PHILLIPS – The 3rd Annual Toothaker Pond Ice Out Contest is officially open. Register your prediction(s) for $2 a ticket. Tickets are available at Phillips Hardware, 5K Pizza, and Camden National Bank. Dora Dill and her daughter, Celeste Reid, are also selling tickets. They may be contacted at 639-2238, or 779-7822.
All predictions must be placed by April 15. The forecaster with the closest prediction, including date and time, will receive half the total of the money raised through the sale of the tickets. The other half of the proceeds will be donated to the community organization or charity of the winner’s choice.
It’s not earth-shattering, I know, but I always wonder who determines when the ice is out, and what do they use for a measure?
My measure of when the ice is out is when the smelts are running!! Wish I could be there! The Timberlakes ued to take me when I was a kid!!