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Athlete log, Peg Engasser

June 21, 2004 — Another traveling weekend... we attended the Midwestern Lumberjack Championships in Rochester, Minn., on Saturday and Sunday. It's one of the best contests in the country, and although it takes about 18 hours to drive More ...

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Raising Mayhem

Chris Parker didn't count on the name for her Border Collie to describe so well what the two would eventually go through together. Parker's dog is Mayhem. And the two will be competing in July at the 2004 ESPN Great Outdoor Games in the Large Dog Agili More ...

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Wisconsin's timber history

When competitors in the ESPN Great Outdoor Games come to Madison, Wisc., for the pole climbing and log rolling competition, it will be a return to land where many of those events began. Wisconsin has a history of logging, where the tall white pines More ...

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