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St. Joe Times • January 10, 2014
SPORT from Page A1 training,” she said of her sport. Lumber sport athletes wear protective glasses, earmuffs and chaps, but still suffer some bruises. “Any time you’re swinging an axe or throwing an axe at a target or climbing up a 45-foot pole, it’s dangerous,” she said. “Log rolling is when the log is in the water and two people roll on either end, and the idea is to stay on longer than your opponent,” she said. Competitors navigate four different sizes of logs, each with a time limit. Pole-climbers scramble up poles 60- to 90-feet tall. The round trip takes about 10 seconds, she said. “We have a belt and a gaffe, similar to a lineman’s gaffe; we just modify them a bit,” she said. “The audience gets very into the show,” she said.
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A fishing derby costs $4, with pole and bait provided.
“We split the crowd up into two logging camps for a lumberjack cheer. They love it. They’re hooting and hollering.” The show includes a bit
of comedy, and a giveaway for one child. The lumberjill sisters work through STIHL Timberworks Lumberjack Show. The circuit includes
the Lumberjack World Championships in July in Hayward, Wis., and Klondike Days, which will play out in the snow of early March in Eagle River, Wis. Most of the competitions, though, are in warm weather or in indoor venues such as the Coliseum, Hadley said. “For some people, this is their full-time job,” the lumberjill said. David Marquart, who operates the outdoors show in Fort Wayne, said he added the professional lumberjack show last year. “It went over so well — standing room only — so we’re bringing them back,” Marquart said. “But it’s going to be lumberjacks and lumberjills.” “They’re very interesting. They do log rolling and chopping and climbing. They go up to the ceiling of the Coliseum,” said Marquart. He is the president of the sponsoring Coliseum Productions, which is presenting the outdoors show for the fifth year. “We’re constantly updating,” Marquart said. He said the outdoors show historically had been in March. “And this was kind of a no-football weekend, and it was just the perfect weekend, with cabin fever and kind of the first public show of the year out at the Coliseum,” Marquart said. The Mizpah Shrine Circus occupies other parts
of the Coliseum that same weekend. “Your Shrine Circus ticket stub gets you three bucks off our show,” Marquart said. Other outdoors show features include: More than 150 exhibitors will offer products and services relating to biking, hiking, camping and fitness, hunting and fishing, boats and water sports, vacation and travel, recreational vehicles and motor sports, and cottage living. Two large fishing ponds stocked with hundreds of bluegill will offer several contests. A fishing derby fundraiser costs $4, with $1 going to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Live bait and fishing poles will be provided. Children can feel the sand between their toes at a 400-square-foot indoor beach, sponsored by WAJI. Marquart said the artificial beach will hold 30 tons of sand. Ehlerding River City Harley-Davidson will offer free simulated motorcycle rides. Novice hunters can learn
to shoot a precision air rifle for just $5. The fundraiser led by Gregg Rice, coach of the state champion Bishop Dwenger Rifle Team, and one of only two USA/NRA Level 3 rifle coaches in Indiana, will benefit The X Count and help the team become a USA Shooting Certified Training Center for northeast Indiana. Safari Club International, Northeast Indiana Chapter, will offer a hunt of faux, life-size targets of elk, mountain lion, bear and even a dinosaur. Top prize is a Mathews Genesis Bow. Throughout the weekend, local and national experts will share tips and demonstrate proper techniques in 30-minute sessions on three stages. Shoppers can take kayaks or canoes for a test spin in a 30-ft. by 40-foot, 25,000-gallon lagoon. Guests can walk through a fully furnished, prebuilt log cabin. For updates, details and ticket discounts, visit outdoorsportslakecabinshow.com.
Outdoor Sports Lake & Cabin Show Jan. 24-26, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, 4000 Parnell Ave. Expo Center. Noon-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, free for kids 12 and under. Parking is $5 in the main lot or $8 in the preferred lot. For details, visit outdoorsportslakecabinshow.com.
FILM from Page A1 student ID. Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. The Embassy Theatre is at 125 W. Jefferson Blvd. Richards said the same 1928 organ provided the music for a silent film during a children’s theater camp at the Embassy last summer. She said many of the children were not accustomed to watching a projection movie screen,
especially in black-andwhite, but the children were fascinated by the movie and music. “There are only four of these organs in the world, and we have one of them,” Richards said. She said organ enthusiasts played a major role in preserving both the instrument and the Embassy itself.
The music often fills the Embassy during the day, too, she said. “We have a wonderful crew of volunteer organists who just love the opportunity to play,” she said. “They’re so full of passion for what they do.” For more on the history of the theatre and the organ, visit fwembassytheatre.org.
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