Head to the Kenduskeag Stream this morning, sit on the banks of Six Mile Falls, and eventually, you’ll hear someone yell three words.

I guarantee it.

Those words — and what they reflect — have become as much a part of the race as the presence of a speedy Canadian kayaker, like multi-year winners Robert Lang and Trevor Maclean.


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They have become as big a part as the always-standing Zip Kellogg, who works his way downstream in formal attire. For the 25th straight year, those three words will be uttered again this morning. Repeatedly. I guarantee it. “Here comes Gumby!” “It started off when the Kenduskeag [Canoe Race] wasn’t so regulated,” said veteran stern paddler Dan Pelletier of Alton, who joined the Gumby Gang about five years after Daryl Boyington and Larry Doucette made their fateful shopping trip to Spencer Gifts. The goal: Find something to spruce up their canoe for the annual race. Eventually, they succeeded. Boy, did they succeed.

Big green Gumby doll in its 25th Kenduskeag race today

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