RANGELEY – Prepare yourselves now to enjoy an incredible, fun-filled, family-packed autumn day at The Church of the Good Shepard on Saturday, Oct. 4 for the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum’s 21st Annual Apple Harvest Festival. With an Oktoberfest list of event running Friday through Sunday, there most certainly will be something for everyone in the Rangeley area to celebrate.
From 9 to 10:30 a.m., the Apple Harvest Festival’s breakfast will include a variety of homemade, breakfast casseroles complete with Maine’s best-tasting coffee donated by Carrabassett Coffee Company.
Beginning at 11 a.m., be sure to get your hands on some incredible homemade beef stew or vegetarian butternut squash/parsnip soup, complete with either a New England Cupboard Bakewell Cream biscuit or their super moist cornbread. Hot dog or tofu dog luncheon plate also available. New England Cupboard’s hot apple crisp with a nice swirl of whipped cream topping awaits your taste buds for dessert! Take out is available. Scrumptious apples have been graciously donated by Terry Trask of Terry’s Orchard in Jay. All veggies for the luncheon have been graciously donated by Burt and Nancy Knapp of Porter Hill Farm in Farmington and Dan Aleck of Blueberry Hill Farm and Forestry in Dallas Plantation.
Children will have a blast at this festival by first choosing their pumpkins at Sandy River Greens’ booth or Porter Hill Farm’s produce booth. Once purchased, bring your little ones inside to decorate their pumpkins at the Children’s Pumpkin Activity Center. Then, head on over to the Western Maine Children’s Play Museum’s booth for an “extra” fun-filled activity! Kids will be “adorned” with a smock, handed a paintbrush and paint. From that point on, their artistic creativity will flow onto an 8 foot, double-sided, plexiglass mural structure! Just don’t end up painting the Logging Museum’s Moose who will be greeting visitors and taking advantage of many photo ops throughout the day!
Rangeley’s largest baked foods table will be loaded with scrumptious home-made goods to include gluten-free, sugar-free goodies, pies, fudge, muffins, breads, cakes, cookies, bars, brownies and more – 100% of proceeds benefit the Logging Museum. We thank our over 75 bakers for donating your favorite baked goodies!
Be sure to take some chances on the Logging Museum’s raffle – to be raffled off end of the day! Raffle donations include L.L. Cote of Errol, NH include a “Zodi” Instant Hot Shower, women’s Camouflage pink hoodie and Burton Stove to Go; Saddleback Maine’s two-day ski passes; Nick Leadley from Touch of the Wild Nature Photography “Sunset Over Mooselookmeguntic Lake; Elizabeth Gordon of Marlborough, NH’s cardinal quilt and autumn leaves quilt; Jeep Wilcox’s “apple harvest wooden hod”; a gorgeous “two owls on tree stump” carving by John & Nancy Arsenault of Always Carving; and two thermos hot/cold bottles donated by Kleen Kanteen.
Terry Trask from Terry’s Apple Orchard in Jay will be selling his apple varieties by the bag full. Be sure to bring some empty containers for fresh pressed apple cider on site after you purchase your apples!
Get your holiday shopping completely done with over 30 vendors who will provide an array of shopping pleasure! Artistry includes stained glass, leather belts, bags, holsters, tote bags, all types of woodworking from carvings to wooden wine boxes, wool rugs, hand-sewn, hand-knitted, produce farms, hand-made soaps, hand-turned pens, jewelry, apparel, hand-dyed yarns, quilts, herbal products and more!
Retired Logger, Jeep Wilcox will be on hand to autograph your purchased copy of “Working the Woods” book from the Logging Museum’s indoor booth. The Logging Museum will host, “An Evening With Jeep Wilcox – Storyteller & Poet” on Oct. 2 at the Museum so if you missed Jeep that evening, perhaps he’ll share a few logging stories with you at the Apple Festival!
To help defer the Logging Museum’s festival expenses, the following businesses have graciously offered sponsorship: RKH Tile In Rangeley, Rangeley Building & Remodeling, CJ’s Appliances in Farmington, Gallant’s Furniture in Rumford, Burgess Construction, Dave’s Country Modular Homes, The House Doctor, and Keith Webber Construction. More sponsorship continues to roll in from many businesses. We greatly appreciate your support and sponsorship for RLRLM’s 21st Annual Apple Harvest Festival!
We sincerely appreciate all of our sponsors and donors for your continued support of the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum. We’ve had one heck of a busy 2014 season with many projects completed by our volunteers with the assistance of local businesses. There would absolutely be no way that we could remain open each season without the help and support of the Logging Museum’s cherished volunteers, friends, families, businesses and community’s support. Your continued support ensures that we continue to stay open throughout each season.
The Logging Museum is open through Sunday, Oct. 12 – if you haven’t stopped by to visit, drive on over and walk up onto the new porch entryway, take a seat on the outdoor benches to breathe in the crisp autumn air, and then come inside to view the new exhibits such as the dioramas by David Barten, before we close our doors for the season. Keep in touch with the Logging Museum during our “off-season” by viewing our website, www.rlrlm.org and our Facebook page to keep abreast of the 2015 season’s news.
