The
Louisiana Forest Festival, reorganized in 1980, salutes
the timber industry in our state. The festival
encompasses timber related activities. There
are numerous forestry equipment displays and related
exhibits. Professional lumberjack
sports competitors come from throughout the United
States to participate in the show. The Lumberjack
Challenge T.V. Show on OLN has featured the festival.
There will be 13 lumberjack events to cheer on with
6 different chainsaw events. The festival will have
excellent fun and food throughout the day. Come and
look at the homemade crafts and join in the fun of
contests and prize drawings. There will be children’s
activities and games.
PROFESSIONAL
TIMBERSPORTS PAYOUTS:
1st:
$200.00, 2nd: $150.00, 3rd: 100.00, 4th: $75.00, 5th:
50.00, Bull of the Woods: $200.00, Mechanical Champion:
$200.00, Manual Champion: $200.00
LA
FOREST FESTIVAL 2010 GRAND MARSHALL: MARK MARTINEZ
Third-Generation
Logger Gets State's Logging Award
From Staff Reports August 27, 2009
ZWOLLE Third-generation logger Mark Martinez got the
nod as this year's Louisiana Outstanding Logger by
the Louisiana Forestry Association and the Louisiana
Logging Council.
Martinez's company, Timber-Mark-Inc., and the crew
of 11 were judged statewide winners by a team led
by Dr. Clyde Vidrine, a retired professor from the
Louisiana Tech University School of Forestry. Other
judges were Terry Martin with the U.S. Forest Service
and Jack McFarland, the 2008 Outstanding Logger.
Martinez follows in the footsteps of his father, A.T.
Martinez, who was the first recipient of the outstanding
logger award in 1987. Mark Martinez' two brothers
are loggers as well.
Jody Woodard of Weyerhaeuser nominated Mark Martinez.
"Whatever job we put him on, he will adapt to it and
still get the production and the safety," Woodard
said.
"All I know is to work hard," said Mark Martinez,
something he has done for more than 30 years. The
48-year-old logger started full time in the woods
at age 17, working for his father and uncle "Pie"
Martinez. Mark Martinez's wife, Donna, is the bookkeeper
for the business.
"This is a family that has an extreme amount of integrity,"
said Steve Muslow, forestry consultant and LFA president.
This article found on: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090827/NEWS01/908270326/1060
SCHEDULE:
(More Info will be added)
Friday, April 23, 2010
8:30 am
Craft and Food Vendors, Exhibitors, Forestry Awareness
Day for Schools
5:30 pm
Parade (from Main Street to Fairgrounds) Midway Activities
7:00 pm
Lawnmower Drag race (Downtown Winnfield on
Main Street)
Saturday, April 24, 2010
8:30
am
Awards Ceremony
9:00 am
4-H Woodman Skills, Midway, Vendors, Exhibitors, Children's
Activities and Games, Antique Car & Truck Show
10:00 am
Log Loading Competition, Skidder Competition
11:00 am
Professional Lumberjack Sports, Saw Give-Away Competition
8:00 pm
Rodeo
Louisiana Forest Festival
P.O. Box 1112
Winnfield, LA 71483
info@laforestfestival.com |
2010 Board of Directors:
President
– Joe Lang
Vice President – Darrell Franks
Sec/Treas – Angelia Bonnette
Matt Summers
Vernon Weeks
Vicky Weeks
Roger Hanson
Terry Taylor
Chad Knight
Kathy Tullos
Jerry Martin
Donny Moon
Andrew Tant
Spencer
Gaar
Chad Blundell
Antique
Car and Truck Show:
*No entry
fee
*Door prizes
*9am to
4 pm, Saturday, April 24th
1/2 of the
$1.00 "gate fee" goes to a non-profit organization. |
