MyTake JESSICA JOHNSON
It’s Their Hearts: The People Of Seaway Timber Harvesting
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ach time the committee behind the Timber Harvesting Logging Business Of The Year award meets to discuss nominees the conversation defaults to their business acumen. And for this year’s winner, their business acumen is one of the brightest and strongest we’ve seen in many years. Their diversification streams rival those of South Carolina’s Williams family and their takecharge attitude echoes Oregon’s Millers and Idaho’s Ikolas. The Curran family joins a long list of logging families throughout the country who’ve won this award while remaining humble and remembering where they came from— and who helped them get there. While all three brothers, Pat, Lee and
Tim, are involved in daily operations, all agree Tim is the driving force in the woods. Pat comments, “The award that has been given is because of Tim’s push in the woods. That’s what this is about.” Tim checks on all the crews each day, does the most machine operating on a daily basis and is the one who interfaces with the numerous woods crews the most. Each brother excels at a different aspect, they agree that without the extremely dedicated team at Seaway, nothing would ever roll. Furthermore, the brothers agree that without the efforts of Seaway Timber office staff Judy Converse and MaryLou Babcock literally nothing would ever roll. Pat admits the four women
in the two company offices do enough work to keep 10 men busy. “When I watch some of them do things that would take me all day to do in 10 minutes, I am like ‘wow’,” he laughs. For Tim, the employees are dedicated because that’s who they are: “It’s your heart. It’s your pride. You’re going to finish it whatever it takes. You’re going to get the job done.” The culture of Seaway is one of hard work: Everyone puts their hands in and gets the job done and the bosses are no exception. Tim adds, “Every one of our employees knows if ➤ 37
Gary Prashaw, left, with Dylan Aldous
The shop crew, from left, Bobby Richards, Ben McKane, Parker Aldous, Zach Rolland, Rodney Aldous, Jacob Rakitis and Bradley LaRock
Woods crew, from left, Tom Foster, John Hubbard, Chad Griffin, Andy Green, Dusty Green, Matt Foster and Romeo Thibault
Paul Coffey
Keith Fenner
Woods crew, from left, Mark Curran, Trever Jeror, Dave Guyette, Reggie Francis, Seth Gabri, Kevin Johnston and Richard Woods
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