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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15,
2007
Contacts:
Rikki Wellman, Oregon Logging Conference, (425) 413-9513
Jessica Corcoran, The Ulum Group, (541) 434-7027
70th Annual Oregon Logging Conference Announces Schedule
Conference offers the opportunity for participants
to earn up to
nine professional logger credits in only two days
EUGENE, Ore. "A Seventy Year Tradition
Forestry, Equipment, Education," will be the theme of the 70th annual Oregon
Logging Conference (OLC), to be held Thursday, Feb. 21, to Saturday, Feb. 23, at
the Lane Events Center and Eugene Hilton Conference Center in Eugene. The
conference will offer the opportunity for participants to earn up to nine
professional logger credits in just two days.
The conference will feature educational seminars on
a wide range of topics including equipment innovations, safety tips and the
future of logging.
For the second year, the conference will expand
beyond the logging and trucking industries to include indoor and outdoor
displays of construction and trucking equipment.
"Celebrating our milestone 70th anniversary reminds
us of how important it is to look to the future and continue to be innovative
and adaptable in this changing industry," says Blair Moody, 2008 OLC president.
³At this year¹s
conference, we have something for everyone across a range of industries,
from trucking, to heavy equipment, to construction, to logging.²
Following is the 2008 OLC schedule:
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Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 Eugene Hilton Conference
Center |
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5 p.m. to 8 p.m. |
Registration
Hosted cocktails; meet and greet event
Oregon Women in Timber preview of auction items |
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Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 Lane Events Center |
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7 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
Registration, Convention Center Lobby |
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7 a.m. to 9 a.m. |
Opening session breakfast, Wheeler Pavilion |
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8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Equipment displays open |
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9 a.m. |
Meeting called to order, Wheeler Pavilion
President¹s address by Blair Moody
Keynote address by Ed Shepard, Oregon and Washington state director,
Bureau
of Land Management
Russ Hoeflich, vice president and Oregon director, The Nature Conservancy
(one professional logger credit) |
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11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. |
Free time to view equipment displays |
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1 p.m. |
Forest Practices Operator of the Year presentation,
Wheeler Pavilion |
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1:15 p.m. |
Meeting called to order, Wheeler Pavilion |
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2 p.m. |
Panel discussion on new technology equipment,
Wheeler Pavilion
(two professional logger credits) |
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5 p.m. |
Sawdust Bowl, location TBA |
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Friday, Feb. 22, 2008 Lane Events Center |
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6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. |
Hosted breakfast, Wheeler Pavilion |
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7 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
Registration, Convention Center Lobby |
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8 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
Equipment displays open |
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8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Oregon Forest Practices Seminar, Wheeler Pavilion
(two professional logger credits) |
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8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Washington Forest Practices Seminar, ³Rules and
How-to¹s Involving Eastside
RMZs and Wetlands,² Northwest Meeting Room, Performance Hall
(two professional logger credits) |
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9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Seminar, ³Update on OSHA Cab Regulations,² location
TBA
(one professional logger credit)
Seminar will be repeated from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
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10:30 a.m. to noon |
Active, hands-on training seminar, ³Tree Climber
Rescue,² location TBA
(one professional logger credit)
Seminar will be repeated from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
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10:30 a.m. to noon |
Active, hands-on training seminar, ³Update on Weight
and Tie Down
Regulations,² location TBA
(one professional logger credit)
Seminar will be repeated from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
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10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
Seminar, ³Equipment Remote Monitoring with GPS,²
location TBA
(one professional logger credit)
Seminar will be repeated from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. |
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1 p.m. to 2 p.m. |
Seminar, ³Tire Maintenance and Management,² location
TBA
(one professional logger credit)
Seminar will be repeated from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
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1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Oregon Forest Practices Seminar, Wheeler Pavilion
(two professional logger credits) |
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1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Washington Forest Practices Seminar, ³New Long Term
Forest Practice
Application Rules and Procedures,² Northwest Meeting Room, Performance
Hall
(two professional logger credits) |
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5 p.m. |
Sawdust Bowl, location TBA |
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Friday Social Events Eugene Hilton Convention
Center |
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1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Desserts for Dreams, ladies¹ charity benefit for
Start Making a Reader Today
(SMART), Oregon¹s leading early literacy nonprofit organization. SMART
mobilizes adult volunteers to read one-on-one with K-3 children each week. |
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5 p.m. to midnight |
Oregon Women in Timber¹s Talk About Trees
fund-raiser auction, reception,
banquet and dance, Playwrights Hall
· 5 p.m. Doors open for silent auction
· 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hosted reception
· 7 p.m. Elegant banquet
· 8 p.m. Oral auction and dancing |
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Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 Lane Events Center |
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9 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
All exhibits open to the public; free admission
Family fun and educational displays, Wheeler Pavilion
High school forestry skills competition, outside display area |
For more information about the 2008 Oregon Logging
Conference, visit
www.oregonloggingconference.com, or call (541) 686-9191.
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