May 16, 2008

Where Students Compete 'Against the Wood'

By HEIDI LANDECKER

Coach Kevin Ransom of Paul Smith's College has 10 more days until the 62nd annual spring woodsmen's meet, but he is already fretting about the weather. If the sun shines, his lumberjacks, who won the men's Spring Meet title in 2007, will relax, have fun, and maybe keep the trophy, which the college held for nine consecutive years in the 1950s and 60s. If it rains, Mr. Ransom knows from 17 years' experience, spirits will drop, and the meet could be "a requiem in drudgery."

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