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Ann Vreys, 13, concentrates on a book as she sits with her younger siblings while her father Luc Vreys, participates in a quick carve chainsaw competition during the Loggerodeo celebration in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The Vreys family recently moved to Canada from Hechtel-Eksel Limburg, Belgium. Loggerodeo is Sedo-Woolley's Fourth of July celebration, featuring chainsaws carvers this weekend and a grand parade, footrace and rodeo on Sunday. (Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald)
Ann Vreys, 13, concentrates on a book as she sits with her younger siblings while her father Luc Vreys, participates in a quick carve chainsaw competition during the Loggerodeo celebration in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The Vreys family recently moved to Canada from Hechtel-Eksel Limburg, Belgium. Loggerodeo is Sedo-Woolley's Fourth of July celebration, featuring chainsaws carvers this weekend and a grand parade, footrace and rodeo on Sunday. (Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald)

 Ann Vreys, 13, concentrates on a book as she sits with her younger siblings while her father Luc Vreys, participates in a quick carve chainsaw competition during the Loggerodeo celebration in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. The Vreys family recently moved to Canada from Hechtel-Eksel Limburg, Belgium. Loggerodeo is Sedo-Woolley's Fourth of July celebration, featuring chainsaws carvers this weekend and a grand parade, footrace and rodeo on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Skagit Valley Herald, Scott Terrell)

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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