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On right, Tonita Reifsteck announces the winner
of the Habitat playhouse is Ellen Steffens of Lincoln. |
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Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder welcomes the
contestants to this year's National Railsplitting Championship. |
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With Abe admiring his efforts, winner Marty Yount has his logs in fours while the others still haven't split
theirs.
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Marty Yount catches his breath after turning
his log into eight rails in an amazing 3:28.
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The winners are, in order from left, Marty Yount from Greenville,
Mo., Chris Friedlein from Gibson City, Evan Coombs from
Bloomington and Roy Usery from Des Arc, Mo.
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The power of the Internet. On left, Geoff Ladd,
executive director of tourism, visits with Washington, D.C., natives Susan Tollerson and Ed Springer, who found out about the Railsplitting
Festival on the World Wide Web. |
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