”
Rosenthal is also used to some people “not getting” his work. The wooden sculptures appear as if they are the actual objects they depict. The resistance to believe the artwork is the object it depicts is so persistent for some that Rosenthal posted process pictures on his website to dissuade doubting Thomases.
Rosenthal’s sculptures are hand carved from a single piece of wood and painted with both acrylic and ink. The works approach realism but remain expressionist because they don’t render accurate true-to-life dimensions, he said. That’s not the point of his art. His objects are an invitation for viewers to examine the pieces and become engaged with them.
“They look real from a distance but they’re not supposed to be realism,” Rosenthal said. “When you get close, you can see the corners may be cheated—meaning they’re not perfectly square…I always leave the wood grain visible so people can see it’s wood. I’m not trying to hide it—the fact that it’s made from wood is an important part of the piece.”
Sculptures depict objects made from paper since paper comes from wood, he said. His sculpture depicts stacks of newspapers, magazines, legal pads, address books and money piled in boxes or spilling from an envelope. Baseball cards, comic books, carving boards and map pages are also subjects.
Some of his sculptures have made their way to high places. A sculpture of New York Times newspapers announcing President Barack Obama’s win to the presidency is now owned by Obama. The piece was gifted by artist Eric Fischl, who previously owned the work.
“I’ve never met Obama,” Rosenthal said. “It’s pretty cool knowing my work is in the White House as part of his collection.”
Sculptures of books may depict an open book with pages or a closed one with the cover alone. Closed books may have recipe card, post-it notes or papers protruding from the book’s side as they mark pages inside the book. A flower, leaves or a fishing lure on a line may curl upon open pages. Photo albums may reveal taped “photographs” framed with white edges as if printed in earlier eras.
Rosenthal works can sometimes stretch a decade long, he said. Unlike commercial woodworkers, Rosenthal doesn’t use shop drawings or pre-calculated plans when carving his sculptures. His process is reductionary. The block of wood guides the process and serves as muse as Rosenthal carves wood to create the figure inside.
Right now, Rosenthal’s sculpture, Sweet Memories, is on view at the National Art Museum of Sport at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The artwork depicting sports memorabilia received an Honorable Mention in the global competition.
Rosenthal is exhibiting several pieces at SOFA New York April 14-17. His work is being shown by Jane Sauer Gallery of Santa Fe, New Mexico, who represents his art. His art is also represented by Pamela Williams Gallery in Amagansett.
Rosenthal’s work has been drawing attention and fans at online sites like StumbleUpon.com, he said. His art has been shown at the Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall, galleries in Germany and other places. Rosenthal’s art and process can be viewed online at randallrosenthal.com.

Author: Pat Rogers
Pat Rogers is a freelance writer specializing in arts and culture on Long Island. When not going to art openings or interviewing actors or musicians, she’s looking for the next interesting story.

Sad Passing...

Joel Hull's wife passed away today (FRI.  JAN 28, 2011). More information to come....

PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS.

OPEN CARVING

OPeN CarVINg   JANUARY 19, 2011 PLAN TO BE THERE!