Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Alliance to Protect the Quoddy Region
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Washington County Community College Student Senate sponsors this fund-raising event
for the Ronald MacDonald House in Bangor.The dip was held at Sipayik, Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation.
This was not a Save Passamaquoddy Bay event, but celebrated Passamaquoddy Bay.
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| Event coordinator, Penny Guisinger, announces for the dippers to get ready. The previous years' coordinator, Tessa Ftorek, sports a sombrero, just behind Penny. This year's event had a "Mexico" theme. | ||||||||||||||
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Gary Moore (center) and Ryan Newell Jr. (right) take what Moore began as a tradition in 2004 — a dive from the pier.
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© 2005 Guisinger Photography
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| The invigorating "dip" into 34° F water. The Route-190 causeway between Sipayik and Carlow Island, Eastport, in the background is lined with the parked cars of participants and observers. | ||||||||||||||
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Two large bonfires were prepared, to take off the chill after the dip.
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