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(Due to year ending holidays the program was moved to Tuesday, December 31st) Pete's guest this month was Mark Kayser plant manager at MN Power's Hibbard Renewable Energy Center that utilizes waste wood to provide a renewable low sulfur fuel source.

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Pete Wood with his guests Mike and Vicki Albrecht loggers from Sonora CA - Mike is also the President of the American Loggers Council....

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Don Bright owner of Meherrin River Forest Products in the state of Virginia, and Frank Myers, a logger also from Virginia were both guests of Pete Wood this month...

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Pete's guest this month was Dave Abbott, Senior Editor for Hatton-Brown Publishers who produce world-class publications for the forest products industry, including Timber Harvesting and Southern Loggin' Times magazines...

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Tom Hirt, a Texas business owner and consultant with the timber industry, this marks his third time on the program having been a guest of Pete's on 11/25/20 and 5/26/21...

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Pete Wood's guest this month is Emily Jo Williams the VP of the Southeast & Atlantic Coast Region for the American Bird Conservancy. 

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Pete Wood had Jimmie Locklear as a call-in guest...

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Pete Wood had Lonard Scofield dos Santos from Brazil as this months guest...

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Pete Wood's guest this month was Troy Brown, he is President of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals...

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From the 2023 Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward WI were DJ Aderman, Chief of Competition, two competitors were husband and wife Adam and Samantha LaSalle and of course co-host Pete Wood... 

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Ret. Commander USN and Ely MN native James Kuehl was an in-studio guest as was  Scott Dane the Executive Director of the American Loggers Council...

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Rick Quaglioroli owns Swamp Fox Agency based in Moncks Corner SC and was a guest of Pete Wood talking about the insurance side of trucking for loggers...

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This month's guest was Stephen Setliff an attorney from the state of Virginia...

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A move to Tuesday this month, Pete's guests were two loggers from the state of Rhode Island. Bob Thurber of Jerimoth Forestry and Bob Verrier of Verrier Tree Service Inc. shared the challenges and logging efforts in their state...

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California logger Russ Hawkins was a guest this month, he operates Del Logging with his wife Helen and sons Colton and Hunter

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Crad Jaynes the President of the South Carolina Timber Producers Assn. was this month's guest of co-host Pete Wood.

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The management team from Navistar International were guests of co-host Pete Wood. Mike Noonan, Darren Gosbee, Bob Mann, and Mark Stasell talked about the future of the trucking industry in general. Navistar, based in Lisle IL, operates as the owner of International-branded trucks and diesel engines.

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Part 3 - Pete Wood and Missouri based logger Travis Yake who provides the white oak for Ed Belfour to make the barrels for his whiskey.

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Part 2 - Pete Wood's guest was Missouri based logger Travis Yake who provides the white oak for last month's guest Ed Belfour to make the barrels for his whiskey...

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Part 1 - Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Eddie "The Eagle" Belfour was a call-in guest to talk about his brand of whiskey and the importance of logging and timber to the industry of making whiskey.

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Pete Wood had Chuck Scherer from Nelson Wood Shims located in Cohasset MN as a studio guest...

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Palmer and Nicole Duggar from the state of Virginia were guests of Pete Wood...

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Lumberjack World Championships are this weekend in Hayward WI - Pete Wood had guests that included, Wisconsin comedian Charlie Berens, competitors Ferry Svan from Sweden and Hayward's very own Cassidy Scheer, and DJ Aderman who is the Chief of Competition.

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Co-host Pete Wood had Shawn Sunnarborg as a guest...

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Scott Dane, Executive Director for American Loggers Council, Henry Schienebeck, ED for Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn., Mike Forsman, ED Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers, and Pete Wood, Wood Forest Products, is the co-host who moderated this full-hour episode...

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Ron Thiry was a call-in guest he is Sr. VP and COO with ST Paper in Duluth that was once home to VERSO paper...

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Pete Wood had Jerry Gray as a guest, the owner of Gray Logging LLC and Genesis Timber based in Madison FL...

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Local 49 representatives, Jason George and Dan Snidarich were guests of co-host and logger Pete Wood who all shared some exciting and innovative news, and listen at the end, Brad shared a chance meeting he had with a Florida logger...

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Luke Peterson the GM of the Hibbing Public Utilities Commission was a guest of logger and co-host Pete Wood talking about the utilities use of waste wood...

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MN Logger and co-host Pete Wood had St. Louis Co. Commissioner Keith Nelson as a guest, who shared some exciting news, and St. Louis Co. Land Commissioner Julie Marinucci was a guest as well... PROGRAMMING NOTE*** this podcast will be moving to kdal610.com next month as will the program itself to KDAL 610AM & 103.9FM scheduled to air in the Noon to 1:00PM time slot.

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Pete Wood and Donna Bergstrom, the final segment of the theme "American Indian Perspective on Forestry" with Ron Waukau from Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Wisconsin...

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Pete Wood and Donna Bergstrom continuing the theme "American Indian Perspective on Forestry" with Ron Waukau from Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Wisconsin...

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Pete Wood and Donna Bergstrom continuing the theme "American Indian Perspective on Forestry" with guests Nels Huse and Ron Waukau from Menominee Tribal Enterprises in Wisconsin...

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Pete Wood had Donna Bergstrom as a guest to talk about forest management from an American Indian viewpoint, Donna was a Minnesota Lieutenant Governor candidate and is a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.

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Jeff Shay with the MN State Highway Patrol Commercial Division from Hibbing was a guest this month with Pete Wood...

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Peter Wood had Mike Forsman the Exe. Dir. of ACLT and Henry Schienebeck the Director of the Great Lakes Timber Producers as guests this month and their was some discussion on the forest fires in MN...

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The 61st Annual Lumberjack World Championships are this Thursday-Saturday in Hayward WI. Board of Directors President, DJ Aderman along with competitor, Kathryn Witkowski were guests of co-host Pete Wood...

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Peter Vodenka escaped communist Czechoslovakia and as a method to escape he became a lumberjack, he shares his story as a guest of Pete Wood during this months segment...

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Pete Wood had a repeat guest Tom Hirt a Texas based business owner and consultant with the timber industry. Tom was on the program in Nov., he was back to talk about the lumber industry in general and addressing some of the shortages home owners and builders are facing...

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Pete Wood with Troy Brown, President of Kretz Lumber Co., Denny Olson a semi-retired trucker, Vietnam vet and board member with the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn., and Matt Jensen a third-generation logger from WI and current President of GLTPA all chimed in on the latest industry issues especially the rising cost of lumber...

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Pete Wood was in-studio (first time in over a year) his guest was Wade Stromgren who works for Road Machinery & Supplies Co (RMS) a distributor of construction and mining equipment with sales and support operations throughout the Upper Midwest.

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Wood Forest Products owner Pete Wood had two guests this month. Dennis Schoeneck and Henry Schienebeck who respresent Timber Professionals in the Great Lakes region, talked about the co-op they've created and the potential of restarting the closed Verso plant in Wisconsin Rapids...

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Pete Wood had Addie Teeters as his guest, she is head of public relations with Ahlstrom-Munksjo in Green Bay WI. a world leader in sustainable and innovative wood fiber products and solutions...

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Co-host Pete Wood with experts in the wood-pellet industry

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Co-host Pete Wood and guest Tom Hirt a Texas based business owner and consultant with the timber industry...

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Pete's guest this month was Matt Slingerland who will be competing in the Lumberjack World Championship at Hayward this weekend...

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Pete Wood had Matt Rajala as a guest this month Congressman Pete Stauber called afterwards and its included here...

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Pete Wood had Jim Caldwell from Thunder Bay ONT as a guest, Jim is an aircraft mechanic and spoke about his experiences fighting forest fires...

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Pete Wood had Mike Severson with Great Lakes Renewable Energy as a guest...

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Henry Schienebeck, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn. was Pete's guest this month...

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