Logging show and competition set for Saturday

The Forest Festival logging show and chainsaw exhibition is staged from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Loop Field.

The logging show is hosting the STIHL Timbersports Western Qualifier for men and women. Events include the standing chop, horizontal chop, springboard, hot saw, stock saw, stock chainsaw and single buck.

"I think, with the competition, the event that's most popular is the springboard competition," Forest Festival Board President Mick Sprouffske told the Journal. "You're pairing two people against each other on the springboards to see who gets on top of the block first and obviously...