Yes, there will be a second Ark-La-Tex Logging Extravaganza somewhere in the Natchitoches, Louisiana area next year, according to a consensus of the steering committee which met on October 30 to review the just-completed first show.

Over a luncheon in a downtown Natchitoches restaurant, the committee agreed that the October 17-18 show was a success, for exhibitors, for the logging industry, and for the charity beneficiary, the Log-A-Load for Kids fund for Children's Miracle Network. While final accounting is not yet complete, it is estimated that the Extravaganza will realize somewhere near $20,000 which will go toward support of Louisiana's special children's hospitals.

With one event's experience at putting on a logging trade show, and a year to prepare, the committee expects an even bigger turnout of exhibitors and visitors during the third week of October, 2004.

See special coverage of the 2003 event beginning on Page 17 of the November 2003 issue of The Piney Woods Journal..

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