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	Podcast:		Business Beat
	Episode:		Business Beat - At Fair Time, Chainsaws Create a Buzz
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:00
	Publish Date:		2016-09-21 13:27:39
	Description:		Sandy Songer of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, has a bit of advice for anyone who wants to watch chainsaw artists in action. “If you’re going to stay around us very long, you need to put some earplugs in,” she says with a laugh, as chainsaws revved and roared behind her like race cars, drowning out everything else in the background. From carnival barkers, to Ferris wheels humming, to snorts and moos of livestock shows, late-summer state and county fairs are noisy, chaotic affairs. Add to the din this season: chainsaws buzzing. At the Adams (Illinois) County Fair at the end of July, a group of carvers brought their saws and their ear plugs to compete in chainsaw carving competition. Each artist turned a block of wood into a sculpture – an animal, a wizard, a dragon – and the artist whose work brought in the most money at auction was declared the winner. Songer demonstrated her sculpting skills at the fair with her husband, Stevie. She said they’ve been carving for 16 years. “He was a chainsaw
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