PHILLIPS – The Phillips Old Home Days parade winners are: Most Beautiful-1st “Class Of 1966”, 2nd “Swinging ’50s”, 3rd “Wild Flower ’60s”; Funniest – 1st “Maine Rockers”, 2nd “Ladies of the ’80s”, 3rd “Bath tub Gym”; Youth Division- 1st “The ’50s”, 2nd “Make Cookies NOT War!”, 3rd “Walking Boy and Cub Scouts”; Most Original – 1st “Roderick Railroad”, 2nd “Hearse and Horses”, 3rd “1940 Victory Garden”; Big Rigs – “Thorndike’s Last Entry”; Judge’s Choice – “Roaring ’20s”. Everyone did an amazing job! Many Thanks for all of your hard work, and a Superb parade!
Road Race Results: Youngest Children’s Race, 1st Sawyer Adams, 2nd Delmar Packard, 3rd SareMoon Masterman; Older children (8-12), 1st Mitchell Maceda, 2nd Lara Stinchfield, 3rd Owen Cook; 5K Race, Male, 1st – Joshua Plog – Time = 18:02, 2nd – Sully Jackson – 19:08, 3rd – Sullivan Abbott – 19:56; Female, 1st – Carrie Bacon – 24:19, 2nd – Chenoa Jackson – 27:24, 3rd – Olivia Roderick – 28:55. Fastest Local Male – Joshua Plog; Fastest Local Female – Olivia Roderick.
Bathtub Races – Kids: 1st Alex Tripp/Jessica, 2nd Keyra/Jobie, 3rd Jeffrey Shepherd/Kayla; Women: 1st Krystal/Jaelynn, 2nd Barbara/Nicole; Men: 1st Eben Pinkham/Justin Holbrook, 2nd Josh Therrien/Sam Smith, 3rd Jamie Rodriguez/Joey Bachelder; Couples: 1st Freddy & Bonnie, 2nd Clista & Jeremy, 3rd Nate Schroeder & Abby Shepherd; Lighthouse Race: 1st Bub Tripp/Jeremy, 2nd Justin Holbrook/ Eben Pinkham, 3rd Josh/Sam.
Volleyball-1st Bust Net, 2nd Midlife Crisis, 3rd Gram’s Team. Photo Contest– People: 1st Frances Masterman (Little Buckaroo), 2nd Sherra Osgood (Sanibel Sunset) Favorite Decade: 1st Brenda Wilcox (My Favorite Years), 2nd Mikelle Davenport (Old Home Days 1980) Animals: 1st Frances Masterman (Looking for Lunch), 2nd Brenda Wilcox (My Eagle), Professional: 1st Donica Bailey (Cousins), 2nd Frances Masterman (Storms Coming).
Children’s Parade-Most Entertaining: Keyra Cushman, Most Relevant to Theme: Aleksis, Ansen, and Camden Pillsbury, Judge’s Choice: Acadia Averill, Crowd Pleaser: Brooklyn and Denver Smith, Best Group: Callie & Jackson Foss, Nevaeh Falls, Zoe & Ryker Hyde, Crowd Pleaser: Colesyn Thorndike, Most Relevant to Theme: Francesca Hill, Made Judge’s Smile: Wyatt Gordon, Future Star: Emma & Oliver Herrick, Judge’s Choice: Blake Haines, Most Creative: Ava Pelham, Best Group: Gaten& Remi-Lyn Boyd, Riley Gibson, Kam Marsden, and Lucus Doble, Oh So Pretty: Einda Smith and Jenna Osgood.
Raffle Winners– Operation Bright X-Mas-Jerry Haines, Margie Toothaker Scholarship ($2500 raised for cancer within two families)-Kathy Pinkham.
Chicken Shoot Winners– Women: Dani Smith, Hunter: Solon Smith & Josh Beedy, Open: Dan Worcester, Kids: 1st Hunter Bate, 2nd Kevin Viles, 3rd Shelby Varney Lumberjack Competition- Overall Winners: 1st Pete White, 2nd Dalton Gordon.
This year the “Honored Lumberman” was Loring “Dick” Witham. His grandson James accepted the plaque in his honor.
Frog Jumping– First place went to Colesyn Thorndike. His frog jumped 97 inches.
Horseshoes– 1st Jason Grundy/Craig Heath, 2nd Dan Durrell/Mark Henderson, 3rd Chad Beedy/Jamie Flagg.
King/Queen- As no one ran this year, 2015 still reigns, Shianne Bryant and Gage Smith.
Bike Race-Age 0-5: 1st Kohen Brann, 2nd Thomas Thorne, 3rd Emmett Walker, Age 6-8: 1st Owen Cook, 2nd Cole Bailey, 3rd Miley Black, Age 9-10: 1st Mitchell, 2nd Aiden Brann, 3rd Tessa Searles, Age 11-14 1st Dylan Thorne, 2nd Cassidy Morrell, 3rd Jaiden Bachelder,
The winners of the boy/girl bike drawings are: Kaylie Estabrook and Thomas Thorne.
Congratulations to all from the Phillips Chamber of Commerce!
The third place funniest is not bathtub “gym” it was “bathtub gin-ger ale”