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By Bill Van Tassel
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust organized the 2018 Norway Snowshoe Festival with the theme of Polar Explorers. The snowshoe events were named after Norway’s W.F. Tubbs, founder of Tubbs Snowshoes Company in 1909.
Snowshoes, sleds, ski-moccasins and “sno-shu” chairs from the Tubbs’ company were used by Admiral Byrd’s South Pole Expedition in 1906.
This year’s festival also featured a family contradance at the Grange, with fiddler Pam Weeks and caller Bill Olson.
The snowshoe race participants also were able to have some fun with three-legged and wife-carrying races as well as musical chairs in the snow. The snowshoe events were held at Roberts Farm Preserve Feb. 17. Participants were treated to a fire-pit lunch provided by Norway Brewing Company, Café Nomad and Pietree Orchard. Fibre and Vine presented an era-based, Hortense Gates fashion parade with wooden snowshoes and wool outfits.
Around 60 people of all ages took part in the various snowshoe events that featured 2-, 5- and 10-kilometer races. Participants ranged in age from three to 65.
A few of the results: 2-kilometer — 1st, D. Whynot of Hebron; 2nd, Mary Kincer; 3rd, C. Hodgkins of Greenwood; 4th Jeff Stuhr of Norway; 5th M. Kincer; 6th, Grace Sheloske of Minot; 7th, E. Paddock of Poland.
5-kilometer — 1st, Sarah Reynolds of Farmington; 2nd, Spencer Hapgood; 3rd, Carissa Winning of Norway; 4th Kevin Mithchell; 5th, Derrick Whynot of Hebron; and 6th, Andy Whynot of Hebron.
10-kilometer: 1st, Alan Pimental of Gray; 2nd, Hanne Heinrich; 3rd, Jeff Fisher of Durham; 4th, Jacob Pelletier of Portland; 5th, Scott Berk of Oxford.
TOP PHOTO: Rebecca Wall, of Oxford, carries daughter Olive through the snowshoe course at Roberts Farm Preserve. The two-year-old seemed to enjoy the ride at the 2018 Snowshoe Festival in Norway. (Bill Van Tassel photo)
