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GREENVILLE— On Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14 learn about the history, heritage, and present day uses of the Maine Woods! Come to the 14th Annual FOREST HERITAGE DAYS Festival in Greenville !!! On Friday, start the day off with the traditional Woods Resource Bus & Boat Tour**, "Yesterday and Today: From the Woods and the Water", which includes a slide show on the last log drive by Marc Johnson, followed by a Baked Bean Supper put on by the Ready Workers, and a "Music in the Gazebo" concert featuring "Under the Song Tree" in the evening. Following a Lumberjack Breakfast at the Ready Workers Community House, Saturday's activities on the Greenville school campus include the Game of Logging - a woodsmen's competition, the C.A. Dean Hospital Auxiliary Fair, the locally produced exhibit entitled, "Finding Middle Ground for Maine's Woods", crafter's fair, lots of food and demonstrations / entertainment by Clum Spencer and Matthew Heinz - the "Northwoods Balladeer". Forest Heritage Days is sponsored by the Natural Resource Education Center, (NREC). For more information about Forest Heritage Days contact Susan at 997-3706 / susancrippen@gwi.net. **To register for the bus/boat tour, contact Rhonda at 695-2241 / rarey@plumcreek.com. What are CLP and the "Game of Logging"? In 1994 the "Game of Logging" was incorporated into the CLP program. Since that time the "Game of Logging" training system has become the standard for logger training nationwide. At this training, loggers develop skills to insure that trees fall in the right place, at the right time. The "Game of Logging" competition is the culmination of the four day training program where the best of the best compete for a share of a total prize package of $7,000. Events include; saw chain filing, speed cut, bore cut, precision stump, spring pole, precision bucking and precision felling. |