Vernon Parish 4-H Woodsman Skills teams recently demonstrated the cross cut saw competition for the Beauregard Forestry Association’s Annual Meeting at the fairgrounds in DeRidder. The team from Hornbeck Senior 4-H consisting of David Drew, Devin Fletcher and Oiler – Ashley Townson and the Pickering Senior 4-H team of Bobby Thompson, Heather Darnell (now from Evans Sr. 4-H) and Laramie Thompson – oiler demonstrated their skills with a 2 out of 3 competition. Hornbeck won the competition keeping their title from the parish event. The demonstration was done to introduce the Woodsman Skills Event to Beauregard Parish in hopes of starting the competition there. Extension 4-H Agent with the LSU AgCenter, Kem Johnson provided the members of the Association with copies of the rules and explained how many of the Forestry related industries are involved in training, sponsoring, judging and more.