University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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OPPOSITE: Ronnie ‘Rollo’ Parsley turns on the concentration for bow sawing. LEFT: Shades of Daniel Boone. Dee Zimmerman eyes the target in axe throwing competition. BELOW: Forestry Fi eld Day and Conclave events know no sex boundaries. Women’s Crosscut Sawing counts for as many points as any other event. BOTTOM: This is log rolling. Most people think that it happens in the water. Now you know the truth. Forestry 89

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a iy gene 88 Forestry Lady Luck refused to smile upon the Foresters in this year’s Conclave. They chop logs and bow saw just as well as they used to, but everyone else, it seems, is getting better. The Foresters made the trek to Norris Dam, just north of Knoxville, Tennessee, the home of Southern Forestry Conclave host University of Tennessee. As the saying goes, it was close, but no cigar. . ata” » ®y aye, They had to settle for fourth place in an astonishingly close Conclave; only fifteen points seperated the top five teams. Even though they’ve failed to win the last two conclaves, our foresters remain the Pittsburg Steelers of the lumber Super Bowl. Including this year’s performance and last year’s second-place finish to Virginia Tech, the Foresters have won ten out of the last fifteen conclaves and six of 8 8 ee the last nine. That feat is all the more remarkable when one considers the competition; giants like Texas A M, Oklahoma State, North Carolina State, Kentucky and Georgia. Texas A M took top honors this year, followed closely by North Carolina State, Oklahoma State, then UAM. The quest for a conclave win | began with a tune-up a week before

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Forestry Field Day. The Foresters journeyed to Nacadoches, Tex., the home of Stephen F. Austin. They competed against Texas A M, this year’s conclave winner, LSU, Louisiana Tech and Stephen F. Austin. Amazingly, the Foresters amassed twice the combined score of the rest of the field. One week later, riding on the crest of that good fortune, the Foresters returned to Monticello for the Annual Field Day, held on March 7. The Foresters competed among themselves for the right to represent UAM in the different conclave events. The winners of Field Day events were: Archery — Buddy Turner; Chaining — Mike Pinkett; Knife Throwing — Gerald Cayce; Axe orestry Throwing — Nicky Smith; Bow Sawing — Roger McClendon; Log Chopping — Rocky Dilks; ‘Jack and Jill’ Crosscut Sawing — the team of Pam Shirley and Roger McClendon; Men’s Crosscut — Buddy Hale Steve Gough; Women’s Crosscut — Kim Walker Kathy Hicks; Log Rolling — Ronnie ‘Rollo’ Parsley Buddy Hale; Po le Climbing — Gerald Cayce; Birling — Jim Tadel; Pole Felling — Steve ABOVE: Jim Tadel demonstrates winning form in log birling. ABOVE RIGHT: Pole felling requires not only speed but accuracy as well. OPPOSITE TOP: Gerald Cayce prepares to throw the knife. He appears to be deriving pleasure from this event. RIGHT: Steve Gough and Buddy Hale (facing) were the winners of men’s crosscut sawing during Field Day.