Madyson King, 11, sitting on a sled holds on to her friend, Aylah Valliere, 8 (grey sweatpants) as other friends and siblings cheer and wait for their turn on the one sled they were sharing to slide down a hill in an empty lot off Howe Street in Lewiston Thursday afternoon. The spires of Basilica Saints Peter & Paul rise in the background. (SUN JOURNAL PHOTO BY RUSS DILLINGHAM)

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