Log Update
Here is the latest info about The Log, as related by Irene in Security:
Saturday, September 10:
The cutting of the log in the parking lot has begun. It was wonderful to observe the prayer over it before the first saw was started. It has been exciting to watch and see the men out there talking, measuring, chalking, and deciding where to cut. Before anything was done, a counting of the rings was done. It is approximately 460 to 500 years old. A lot of the visitors today stopped and talked with them, and took some photos of them working. It has been a great weekend to work here and observe this. It will be nice to see them work, and watch as it progresses.
Irene.
Sunday, September 11:
Well folks the log has now become two pieces. At 6 p.m. yesterday they gave the log a gentle rock, and it became two halves. I stayed to watch the process, and to be sure that it did not roll on anyone. It was a little scary watching as a person was standing on top of the log using a chainsaw cutting it in half. Doing this in the rain, I was afraid he would slip or cut himself. As I stand and look at the two pieces now it is amazing. It took 3 hours from the first cut to the last. Everyone stood around and clapped as it became two. What a great day!!
Irene.
The log is being carved by a few men, and several students (teenagers, I believe) in the parking lot. Since the men all have jobs, carving will be happening mostly on the weekends and in the evenings, and you can easily see it from the window in the hallway between the Annette B. Weyerhaeuser and Russell Galleries. And they are planning on carving two canoes from the log, one river canoe and one sound canoe.
I am compiling some information on Canoe Journeys in this area, and will be emailing you about it shortly.
Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
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