The INDEPENDENT, December 16, 2010
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Business Notes
Fultz still doing well against younger bodybuilders
Terry Fultz, Vernonia’s resi-
dent bodybuilder and owner/
operator of Terry’s Gym, has
just completed the 2010 body
building season.
Fultz started dieting in May.
In 2009, he worked on “cuts”
and “striations” to get really
“ripped”, dieting down from 189
to 153 pounds, but felt he did
not leave enough time for skin
his age to tighten up before
competition started. This year,
he targeted fat loss only, and
started the competitive year at
177 pounds with good skin and
muscularity. On August 7 at the
Northern Gold’s Classic, in
Tacoma, Fultz coasted to a first
place finish.
On September 18, confident
at 175 pounds, he entered both
the Over 50 Masters Class and
the Open Mens Class, at the
Night of Champions competi-
tion. After a long day of compe-
tition, Fultz again took first
place in the Masters.
Facing the Open Mens,
where the next oldest competi-
tor was 29, Fultz was thinking,
“I hope I make the top five.”
That evening at the awards cer-
emony, when the top five in
Open Mens Middle Weight
were called, the last name
called was…“Terry Fultz from
Vernonia, Oregon.” Next they
called out the order from fifth to
first; Fultz was not fifth, not
fourth, not third… “In second
place, at a remarkable 63-
years old (audience gasps),
Terry Fultz!” Then the master of
ceremonies announced, “What
you have just witnessed was
history in the making. This is
the first time any competitor
over 60-years-old has even
placed in the Open Mens,
much less taken second place
at this show.” He continued,
“We have never seen anything
like this, or him, and we may
never see this again!” Fultz was
more than thrilled, he says he
was stunned.
Next, at 173 pounds, he
again double entered at the
N.W. Championships. Tired
and drained after dieting and
training for seven months, Fultz
said to himself, “every year the
competition gets better, and I
just get older.” Still, he again
won the Masters. With seven
competitors in the Open Mens,
and the oldest (besides Fultz)
being 23, Fultz took home a
fourth place trophy and
thought, “Not bad, considering I
gave up 40 years.”
So, what did Fultz consider
the highlight of the season and
possibly his entire career? Sur-
prisingly, it wasn’t even his own
results. Fultz said that training
Collin Moeller, who at 18-years-
old won the Teenage World
Championship, was the high-
light. Considering the number
of trainers, coaches, and com-
petitors, Fultz asked, “How
many of them can say; I pro-
duced a world champion?”
Moeller was just 13 when he
starting training with Fultz.
The 2010 season is over, but
Fultz is already looking forward
to next season. He sends,
“warm regards to all the sup-
port from Terry’s Gym members
and our entire community.”
Terry’s Gym is a complete
co-ed gym facility, located at
16720 Noakes Rd., Vernonia.
Call 503-901-1705 to join or for
more information about avail-
able services.
Terry Fultz’s dedicated approach to nutrition and training
continue to earn him bodybuilding trophies at age 63.
Disaster aid for county farmers
Columbia County farmers
are eligible for disaster assis-
tance from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture (USDA) for
potential losses from last
spring’s excessive rain and low
temperatures.
USDA Secretary Tom Vil-
sack approved a disaster dec-
laration request from Multnom-
ah and Clackamas Counties,
on December 8, for damage to
crops from low temperatures
that occurred between April 1
through July 4, 2010. Due to
the way the USDA disaster
declaration process works,
farmers in counties contiguous
to these counties are also eligi-
ble, making the declaration ap-
plicable to Columbia County.
This declaration opens up
certain types of assistance for
farmers, according to Derek
White with Columbia County
Emergency
Management.
“Farmers here are able to apply
for disaster assistance from the
Farm Service Agency. That as-
sistance, if the applicant is eli-
gible, ranges from emergency
loans to supplemental revenue
assistance payments”, White
explained.
Farmers have until August 8,
2011, to apply. Assistance ap-
plications must be filed at the
nearest Farm Service Agency
(FSA) office, which is the
Washington County FSA, 1080
SW Baseline, Suite B2, Hills-
boro, OR 97123.
For questions about the pro-
gram, call the Washington
County FSA office at 503-648-
3174. For more information,
see the Columbia County
Emergency Management blog
at http://columbiacountyem.
blogspot.com .
Keep the Holidays Happy
Don’t Drink and Drive