As visitors looked through his finished pens, pencils and bowls, Jim Coon of Salem was busy at his lathe shaping new pens from wood.
Coon was among a number of persons selling crafts and providing information at the new Spring Event, formerly the Tree Fair, held Saturday at the Jim Riggs Community Center.
While Coon’s wife, Shirley, was busy selling his wooden pens, pencils and bowls, he spent his time carving down small blocks of…