Atlanta teen wins Cohocton contest
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By Justin Head
The Evening Tribune
Mon Oct 05, 2009, 03:08 PM EDT
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Cohocton, N.Y. -
After all the ‘hangin’ around three remained.
Three of the nine people participating in the annual Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival Tree Sitting Contest proved they could endure the worst weather possible and stay put for two consecutive days over the weekend, according to Keryn Shaver, chairman of the tree sitting committee.
“The weather was horrible Friday. It rained for eight to nine hours and into Saturday and that was the worst. Three people quit the first night because of that, but we had a group hang on like always,” said Shaver.
Shaver said when the 480-hour time limit expired only Rick Denley, 48, of Wayland, David Lucas, 15, of Atlanta and Vanessa Howard, 15, of Wayland were still suspended from a tree in front of the Wayland-Cohocton Elementary School.
Howard and Lucas were in a tie for first place with perfect 48-hour time. Denley took an instant third place finish because of a three-second subtraction to his final time for a bathroom break.
In the end, Howard and Lucas were pitted against each other again in a three-event, two person final show down to determine the winner.
According to Shaver, the pair competed in a basketball court free throw event to see who could make the fastest shot, completed a 11-piece jig saw puzzle and played a plinko-type game in which they had to drop a ball on a maple leaf.
After all of the events were completed they added their completion times together and the person with the lowest time was declared the winner.
Lucas beat Howard’s time by three seconds and was proclaimed the 2009 Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival Tree Sitting Contest champion.
Lucas was awarded a $300 cash prize provided by the First Wind company, Howard was awarded a $250 cash prize awarded by the Wayland American Legion and Denley was given a $200 cash prize from Five Star Bank and the Laf-A-Lot bar on Loon Lake.
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By Justin Head
The Evening Tribune
Mon Oct 05, 2009, 03:08 PM EDT
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Print This | ShareThis
Cohocton, N.Y. -
After all the ‘hangin’ around three remained.
Three of the nine people participating in the annual Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival Tree Sitting Contest proved they could endure the worst weather possible and stay put for two consecutive days over the weekend, according to Keryn Shaver, chairman of the tree sitting committee.
“The weather was horrible Friday. It rained for eight to nine hours and into Saturday and that was the worst. Three people quit the first night because of that, but we had a group hang on like always,” said Shaver.
Shaver said when the 480-hour time limit expired only Rick Denley, 48, of Wayland, David Lucas, 15, of Atlanta and Vanessa Howard, 15, of Wayland were still suspended from a tree in front of the Wayland-Cohocton Elementary School.
Howard and Lucas were in a tie for first place with perfect 48-hour time. Denley took an instant third place finish because of a three-second subtraction to his final time for a bathroom break.
In the end, Howard and Lucas were pitted against each other again in a three-event, two person final show down to determine the winner.
According to Shaver, the pair competed in a basketball court free throw event to see who could make the fastest shot, completed a 11-piece jig saw puzzle and played a plinko-type game in which they had to drop a ball on a maple leaf.
After all of the events were completed they added their completion times together and the person with the lowest time was declared the winner.
Lucas beat Howard’s time by three seconds and was proclaimed the 2009 Cohocton Fall Foliage Festival Tree Sitting Contest champion.
Lucas was awarded a $300 cash prize provided by the First Wind company, Howard was awarded a $250 cash prize awarded by the Wayland American Legion and Denley was given a $200 cash prize from Five Star Bank and the Laf-A-Lot bar on Loon Lake.
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