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ton; 3rd
_ Smithers.

* Hazelton;
Lambert, Terrace; 3rd°— Brad
. Wright, Terrace.

- Hazelton; 2nd — Bruce Kerr,

. Smithers.

_ 2nd — Jack Morris, Smithers;

ham,

— — Harry Starrett, Chilliwack.

3rd — Brad Laughlin, Lake

‘ nigan, Revelstoke; 3rd —- Ralph

They” came from. B. cC., Washington, and one axe-

- _ Mielsing competitor even came from New Zealand. The
& circuit: Joggers’ sports experts passed up the. PNE to |
come to Terrace for the Skeena Valley Fall Fair and the
- revival of a day-long tournament of chopping, axe-
: throwing, power saw handling and other skills that are
“part of our. heritage as a logging community and haven’t_
- ‘been: séen as a sport here for more than a decade. —
-. The series of events was sponsored by the Terrace.
Downtown, Lions, with help from the Centennial Lions,
“and organized and promoted by Sharalyn Palagian.
Following the successful show, she said there’s'no turn- |
Ang. back now. :
cs “Pye already had a lot of local people tell me they
: want to participate in events next year,’’ she said.

-Palagian added that she intends to enter the ladies’

- double crosscut saw competition next year — if she can

find a saw. The traditional, two-meter wood-handled

- Saws. have become extremely scarce since the advent of
the chain saw.
- Results. from the Loggers’ Sports show Sept. 3 at the ;
‘Thornhill Community. Grounds were:

Note: Novice events were
open to local competitors only.

‘Novice events

Axe throwing 3rd — Nick Palagian, Terrace;
Valley Oxygen & Metals Ltd. 4th — Ralph Bischoff, Hazel-
‘Ist — Bruce Kerr, Smithers; ton.

2nd — George Jackson, Hazel-
Jack Morris,

lst — Ron Hartill, Mill Bay:

Chokerman’s race
McAlpine & Co. .
Ist — Brad Laughlin, Lake

Cowichan; 2nd — Ralph
Bischoff, Hazelton; 3rd — Dave
Flannigan, Revelstoke; 4th —
Jack Morris, Smithers.

Chokerman’s: race

- Bruce Yeast Ltd.
Chevron agent
‘Ist’ — George Jackson,
2nd — Sj erry

Obstacle pole bucking

_ Jasak Logging Ltd.

Ist — Brad Laughlin, Lake
Cowichan; 2nd — Jack Morris,
Smithers; 3rd — Harry Starrett,
Chilliwack; 4th

Underhand log chop.

Burdett Dist. (1977) Ltd.
Shell Canada agent
lst — George Jackson,

Smithers; 3rd — Dan Kerr,

2nd — Gilles Gagnon, Terrace; —

‘ton; 2nd —

— Nick

‘BULL OF THE WOODS — Ron Hartill of Mill Bay ran up the highest point total from several
events to take the top title at the Loggers’ Sports competition Sept. 3 on the Thornhill Com-

munity Grounds..

Palagian, Terrace. |

Single hand bucking

- Skeena Cellulose Inc.
‘Ist — George Jackson, Hazel-
‘Jack Morris,
Smithers; 3rd — Bruce Kerr,
Smithers; 4th — Doug Kerr,

‘Smithers.

Double hand bucking

All West Trading
{st — George J ackson/Harry
Starrett; 2nd — Ron Har-

till/Brad Laughlin; 3rd — Doug

Kérr/Bruce Kerr; 4th — Jim
Hunt/Dan Jackson.

Ladies’ nall driving

IWA Canada
ist — Margret Kindrat, Tel-

kwa; 2nd —.Kathy Hartill, Mill

Bay: 3rd — Sandy Laughlin,
Lake Cowichan.
Pole bucking 90cc & under

_ Horth Cont. Ltd.

Ist — Ron Hartill, Mill Bay;
2nd -- Harry Starret, Chilli-
wack; 3rd — Doug Kerr,
Smithers; 4th — Ralph Bischoff,
Hazelton.

Open pole bucking
Terrace Equipment Sales

Ist — Ron Hartill, Milt Bay;
‘Qnd — Harry Starrett, Chilli-

wack; 3rd — Dave Flannigan,
Revelstoke; 4th — Brad

. Laughlin, Lake Cowichan.

Tug-o-war

Cole Petroleums
Ist — Jasak Logging; 2nd —
Young Blood; 3rd — Terrace
Loggers.
‘Log Burling:
Independent Industrial Supply.
Ist —- George Jackson, Hazel-
ton; 2nd — Mike Lambert, Ter-
race; 3rd — Gerry Lambert,
Terrace; 4th — Brad Wright,
Terrace.

Ladies’ double cross cut
_ Central Flowers &: Gifts .
Ist — Sandy Laughlin/Kathy
Hartill; 2nd — Vickey Bischoff/
Mavis Reagan.
Bull of the woods
Ron Hartill

Obstacle pole bucking

Palagian Cont. Ltd.
Ist — Doug Kerr, Smithers;

3rd — George Jackson, Hazel-
ton.

Open events

- Standing block chop

Cedarland Tire Service Ltd.

Ist — Ron Hartill, Mill Bay;
2nd — Dan Jackson, Belling-
Wash.; 3rd — Brad
Laughlin, Lake Cowichan; 4th

_ Underhand log chop
* Finning Tractor Ltd.
Ist — Ron Hartill, Mill Bay;
2nd — Jim Hunt, New Zealand;

Cowichan; 4th — Dave Flan-
nigan, Revelstoke.

Axe throwing

Tymoschuk Agencies
Petro-Can agent -
Ist — Brad Laughlin, Lake |

Cowichan; 2nd — Doug Kerr, -
Smithers; 3rd — Dan Jackson,
Bellingham, Wash.; 4th —
George Jackson, Hazelton.

Tree topping:

Bear Creek Contracting
Ist. — Harry Starrett,
Chilliwack; 2nd — Dave Flan-

Bischoff, Hazelton; 4th — Brad
Laughlin, Lake Cowichan.
-. Pole falling

Skeena Sawmills