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By Stephanie Sisson
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SPRINGFIELD — Crossing the
bridge into Island Park at the
Fourth Annual Springfield Fil
bert Festival 1 ,abor Day weekend
was like stepping into an era long
gone.
Mountain man exhibits, ponv
rides and a Wild West magic
show were just a few of the
events offered .it the “Happy
Trails' -themed festival.
Entertainers in pioneer dress
roamed over the festival
grounds, adding to the old-time,
county fair atmosphere
To top it nil off, one of the
biggest attractions was a Pro Cir
cuit Timber Show. Professional
lumberjack competitors from ns
far away as McCloud, Calif., par
ticipated in the Timber Sports
events.
The competition, which was
sanctioned by the American
Lumberjack Association, includ
ed choker setting, log chopping,
hiding, log-rolling, ax-throwing
and sawing.
One of the most popular local
competitors in the timber events
was Florence resident Matt
Lentz, a Creswell native and the
1992 world champion lumber
jack in the power hot saw event.
lontz. who has participated in
lumberjack competitions for
more than 20 years, began his
Timber Sports career in
Creswell at the age of six Now
he wins as much us $2,500 in a
weekend of competition.
Lentz competed this year with
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Roseburg's Tom Forrester chops his way through a log during the
pro timber show during Springfield’s Filbert Festival
34 other Timber Sports partici
pants for a $5,000 purse. Last
year. 32 lumberjacks competed
at the Filbert Festival.
Other featured Timber Sports
athletes this year were Rolin
Eslinger of McCloud. Calif. the
1992 ESPN/Stihl series world
champion: Rob Waibel of
Tigard: his father Boh Waibel.
also of Tigard: and brothers Tom
and Mike Forrester of Roseburg.
The 1993 Filbert Festival Tim
ber Sports featured three levels
of competition: professional,
which included Malt Lentz and
other experienced competitors:
intermediate, for loggers who
have little experience in compe
tition: and novice, which
includes only those events with
a low level of risk for lieginmng
competitors
While adults watched the
Timber Sports Competition. the
kids at the Filbert Festival had
their own activities center i ailed
"Kidspace
Kidspace, which was for kids
up to age t 1.1 ontinued the Ore
gon Trails theme by offering
games and crafts that pioneer
kids might have done for fun on
the Oregon Trail Thu activities
included making books and can
dles. making puppets and huv
ing puppet shows. t|uiltiug.
spinning and weaving
Other Kidspace activates
offered were face-painting, tws
ketmaking, crocheting and
painting a wagon train mural.
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