| Competing in championships was far from Dick
Rhode’s mind when, as a child, he watched his
father carving cedar telephone poles into decoys
with hand tools and an old Sears band saw. In
fact he really never gave much thought to
carving decoys himself, and he continued to use
those cedar decoys after his dad passed away
when Dick was a senior in high school.
Though Dick didn’t realize it, the carving seed
had been planted, and only a gentle push was
required to make it sprout. A perfectionist by
nature, Dick wasn’t satisfied with production
decoys.
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