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25 Interesting Facts about Deputy Editor Dave Campbell

Written on August 6, 2009 at 3:25 pm , by Dave Campbell

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1. My earliest memory is of helping “John the Carpenter” put down new subfloor in my folks’ house. I was a preschooler with a hammer—what could go wrong there? Read more

25 Interesting Facts about Design Editor Jeff Mertz

Written on August 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm , by Jeff Mertz

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we’re posting 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    I was a Project Manager for a general contractor before I came to WOOD magazine.

2.    I am a engineer before I am an artist…I fight to be the other way around. The engineer in me wants to see a schedule before it will allow me to switch, but the artist in me does not know how to make a schedule…thus an ongoing conflict! Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Multimedia Editor Lucas Peters

Written on August 3, 2009 at 4:26 pm , by Lucas Peters

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we’re posting 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    I graduated in a senior class of 14 people. And that was in a school district made up of two towns. My first class my freshman year in college had more students in it than my entire junior high/high school building. Read more

25 Interesting Facts about Managing Editor Marlen Kemmet

Written on July 29, 2009 at 8:33 am , by Marlen Kemmet

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary the fall of 2009, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine.  I update the list periodically.

1.    We have four children. Sasha is working on her PHD in electrical engineering at Iowa State University. Chelsy is finishing her second year of med school at Iowa. Slade is a senior at Iowa, and Carter is a freshman in Waukee. Read more

25 Interesting Facts about Multimedia Editor Craig Ruegsegger

Written on July 27, 2009 at 9:00 am , by Craig Ruegsegger

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    My first woodworking project was a shoe-shine box for 4-H. It was built mostly by my dad.
2.    I have intersecting scars on my scalp from two separate childhood incidents; one on a toboggan, the other on a bike. Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Senior Design Editor Kevin Boyle

Written on July 8, 2009 at 9:58 am , by Kevin Boyle

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Facts about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1.    I went to college to become a doctor and left with a degree in environmental design. It took almost as long.
2.    I own a small boutique winery that we started in 2003. Read more

25 Interesting Facts About Tools Editor Bob Hunter

Written on July 6, 2009 at 10:13 am , by Bob Hunter

In honor of WOOD Magazine’s 25th Anniversary, we posted 25 Interesting Things about each of the folks who put out your favorite woodworking magazine. Here’s my list:

1. I hate to even utter these words, but I might have too many clamps in my shop.

2. If I could have any job in the world, I’d travel and sing—hopefully much better than the off-key noise I make now—in a southern gospel quartet like the Gaither Vocal Band. And I’m not picky: I’d be happy to be either Guy Penrod or David Phelps. Read more