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  • Houlton Maine And What’s To Do Over The 4th Of July?

    The Houlton ME Fair group always does more, tops the previous year with something for everyone.

    Here are the highlights….

    THURSDAY, JULY 2ND, 2009

    8       AM:   GATES OPEN

    8       AM:   4-H HORSE SHOW REGISTRATION – HORSE RING

    9       AM:   4-H HORSE SHOW

    11     AM:   MIDWAY OPENS

    11     AM:   BEANO TENT OPENS

    11     AM:   EXHIBIT HALL OPENS

    11:00AM:  OREO COOKIE STACKING CONTEST – Entertainment Tent –

                         Sponsored by County Yankee Grocery

    11:30AM:  BUBBLE GUM BLOWING CONTEST– Little League Field –

                         Sponsored by Trendsetters

    12:15PM:  HULA HOOP CONTEST – Little League Field  

                        Sponsored by Trend Setters

     

    12:30PM:  DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES – —Entertainment Tent

    12:45PM:  K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    1:00PM:    ICE CREAM EATING CONTEST — Little League Field  

                        Sponsored by Trend Setters

    1:15PM:    KID’S KARAOKE w/ Fireman Fred (12 & Under) –Entertainment Tent

    1:30PM:    SIGN UP PIG SCRAMBLE 8 & 9 YEAR OLDS –Little League Field

    1:30PM:    EGG TOSS CONTEST – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

                         Sponsored by Berg Sportswear

    1:55pm:    CASH CUBE CONTEST –  —Entertainment Tent

    2:00PM:    PIG SCRAMBLE 8 & 9 YEAR OLDS – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
                        Sponsored by Aroostook Veterinary Services

    2:00PM:    KIDS 12 & UNDER COOKING CONTEST-EXHIBIT HALL

    2:30PM:    ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA –  —Entertainment Tent

    3:15PM:    K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    3:30PM:    DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES –  —Entertainment Tent

    3:30PM:    SIGN UP PIG SCRAMBLE 10 & 11 YEAR OLDS –Little League Field

    4:00PM:    PIG SCRAMBLE 10 & 11 YEAR OLDS  –Little League Field
                        Sponsored by Aroostook Veterinary Services

    4:15PM:    KIDS KARAOKE w/ Fireman Fred -(13-17 Yrs old) Entertainment Tent

    4:15PM:    KIDS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL

    4:30PM:    4-H ALPACA SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA

    4:55PM:    CASH CUBE CONTEST –  —Entertainment Tent

    5:15PM:    SOCCER BALL CONTEST – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

                        Sponsored by Andy’s IGA

    5:45PM:    DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTE’S –  —Entertainment Tent

    6:00PM:    LITTLE MR & MRS FIRECRACKER CONTEST –Civic Center
                         Sponsored by Dunn’s Furniture Co.

    6:00PM:    ATV DRAG RACING –  Pull Track
                            Sponsored by Houlton Power Sports

    6:15PM:    ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA –  —Entertainment Tent

    6:30PM:    K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    7:15PM:    MARKET HOG WEIGH IN – LIVESTOCK AREA

    7:25PM:    CASH CUBE CONTEST –  —Entertainment Tent

    7:30PM:    FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT –  —Entertainment Tent

    9:00PM:    EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES

    10    PM:    MIDWAY CLOSES

     

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    FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, 2009
    ADMISSION PRICE: $10.00 PER PERSON – INCLUDES ALL THE RIDES!!!!!
    Don’t Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
    Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall

    3:30  PM:   K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    4:00  PM:   FRISBEE THROW CONTEST – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    4:00  PM:   KARAOKE WITH FIREMAN FRED   —Entertainment Tent

    4:00  PM:   CLOVERBUD CLINICS – LIVESTOCK AREA

    4:15  PM:   STATE OF MAINE APPLE PIE CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL

     

     

    8       AM:   GATES OPEN

    9       AM:   4H DOG SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA

    11     AM:   MIDWAY OPENS

    11     AM:   BEANO TENT OPENS

    11     AM:   EXHIBIT HALL OPENS

    11:45AM:  DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES  —Entertainment Tent

    12:30PM:   ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA   —  Entertainment Tent

    12:30PM:   KIDS EEL CONTEST  — LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    1:00  PM:   SCAVENGER HUNT – PICK UP SHEET AT FAIR OFFICE

    1:00  PM:   K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    1:30  PM:   FIREMAN FRED IN CONCERT —Entertainment Tent 

    1:45  PM:   HACKEY SACK CONTEST – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

                         Sponsored by Berg Sportswear
    2:00  PM:    4-H GOAT SHOW-LIVESTOCK AREA

    2:15  PM:   HOULTON FARMS DAIRY COOKING CONTEST -EXHIBIT HALL

    2:30  PM:   DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES  —Entertainment Tent

    2:55  PM:   CASH CUBE CONTEST  —Entertainment Tent

    3:00  PM:   KIDS EEL CONTEST -LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    3:00  PM:   ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA   —Entertainment Tent

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    SATURDAY, JULY 4TH, 2009
    ADMISSION PRICE: $10.00 PER PERSON – INCLUDES ALL THE RIDES!!!!!
    Don’t Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
    Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall

    8       AM:   GATES OPEN

    9       AM:   COOKING BEGINS FOR 3RD ANNUAL RIB FEST

    9:30 AM:   TEAMSTERS MEETING

    10     AM     JULY 4TH PARADE

    10     AM:    DRAFT HORSE SHOW – HORSE SHOW RING

    11     AM:    MIDWAY OPENS

    11     AM:    BEANO TENT OPENS

    11     AM:    EXHIBIT HALL OPENS

    11:45AM:   DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES  —Entertainment Tent 

    12:00PM:   MUD RUNS – MUD PIT – Sponsored by Randy Lincoln Agency,
                          First Choice Real Estate and Mooers Realty

    12:00PM:   HORSE PULLS – DERBY AREA

    12:15PM:   K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    12:30PM:   ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA   —Entertainment Tent

    1:00  PM:    RIB FEST JUDGING

    1:25  PM:    CASH CUBE CONTEST    —Entertainment Tent

    1:30  PM:    PIE EATING CONTEST –LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD
                          Sponsored by Andy’s IGA

    1:30  PM:    HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST – —Entertainment Tent

    1:30  PM:    4-H SHEEP SHOW – LIVESTOCK AREA

    2:45  PM:    SALSA CHUGGING CONTEST   —Entertainment Tent
                          Sponsored by County Yankee Grocery

     

    3:00  PM:    HOULTON FAIR BISCUIT BAKING CONTEST–Exhibit Hall

                          Sponsored by Brookside Inn

    3:00  PM:    4-H BEEF SHOW – LIVESTOCK AREA

    3:00  PM:    K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    3:15  PM:    MOXIE CHUGGING CONTEST  —Entertainment Tent
                          Sponsored by County Yankee Grocery

    3:30  PM:    BASKETBALL CONTEST –LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    4:00  PM:    DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES  —Entertainment Tent

    4:00  PM:    HOULTON FAIR POTATO SALAD CONTEST  –Exhibit Hall

                           Sponsored by Courtyard Cafe

    4:30  PM:    KIDDIE TRACTOR PULL –LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    4:30  PM:    4-H DAIRY SHOW – LIVESTOCK AREA

    4:45  PM     ELVIS EXTRAVAGANZA –Exhibit Hall

    5:30  PM:    HOULTON FAIR BAKED BEAN BAKING CONTEST  –Exhibit Hall
                          Sponsored by Ivey’s Motor Lodge

    5:45  PM:    HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST  —Entertainment Tent

    6:30  PM:    K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    6:55  PM:    CASH CUBE CONTEST   —Entertainment Tent

    7:00  PM:    BURPING CONTEST  —Entertainment Tent

    7:00  PM:    4-H MARKET HOG AUCTION– LIVESTOCK AREA

    7:30  PM:    KIRBSIDE PROPHET IN CONCERT —Ball Field

    7:30  PM:    DAN GRADY & HIS MARIONETTES  —Entertainment Tent

    8:10  PM:    CASH CUBE CONTEST   —Entertainment Tent

    8:15  PM:    HOULTON FAIR KARAOKE CONTEST FINALS  —Entertainment Tent

    9:00  PM:    EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES

    9:25  PM:    FIREWORKS

    SUNDAY, JULY 5TH, 2009
    ADMISSION PRICE: $10.00 PER PERSON – INCLUDES ALL THE RIDES!!!!!
    Don’t Forget To Purchase Your Tickets to Cow Chip Bingo
    Cow Chip Bingo Tickets Available -4H Exhibit Hall 

     

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers 

     

                     

     

     

    6:00  PM:   4-H MARKET HOG SHOW -LIVESTOCK AREA

     

     

    6:30  PM:   K-9 FRISBEE DOG SHOW – LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD

    7:30  PM:   JOSH GRACIN IN CONCERT -MILLAR CIVIC CENTER
                         Sponsored by Pepsi Cola Bottling of Aroostook
                         and Q106.5FM

    9:00PM:    EXHIBIT HALL CLOSES

  • Maine. You’re Home Now, This Is Where You Live.

    The weekend is coming and you are in Maine, full time. You have choices. 

    What ever you want to do in the great outdoors, it is less than a tank of gas away. Hiking at Baxter State Park.  Watching a sunrise at Cadillac Mountain. Kayaking a lake and realizing Maine loons are pretty big when you get up close and see a pair, maybe with a baby on mom’s back. Every license plate says “Vacationland” in Maine.

    Check out the lighthouses, have a lobster, baked potato and a piece of blueberry pie.  

    You are in Maine now, the way life should be. Friendly people, few people, four seasons, no crime or pollution.  The stars are brighter. The skies in Maine bluer. Way way bluer. Maine..get here just as quick as you can.  How about the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race  June 20th, 2009.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers  

  • First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit…Short Version.

    With any legislation or government regulations, there are paragraphs upon paragraphs of details to swim thru, get lost in, feel frustrated about.

    Volumes of information but confusing and sometimes hard to zero in on just the major highlights. You want the headlines of the topic.

    You want to know about the first time up to $8000 home buyer tax credit for real estate right? 

    Here are just a quick list of the highlights to see if you need to dig deeper.

    For starters,  income restrictions. Single taxpayers with incomes up to $75,000. Married couples with up to $150,000 qualify for the full tax credit. (Partial tax credits may be available for incomes above this limit).

    Amount of tax credit equals 10 percent of the home’s purchase price up to a maximum of $8,000.

    No prepayment required unlike the previous tax credit. But you need to use the residence as a primary home for at least three years or face recapture of the tax credit amount.

    First time home buyers only means you have not owned a principal residence during the three year period prior to the purchase.

    Limited time only so applies to homes bought after January 1st 2009, before December 1, 2009.

    Tax credit is refundable and can be claimed even if the taxpayer has little or no federal income tax liability to offset. A refund check may be issued to the taxpayer for a portion or even all of the refundable tax credit (depending on the tax payer’s liability).

    Need more details or have questions? Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

    info@mooersrealty.com

  • The Towns And Cities Of Aroostook County Maine.

    Aroostook County is the top half of Maine, referred to as “The County” or “The Crown Of Maine”. 

    Bigger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined and populated with eleven friendly people per square mile.  Here are the towns and cities in Aroostook County, many with 40 to 50 people in each township that is 99% percent of the time a six by six mile square logically laid out for

    Less people, more unspoiled 4 season scenery. That's Aroostook County.
    Less people, more unspoiled 4 season scenery. That's Aroostook County.

    Aroostook County.

    Allagash, Amity, Ashland, Bancroft, Blaine, Bridgewater, Caribou, Cary, Castle Hill, Caswell, Chapman, Crystal, Cyr, Dyer Brook, Eagle Lake, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Garfield, Glenwood, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Hammond, Haynesville, Hersey, Hodgdon, Houlton, Island Falls, Limestone, Linneus, Littleton, Ludlow, Macwahoc, Madawaska, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Masardis, Merrill, Monticello, Moro, Nashville, New Canada, New Limerick, New Sweden, Oakfield, Orient, Oxbow, Perham, Portage Lake, Presque Isle, Reed, Sherman, Smyrna, St. Agatha, St. Francis, St. John, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wade, Wallagrass, Washburn, Westfield, Westmanland, Weston, Winterville, Woodland

    There are unorganized towns where you send you property taxes to the state of Maine in Augusta. Many of the northwest corner Township Range unorganized townships have only a few land owners and a handful of recreation camps or cabins on them.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • Houlton Maine Last Chapel Events For High School Seniors.

    Parents, friends, neighbors, relatives and the entire local community who has watched a local boy or girl grow up are happy.

    Your little league coach, third grade teacher, the person you deliver papers to, people who saw you play a high school sport or listened to the games on the radio, know you. They are watching. You are the future, the next generation. Here is a  local Houlton Maine last chapel event video, part of a busy graduation week in the Shiretown.

     Lucky to have a son in the video and the last of the four to go thru high school. This one, the youngest bound for Colorado State in the fall.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers

  • Maine, You’ve Heard Great Things But What Do You Really Know About The State?

     How is deep is your information, knowledge about Maine?

    You know presidents have vacationed here, have homes here, that Maine lobster, blueberries, potatoes, fiddleheads are pretty tasty. It’s obvious Maine is a big state, so far north up here in the right hand corner of the USA that it’s nearly in Canada with New Brunswick and Quebec to the east and west. But what about the nitty gritty, the details, the facts?  Tell someone tell you more about the inner workings of this great state of Maine?  Love to.

        Welcome to Maine 101, and over the next few blog posts on MeInMaine, you will become a Jedi on Maine knowledge, or at least a brown belt.  They say air and water are pretty important to life so what is the air like for starters?  Bluer skies and brighter stars than you are used to in Maine. No pollution/ Fewer people, fewer yard lights, less light or air pollution.

         The Maine climate is divided into three regions. Coastal, southern interior, northern interior. I live in Aroostook County, as north as you can get of the sixteen Maine counties in an area the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island where we mow the lawn two less times a year, where we get white fluffy snow, not freezy icy rain.  The Northern interior climate zone comprises roughly 60% of Maine.  It may get into the 90 degree range nearly 25 days of the year. The north can have up to 2 months of sub zero temperatures but not for extended days straight thru the winter months. Outdoor recreation from snowsledding, ice fishing, snow shoeing, downhill / cross country skiing, skating and hockey  are big recreational sports in Maine.  Snowfall is up to 110 inches annually in the Northern interior areas of Maine. January is the snowiest of the year with about 20 inches of snow to play in Maine. Winter temperatures average around 20 degrees.

         Enough about the weather of Maine..although weather is a big topic of conversation anyway you go. Now some flash card facts for the quizz we are going to have tomorrow.

    Maine has 1.2 million people, is about 320 miles long, 210 miles wide.  33,215 square miles means Maine is nearly as big as the other five New England states combined.  Maine has 6000 lakes and ponds,  32,000 miles of rivers and streams, 17 million acres of woods,  5,000 miles of coastline and 2,000 islands.

         (Tap tap tap on blackboard) Now class, try to stay focus..I know this is alot to throw at you about Maine..but to really enjoy the state, you have to know the basics. Now, Maine has over 540,000 acres in state and national parks, including the 100 mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway.  Acadia National Park is the second mos visited national US park.  Baxter State Park with its mile high Mt Katahdin is on the northern end of the Appalachian Trail.

          Okay, okay, I know you are worried about the quizz tomorrow but here are some extra credit Maine facts to study tonight. Maine’s state animal is the moose, the capital Augusta, the state insect the Honeybee, the bird the Chickadee, the fish the Landlocked Salmon, the tree the White Pine. You’re rolling now. The Maine state soft drink is Moxie, state motto Dirigo (I lead), state gemstone the Tourmaline, state cat the Maine Coon Cat, the state herb Wintergreen,  state floral emblem White Pine Cone and Tassel.  Maine is the country’s largest blueberry growing state, with 98% of the low bush blue gems feeding the world.  The Maine potato ranks third in production and acreage in the US.

         And to wrap up, Maine has 65 lighthouses with President George Washington commissioning the Portland Maine Head Light.  Nearly 40 million pounds of  Maine lobster are harvested annually.  Shell fish and fin fish add up to over 200 million pounds shipped around the world from Maine alone. These are some facts about Maine, the Pine Tree State. Class dismissed.

    Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers  www.mooersrealty.com