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The Down Town. Lions have hosted the Terrace Loggers Sports for thirteen years including this year, - During that time the event

has always drawn big crowds and thetop loggers in

the province.

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Close to three thousand people were in attendance for the second Logger’s Sports and saw Dean Hull of Quesnel, take the’ top logger’s prize.

One of the highlights of the event was when the citizens donated about $280 to the Lions, for the right to watch the then Reeve of Terrace, Walter Teo, scamper up 2 50’ Mr. Yeo made the climb in an ad- mirable time.

Yeo then issued - a challenge to the M.L.A. Dudley Little, offering a one

dollar donation for every foot -

that Little managed to climb the pole.

Little went to the task with zest and made it fifteen feet

’ before stopping to ght a

cigarette. 1962

The Loggers Sports were held on the Labour Day weekend at the Civic Centre Grounds, Again three thousand people saw the events, a total of eleven sports in all,

This year the fun came

when two brothers, Paul and

Bob Dumont challenged anyone with a chain saw to a bucking race. The only catch was that Paul and Bob would saw with a cross-cut hand saw. Confident loggers decided to take them on - and

. wouldn't you know it - the

Dumonts beat *em with room to spare!

1963

The Loggers Sports moved |

tothe Agar Avenue Park this

year, anda gala event it was.

Not only were there the loggers sports, but a women's soltblal tour-

* nament, a Fall Pair and even

a. live display of reptiles.

One of thespecial attractions was a visit by Danny Sailor, a California man, who performed very admirably

on the spar in lesa than thirty . .keconds and then proceeded

to do the 'Twist’ on the 12” top of the spar. A couple of headstands and various

other acrobatic manoveurs,

‘Loggers Sports in Review

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and then a dazzling display, drop his brightly colored hat from the pole and raced it to the bottom. And won,

” Miss Barbara Letnus was’

crowned Queen of the event and Peter Holmquist won the Bull of Woods title. Second place went to Ole Eide.

1964 . Again it was Peter Holmquist finishing first in .

the Bull of the Woods race, and again second went to Ole Eide, 2,500 .people attended the show, two hundred at- tended a spevial teenagers dance and there were over three hundred people at the Loggers’ Ball.

Sailor was back again, this time competing. He won the three topping competition handily with a near-record time.

1965

Holquist and Eide were at it again, running neck and neck throughout the event. Then came the axe throw. Eide took that event and the Bull of the Woods honors.

Sver $2,000 in prizes were up for grabs and again, they Loggers Sports were joined by various other events. There were square dancing, children’s games, games of chance and an old car smash.

There were fourteen events at this Loggers Sports and it was a fantastic suc- cess in terms of competition and. attendance.

1966

The Loggers Sports moved once more, this time to the Skodlund Hot Springs area. Bad weather forced the post- ponement of the Sports for

_ one week, but when the time

rolled around they went at it

with a passion. Ole Eide topped the

. Loggers for the second year

running and again Peter Holmquist placed second. This year ‘there was something different as a woman, Mrs. Faye Short took third place in the Giant Open Chain Saw event, Mra. Short was the only female competitor, -

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. Ole Eide won permanent possession of the Bull of the

Woods trophy by taking his third title in as many years.

This year Nick Palagin

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- started to make his move for

the top and wound up in second place.

A new event was added, the Ladies Power Saw

cking.

The e roceeds from the Loggers Sports went to the Skate in '68 campaign as Terrace’s attention's were turned towards the building of an ice arena,

1968

The competition was moved to June 30 and to the Lions Park the present home of the Sports. Nick Palagin

came through in high style to take the Bull of the Woods, beating out 40 other cont - petitors, -

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Thirty-four competitors and seventeen events made the 1970 Sports the biggest yet. Armand Didier of Duncan took the Bull of the Woods in grand style,

The Lions sponsored the Truck Logger’s Rodeo at the same time and it was a Terrace man finishing in the first in that competition.

Bill Wigsley finished with a 83 points out of a possible hundred for the event.

1971

Ron Hartell won his first Bull of the Woods Trophy. The Sooke logger's star was on the rise. There were fifteen events and a grand . total of $2,700 in prizes. Again the acceptance was fantastic with huge crowds turning out for the favorite.

“sports and competitors.

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The Loggers Sports continued the Downtown Licns campaign for top rate competition with their 1972 effort. Ron Hartel] won the Bull of the Woods trophy for the second time in as many years. Like the past year’s the crowds were. big, - the action fast and furious and the competition keen.

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Ron Hartell made it three on a row, equalling Ole Eide'’s ‘dominance of the Sports from the 1965-66 and 67 campaigns, The event was. the attraction of the summer season as far as many were concerned an the traffic line-ups on both sides of the Skeena River Bridge was a true indication

, of the popularity af the af

1974 The 1974 Logger’s sports

. proved to be historic on two

fronts, First off) Ron Hartell did it again, beating out 3 other competitors for Bull of the Woods honours - his fourth such honor in as many years, .

1975

A crowd of over five hundred spectators cheered as Alan Boyko won the ‘Bull . of the Woods!’ trophy. The

) winwas worth $250 to Boyko.