Ormond Beach Wood-carver Shows Off Talent On Daytona Beach Pier

Wearing a tie-dye Joe's Crab Shack t-shirt, Jim Oehmke carves caricatures on the Daytona Beach Pier with wood-chips below him and the Atlantic Ocean behind him.Oehmke, a 69-year-old Ormond Beach retiree, says he carves every day, and works on the pier on most Thursday and Friday mornings. He can't sell his carvings on the pier, but he is rewarded by conversations with fishermen and tourists.“When you have the stuff sitting out, people stop and they talk to you, and it's nice to talk to the people from all over the world,” he said.Lee Schrader—a 42-year-old from Fort McCoy in Marion County—was among those who stopped by last week and checked out Oehmke's work.“It's not just another thing on the pier.

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