Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association
What’s in a weekend?
Mon, 09/09/2013 - 9:30am
Aaron Donaghy of Newcastle casts for stripers on the Sheepscot River September 8, near the Alna-Newcastle line. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Harpswell brother and sister Kyle Secone, 11, foreground, and Laura Secone, 14, don safety gear at the Wiscasset Rod and Gun Club September 8 as range safety officer Darcy Siverson looks on. The rifle lesson, with one-on-one coaching, was part of the club's Family and Youth Field Day. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Six-year-olds Isabelle Eaton-Neubert of Alna, and Hannah Abello of Edgcomb are in a tight race for first in a children's run during the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival September 8. The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association in Newcastle held Sunday's event. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Bella Nguyen, 5, helps her mother, Shaw's Supermarket employee Deborah Nguyen, with a fundraiser outside the Route 1, Wiscasset, store September 7. The store was raising money for Camp Sunshine, the Sebago Lake retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset High School soccer players Hanna Foye, left, and Sarah Hanley, both of Wiscasset, wash cars at the fire station September 8, to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The boys' and girls' soccer teams will be volunteering and taking part in the Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Brunswick October 6, boys' coach Todd Souza said. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask grills hot dogs at the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival September 8. Trask and fellow Alna firefighters were raising money for the department. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Charlotte Abello, 4, of Edgecomb shows grandparents Amanda Russell and Andy Abello of Edgecomb her prize at the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival. Andy Abello's border collie-beagle mix Howard, 15, an adoptee from the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, looks on. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association programs manager Lynne Flaccus of Alna briefs participants before a “fry run” September 8, during the non-profit's family festival in Newcastle. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Aaron Donaghy of Newcastle casts for stripers on the Sheepscot River September 8, near the Alna-Newcastle line. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Harpswell brother and sister Kyle Secone, 11, foreground, and Laura Secone, 14, don safety gear at the Wiscasset Rod and Gun Club September 8 as range safety officer Darcy Siverson looks on. The rifle lesson, with one-on-one coaching, was part of the club's Family and Youth Field Day. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Six-year-olds Isabelle Eaton-Neubert of Alna, and Hannah Abello of Edgcomb are in a tight race for first in a children's run during the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival September 8. The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association in Newcastle held Sunday's event. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Bella Nguyen, 5, helps her mother, Shaw's Supermarket employee Deborah Nguyen, with a fundraiser outside the Route 1, Wiscasset, store September 7. The store was raising money for Camp Sunshine, the Sebago Lake retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Wiscasset High School soccer players Hanna Foye, left, and Sarah Hanley, both of Wiscasset, wash cars at the fire station September 8, to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The boys' and girls' soccer teams will be volunteering and taking part in the Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Brunswick October 6, boys' coach Todd Souza said. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Alna Fire Chief Mike Trask grills hot dogs at the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival September 8. Trask and fellow Alna firefighters were raising money for the department. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Charlotte Abello, 4, of Edgecomb shows grandparents Amanda Russell and Andy Abello of Edgecomb her prize at the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival. Andy Abello's border collie-beagle mix Howard, 15, an adoptee from the Lincoln County Animal Shelter, looks on. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association programs manager Lynne Flaccus of Alna briefs participants before a “fry run” September 8, during the non-profit's family festival in Newcastle. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper
“Do you guys know what fries are?” Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association programs manager Lynne Flaccus asked the group of youngsters gathered around her on the wet grass.
“Not french fries,” Flaccus said. No, she was talking about salmon.
“Oh, I love salmon,” one girl said.
Salmon are called fry when they hatch; at the age of 2 or 3, they're ready to leave the river for the ocean as smolts, Flaccus said.
The area 6-10-year-olds were taking part in the “fry run” during the Sheepscot Valley Family Festival September 8, at the conservation association in Newcastle.
The mixed bag of elements Mother Nature handed out Sunday proved no match for participants' enthusiasm; Alna firefighers cooked, families cheered races, and Girl Scouts painted faces.
The festival and another family event at the Rod and Gun Club in Wiscasset, assorted area fundraisers and a solitary morning of fishing went on undeterred. The weekend was the first since schools reopened and the summer tourist season largely ended.
Susan Johns can be reached at 207-844-4633 or susanjohns@wiscassetnewspaper.com
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