State park documentary to air on MPBN

By Kathy McCarty 
Staff Writer
    PRESQUE ISLE — “Aroostook State Park — Maine’s First,” the last documentary to be produced by Viking Video Productions, will air on MPBN Saturday, Oct. 23, at 11 a.m. and again on Monday, Oct. 25, at 10:30 p.m.
    “This half-hour show stars dozens of County folk against the backdrop of Aroostook State Park over the four seasons,” said Brenda Nasberg Jepson, instructor of the former Caribou Tech Center program.
    Jepson said she and her students spent many school days and weekends documenting several of the exciting events held in the park, from the Haunted Woods Walk at Halloween to the Winter Fun Day and Boy Scout Winterama, as well as the annual emergence of the dragonflies along the edge of Echo Lake earlier this year.
    “It was a wonderful project to work on,” said Jepson. “I will never forget the fun camping trip my husband Alan and I had with my students over Labor Day weekend last year, filming hiking, canoeing, swimming and kayaking.”
    Park officials are anxiously awaiting the broadcast.
    Aroostook State Park is 75 years old this year and that is one reason why MPBN especially wanted to air the show, said Jepson.
    “We are very pleased to be able to offer this show in the 75th anniversary year of the founding of the Maine State Park system,” said Laura Schenck, programming director for MPBN. “It’s one of the reasons why we are airing the show.”