AL - Waiting For Work In The Silent Woods

Longtime independent logger Clarence "Sunnyman" Primm is struggling to keep from laying off his crew as the economic downturn continues to ripple through his industry and Alabama community

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Waiting For Work In The Silent Woods

Longtime independent logger Clarence "Sunnyman" Primm is struggling to keep from laying off his crew as the economic downturn continues to ripple through his industry and Alabama community.

By Wil Haygood
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 13, 2009

CAMDEN, Ala. -- Clarence "Sunnyman" Primm figures there are more than 70 people connected with the lumber industry in these parts who know how to reach him on his two-way radio. He loves the crackling sound of the thing. Because when a call comes in, when the buzzing pierces his blue shirt, when that scratchy human voice reaches out to him, it's often a work order. And then Sunnyman circles his beefy arm in the air -- as though he were twirling an invisible rodeo rope -- and says, "Let's go." And he and his men are off, rolling through the thick woods of southwestern Alabama.

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Web Site: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203423.html

Category: Forestry>Who's Who

Region: Alabama

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