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Balloons lift off Saturday morning at Simard-Payne Memorial Park during the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Balloons lift off Saturday morning at Simard-Payne Memorial Park during the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Balloons lift off Saturday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
Balloons lift off Saturday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
The parade travels down Lincoln Street in Lewiston Saturday morning after starting in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
The parade travels down Lincoln Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
The festival parade travels down Lincoln Street in Lewiston Saturday morning after starting in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
The parade travels down Lincoln Street in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)
August Butcher fences an opponent as part of the Society For Creative Anachronism’s performances at Simard-Payne Memorial Park during the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival. The evening hot air balloon launch was cancelled due to windy conditions. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)
Raelynn Newcomb, 3, tumbles around a partially inflated hot air balloon by Damn Yankee Balloons at Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. Raelynn, who is a twin, ventured around the billowing balloon while her sister preferred the safety of mom’s arms for the majority of the time. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)
Lillyana Brailey, 5, gets a butterfly facepainting design by Sasha Michaud of BC Love Creations at Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Saturday during the Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival.. By the time the final glitter coating was applied, Michaud’s booth had a line of families with kids wanting their own faces painted. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)

Balloon festival goers ride the “Pharoah’s Fury” pendulum ride near Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon. Saturday evening’s balloon launch was later cancelled, marking the second cancellation of four scheduled launches at that point in the weekend. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ Dillingham stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. During summer breaks he worked in the press and composing rooms at...