Thanks from Waterford race committee

To the Editor:

The Waterford 5k Fall Foliage Race and Fun Run committee would like to thank the following sponsors and contributors for their donations of money and time to make the race a fun event and wonderful fundraiser for the Tony Waldeier Scholarship fund. We appreciate the continued interest and work done on behalf of the race.

TEG Partners Asset Mgt.; TRS Timber Maintenance Inc.; James M. Long & Sons, Builders by Design; Norway Savings Bank; Camp Wigwam; Rice Tree Service; Premier Physical Therapy; Wilson Excavating, Inc.; Hayes True Value/Just Ask Rentals; Chandler Funeral Homes and Cremation Services; Hilltop Tractor Services; Jeff Ward Excavation, Inc.; Neon Blane Signs; Steve Estes Building & Remodeling; Bear Mountain Inn; Dead River Company; Chalmers Insurance and Real Estate Agency; Crossway Family Dental; R. T. Hunt & Company, Inc.; Papoose Pond Campground & Resort; Mallard Mart; Houston's Heating; MacDonald Motors; The Ballroom; E. A. Smith Plumbing & Heating LLC; Maine Survey Consultants, Inc.; Murch Cponcrete, Inc. Jeff Hadley builders; Knopp Chiropractic Health Center; Modem Waves, Inc.; Melby's Market & Eatery; Keoka Beach Campground and Waterford Properties.

Shouts out to Muddy River Signs for all their help; Rex Rounds for his parking field; Norway Savings Bank and New Balance Shoes for door prize contributions; Pie Tree Orchards for donations of lots of apples; Poland Spring for water donations; Hannaford for paper products; McAllister farms for maple syrup; Melby’s Market for ice; Stoneham Rescue; Gary Hill and Adrien Morin for police and fire help and all the volunteers who helped us pull it off. And, as always, many thanks to Donna McCarraher for shirt design, and Gale and Lou Bell for screenprinting.

A special mention to Tom Briggs for all his years of service as course designer and the hours put in to get that course certified, and his riding the course on his bike as a sweep and overall protector. We will miss him next year, as he has moved to South Paris, but maybe he and his bike can come back next year to ride the race and sweep. Many thanks Tom.

And special thanks to the Eaton family, John, Martha and the others for all their hard work over the past 13 years ... couldn't be done without you all. And as always, all the rest of the race committee who donate such energy and effort to the cause.

Carol Waldeier

Waterford