Jim Rodrigue salutes to the crowd gathered Thursday evening at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston where two balloons took flight on the eve of the Great Falls Balloon Festival in Lewiston-Auburn that officially kicks off Friday morning with launches through the weekend at dawn and dusk. Rodrigue made this one man balloon he calls Jimmy Hoppa, over the winter, and hung around, tethered at the field, to give spectators a look at his newest "cloud hopper." For updated information on the launches, visit: www.sunjournal.com or www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org.
Kyla Curtis, 14, of Lewiston, foreground and some of her teammates from the Lewiston Multipurpose Gymnastics team have a friendly handstand competition during warmups Thursday afternoon during practice at the Multipurpose Center Gym in Lewiston. She and the other members of her team will be hosting a state championship competition at the end of March at the Lewiston Armory.
Lewiston Fire Deptments Capt. Richard Cailler is first on scene at a major fire on Pierce Street in Lewiston Friday night.
