Lee,
The other thing I would worry about is borers. It won't be bad if you're storing the wood indoors. I had good luck with the batch of osage I cut last summer spraying it with an insecticide. I just debarked some last night and it was clean. It was still a little damp so I sealed it after debarking. Of course, you could debark those half logs and seal the back with more elmers. That works even better. The bark comes off easier when it's green. I tore off a draw knife handle last night on a very seasoned billet debarking it.
We have cedar down here but it doesn't seem to be ERC, doesn't look like that and isn't as red in the heartwood. I like to cut rounds off a cedar log and make turkey fan plaques with it. They finish out real pretty, but like to split so you have to seal them.
George