Unity College honors Mother Earth

By Tina Shute
VillageSoup/Waldo County Citizen Photographer

UNITY (April 24): Unity College celebrated Earth Week with a variety of activities, lectures, films and fun.

A sampling of offerings included: Eco-Challenge 2007, 25th Annual Unity College Spring 5K Road Race, Recycling Games, Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt, showing of documentary, "Out of Balance: Exxon Mobil's Impact on Climate Change," the Recycled Derby, Alternative Fuels Expo, the Healthy Tastes of Maine, a campfire, and Wildlife Art Exhibit.

Following are photos snapped Saturday during Mother Nature's splendid, sunny, warm day:

Hazel Trinidad snags a Frisbee. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Buttercup eats grass while Felicia Medeiros and Gena Anne Johnson

wait to see where the winning chip will land in Cow Chip Bingo. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Mary Kinney, left, teaches Holli Cederholm the art of tie-dye. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Nichole Nageotte makes Kalee Gankofskie's foot a work of art. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Unity College student Dave Stillson and Kate Kemper, 4, of Unity,

play drums. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Peter Knipper and Jake Harr, in the Black Plague of Bio Piracy,

compete in the Recycled Derby. (Photo by Tina Shute)

Susan Bard takes a turn aboard the S.S. Crapper. (Photo by Tina Shute)