TEXT: Jeff Banning, owner of Wood Carved Creations, uses a blowtorch to darken a bald eagle he carved atop a tree stump at a home on Washington Pike in East Knox County on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Banning has been following his passion for wood carving for two years and this was his third outdoor commissioned work. The homeowner hired Banning to carve a monument to honor military veterans and the many law enforcement officers that live in the area, as well as to surprise her boyfriend who will be returning from Fort Campbell later this month.