EAST SELKIRK -- A funny thing happened to visiting Israeli Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon when the province presented him with a walking stick, carved and painted by East Selkirk's Gerry Beck.

WATERLOO, Iowa --- Call it a carving or sculpture, but it's hard to miss Dave Kaiser's fish. It more closely resembles a fossil than a woodcarving. The artist carved the head and tail from hard, ...

Do you remember Fred Astaire who danced and twirled a walking stick with abandon in his dance routines of the 1940s and 1950s? You might recall David Suchet’s portrayal of Agatha Christie’s detective ...