Rangeley Winterpalooza winners announced

RANGELEY — The Rangeley Skating Club and the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce have announced the contest winners for the third annual Rangeley Winterpaloozah, held Feb 18.
The club and the chamber teamed up this year to expand the event, which featured all the favorites from past years — all free — including skating, curling, pond hockey, fat tire bikes, snowshoes, kick sleds, horse and cart rides, a marshmallow roast, snow golf, snow kite, snow castle and more.

It also had a slate of new pay-to-enter competitions for the entire family, with prizes awarded to winners in each competition. Competitions included Cardboard Sled Race, Dog Keg Pull, Frying Pan Toss, Paloozah Carry (a variation on the popular wife-carry event), Fat Tire Bike Race, Snow Sculpture Contest and the Paloozathon Race.
Winners of the competitions in the various categories were:
Paloozathon Race: Men – Kris Thompson; Women – Robin LeBlond; Youth – Brayden Thompson.
Cardboard Sled: Best Design – (Tie) Michael Flewelling with Troy Hathaway and Tessa Eustis.
Cardboard Sled Race: Violet & Jeffrey Chase.
Dog Keg Pull: Small Dogs – Eric Anderson with Fiona; Medium Dogs – Nancy Perlson with Scout; Large Dogs – BJ Carter with Bear.
Frying Pan Toss: Men – Pete Clancy; Women – Maureen Clancy; Youth – Will Clancy.
Fat Tire Bike Race: First – Chris Riley; Second – Eric Anderson; Third – Andrew Flanagan.
Paloozah Carry: First – Matt and Liz Blair; Second – Lily Temple and Drew Rogers.
Snow Sculpture Contest – Aurora & Brittany Wetherill.

PHOTO: Bear and his person, BJ Carter, were the winners in the large dog Dog Keg Pull at Rangeley’s Winterpaloooza Feb. 18. (Submitted photo)