Rangeley Skating Club and Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce Announce Results of The 8th Annual Rangeley Winterpaloozah!

Taylor Follette

The Rangeley Skating Club and the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce that the 8th Annual Rangeley Winterpaloozah!, a fun-filled celebration of winter activities and competitions for the entire family, was a huge success. The event took place on Sunday, February 19th, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM at Town Park & Haley Pond Park.

The Skating Club and the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce teamed up again this year to host the event, which included all the favorites from past years – skating, curling, pond hockey, horse & wagon rides, marshmallow roast, snow kite, and Snowball “Ted” – All FREE! New this year was Heartsong Kennels providing dog sled rides throughout the day. We had 3 of our competitions at Town Park, Dog Keg Pull, Buoy Ball and Log Toss, with the Cardboard Box Race at Rangeley Inn Pavilion. We had a few defending champs and some new competitors showed up to give it a go.

Winners of the competitions were:

Dog Keg Pull

Small Dogs – Terry Guen with “Cassie”, a 2-time Champion

Medium Dogs – Nancy Perlson and “Scout”, a 5-time Champion.

Large Dogs – Gary Perlson and “Thor”

Cardboard Sled (Best Design) – Best Design Dakota BerVemeyer – Red Fire Sled

Cardboard Sled (Race) – Elliot Richardson

Firewood Toss

Men – Josh McLellon

Women – Quinn Snyder

12 & Under Trevor Knoitkowski

Buoy Ball

Men – Josh McLellon

Women – Katie Hilo

12 & Under – Elias Hilo

The local business community generously supported Winterpaloozah! with prizes for the competitions as well as the horse and wagon rides with Ken’s Fellas, Bert & Ernie.

Thank You, Allied Realty, Blue Flame Gas Company, Brackett’s Portable Toilets, Classic Provisions, Morton & Furbish Insurance Agency, Morton & Furbish Real Estate & Rentals, Oquossoc Grocery, Rangeley Adventure Co., Saddleback Maine, Sarge’s Sports Pub & Grub, and SnowSource.