The River Rat Race is back. It’s been a year since racers have put their canoes in the
Millers River for the area’s signature annual event.
The River Rat Race Committee,
along with Race Director working with
her RRR Committee - Jason Rushford - as long time Race Director Tom Lozier
has "retired" from the position. Tom has retired to "Race Consultant" and will continue to assist
Jason and The RRR Committee as they lead this year's race committee.
We have received hundreds and hundreds of notes and forms
that Dave Flint had saved from previous race years. The notes were handed down to Jeanette McIntosh and now the committee with co-chairs Joanne Rich, Kevin McIntosh and Sharon Hatstat will continue the commitment to continue the race format as he had done in the past.
AOTV coverage
One thing that will be back, along with the race, is coverage of the event by AOTV.
Station Executive Director Carol Courville told the Athol Daily News, “Every year,
technically, there are some challenges. Once the weather breaks, we go out and test each
location and see if we can still go live there. But we have every intention of doing it.
Courville said AOTV is always in need of volunteers to help with the event. Anyone
interested should send her an email or call the station.
“We can train them for what their position will be for the day,” she said. “Some
people will be running camera, but others we just need to be wranglers or drivers or
do other things that we can train them on fairly simply. And, of course, we need help
setting up and breaking down.”
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