Club’s annual Tractor Trek in FF
to benefit pair of county groups
The Northern Maine Antique Tractor Club (NMATC) will host the sixth annual Memorial Tractor Trek,” on Saturday, July 13, in the central Aroostook area.
This year’s trek will start at 9:30 a.m. in Fort Fairfield from the Phil and Tami Kilcollins Farm on the Center Limestone Road. Registration is at 8:30 a.m.
The trek route will go to Presque Isle on Route 167, with a lunch stop at Pit Lane, a restaurant located on Parsons Street in Presque Isle. After lunch, the trek will travel north on U.S. Route 1 to Caribou, and then back on Route 161 to Fort Fairfield. The estimated distance for the trek will be 43 miles.
Donations for this year’s trek will be given to both Hospice of Aroostook and the Aroostook House of Comfort Hospice House Project. Donations of $25 in memory of a loved one will also be honored by placing their name on a memory board that will be mounted on the body of an antique farm truck leading the trek.
For more information, call Jane Bartlett, trek chairperson, at 538-9297 or e-mail bartlettfarms@pwless.net.
The public is invited to participate with their antique tractors but must be a member of the NMATC for insurance purposes. Memberships will be accepted the day of the trek. Forms are also available on the club website at www.nmatc.org.
Established in 2008, The Northern Maine Antique Tractor Club is a family-oriented organization, with currently over 300 members, focused on the preservation of our rural heritage and restoration of the “old tractors,” equipment and related items that were used in the farming industry by past generations. It is also the club’s mission to build an awareness of our local agricultural heritage to present and future generations in northern Maine and New Brunswick.
For more information about Hospice of Aroostook, visit their website at easternmainehomecare.org. For information about the Aroostook House of Comfort project, visit aroostookhospicehouse.com.
