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Show Lakeside Review, November 28, 1980, Pape ISA SPLITTING firewood is hard work, but good exercise. Workers at Royal Rigbys wood operation, Drew Marsh and . . Dave OShell, spend hours in the evening wielding axes. ' - , Firewood Business Lots of Work LAYTON The firewood business involves a lot of hard work and not a lot of profit, according to two of the growing number of wood distributors who are supplementing their regular e jobs with parttime sales of wood for fireplaces and g stoves. full-tim- wood-burnin- Mike; ' daughter, - Shauna, and two young Vietnamese brothers, refugees, from their homeland, who are being , " the Rigbys. Solid Judd Resources, sponsored by operates Larry a coal, firewood and energy device The two young Vietnamese men, Van distribution business with a partner, Nam Loi and Van Nam Trung, are the Bruce Dallinga. They rent property at best workers Ive ever had, according e 101 S. Main in Layton in the former to Rigby. They also now have other Boise Cascade lumber yard for the , jobs. wood cutting operation. . The family spends weeks in a camper Both men travel a substantial in the mountains during the summer, distance to U.S. Forest Service coming home on weekends with their mountain property to get the wood. loads of wood, Judd and Dallinga, who e employment, Rigbys permit is . for the Mountain both have other View, Wyo., Ranger Station, 137 miles spent weekends in the mountains from from Layton, while Judd takes truck the middle of July to the end of Sepand trailer to the Bear River Ranger tember. District in the Uinta Mountains to cut Its the hardest work Ive ever wood, a round trip of 250 miles. i done, Judd said. But it is very enemseveral Rigby pays joyable work for those who like to spend ployees, including his sons, David and time in the mountains. slowdown to the warm weather and the general lack of money due to the recession:'. V - ,.A, full-tim- Royal Rigby, who cuts and splits logs on two acres near his home at 1627 N. Valley View Drive in Layton, says he has lost money on the business two of the four years he and his family have been involved in it. full-tim- Its and we have enjoyed the time spent in the mountains, but we havent made a lot of money, Rigby said. good exercise, An elementary school teacher by profession, Rigby says business has been slower this fall. He attributes the STACKS of logs are crowded near the Royal Rigby home in Layton, where firewood is sold by the Rigby family. Were The Special Place For You! Our Mall? and pose for pictures. The Jolly Old Gent from the . & Visit Santa Claus, his elves, j Raggedy Ann and Andy this entrance Friday morning, - 4 4 North Pole will make a grand ' 4i '' t Christmas season at November 28 at 10:00 a.m. i He will be in the Mall everyday to take your order, grant your wishes Layton Hills Mall. WVCN hlLLS MA L . 15, LaytonSyracuse Exit & ;i |