displayed 46 hand-carved canes at the junior high’s hobby program in 1940; and made and gave away walking sticks made from wood from Kearney’s first school building and also from a Christmas tree.

Bates started carving walking sticks in the early 1990s after he ... Bates slowly stripped, sanded, stained and carved his signature "Wood Spirit" face into each one. After a few months, he ...

as well as the walking sticks he's become known for carving, including one inspired by late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson's rattlesnake mug. "I like working with found wood. I do a lot of ...

EAST SELKIRK -- A funny thing happened to visiting Israeli Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon when the province presented him with a walking stick, carved and ... sticks from wood he finds when ...

Wilkerson, 62, has been carving all his life but only began inscribing the Ten Commandments on the ash and cedar walking sticks about 15 years ago. He collects wood for his sticks from the Trinity ...

"Carving walking sticks is a way for the wood carving club to thank our Soldiers for their service and sacrifice," said Maj. Sinclair.

On his recent trip to the Vatican, President Bush presented Pope Benedict XVI with one of Wilkerson's hand-carved walking sticks ... He collects wood for his sticks from the Trinity River banks ...