Articles by Neal Sleeper
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Caribou Community Pride Day
Caribou Parks and Recreation Department and Pepsi Cola Bottling of Presque Isle are looking for volunteers to help clean up parks and landscape areas in our town on Saturday, April 27 from 8am – 12pm. Join us to clean up our parks, playgrounds and landscape areas. Lunch will be provided ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – Baxter State Park
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – Mountain Biking
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – Wild Outdoor Women – W.O.W.! @ Acadia National Park
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – Kayaking Pros
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – 5th. 6th. & 7th. Grade Kayaking Intro.
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – Allagash Wilderness Waterway
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
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Caribou Rec. Extreme – White Water Rafting
CRX is an outdoor based program with an emphasis on encouraging kids to have fun while exercising outdoors. CRX offers exciting and healthy activities over an eight-week period ranging from white water rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, two-weeks of kayaking, biking, swimming and camping. CRX exposes participants to some of the ...
Free bicycle and helmet inspections at Caribou
Bring your bicycle to the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center between 1 and 2 p.m. Open to ALL ages. Bring your bike helmet and we will make sure it still fits. The Caribou Police Department will also be available on site to register your bicycles.
‘Allagash Tails’ by Tim Caverly and Boating Symposium
Free raffle for autographed copy of Tim’s book. Boating retailers Kayak Country and Perception of Aroostook with the latest canoe and kayak gear. Maine Winter Sports Centers’ Healthy Hometown program will be raffling off an introductory kayak lesson. Throw bag and knot tying demonstrations and competitions. Maine Warden Service will ...
Dodgeball Tournament
Come compete against area towns in Presque Isle. Pre-registration required. Times TBA. Limited to 13 participants. bring a bag lunch. Departure and return times TBA. Two separate sessions, Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8. $2.00.
ATV Safety Course
Participants between the ages of 10-15 must be accompanied by an adult and sign certification form at completion of the course,(but not required to be present during course). This course meets state ATV safety course requirements. Bring a bag lunch. Pre-registration is required. Min. 6 participants. $5.00. Open to ages ...
C.P.R./A.E.D. and First Aid Training
Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center. In order to complete this course participants must possess the strength to make a full 2″ compression on an adult manikin. Min 6 max 20. This is a two day American Red Cross course. Second day is Saturday, April 20 from 9-12pm. Pre-registration is required. ...
Archery class in Stockholm
Taught by certified instructor Bill Schofield and Bill Roberts. Includes bow safety, techniques, bow types, and anatomy, class room and range time. Pre-registration Required, lunch and transportation provided. Min. 6, Max. 14 participants. $20.00. Actual location is at Sportsman’s Inc. Axle siding, Stockholm, Me. Open to all 5th. – 8th. ...
Spring Fun Day
Join us at the Caribou Wellness & Recreation Center as we host a spring fun day with surrounding communities. Activities include: large inflatables, four square tournaments, pickle ball, belly bumper’s and other games.
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Snowmobile Education Course ~ Just in time for winter!
In an effort to continue to provide the best services to area residents, the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to offer a Snowmobile Education Course at the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center on Thursday, December 20th and Friday, December ...
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Snowmobile Education Course ~ Just in time for winter!
In an effort to continue to provide the best services to area residents, the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to offer a Snowmobile Education Course at the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center on Thursday, December 20th and Friday, December ...
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Lunch and Learn Series in Caribou
CARIBOU, Maine — The Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center is accepting registrations for a variety of lunch and learn opportunities throughout the month of November. For more information or to preregister, call 207-493-4224.
What kind of weather should we expect this winter?
Join us as we invite host WAGM TV’s Weatherman, Ted Shapiro to the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center. Ted will discuss such topics as lightning safety, what the clouds mean in the sky, and most importantly, what will this winter bring us. Lunch will be provided; presentation will be from ...
Flower Arraging.
O.K., we all love flowers right? Wouldn’t you love to take the beauty of the outdoors and put it on your kitchen table or counter? Of course you would, but why don’t your arrangements look like the ones that come from the flower shop? Join us as we welcome the ...
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