A duck makes a splash Tuesday while swimming away from a log it was resting on in China Lake in Vassalboro. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Andrew Williams, left, and Clayton Snelling, firefighters and paramedics with the Gardiner Fire Department, detail the city’s Engine One July 11 in Gardiner. Their supervisor, Lt. Eric Davis, says each shift attempts to clean and maintain a separate rescue, ladder or engine on each 24-hour shift. Engine One has provided water at fires for more than 20 years. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Alison Tostevin watches the 10-pound bail she threw go over the bar during sheaf toss event Aug. 10 in the Backyard Games in Hallowell. The sheaf toss is one of the traditional Scottish heavy athletics competitions. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Charlotte Choate, 13, right, of Farmingdale clips her Southdown sheep Aug. 11 as Lindsey McGee, 14 of West Gardiner assists at the Skowhegan State Fair at 33 Constitution Ave. Choate says she is preparing 12 sheep to show at the fair. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Laurel Hayes, 7, and her mother, Kelly, select flowers Aug. 11 from a garden they cultivate at Bombahook Brook Botanicals in Farmingdale. The rising second grader and elementary school teacher also bake cookies in a state-certified kitchen to sell alongside the flowers at a summer and fall roadside farm stand on Vaughan Road. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

The Ferris wheel and Zipper spin Wednesday night at the Skowhegan State Fair, at 33 Constitution Ave. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Board chair Shawn Roderick, speaks to the public during the RSU 38 meeting which was held at Maranacook Community Middle School Thursday in Readfield. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A muskrat returns to its den Thursday after feeding on roots in a pond in Augusta. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Horse pull competitors hustle to the pulling sled Wednesday night during the Skowhegan State Fair, 33 Constitution Ave. in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Children play Tuesday at the recently restored “Lady and the Birds” statue at Gardiner Common. The statue rests on a fountain named for Gardiner native Gideon S. Palmer, a Civil War regimental surgeon and, later, the director of Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Augusta police Deputy Chief Jesse Brann cooks hamburgers Thursday during the department’s fourth annual Family Fun Day at Mill Park in Augusta. There were children’s activities in addition to a free grilled burger dinner. Chief Kevin Lully says they expect to cook up about 1,000 burgers for the event. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A camper plays defense Aug. 10 on Cooper Flagg during a 2-on-2 game. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel