Bethel Living Issue 25

FREE • Issue 25 February / March 2018

Bethel LIVING Telstar Youth Football

Community Spirit is Alive & Well!

The Bethel Outing Club In it’s 37th Year

Diggin’ Deeper into the History and Science behind the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Cheryl Gillespie Reports:

Skier’s Who are Young at Heart Rooster’s Roadhouse Recipes:

Pumpkin Bread, White Chocolate Bread Pudding and Briana’s Chambord Manhattan

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Publisher’s Note This winter in the Western Maine Mountains has given us constantly changing weather featuring a record deep freeze, beautiful sunny days and January thaws with heavy rainfall. But the ground is white and the skiing conditions remain excellent! The best is yet to come! So far this season I have been fat biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing to my heart’s content. Get outside - the woods are calling!

In this issue we are reporting on the Bethel area’s community spirit. Our Youth Football team offers coaching on and off the field, focussing on good sportsmanship and great life lessons. The Bethel Outing Club, now over 30 years old, continues to provide affordable access to cross-country skiing and people powered sports such as hiking, bicycling, running, paddling, swimming and roller skiing.

Jessica Sciraco keeps us up to speed with the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum, and Cheryl Gillespie reports that the senior scene on the slopes is one of social play, camaraderie and pot-luck parties. Who knew that aging could be so fun?

You’ll be able to impress your next guests with Steve & Gary’s White Chocolate Bread Pudding recipe from Rooster’s Roadhouse.

Deanne from the Bethel Area Chamber shares the Events Listings. With so much winter fun ahead, you’ll want to organize your calendar!

My production support team is wonderful, as are my advertisers, readers and subjects — you all make knocking together this magazine a joy, not a task. Every day I hear from friends and local folks who are as thrilled to live here as I am. Bethel and it’s surrounding villages, mountains, rivers and plains are where it’s at!

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TELSTAR YOUTH FOOTBALL Fortunately for the New England Patriots, the best football team in this corner of the country is probably a bit too young to pose much of a threat. Under the watchful gaze of coaches Dick Paaso, Elijah Mason, Aaron Vermette and Jack Mallory the 5th6th grade squad of Telstar Youth Football romped to an undefeated 2017 season; a feat not even their heroes down in Gillette Stadium could match.

The Telstar Youth Football program, now in its 15th year, is composed of more than fifty

students from 2nd through 8th grades in 4 local towns. This program — sponsored by the Town of Greenwood, staffed by dedicated coaches and managed by amazing volunteer parents — is focused on building a program that teaches young players the essentials of safety and conditioning combined with the fundamentals of football.

Coach Dominic Haines, who works with the 7th and 8th grade group, sums up what football means to the schools and the community:

“I coach because it makes me happy, but there is a bigger purpose. I went to Telstar for three years, and then moved on to Mountain Valley High School. At MVHS I found a football atmosphere, that feeling across the whole town where people loved football season. That’s what I want for the Telstar program. At Telstar we had a lot of talented athletes but could never put it all together because of lack of commitment, focus and dedication. The group of athletes coming through currently have great potential. With the right guidance, these upcoming players will seek their full potential. I feel obligated to give these kids the coaching and the guidance they deserve not only as football players but also as young men.”

Another core group are the parents, who

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do everything from scheduling refs to upholding league regulations to manning the snack shack and — at season’s end — making sure there’s enough pizza at the awards ceremony.

Parent Maranda Koskela shares her experience with TYF: “We started with Telstar Youth Football about four years ago when our oldest son wanted to play. As a mom, I was a little nervous about it. We arrived at the field to get him all fitted in his gear.

The coaches took so much time making sure everything fit the way it should and then it was time to go out onto the field.

My son was nervous and didn’t know anyone. He didn’t even make it all the way out to the field and was turning around to head back to us, but the other boys on the team saw this. Without even thinking about it or being asked the boys

headed over and helped him over that hump. Right then we knew this was the experience we wanted for him. It has turned into a family event with everyone knowing each other. We are all willing to help out. We look forward to football season every year with more kids and their families becoming involved. Now all four of our boys are in football. Its an amazing sport with amazing coaches, families and players and it’s a blast to watch and participate.”

Come on out and join in the fun by helping out the Middle and High School Boosters! Anyone can get involved.

FMI on Telstar Youth Football and Telstar Football visit their Facebook pages or call Telstar High School coach Tim O’Connor at (207) 890-6115

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A local fixture for more than 37 years...

While the Bethel Outing Club — a local fixture for more than 37 years — is best known for managing the annual ski sale each year in the Gould Academy field house, that is just the beginning of the great work done by this group. According to Nancy Babcock of Newry, while the ski sale makes money for the club, “it is just as much a way to connect people with the gear they need.”

And that, in a nutshell, is the focus of all the activities and programs that the BOC has come to sponsor and support over the past few decades; bringing people and families together with the resources necessary to enjoy the natural bounty of our area.

Don Angevine, a top-notch cross-country skier at Gould Academy in the late 1950s, created the Bethel Nordic Ski Club as a loosely organized association committed to promoting family oriented outings and youth development programs. As the group expanded into hiking and canoeing trips to fill the summer season void, the name changed to the Bethel Outing Club.

The BOC sponsors free after-school ski

programs with equipment for kids at Crescent Park Elementary School, and at the Woodstock elementary school. It has supported one at the Andover elementary school in the past too. The BOC also assists skiers at Telstar and Gould Academy in many ways as well. “The BOC has been great for me and my family,” continues Babcock, “When my son Kyler was in the Bill Koch Youth Ski League we certainly enjoyed getting together with other families to cross-country ski at the different ski centers in the area, as well as to enjoy the Bill Koch Festival at the end of the season.” She said the BOC also provides “a great way to be in touch with others who might want to go skiing, hiking, biking, paddling, dancing or whatever. Anyone can post something they’d like to do, looking for others who are interested.”

compete at Telstar High School, but lack of snow was a problem. “It had rained for four previous days. The snow on Telstar’s trails was rotten,” Angevine said, “and the only place where there was usable snow was on the snowmobile trails. The Town of Bethel came to the rescue, hauling 26 truckloads of snow for the jump.” The BOC brought the Bill Koch Festival back to town last winter, in March of 2017. Over 400 young

The Bill Koch Youth Ski League, the largest cross-country skiing membership group in the U.S., introduces kids between ages 5 and 14 to nordic skiing and competition. In March of 1983, the BOC hosted the annual Bill Koch Festival. 350 kids were set to Bethel LIVING | BethelLiving.com

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skiers, accompanied by their siblings and parents, experienced the best of Bethel on a cold, blustery weekend where there was no lack of snow, nor lack of enthusiasm and excitement.

Club President Norm Greenberg, a nineyear member, “joined to become more involved with nordic skiing in the Bethel area, to learn to be a better skier, to meet individuals and families interested in human powered outdoor recreation and to provide a great place for my family to enjoy the outdoors with other like-minded families,” he said. Three years ago, the club started a weekly trail running series on the Pine Hill Trails off Grover Hill Road, with 20 to 30 runners participating in a timed 5-kilometer and 5-mile loop. Runners included adults, Telstar and Gould high school students and younger children. In addition, said

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Greenberg, “Many of our 300+ members hike, roller ski, mountain bike, road bike, and participate in group rides organized

by Barker Mountain Bikes. Endurance recreation is growing in popularity, especially mountain biking locally.”

The Bethel Outing Club, together with Mahoosuc Pathways and community partner Gould Academy, has also taken over the cross-country center at the Bethel Inn, which provides the retail space for the Bethel Village Trails center, as well as the grooming equipment and fuel to sculpt the 25 miles of nordic, snowshoeing and fat biking trails. The two nonprofits provide management of the ski shop, instruction and rental gear for skiing and snowshoeing.

Barker Mountain Bikes provides fat bikes to rent at the shop. Some 50 volunteers help staff to run the ski center and instruct

beginners. “It’s a community ski center. You can literally walk up Main Street in your boots and out onto the trails and go skiing,” observes Bethel Inn’s Sales and Marketing Director Brad Jerome.

Every weekend and many weekdays through mid-March, BOC members can be seen using trails at The Bethel Inn, the new Bethel Village Trails, Carter’s X-C Center and other area venues. Whether you are a Nordic beginner or a seasoned pro, the BOC — a centerpiece of the thriving Bethel outdoor community — is a great place to expand your horizons.

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Digging Deeper

into the History and Science behind Maine Mineral & Gem Museum’s Rock Garden

by Myles Felch, Assistant Curator

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Barnard Slate Quarry worker, Will Roberts, splitting slate by hand to make shingles. The alignment of mineral grains in slate give the rock its characteristic ‘slaty cleavage’, allowing for consistent splitting along a parallel plane. Photo courtesy of the Monson Historical Society.

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MINED, GLOBALLY WORN. DIG IT!

The Maine Mineral & Gem Museum’s (MMGM) Rock Garden exhibit contains a range of specimens that represent many aspects of Maine’s geology and mineral resource industries. In the last issue of Bethel Living magazine we featured granite, perhaps Maine’s most well-known mineral resource. In this issue we will cover two other mineral resources that have long been important to Maine’s economy, slate and lime (marble).

Slate quarrying began in Maine in the early 1800’s. Most of the mining activity was located in northern Maine in the towns of Blanchard, Brownfield and Monson.

Production in these areas continued for some time and began to wind down after WWI. Products are still manufactured today

by Sheldon Slate in Monson, Piscataquis Co., Maine, who donated the three slabs seen in MMGM’s rock garden.

Slate is a foliated, low grade, regional metamorphic rock, meaning that the rock was subjected to moderately low temperatures and pressures that induced change. Foliated rocks have distinguishable layers that are created by the alignment of mineral grains, which is the result of directed pressures applied by tectonic forces.

Shale, a sedimentary rock, is the predecessor of slate, or in geology speak a ‘protolith’, a fancy way of saying the former rock that became slate once it was metamorphosed.

Shale forms from the buildup of sediment on the bottom of ocean basins, primarily clay mineral grains. One can think of slate as having formed from sediment that deposited in an ocean basin. For this particular specimen, the sediment would have been deposited approximately 360-420 million years ago in an ocean that no longer exists!

One of the advantages of working with slate is that it will continually break in a preferred orientation, commonly called “slaty cleavage”. This characteristic breakage is due to the alignment of millions of microscopic grains of mica (a flat, sheetlike mineral), which is the primary mineral constituent in slate though there are small amounts of other minerals like quartz.

Slate has many applications ranging from building materials like household counters

and sinks, as an insulator for capacitors and electric switchboards, pool tables and in the past it was commonly used for chalk boards.

Its ability to resist weathering makes it an ideal material for uses like roofing shingles and monuments.

Marble mining in Maine began in the mid 1700’s for the production of lime, a key ingredient used in manufacturing mortar and concrete and to a lesser extent as a soil amendment for agricultural purposes.

Although much of the production has ceased today, Dragon Products Company of Thomaston, Maine processes this material for the purpose of cement products. They donated one of the two marble boulders seen in MMGM’s rock garden.

Maine’s lime quarrying industry, like many of the earliest granite and pegmatite quarries, was located in close proximity to the coastline. Early on this was a favorable circumstance as schooners were a primary mode of transporting large volumes of goods. Lime production was primarily centered around the towns of Thomaston, Rockport and Rockland and to a lesser extent the towns of Union and Warren.

In fact, the industry was so prolific it is the reason why the town of ‘Rockland’ was given its name.

Boulder of banded gray marble donated by Dragon Products Company of Thomaston, Maine.

Slabs of slate donated by Sheldon Slate of Monson, Maine.

Marble is a metamorphic rock that develops from the metamorphism of limestone, its sedimentary protolith. Marble and limestone are composed primarily of calcite, a calcium carbonate mineral, which comes from sediment derived from shelled organisms living in the ocean. The organisms that made this rock were living over 540 million years ago.

Many of these Rock Garden specimens were acquired in the form of donations.

Visitors interested in getting involved in the project will have an opportunity to sponsor a specimen in the rock garden. Interested supporters can also set their name in stone on the granite pavers lining the pathway of the rock garden. For a complete list of available pavers and prices visit MMGM’s website.

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When most people think of marble they recall the pure white varieties used for carving sculptures, however, it comes in a wide variety of shades. In this specimen both the dark and light portions are composed of marble.

The dark portions are the result of impurities.

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Skiers who are

Young at Heart

What do skiers do when they reach their senior years? Hopefully . . . ski. To see some older folks in action visit Sunday River on any weekday and you will encounter many skiers with decades of hitting the slopes under their belts. Senior skiers say the sport keeps them young. Many love to share their passion — and their prowess — with grandchildren, providing a crossgenerational common bond. Everyone looks like they’re having a ton of fun, too.

According to Darcy Lambert of Sunday River there are about 500 pass-holders taking advantage of the discount offered on silver and gold passes to skiers between the ages of sixty-five and seventy-nine. And surely there are a great many more senior skiers who avoid the weekend crowds by

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by Cheryl Gillespie

purchasing bronze passes, which are not discounted. In addition, there are about 100 free passes given to skiers age eighty and over, a very admirable number. It is heartening to watch people who ski well into their eighties. Greg Sweetser, Executive Director of the Maine Ski Association, fondly boasts of his mother Connie skiing until she was eighty-four.

In searching out senior skiers, Bethel Living decided to go to the North Peak lodge at ten o’clock on a weekday to meet with members of the Prime Time Ski Club. There, club president Jack Kuchta and his wife Irene were most welcoming. In no time, a rowdy group of about twenty people filled the downstairs room. Jack told BL that females outnumber males in the club, which boasts

approximately 150 members. Among that number are about a dozen skiers aged eighty or older. One eighty-plus female skier is involved with Maine Adaptive Sports at Sunday River.

As everyone readied to head out, information was shared — mixed with lots of jokes — while one woman gushed, “You won’t have to struggle to keep up with your husband.”

Several other women laughed and voiced agreement. We all skied off in groups, as the club’s motto is “You’ll Never Ski Alone.” In fact, on the club website there are original lyrics meant to be sung to the tune of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” An invitation was extended to join the potluck supper that same evening at the Grand Summit Hotel.

There, BL learned more about these skiers.

The original Prime Time Club had its start in the late 1980s, but it became fully established and grew to the current membership level in the early 2000s. To become a member one has to be at least fifty or have a spouse who is, and one person of the couple must ski.

Fulfilling that requirement and paying an initial $25.00 membership fee ($15.00 to renew thereafter) is all that is required to join the club.

Membership benefits are great, with many activities offered in addition to skiing. To list just a few: there are potluck suppers,

beer and wine tastings, movie nights at the Gem Theater with drinks and pizza before the show, snow shoeing, cooking classes, game nights, ski lessons and field trips to other ski areas such as Bretton Woods and Sugarloaf. Off season, members bike, kayak and enjoy other spring, summer and fall activities.

The club sets members up with discounts at local ski shops, restaurants and lodging at the Pleasant River Motel.

Of course, many senior skiers do their own thing with family and friends instead of joining a club. Those wishing to enjoy a change in skiing venue can connect with tour operator Joe Parent. When BL asked Joe if he had skied his whole life, he replied,

“Not yet.” This devoted skier has been on the Sunday River ski patrol for 30 years and has organized ski trips to France, Italy and Switzerland, as well as excursions to Big Sky in Montana through his travel company, Happy Times Tours, for 38 years. For 2018, Happy Times is offering a trip to Bormio, a ski resort in the northern Italian Dolomites.

After seven days of skiing in Bormio, trip participants can opt to enjoy an extension of three days in Amsterdam before returning to the states. All ages are welcome to join Joe’s ski outings, and senior skiers flock to the well organized trips which feature economical lodging, meals and transportation.

As a ski patroller, Joe welcomes the addition of snowboarders to the trails, where he has found that accident rates involving skiers vs. snowboarders are comparable.

Some snowboarders go too fast, but so do many skiers. Everyone must learn to share the trails. His advice — ski and ride in control. Skiing in your senior years can seem daunting, but life has many risks. Why not take those risks on a beautiful mountain where the years melt away as one glides down a trail feeling young?

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Ingredients

• 1 ½ Cups Water • 1 ½ Cups Vegetable Oil • 6 Cups Flour • 6 Cups Sugar • 2 ¼ Tsp. Cinnamon • 1 ¼ Tsp. Nutmeg • 5 ¼ Tsp. Baking Soda • 5 Whole Large Eggs • 1 Can (29 oz.) Pumpkin

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Mix all Ingredients together with an electric hand or stand mixer. Spray Loaf Pans with Cooking Spray, and fill ½ full with the batter. Bake in a Pre-Heated Conventional Oven at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.

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Local Events

by Deanne Bodemer

ONGOING EVENTS:

2-5pm Valentine Farm, 162 North Rd, Bethel: An afternoon of “snowful”

Thursday Night Lights: Fat Bike Chal-

activities. Snow bowling, sit skiing, sled relay, snowshoeing, friends play-

lenges (Feb. 1 & 22) and Rail Jams (Feb.

ing, snow critter-making, hundreds of snow angels, silent auction, bonfire.

8) from 3:30pm-8pm at Mt Abram, 308

Games designed for family fun.

Howe Hill Rd, Greenwood.

Feb. 15-18: Team USA Weekend Mt. Abram Ski Area. Olympic Spirit

Trails & Tavern: Nordic ski every Friday

at Mt. Abram – GO America! Maine Middle School Championship GS on

from 1-3pm, then Happy Hour at Mill-

Wednesday and Maine High School Skiing SL on Friday. mtabram.com,

brook Tavern from 3-5pm at the Bethel

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Village Trails located at The Bethel Inn Resort, 21 Broad Street, Bethel.

Feb. 21: A Day in the Life of a Mt. Washington Snow Ranger Shelburne, NH Town Office at 7pm. The Mount Washington Avalanche

FEBRUARY – MARCH 2018 EVENTS:

Center is the is the oldest backcountry forecasting program in the country

Feb. 1-4: Ullr Festival Mt. Abram Ski

and the only American avalanche center east of the Rockies. Helon Hof-

Resort. Celebration of “Ullr”, the Norse

fer’s duties include avalanche forecasting and leading Search and Rescue

God of skiing, snow, ice and archery. Celebratory games throughout the

efforts in the Cutler River drainage on the east side of Mount Wash-

day along with food, drink and a bonfire at night. Also the New England

ington beginning on December 1 each year through the end of winter

Telemark Festival is on Saturday, geared specifically for telemark skiers,

avalanche season. He also promotes mountain safety and snow science.

with clinics, rentals, demos, and a telemark-only Giant Slalom race event.

Winter climbers and skiers on Mount Washington rely on the vital service

mtabram.com, 207-875-5000

provided by Helon and his fellow snow rangers to insure their safety on

Feb 3: Chef Summit Sunday River. Join award-winning chefs from top

Mount Washington’s winter slopes. mahoosuc.org

restaurants across New England and from around the world for a night of

Feb. 17-23: Maine & Massachusetts School Vacation Week Sunday

celebration in the mountains with samplings of world-class food and bev-

River. Trail conditions are at their peak and the whole week is stacked

erage. Complementing the food are creative cocktails from top mixolo-

with fun on and off the slopes for kids of all ages. Plus, the lights stay on

gists and a selection of wine pairings. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754

all week for night skiing and special evening performances. sundayriver.

Feb. 8- 11: Feel The Love Weekend Mt. Abram Ski Resort. Bring your

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sweetheart skiing or riding! There’s a Partner Race, Valentines Dinner Spe-

Feb. 18-25: Maine & Massachusetts School Vacation Week Mt.

cials on Saturday, and on Sunday, there’s the USSA/MARA U 12/14 Slalom

Abram Ski Resort. Activities all week long include a torchlight parade,

Qualifier. mtabram.com, 207-875-5000

Abram’s Games, State High School Championship Racing, family events,

Feb. 9-11: White Out Weekend (WOW) Sunday River. WOW is all about stellar skiing and riding, special events, including a themed party,

Fitch-Gilpatrick Memorial Race, ski club auction, and more. mtabram.com, 207-875-5000

fireworks, and après-ski socials, all hosted by Sunday River Resort in

Feb. 24: 3D Air & Après Show Twelve Olympic and XGames Pro

association with The OutRyders, New England’s largest GLBTQ ski and

Athletes performing big air rounds. The graphics are high tech, provid-

snowboard club. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754

ing an entertaining mix with music, hi-tech visuals and big air by the best

Feb. 10: Snowmaggedon Fat Bike Race Bethel Village Trails. Start

athletes in the world! sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754

time 9:50am for the longer course of 12-16 miles and start time of 10am

Mar. 1-4: WABAC (Way Back) Weekend Mt. Abram Ski Resort. Pre-

for the shorter course of 6-8 miles. Partnering with Barker Mountain Bikes

1980 retro fun with Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Friends. Seasonal Programs’

and The Bethel Inn Resort, this race offers excellently groomed trails,

Finale and Kombi Races on Saturday. Hear Me Now Fundraiser Race and

prizes and after-race party with lunch and beer at The Millbrook Tavern.

BBQ social event on Sunday. mtabram.com, 207-875-5000

mahoosucpathways.org, 207-824-6276 Feb. 11: Great Maine Outdoor Weekend with Mahoosuc Land Trust

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Mar. 6: 20th Anniversary Instrumental Concert Telstar Regional High School, 284 Walker’s Mills Road, Bethel. 7pm. 207-824-2136

Mar. 8-11: Early Bird Weekend Mt. Abram Ski Resort. 2019 Pass Purchase deals and Time Change!! Baxter Outdoors Packed Powder Races (up and back down!) on Saturday. mtabram.com, 207-875-5000 Mar. 8-10: Mono-Ski Training Camp Sunday River. Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation hosts a free 3-day clinic for mono-skiers. Clinics are taught by skilled mono-skiers, with the goal of improving individual skiing ability and comfort level in all aspects of the sport. New this year – a training clinic for youth ages 9-15. maineadaptive.org, 800-639-7770

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Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 1247, 8 Station Place Bethel, ME 04217 Tel: 207.824.2282 • Fax: 207.824.7123 Toll-free: 800.442.5826 info@bethelmaine.com • www.bethelmaine.com www.facebook.com/bethelarea Sunday River. Hundreds of skiers, riders, volunteers, and participants join

Mar. 10: Flying Moose Classic XC Ski Race Bethel Village Trails at The

together to raise money for Maine Adaptive’s free programs. Once again

Bethel Inn Resort. Classic technique, mass start XC ski race. 2.5km, 10km

this year, the Ski-A-Thon will include The Something Bigger Rando Race,

or 22km timed races and youth/Bill Koch League events.

part of the New England Rando Series. Start a team, register for the race,

bethelouting.org. 207-214-8357

or donate today. maineadaptive.org, 800-639-7770

Mar. 12: MS Camp Sunday River. Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation

Mar. 25: Chili Cook-off & Master of the Hose Race Sunday River. It’s

will host a dedicated day of programming for individuals living with Mul-

the hot firefighters carrying firehoses while skiing down the slalom course

tiple Sclerosis. maineadaptive.org, 800-639-7770

to compete against the cool snowmakers carrying a snowmaking hose

Mar. 15-18: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Celebration Mt. Abram Ski

this year! And don’t forget the chili cook-off between amateur and profes-

Resort. Loose Boots Lounge Party on Saturday. Winter Kids Family Day

sional contestants. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754

on Sunday-TBD. mtabram.com, 207-875-5000

Mar. 29-Apr. 1: Pass Holder Appreciation Weekend Mt. Abram Ski

Mar. 17: DaPonte String Quartet Concert West Parish Congrega-

Resort. Celebrating our Mt. Abram community, friends and family! mta-

tional Church, Bethel at 3:30pm. Maine’s premier resident string quartet

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will present a public concert, preceded at 1pm by a workshop with local

Mar. 30-31: World Pro Ski Tour Sunday River. Welcome world-class ski-

young string students. daponte.org

ers from Olympic, World Cup, and NCAA competitions! Want to race with

Mar. 17: Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo The Bethel Inn Resort.

them? Alpine athletes over the age of 18 may register to race. Dual alpine

Fishing guides, camps, retail vendors, fishing videos, fly tying competi-

racing and other events held on Locke Mountain and near Barker Lodge.

tions, outdoor authors, and artists. Prizes drawn every hour. bethelinn.

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com, 800-654-0125 Mar. 17: Spring Après Concert #1 Sunday River. Celebrate the start of the Après Spring Concert Series with St. Patty’s Day Celebration. Beginning March 17, the resort will host three live shows, featuring live music slopeside at South Ridge along with a barbecue and family-friendly fun. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754 Mar. 21: Leading from Behind: A Day in the Life of a Dogsledder McLaughlin Auditorium, Gould Academy at 7pm. Unlike many of us, Caroline Blair-Smith and her husband, Andy, feel at home riding on a sled behind a team of dogs. They provide dogsledding courses for Outward

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Bound, race in the Can-Am Crown in Fort Kent, and lead half- and fullday tours to the general public. Come and learn about this fascinating lifestyle and try out a sled! mahoosuc.org Mar. 22-25: Island Fever Weekend – Ja man Mt. Abram Ski Resort.

1st Annual Mt. Abram Ski Club Games on Saturday. Can you say Goof-Ball Olympics? mtabram.com, 207-875-5000 Mar. 24: Spring Après Concert #2: Sunday River Resort will host its second live show, featuring live music slopeside at South Ridge along with a barbecue and family-friendly fun. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754 Mar. 24: World Snowblade Championship Sunday River. World Snowblade Championship is a fun competition built to honor the evolution of skiing. Competitors can showcase their skills in every aspect of skiing while on snowblades. Dust off these amazing short skis and get ready to have some fun. sundayriver.com, 800-543-2754 Mar. 24: 33rd Annual Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation Ski-A-Thon Bethel LIVING | BethelLiving.com

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