Woodcarving talent showcase at Tooele Senior Center

Ron Clements and his wife, Lyla, are instructors for the Woodcarving classes at the Tooele Senior Center. Ron began woodcarving as an outlet after struggling with PTSD from Vietnam. The Tooele Senior Center held a woodcarving showcase on Nov. 4 featuring older adults’ woodcarving projects completed during the 2026 Kaleidoscope program. Ron and Lyla Clements, members of the Tooele Senior Center for nearly 15 years, taught the woodcarving course over the last few months, where participants carved a relief design into the topper of a napkin box along with other small items. Ron Clements spoke about his introduction to woodcarving shortly after his service in the Vietnam War. “I was having trouble with PTSD from Vietnam, and my therapist said I need a therapeutic class,” said Clements. “She showed me a bunch of classes. I wanted to try woodcarving, so the VA taught me to woodcarve.

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