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Results of the 2010 Monson Summer Festival

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On the cover Adin Gorey, 8, of Monson prepares for the Anything Floats race in a cra fashioned from a bunk

bed ladder and plas c cat li er jugs.

Anah Temple Mys c Shrine clowns Diggah, Sco Knight, and Ducky, Phil Lovell, pose for the cam-era.

Pete Weymouth of Auburn and originally from Monson plays harmonica at the jam session at Monson General Store.

Jack Dailey, 16, of Salt Lake City, UT, and Monson, starts the third leg of the Lake Hebron Slate Man Triathlon a er running and kayaking.

A note Mark your 2011 calendar on the third Friday

and Saturday in July as the annual Monson Sum-

mer Fes val.

If the 2010 celebra on on July 16 and 17 was

any indica on, the entertainment, cra s, races

and games will again be worth the trip.

Those who already make Monson their des na-

on know it as the year-round home to some of

the best live music, authen c food, and hand-

made cra s available anywhere in the region. The

fes val is an excuse to dangle them like ripened

fruit to passersby, beckoning like the old friends

who travel many miles to gather here on balmy

summer days.

It is easy to see why Monson is called home to

some, seasonal home to others, and, for the rest

of us, a good place to stop for awhile.

—Emily Adams

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General Store Jammers

Monson General Store is the scene of informal music sessions Friday nights throughout the year and the fes val was no excep on. Below le , Jackie Purmort-Labue of Sandwich, Mass. Below right, Jim Brown of Abbot. Players this par cular night also included Pete Weymouth, George Williamson, Colleen Pinkerton, Joe Fields, Mark Frink, Jason Curran, Thomas Kirkman, Toby Hall, Mike Kagan, store co-owner Tim Anderson, and Stephanie Panciera, who runs a bakery there (and even grinds her own wheat).


Art exhibit

Pottery demonstration

North Woods images captured by Dexter photographer Bert Lincoln Call (1866-1965) were displayed at the Monson Community Center side by side with quotes from author Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) as part of a traveling exhibit presented by the Dexter Historical Society. Though Call’s photos were taken thirty-five years a er Thoreau’s Maine travels, curator Frank Spizuoco es mates that five of the loca ons captured by Call might be exact images of what Tho-reau would have seen. Reproduc ons are available for sale at North Light Gallery in Millinocket, www.artnorthlight.com. To host the exhibit, email Spizuoco at [email protected]. More informa on is available at: www.callthoreauexhibit.com.

Jemma Gascoine of Blanchard gave a po ery demonstra on at the Community Center.

www.jemmagascoine.com


Street dance Bobby Har ord, le , DJs the Friday night dance from the bandstand with literally thousands of songs to choose from. Ken Carey, below, runs the lights.

Amanda Melia, vice president of the Mon-son Fire Department’s women’s auxiliary, handles the snack table. Behind her, le to right, are Maro Peloquin, Philip Diolin, Chris Lyman and Bruce Erickson. Not pic-tured is Paula Cates, auxiliary president.


Individual Male

1. Jack Dailey, 30:54

2. Tom Cronkite, 30:59

3. Shay Daily, 33:37 Individual Female

4. Karl Smith, 36:50 1. Trisha Moulton, 50:42

Relay Teams

1. Shawn Nelson, Nathan Burckhard, Jodie Burckhard, Toby Nelson, 32:30

2. Rebekah Santagata, Susan Fitzwilliam, Joanne Adkins, 39:39

Par cipants pictured here, including representa ves of two relay teams, ready to run two miles, kayak one mile and bike three miles (distances are approximate) in the third annual sprint triathlon. Jack Dailey, far right, finished first among individual males.

Above le , Trisha Moulton accepts her trophy from John Wentworth. Above right, Tom Cronkite prepares to cross Lake Hebron in the second leg of the race from Greenleaf Landing to Town Cove Beach. Behind him is Joann Adkins wai ng to start her leg of her team’s relay.

Lake Hebron Slate Man Triathlon


Face painting Lisa Laser paints the face of Chas ty Vainio at the Lake Hebron Ar sans art and gi shop on Main Street. The shop is a co-opera ve with about thirty members

Basket, Annalee Libby

Teapot, Paige Pride Leather journal, Zip Sopp

Handbag, Valerie Miller

Presentation about ‘Jim Whyte’ A talk at the Monson Museum by Carlson Williams of Dover-Foxcro turned back the clock to the days when local residents speculated about the mysterious Jim Whyte (born in the 1860s in New York City). He bought thirty acres (“The Lookout”) in Onawa about 1895 and, apart from occasional trips, lived in a well-appointed cabin—all with no visible means of support. His adven-turous background (mariner, pearl diver, gold prospector), fluency in six other languages, and woods-wise ways added to the intrigue. The answer to the mystery hit newsstands at least as far away as Boston in the wake of his death in 1933, and sparked new conjec-ture whether buried treasure remained. Whyte (an alias) would—for a me—receive narco cs dropped from the nearby passing train and smuggle them to New York. Electronic versions of 1934 Boston Herald and 1963 Piscataquis Observer ar cles are a must read for local history buffs and are available from Williams.


Dunk tank

Kiara Huff, right, dunks Alexandra Melia.

Carnival games

Gunnar Ranta, le , wins the toilet paper toss then collects his prize from Kris and Nicole Smith. Other games (and their facilitators) included the lollipop tree, ducks, skeet-ball, ring toss, bean bag toss and ski ball. Game assistants included Nicholas Roe ger, Chris Lyman, Kaitlin Lyman, Caden Lyman and Sa-mantha Smith.

Pie contest

Miranda Stormer’s graham cracker pie and Chris n Shellito’s chocolate chip pie were entered in the pie con-test at the Monson General Store. Judges were county commissioner Eric Ward, Deb Boyd of the chamber of commerce and Monson resident Vern Darling.


Breakneck Ridge Farm

Tenney Hill Farm

The fes val brochure urged tours of two farms, including that of Steve Hobart (above) and his wife, Diana, of Blanchard. The farm winters 55 bison and also produces over 300 gallons of maple syrup with the help of a 1,000-tap, vacuum pipe system. The main a rac on is 2,000-pound breeder Durango (le ).

www.breakneckridgefarm.com

There are 26 Icelandic and Jacob sheep at the farm of Bill Ranta and his wife, Cindy (pictured above with sheepskins and pure Jacob, two-ply, worsted yarn from the farm’s sheep). The wool can also be made into giant comforter bats (below le ) that Cindy says are warmer than down comforters. Below right, Floreda Parker of Williman c spins Icelandic roving.


Anything Floats race

Christmas in July: Emily Turner, Mackenzie Mazzeo, and Jo Pan-ciera (plas c barrels duct taped and sheathed in a shower curtain)

Redneck ‘Yaut’ Club: Danny Smith and Bruce Erickson (split halves of a 40-gallon plas c barrel mounted on a pick-up truck box). They won the Most Comical award.

Aloha: Miranda Stormer, 11, of Brunswick, GA and Monson. She finished first in the kids’ category.

Summer Fun: Tyler Bartle , 12, of Wells.

John Wentworth starts the race as David Ray looks on.


Flu er Fly Garden: Rebekah Reynolds and Jen-nifer Clawson (plas c tubs on a wooden pla orm)

Miracle on the Hudson (as in Flight 1549): Misty and Chace Tucker and Jill and Damon Tucker (a wooden pallet on sealed PVC pipe and plas c buckets).

Hawaiian Paradise: Cassidy Panciera (bo om) and Hannah Vainio.

The Flyer: Sarah Kallis, 10, and Emi-ly Kallis, 8, of Sandy Springs, GA and Monson. They earned the Most Crea ve award.

Swamped, Redneck Yaut Club gets assistance from fellow racers at reaching the finish line.


The recrea on commi ee’s $5 pavilion lunch serves up a choice of main entrée, sides, a drink and even ice cream for dessert. The lunch was served by Kary Lyman, Mathew Anderson, Curt Persinger, Ed Haslam, Sue and Vern Darling, Julie Anderson and others.

Ken and Louise Bishop of Ken’s Lunch Wagon serve up hand cut french fries and daughter, Terri, makes co on candy in keeping with the 2010 carnival theme.

Karlee Kaercher of Lewisberry, PA with Madi and Lilly buy tomato jam at the street-side cra fair.


The Monson Gym is the scene of the annual alumni social hour and banquet.

Lucky ming finds brothers Paul and John Davis of Mansfield, MA, in Monson during the fes val. Monson is the last town heading north on the Appalachian Trail to Mount Katahdin through the 100-mile wilderness. This was the brothers’ first me doing a sec onal hike of the AT and they think they would like to hike other sec ons in the future. They started in Caratunk and es -mated it would take three weeks in all.

Alice Davis wins a Tastefully Simple basket in the coffee-can raffle. Ed Hoovler, on the meg-aphone, and Sue Darling, call out the winners.

Monson feels like another home to Peter Grady of Bristol, CT, pictured here with half-sister Vieno Sarles of Lakeworth, FL, whom he met for the first me in 2009.


Twins Eddie and Eldred Johnson, origi-nally from Monson and now of West Palm Beach, FL, accompany Alexandra Conover and Kermit Benne at Spring Creek Bar-B-Q.

Lake Shore House featured Old Abode from Hamp-ton Falls, NH: Jus n Labbe (acous c and electric guitar), Graham Duvalle (drums), and Shea Ellis (guitar, mandolin).

Spring Creek Bar-B-Q’s Mike and Kim Witham hosted the

band Beechwood of Henniker, NH: Andy Young (keyboard),

Dan Foster (bass), Jason Michie (drums) and Jerry Richardson

(vocals and guitar).


Finnish Farmers Club dance

About fi y dancers of all ages a ended the Finn Dance to live music by Wood-song (Alexandra Conover on accordion, Toby Hall on guitar and Ned Garner on cello) and others invited to join. Mike Levinsky provided dance instruc on.

Don and Ethel Higgins of Saco and Abbot play a variety of roles at the club.


Fireworks by Blue Hill Pyrotechnics

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