Penny Halvorson

"... it is family entertainment for all ages, and that thc competitors, while performing Herculean feats, are for the most part “just plain folks.” For some competitors, like Rick and Penny Halvorson of Alma Center, Wis., competition is a natural extension of their logging business, Halvorson Forest Products. In 1990. the set a world record here for Jack and Jill crosscut sawing ..."

"... it is family entertainment for all ages, and that the competitors, while performing Herculean feats, arc for the most part “just plain folks." For some competitors, like Rick and Penny Halvorson of Alma Center, Wis,, lumberjack competition is a natural extension of their logging business, Halvorson Forest Products. In 1990, the set a world record here for Jack and Jill crosscut ..."

"... Thc crosscut record of 10.26 seconds, in thc 1990 Lumberjack World Championships at Hayward, would have pul them sixth among pairs nationwide. "No team had ever approached that before," Penny Halvorson says. Last though, a Canadian team surpassed them on a field of exceptionally soft wood. In thc 12 to 18 competitions they enter cach Penny usually is thc only woman competing in men's divisions except when a local promoter won't Ict hen A few of lhc mcn grumble that she's taking their prize moncy, too. ..."