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Nordic Meisters is a GO! for 2021 at Great Glen Trails!

Great Glen Trails‘ Lisa McCoy called in to the Magic Morning Show yesterday to talk with Gino all about Nordic Meisters 2021 and how it’s a “GO!” for the season. She also mentioned snowshoeing and fat biking this upcoming year. Click below to listen to the interview and check out all the information below from GREATGLENTRAILS.COM

 

 

26TH ANNUAL NORDIC MEISTERS

Tuesdays January 5th – March 9th, 2021
9:00 am – 5:30 pm
No Meisters on Feb 16th and Mar 2ndGreat Glen trails has a proven track record of offering community-based weekly series, which is perfectly suited for social distancing, COVID19 guidelines, all while racing. 

 
Meisters consists of eight weeks of timed runs with participants’ (6) best age-graded times selected for series-end standings.  We have Nordic racing (classic and skate), snowshoe racing, and fatbike racing. 
 
But if you aren’t into racing, and you just want to use the series as a motivator to get out on snow, you can join the untimed categories of each division. 
 
You choose either the long course (~5k) or the short course (~3km), or race both in all divisions!

Timers are onsite starting at 9:00am until 5:30pm each Tuesday. Snowshoers start at 1:00pm and fatbikers can start at 3:00pm. All participants must leave the starting line by 5:30pm.Individuals may register for single day participation on-site only.

COVID19 MODIFICATIONS:

  • $50 Check or Cash deposit for Meister Bibs ~ you will be responsible for bringing your bib each week to race. Bring your deposit to bib pick-up on the first day you race. One-day racers will use paper bibs.
  • Masks required while inside Base Lodge
  • We will award prizes each week in lieu of a potluck party
  • Mandatory staggered start; at least 1 min apart
  • Do not congregate at the starting line 
  • No online registration fees

NORDIC MEISTER BENEFITS:

  • (8) weeks of timed age-graded results, posted online weekly
  • FREE all day skiing every Tuesday
  • FREE use of rental gear every Tuesday for any new Nordic Meister! excluding snowshoes and fatbikes.
  • Eligibility for over $5,000 in weekly prizes (given for both performance and participation)
  • Friendly competition and camaraderie, while enjoying some of the most scenic Nordic ski terrain in New England
  • All Nordic Meisters welcome to Fatbike or Snowshoe race from 1:00-5:30pm!
 

Cost between $109 (adult non passholder) and $44 (junior passholder)

For more information go to GREATGLENTRAILS.COM

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Feel Good Story of the Week: Man’s 60 Year Old Varsity Jacket Returned

More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old lost it in October.

 

Mal Osborn was still rocking a varsity letter jacket he earned more than 60 years ago from the University of Maine. That is, until the 92-year-old former track star lost it in October. Osborn’s daughter, Beverly Amick, took up the search for the treasured jacket. After retracing her father’s steps and taking to Facebook, Amick received an email from a woman who’d found the coat in her yard, covered with leaves. Amick had to have it dry-cleaned, but Osborn has been sporting the jacket ever since.

Read the full story here.

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The White Mountain Independents Present: The Secret Santa – Merry Textmas $50 Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Starting Monday, December 14th tune in to Gino and The Magic Morning Show all week long into the next for 7 STRAIGHT DAYS OF WHITE MOUNTAIN INDEPENDENT $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE GIVEAWAYS!

Once again Magic 104 has teamed up with The White Mountain Independents to help you with your Holiday Shopping and Gift Giving!

Each morning at 7:10am – Gino will read 3 Clues about one of our many Magic 104 Artists – then you will have 1 hour to take those clues and figure out which Magic 104 Artist the “Secret Santa” is!  Once you think you know TEXT YOUR GUESS to 913-356-9145 before 8:10am and be entered for a chance at the PRIZE THAT DAY! All correct answers will be put in a random drawing and Gino will select a winner at 8:15am via the radio!

Also, don’t forget to Follow Magic 104 on Facebook because a full list of all 3 Clues will be posted up there each morning as well!

Take a look at the SCHEDULE BELOW to know what $50 Gift Certificate you’re playing for each day and GOOD LUCK!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

Monday, December 14th: Fields of Ambrosia

Tuesday, December 15th: Four Your Paws Only

Wednesday, December 16th: It’s My Girlfriend’s Consignment Boutique

Thursday, December 17th: Jewelry By Tim & Friends

Friday, December 18th: North Conway Olive Oil Company

Monday, December 21st: White Mountain Winery

Tuesday, December 22nd: The Christmas Loft

Special Thanks to The White Mountain Independents!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cranmore’s Mountain Meister Registration in NOW Open for the 2021 Season!

Registration for the 2021 Season of Mountain Meisters is NOW OPEN! Mountain Meister Coordinator Kevin Hamlin joined Gino on The Magic Morning Show today to tell us all about the 50th Season of the Meisters and what the racers can expect, due to COVID-19 and more.

For more information on Mountain Meisters go to Cranmore.com and Follow them on Facebook!

To listen to Gino’s Interview with Kevin click below:

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Feel Good Story of the Week: Guy Fieri Raises $21 Million for Restaurant Workers

Celebrity chef Guy Fieri has raised over $21 million for restaurant workers facing hardship amid the pandemic. As businesses across the U.S. were starting to feel the devastating effects of pandemic-related closures, Fieri started the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. By reaching out to companies like Moet Hennessy USA, PepsiCo, and Uber Eats, Fieri has collectively helped some 43,000 workers get $500 grants. 

For the full article click here.

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‘Essential Workers’ Top Reader Poll for ‘Time’s 2020 Person of the Year’

Essential workers, the health care workers, delivery people, grocery store employees and others who continue to risk their lives by working amid the coronavirus pandemic and keeping the country functioning, were the winners of Time‘s reader poll for 2020 Person of the Year. Essential workers got 6.5 percent of the more than eight million votes cast in this year’s poll that asked to choose the person or group of people who had the greatest influence on 2020.

  • Coming in second with five percent of the vote was Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, who emerged as a trusted figure for information on the pandemic.
  • Firefighters were third with 4.3 percent of the vote, for their dangerous work battling historic wildfires in places including the western U.S. and Australia.
  • In fourth place with four percent of the vote were the Black Lives Matter activists who led and inspired nationwide and global demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality after the police killings of George Floyd and several other Black Americans, including Breonna Taylor.
  • President-elect Joe Biden, who beat President Trump in Trump’s re-election bid, was fifth with 3.8 percent of the vote.

‘Time’ will announce its annual pick for Person of the Year in the first-ever ‘Time Person of the Year‘ TV special on NBC on December 10th at 10 p.m. ET, and on time.com.

For more details click here.

 

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Wicked Fresh Head Chef Danny Rassi Calls in to Talk Food Network’s CHOPPED and COVID-19 Exposure at FIRE

Danny Rassi, head chef and owner of North Conway’s Wicked Fresh Craft Burgers and FIRE by Wicked Fresh is set to compete in the championship of Food Network’s Chopped: Comfort Food Feud on Tuesday, December 8th at 9pm. Danny called in to Gino on the Magic Morning Show today and told us all about his experience. Plus, he gave us a heads up on the exposure to COVID-19 that FIRE by Wicked Fresh has experienced and their temporary closure. Click below to listen and don’t forget to tune in Tuesday, December 8th at 9pm to the Food Network to cheer on Danny!

 

 
 
For more information about Wicked Fresh Craft Burgers or FIRE by Wicked Fresh check out their respective links!