Chase Estabrook of Chesterville appears to entice two steers with a drink of a soda at the Farmington Fair on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Ellida Martin, 6, plants her pinwheel in the ground to commemorate National Day of Peace at the Montessori School in Fairfield on Wednesday.

Workers clean pens in the bovine stalls at the Windsor Fairgrounds on Tuesday. The workers said it takes several weeks to tidy up after the agricultural exhibition that concluded Sept. 5.

Michael Welcome, center, was center of attention during a surprise party for him and the unveiling of his remodeled bedroom at his home in Madison on Tuesday. Welcome suffers from cystic fibrosis and received the new room through the Maine Make-A-Wish organization with help from Skowhegan Savings Bank.

North Carolina field hockey player Kristy Bernatchez of Belgrade, center, cheers for teammates as their names are called before game against University of Maine in Orono on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Bernadette Heyes tends to her flowers in the Johny Seed tube house as she prepares for the upcoming 40th annual Common Ground Fair in Unity on Wednesday.

Maine Maritime Academy's Evan Backus (13) battles for the ball with Thomas College's Rasmus Loso (18) right, at Thomas College in Waterville on Tuesday.

Maine Maritime Academy's Tristan Richards (7) gets tangled up with Thomas College's London Steede-Jackson (8) at Thomas College in Waterville on Tuesday.

Disable American Veterans DAV National Commander David W. Riley, left, and other spectators salute during the National Anthem at the start of 150th celebration on Saturday, Sept.17, at VA Maine Health Care System Togus.

Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, gives a n update on the body of a woman found in the woods at 628 Norridgewock Rd in Fairfield on Tuesday.

Truman Hillier, 1, collects a cucumber Wednesday as his great-grandfather, Everett Palleschi, weeds in the garden at Palleschi's Monmouth farm. Palleschi, 86, said the labor of harvest is reduced by his descendants since he "teaches them young" how to pick vegetables.

Maranacook senior striker Sam Wilkinson fires a shot past Erskine sophomore goalie David McGraw during a Class B game Tuesday in South China.

Dirigo quarterback Luke Lueders gets pulled down for a sack by Winthrop/Monmouth's Zac Wallace during a Campbell Conference D game Friday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop.