Saginaw Days a success

September 19, 2018 1:30 am
(Photo by Laurie Smith) Reggie Mays, left, and Bob Sholes compete in the Double Bucking event during Saginaw Days on Saturday. Both men grew up in the North River Valley, attended the Brooklyn school and have retired from the timber industry. Also pictured, from left, are emcee Doug Zepp, competitor Derek Such, and Melani Keel handling the oil can.
(Photo by Laurie Smith) Reggie Mays, left, and Bob Sholes compete in the Double Bucking event during Saginaw Days on Saturday. Both men grew up in the North River Valley, attended the Brooklyn school and have retired from the timber industry. Also pictured, from left, are emcee Doug Zepp, competitor Derek Such, and Melani Keel handling the oil can.

The 19th annual Saginaw Days went off without a hitch in Brooklyn on Saturday with almost no rain — despite a gloomy forecast that indicated hours of showers with some lightning.

“It wasn’t bright and sunny, but it was dry, and that’s all that mattered,” laughed event committee member Maryann Welch, adding that the crowd was bigger than she expected.

They also had more participants than usual, with 37 people competing in the various events, according to Welch.

Here are the event’s winners:

Overall Logger — Billy Clinkingbeard

Double Bucking — Brian Sheridan & Nick Strachota

Choker Setting — Billy Clinkingbeard

Ma & Pa Bucking — Andy Rolston & Melani Keel

Chainsaw Bucking — Andy Rolston

Ax Throwing — David Thompson

Single Hand Bucking — Brian Sheridan

Pole Falling — Ed Mays

Obstacle Choker Setting — Billy Clinkingbeard

Tug of War — Macmillan & Co.

Loggers Relay — Brooklyn Brawlers team: Melani Keel, Derek Such, Martha Nicholas, Lonnie Hovern

Log Rolling — Billy Clinkingbeard

(Photo by Jeff Cook) Jim Welch, part of the Saginaw Days committee, carries the rope to the pond in preparation for the Tug-of-War.

(Photo by Jeff Cook) Jim Welch, part of the Saginaw Days committee, carries the rope to the pond in preparation for the Tug-of-War.