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Page 20 The INDEPENDENT, March 4, 2010 STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® coming to the 2010 Oregon State Fair STIHL Inc., creator and own- er of the premier lumberjack sports event, the STIHL® TIM- BERSPORTS® Series present- ed by Carhartt, on March 1, an- nounced that it has selected the Oregon State Fair in Salem, Ore., as the host venue for its 25th anniversary season of the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Se- ries. The Series’ quarterfinals, semifinals, U.S. Championship and Collegiate Championship will take place during the fair’s opening weekend Friday, Au- gust 27 through Sunday, Au- gust 29. The Pacific Northwest will be the backdrop for the premier lumberjack sporting event in the world. The Series features the world’s best lumberjacks and jills in the ultimate tests of strength, endurance, stamina, tool skill and agility. Thirty-two chopper/sawyers, six collegiate competitors, eight boom run- ners and eight speed climbers will converge on Oregon’s cap- ital to chop, saw, climb, and run Run with Extra Confidence with Chevron DELO 400 ™ PLUS MOTOR OIL The name you trust for: • Gasoline • Diesel Fuel • Oils • Solvents • Additives • Greases S EE US FOR H EATING O IL D ECK & S HINGLE O IL A NTI F REEZE CALL (503) 429-6606 WILCOX & FLEGEL 720 Rose Avenue • Vernonia their way in to the record books, and celebrate the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Se- ries tradition during its silver anniversary festivities. ESPN cameras have fol- lowed the competition for 25 years, earning the STIHL TIM- BERSPORTS Series the dis- tinction of being the one of the longest running programs on the network. “We are excited about bring- ing the Series to the Northwest and to have the Oregon State Fair host The STIHL TIMBER- SPORTS Series’ 25th Anniver- sary competition,” says Roger Phelps, promotional communi- cations manager for STIHL Inc., “We look forward to bring- ing to Oregon the excitement and traditions of one of the most exciting sports champi- onships on the air today.” The 2010 Oregon State Fair claims the motto “Too BIG to Miss!” offering attendees more than 9,000 things to do, see and taste throughout 11-days of shows, hot air balloon rides, carnival rides, six headlining concerts, arts and crafts, NPRA rodeo finals, Days of the Di- nosaurs exhibit, various events and competitions. The Oregon State Fair opens its gates on Friday, August 27 and culmi- nates on Monday, September 6. “We can think of no better place to celebrate and highlight the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series and the timber industry, than in Oregon,” said Connie Bradley, Oregon State Fair Manager. Since its inception in 1985, the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series has challenged the world’s best competitors in lum- berjack sports. Over the years the Series has gained populari- ty and expanded to 19 coun- tries including athletes from USA, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Benelux and Germany, all look- ing to earn a place in the World Championships. New Zealan- der Jason Wynyard holds the ti- tle of 2009 STIHL TIMBER- SPORTS World Champion. Ar- den Coger, Jr. from West Vir- ginia holds the 2009 U.S. STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Se- ries Champion title. The STIHL TIMBER- SPORTS Professional Series quarterfinals, semifinals and U.S. Championship will span the three-day event challenging lumberjacks in six chopping and sawing disciplines: hot saw, single buck, springboard chop, standing block chop, stock saw and underhand chop with the top overall competitor being crowned the 2010 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series champion and the top U.S. competitor named the 2010 U.S. champion. Both title hold- ers will advance to the 2010 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Se- ries World Championships pre- sented by Carhartt in Austria Friday, September 3 through Sunday, September 5. The 2010 STIHL TIMBER- SPORTS Collegiate Series will also culminate during the Ore- gon State Fair. This national competition pits six regional collegiate champions against each other in four professional disciplines: single buck, stand- ing block chop, stock saw and underhand chop with the top contender earning the title of 2010 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Collegiate Series champion and an automatic ticket to the 2011 STIHL TIMBERSPORTS Series where they will compete among the professional ranks. The STIHL TIMBER- SPORTS Series boom run and speed climb specialty disci- plines will also take place throughout the three-day event. Eight boom runners and speed climbers will compete in a bracket elimination format to determine the U.S. champion in each discipline. For more details, visit www.ESPNOutdoors.com/tim- bersports and www.oregon- statefair.org. Established in 1889, Carhartt, Inc. exists to provide best-in-class, durable products for the active worker. Carhartt is a family owned, consumer fo- cused, global company that is respectful of its heritage. We lead the way in developing durable, premium, high quality products and services for work- ers on and off the job. Head- quartered in Dearborn, Mich., with more than 4,500 employ- ees worldwide, Carhartt is pri- vately owned and managed by the descendants of the compa- ny’s founder, Hamilton Carhartt. For more information, visit www.carhartt.com. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department man- ages more than 200 state parks and the Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center, plus pro- grams for Oregon’s ocean shores, scenic waterways, the Willamette River Greenway and recreation trails. The de- partment provides grants to lo- cal governments, and oversees state heritage preservation ef- forts through the State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Heritage Commission and Ore- gon Commission for Historic Cemeteries. VHS awarded grant for pre-engineering Vernonia High School has been awarded a $7,200 grant for pre-engineering curricula. The Oregon University Sys- tem (OUS) and the Engineering and Technology Industry Coun- cil (ETIC) are pleased to an- nounce the awarding of $203,774 in grants to Oregon middle and high schools across the state for the implementation of pre-engineering curricula and activities for students. The available grants will help high schools get started in develop- ing an extracurricular engineer- ing “athletics” program through eCHAMP, and support funding and teacher training for middle and high schools to start imple- menting the nationally-suc- cessful pre-engineering curric- ula of Project Lead the Way (PLTW). The grants will allow the 21 schools awarded to ex- pand pre-engineering program- ming to many more students across the state. The funding is one compo- See Grant on page 21