Libby celebrates Logger Days
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<p>Julianna Shumate, 8, aboard Paradise Carnival's bungee jump Saturday.</p>
<p>Emily Grotbo teamed with Clay Stevenson in the Jack and Jill doublebuck saw competition.</p>
<p>James Hartley teamed with Chrissy Ramsey in the Jack and Jill doublebuck saw competition Saturday. Nine seconds to get through the log.</p>
<p>Hop aboard the "Twizzler" with Tucker Masters and David Patterson. Logger Days 2015.</p>
<p>Friday night's tug-o-war, girls against boys with Nevaeh Pattie, 8, during Logger Days 2015.</p>
<p>Logger Days 2015 with Michael Curtiss vs. Dylan Berget in bull of the woods action. Michael would go on to win the title and the $500 payout.</p>
The 57th annual Libby Logger Days was held over the weekend. The heat didn’t stop people from enjoying the weekend festivities. Those that were brave enough to leave their air-conditioned homes were treated to entertaining events.
The popular Bull and Bullette of the Woods took place Friday evening at J. Neil’s Memorial Park. Michael Curtiss and Sarah Carpenter won the Bull and Bullette of the woods. They each took home $500 for finishing first.
The main attractions for Logger Days are the logging events that took place Saturday at J. Neil’s Memorial Park.
Brenda Pouchnik won the birling competition and Erin LaVoie finished second. Birling is a fancy word for log-rolling. In this event, two competitors stand on a log in the water and try to roll the log in order to spill the other contestant.
David Cramsey and Tom Martin won the men’s double buck competition. The double buck is a team-sawing event. Two competitors work together using a six-foot-long cross cut saw to slice their way through a horizontally postioned log. Pouchnik and LaVoie won the women’s double buck.
James Hartley and Chrissy Ramsey won the Jack and Jill competition. The Jack and Jill competition is the co-ed version of the double buck.
LaVoie proved she didn’t need a partner when she won the women’s singe buck competition in 17 seconds. The single buck is a variation of the double buck, but only one person operates the saw. James Hartley won the men’s single buck in 16 seconds.
James Hartley won the vertical chop in 20 seconds. In the vertical chop a log is secured to the top of an upright stanchion, beginning at two feet above the ground. The competitor will then chop through half of the log before switching around to attack it form the other side.
Trevor Baker won the axe throwing competition. The axe throwing competition is a lot like playing darts, only with a heavy and dangerous axe. The competitors aim at a four-inch bull’s eye while standing 20 feet from the target. The targets are three feet in diameter, with five scoring rings. The points awarded decrease from five to one in each successive ring form the center.
LaVoie won another competition when she took home first place in the cookie stack competition. In the cookie stack contest, the contestants saw as many log rounds as they can in 90 seconds.
The lawn mower races took place Saturday evening at J. Neil’s Memorial Park. Royce Pemberton took first place in the first superstock heat and Jaz Nixon won the second heat. Kip Nixon won the first modified heat and Darren Short won the second heat. Adam Kirschenmann won the mechanic race. In between the races they had remote control car races. Rob Vincent was the raffle winner for the ATV.
Jessica Svendsbye, the vice president of the Logger Days board said it was a fun filled weekend. “It was very hot, but fun filled as always. We are very thankful for all our sponsors, volunteer community groups and individual volunteers who devote so much time and energy to make this event a success,” Svendsbye said. “Now we begin to plan for 2016.”