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Voices From the Crowd:
A Day in the Life of a
Timber Faller
By Dennis Nelson
In 1980, I was an
apprentice Timber Faller
working with John Ragsdale.
We were double-jacking big,
hundred-year-old Douglas Fir
on steep slopes just west of
Scappoose.
John would cut out
the face and make the backcut
while I drove wedges. After
the tree came down and stopped
rolling, it was my job to run
out with the tape. I measured,
marked, limbed and bucked the
top. John cut off the butt log.
We started at first
light, worked hard and fast
for six hours, and quit totally
exhausted.
A little rest, a lot of
food, a good night’s sleep and
we were ready to do it again.
So it was, after one
of those hot days in the brush,
that John and I were relaxing
with cold beers at the Cedarside
Inn in Vernonia. All at once,
dramatically, that big slab of
a door was flung open and
silhouetted against the light
stood Gary Everett. Gary was
another timber faller and one
of John’s best friends. They
were both high-energy guys
and when they got together
it was like fire and gasoline--
explosions were inevitable.
Sara Wold, owner of
Indulgence Nail Salon, has
opened shop in a new location
in Vernonia.
Wold, who recently
became a certified Nail
Technician and started
working from a space in
Spiralz Salon, now has her
own location and space at 859
Bridge Street.
In addition to her
regular manicures, pedicures,
and
nail-enhancement
services, Wold says she is
now offering Acrylic Services
and has added some specialty
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options to her menu. Wold
says she is offering a Grand
Opening Special of $5 off
anyone’s first service and is
also offering specials for the
High School Winter Formal.
Hours are Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday from
10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., and
Saturdays from 9:00 A.M.
to 3:00 P.M. Wold says it is
best to call ahead and make
an appointment, but she will
also absolutely take walk-ins
if she has availability.
To schedule an Sara Wold with a client at her new
appointment, call (971) 227-
location at 859 Bridge St.
2919.
The Vernonia Rural Fire Protection
District (VRFPD) is fielding a team of six
firefighters that will be participating in the 20th
Annual Scott’s Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle
on Sunday, March 6, 2011.
Your local department members will be
running up 69 flights of stairs in full fire gear and
SCBA. While they welcome the challenge, your
local firefighters are doing this to fight help blood
cancers. All proceeds benefit The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society.
VRFPD would love for you to support
your department. Your tax-deductible donation
helps in the fight against blood cancers.
About the climb:
At 788 feet of vertical elevation, the
Columbia Center (formerly Bank of America
Tower) in downtown Seattle stands as the second
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When these two were having a
good time, they could be heard
from one end of Bridge Street
to the other.
Gary ordered a beer,
took a couple of quick strides
and threw himself down on a
chair at our table. Immediately,
he and John were engaged in a
highly animated conversation
with much arm waving for
emphasis. Gary’s beer had
barely arrived when, by
accident, John’s elbow caught
his own glass and knocked
it over, spilling the contents
everywhere. In an instant, Gary
grabbed his own glass and,
slammed it upside down on the
table top. They looked each
other in the eye, then were up
and out the door in a flash.
I was still sitting there,
watching beer run off the edge
of the table, a little stunned by
what I had just witnessed, when
the barmaid came walking
up. She grimly surveyed the
situation, gave me a real hard
look and said, “You’re done--
Get out of here!”
By the time I hit the
the street, John and Gary were
long gone, so I drove home,
sharpened my chain, fixed
dinner and prepared myself
for another day in the life of a
Timber Faller.
Now I
have to
replace it!
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highly acclaimed observation deck overlooking
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The Scott Firefighter Stairclimb supports
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individual and department fundraising, and entry
fees. In 2010, the event featured over 1,500
firefighters from 247 different departments and
brought in a record $780,000 for blood-cancer
research and patient services.
The 2011 VRFPD Team is: Brandi
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