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Oregon vacationer Rose strongest of them all at Summer Jam

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They build them big in Oregon – and powerful.

Jeff Rose’s final order of business on his island adventure was to sit across from two-time defending champion Bronson Tiwanak, prop his feet up against a dividing board and play tug-of-war with a wooden stick.

The stick shattered once and Rose was forced to bend once, but he never broke in winning the Big Island Substance Abuse Council’s annual Summer Jam strongman competition at Edith Kanaka’ole Multipurpose Stadium.