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FRIDAY July 22 , 2022
VOLUME 153 , NO . 4
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Competitive lumberjack Tim Knutson of St . Paul takes a dunk on the boom run at Lumberjack Days , Saturday , July 16 ( Photos by Bayard Godsave for the Gazette )
BAYARD GODSAVE festival since 2014 , estimated the Downhill Derby on a hay bale lumberjack shows and activities where local skaters and pros , THE GAZETTE attendance over the three days enclosed track on the slope all weekend in Stillwater ’ s Lowell Park . Fischer is the grandson Hause and Clint Peters , skated
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Thousands of people filled of the festival at somewhere between 25,000 and 35,000 . Racers ran heats to see who of Harold Fischer , the famous and mingled with one another .
where 2nd St . meets Mulberry . downtown Stillwater last weekend for Lumberjack Days , the The idea that organizers had had built the fastest vehicle , and lumberjack who performed at Central to the festival was the first time the festival had run for the event was that there some came away with road-rash the very first Lumberjack Days event stage , where from 3 p . m . after a two-year absence due to would be something there for for their efforts . in 1934 and for many years after . to 11 p . m . bands played . As in
COVID . Getting specific numbers is difficult , according to there seemed to be a little some- the festival grounds , near PD the entrance to the Lift Bridge , Minnesota talent , with a specific
everyone to enjoy . And , indeed , Anchoring the north end of At the festival ’ s south end , by past years , the event drew on organizers , but Paul Creager , thing for everyone .
Pappy ’ s , were the Lumberjack was a mini-halfpipe , a temporary skate ramp set up by the focus this year on bands like the a member of The Locals , the The weekend was kicked Shows . Third generation lumberjack Jamie Fischer hosted the Twin Cities company 3rd Lair group who has organized the off Friday afternoon with the ,
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July 17 , 1922 – Albert G . Loarch entered a plea of guilty to fishing with more than one line and hook on Carnelian lake before Judge Orris E . Lee in municipal court Monday morning . He was fined $ 10 and cost , making a total of $ 13.85 .
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