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Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, August 15, 20102 BALLOON FESTIVAL

Message from PresidentGreetings,

I would l ike to take this opportunity to invite you to the 18th Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival.

This festival is a FREE community event and we encourage you to join is all weekend on the Riverfront of Lewiston and Auburn.

The Balloon Festival takes place on August 20, 21 &23 at Simard-Payne Police Memorial Park on Oxford Street, Lewiston, Maine and Festival Plaza on Main Street in Auburn, Maine.

Join us all weekend to view 25 hot air balloons and 2 special shape balloons. The balloons will be launching each day at 6AM and 6PM WEATHER PERMITTING.

We have something for the whole family, carnival rides, kid’s area, entertainment, food & drinks, crafters/artistes, field demonstrations, official festival souvenirs, a Saturday morning parade, a farmers market of Saturday & Sunday, and a family fun day on Sunday.

On behalf of the board of directors and me we would like to thank our sponsors, the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, the hundreds of volunteers and all landowners who provide areas for safe landings of the balloons. Also we would like to thank the local and surrounding communities for your continued support of this one of kind event.

Ann Dehetre-ArsenaultPresidentGreat Falls Balloon Festival 2010UP, UP, AND AWAY!

Important informationThings to eat - Brought to you by non-profit organizations: Breakfast with Balloons, scallops, lobster rolls, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches and much more. Main meals under the big tent: barbecued chicken & ribs on Fri. and Sat. evening.

Things to do & see - Carnival rides, business trade exhibits, crafters, novelty & souvenir vendors, climbing wall, kids’ area, games, activities and demonstrations.

Breakfast - Watch the launches while you enjoy a pancake or continental breakfast Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning.

Restaurants & lodging - For our out-of-town guests, a Restaurant & Lodging Guide is available which provides listings of all the restaurants and lodging establishments in the greater Lewiston/Auburn area as well as information on area attractions. To receive a directory, call the Androscoggin County Chamber office at (800) 639-6331 or (207) 783-2249, visit our Web site at www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org, or e-mail [email protected]. NOTE: If you are in need of lodging during the Festival, please book your reservations early, as rooms fill up quickly!

Landowner relations - We ask that everyone involved in the festival, including spectators, volunteers and balloonists, be respectful of landowners’ rights and responsibilities.

Smoking - Due to the fire hazard created by the use of propane gas and the risk of damage to the balloon envelopes, no smoking is allowed in Balloon Festival launch areas.Pets - Service Animals only please.

Getting thereFrom points north: Take the Maine Turnpike (I-95) to Exit 80 (formerly Exit 13) - Lewiston. Follow signs for Lewiston onto Lisbon Street. Continue on Lisbon Street through downtown. At the intersection of Main and Lisbon Street turn left go down and turn left on Lincoln St..From points south: Take the Maine Turnpike (I-95) to Exit 75 (formerly Exit 12) - Auburn. From the exit turn left and follow Washington Street/ Minot Avenue to the intersection with Court Street. Turn right onto Court Street go down and over the bridge and right onto Lincoln.

Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, August 15, 2010 BALLOON FESTIVAL 3

How to arrange a balloon rideBalloon rides are available for $200 per person (prior to Monday, August. 16 at 5 p.m.) after that and through the festival the cost per ride is $225 per person. Rides during the festival are available on Friday pm, Saturday and Sunday am & pm. Flights are usually available during the weekend but we strongly advise advance reservations.

If your balloon ride is canceled due to weather you will have the option to fly on a later flight during the festival on a space available as priority stand-by passenger or you can have a full refund for your ticket.

Registration forms for balloon r i d e s c a n b e d o w n l o a d e d f r o m o u r w e b s i t e w w w .greatfallsballoonfestival.org and can be mailed to 392 College St., Lewiston, ME 04240 or faxed to us @207-777-4625. If faxing your ride form please be sure to include credit card information.

Forms are also available at Ness Oil on Monday through Friday 8 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. which is located at 249 Washington St., in Auburn, ME.

In Lewiston forms are available at Reeder Chiropractic Health Care located at 625 Main Street and can be picked up on Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 7;30 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Friday the office closes at 5 p.m.

If you wish to schedule a ride during the Festival, we offer stand by passenger options during the festival for people who decided at the last minute to take a hot air balloon ride. The rides are on a space available only and are $225.

If you are interested in the option you would need to be at Ness Oil located at 249 Washington St., Auburn. For morning flights please be there at 5 a.m. on either Saturday or Sunday and evening flights on Saturday or Sunday at 5 p.m.

All available rides will be filled on a first come first serve basis after all pre-scheduled passengers.

Special shape balloons take center stage at the festival“Celebrating Maine Farms” is the theme of the 18th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival this year, and as usual, all of the hot air balloons at the festival are breathtaking when inflated. Each year the festival committee invites several special shape balloons to join the more traditional oval envelopes. This year, look for the Old McDonald’s Farm balloon and a jack-in-the-box shaped balloon called JACK!

Michael Caccavale is the owner of the Old McDonald’s Farm balloon. The balloon was manufactured in 2004; it took 880 hours to produce the balloon over five months. Its

first flight was on June 3, 2004. The balloon envelope when inflated stands 61 feet high, 55 feet wide, and 55 feet in length. The weight of the envelope is 900 lbs. It has a classic basket and uses one 15-gallon and two 18-gallon tanks of fuel.JACK!, a hot air balloon shaped like a jack-in-the-box and manufactured in 2002, is owned by pilot Colin Graham and based in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The balloon is 12 stories tall, 600 pounds in weight, and is 110,000 cubic feet and 120 feet tall. JACK! flies over an Aerostar Classic “2” basket with two 18-gallon tanks and one 20-gallon tank. JACK!

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Remote Control Balloon Demo: Paul Veilleux lives in Cumberland Rhode Island and operates Full A Hotair and has been traveling to hot air balloon events mostly on the East Coast for the past sixteen

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Fundraising EffortThe Great Falls Balloon Festival Board of Directors would like to inform our visitors of a fund raising effort this year.

In an effort to offset increased operational cost, and to generate additional funding for the 30+ non-profit groups that make this festival possible, we will be organizing donation collections at each entrance to Simard-Payne Memorial Park throughout the weekend. Donations are strictly voluntary, and are not required. All collections will be divided among the festival and each non-profit group.

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• Submit your own photos at www.sunjournal.com/balloonfestival

Big Blue Big Blue is a family band from Midcoast Maine. They play Delta Blues, Country Blues, Jazz, Rock and Cajun.

Rotary Duck Race Sponsored by the Lewiston/Auburn Rotary Club

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THE JUKE JOINT DEVILSThe Juke Joint Devils are an old time, hard driving and swinging blues band that never fails to get the crowd rocking. They play a style of blues that goes back to the day when home entertainment systems didn’t exist and folks went out to the local juke joint to be entertained. Their music is rooted in the blues of Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans with a little modern day tempering of the West Coast Swing style of blues. Featuring Tommy O’Connell on vocals and harmonica, Gerry Byrne on the big “doghouse” bass, Mike VanSumren on guitar and vocals and Steve Kaulback on the drum kit they bring many years of experience to the stage. For this year’s balloon festival performance they will be joined by Eric Green, Maine’s mainstay of New Orleans style blues, on keyboard and vocals. When the “Devils” get going toes will be

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Fairview Community Rock Band: This is year 3 of the Fairview Communtiy Rock Band. The idea for this group was borne out of Camp of Rock, when a parent of one of the kids mentioned how they had wished they could’ve played in a musical group like that when they were kids. We decided to make it happen, selling the idea as a group for kids, but encouraging parents to dig out their keyboards, guitars, and saxes. After last season, the adults in the group committed to continue on, and met on a weekly basis. They named themselves Be Seven, and make up the bulk of this year’s group, along with their kids, and a few newcomers.

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JAMES MONTGOMERYAugust 22, Simard Payne Lewiston

In 1970, while attending Boston University, Montgomery formed the James Montgomery Band. His inimitable (oh yeah, he majored in English) harmonica playing combined with his incredibly energetic live shows led to the band’s quick ascension on the New England music scene. Within two years, the James Montgomery band was among the hottest acts in Boston along with J. Geils and Aerosmith, and they were quickly signed to a multi-album deal with Capricorn Records.

Montgomery has toured with many major artists, including Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, the Allman Brothers, Steve Miller and others. He has jammed on stage with B.B.King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Jr. Wells, James Cotton, Charlie Daniels, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Laverne Baker, Patti LaBelle, and Peter Wolf among others, including an impromptu session with Mick Jagger at New York’s “Trax”.

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When blues legend James Montgomery plays the harmonica, he “brings it on home”. Whether it’s recording with Kid Rock, sitting in with Gregg Allman, or fronting his hot band of thirty years, Montgomery plays with authority. While growing up in Detroit he learned first-hand from the masters - James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, and Jr. Wells - at the legendary “Chessmate.” Over the years, he’s carried on in the tradition and continues to be a vital presence in Blues as one of the most dynamic performers on the scene. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!!!!


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The DistributorsThe Distributors is Lewiston-Auburn’s new “Power Trio” formed this past winter with three musicians that have been performing around Central Maine for many years. In the tradition of Hendrix, Cream, and ZZ Top, The Distributors are a melting pot of mainly blues based rock with improvised jams, R&B, pop, and blues scattered into the mix. The Distributors are, L to R:

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Farmers MarketIn keeping with this year’s Festival theme, Celebrating Maine Farms, we are pleased to offer a Farmers Market, located in the trade tent at Simard-Payne Memorial Park, near the footbridge to Auburn. After enjoying all the Festival has to offer, grab some locally grown food on your way out! No need to stop at the grocery store. Luckily, the Festival coincides with the bountiful Maine harvest season, whose products conveniently await you right here at the Festival. There will be Maine maple products, jams, vegetables, and much more! Support our local farmers while visiting the Great Falls Balloon Festival!


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Hailing from Boston, Comanchero, is a band on the move in support of their sophomore album, Americana Nueva, which features eleven diverse, yet cohesive tracks that put a stomp in the boots and the boots on the dance floor. The band’s stage energy, combined with carefully crafted songs and precise execution distinguish Comanchero as one of the rising jam-influenced bands on the East Coast. The band’s sound is edgy, tangible, eclectic, and totally danceable. As Jane Lindholm, Director and Associate Producer at National Public Radio observed: “Alt-Country Folk Rock melodies combine with great hooks and

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Revival an Allman BrothersTribute BandFeaturing Tom Faunce

”Revival” is an Allman Brothers Tribute band which brings to life the heart of what the Allman Brothers are all about, “the Jam”!

VINTAGE Vintage was founded by Roger Renaud in 1984 and played at the Round House Lounge in Auburn for many years and they are still performing. Roger can still Rock on the Sax and Marc Morin on male vocals and Rhonda “Martin” Trask on female vocals. Vintage plays mostly cover songs from Jazz, 50s & 60s, R&R, to Country, Disco and much more. They have a long standing engagement of 12 years at the Poland Spring Resort throughout the summers and many local private organizations . Sit back and enjoy the music of Vintage& help sing along.

Yellow Brick Road (Elton John Tribute Band) ComancheroYellow Brick Road accurately reproduces the complete Elton John concert experience. From the piano and vocal styling of Elton John to lavish costume changes and incredible sound and lighting, each detail is carefully recreated into a show that will send Elton fans screaming for more!

The band performs at various clubs, universities, cruise ships and festivals across the country. Gerald Brann (playing the part of Elton John) has enlisted a group of 4 talented musicians (with over 75 years of combined stage experience) to make the magic

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Along the WalkwayLewiston Auburn Magazine - magazine, subscription salesBody Essentials by Chet - soap, lotions, gels, body sprayEFX USA - EFX bracelets, necklaces, stickers with embedded technologyLaw Offices of Joe Bornstein - information, giveawaysSuperStar Celebrations - star & hot-air-balloon paper lanternsTime Warner Cable - cable, internet, phone serviceDyenosaur - tie-dye clothing & accessoriesRowe - KiaDesigns by Missi - handcrafted jewelrySouthwest Sunset - hand-made Native American jewelry, dream catchersMIOTG - hand-painted crystal glass nail filesFun & Shine Creations - jewelry, wind chimes, painted glassFull-a-hot-air - jewelry, children’s toys, flagsJerky Hut - vacuum sealed beef jerkyBath Fitter - acrylic tub liners and shower wall surroundsTri-County Mental Health Services - raffle, hand-made lapel pinsA&S Novelty - sports apparel, toys, noveltiesArtVan - hand-made cards, potteryDD Accessories USA - jewelry, sunglasses, scarves, hair clipsFestiva Group - timeshare information, drawing for giveawayAARP - Walgreens Wellness Tour

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Museum L-A to host book signingMuseum L-A will be hosting a book signing event with David A. Sargent on Saturday, August 21st from 1:00 pm. to 4:00 pm with a brief presentation of his book, “Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the Mighty Androscoggin”, at 2:00 pm.

The museum will be open free of charge from 10:00 to 4:00 as part of the annual Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival Celebration. Complimentary tours of the museum will also be available.

David A. Sargent is a native of Auburn, Maine. He has pursued a lifelong interest in writing and history which was built on the Maine-flavored poetry and journalism of his father, brother, and aunt. In the 1960’s he was a general assignment reporter for the Lewiston Daily Sun. In recent years, he founded, edited and published Business Focus, a monthly newspaper. Sargent has carefully chronicled the history of Maine communities in his “River Views” columns which have appeared twice monthly in the Sun Journal since 2005. He presents this collection

from the early industrial days to the modern splendor of the balloon festival in “Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the Mighty Androscoggin.”

Sargent lives with his wife, Judy, on their historic family farm built by his great-grandfather after the Civil War. They have two daughters and six grandchildren.

For further information contact Museum L-A at 207-333-3881.


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Board of Directors:President: Ann Dehetre-ArsenaultVice-President: Erik TinerTreasurer: Mell HamlynSecretary: Matt ZidleBalloonmeister: John ReederDirectors:Bonnie EdwardsJan SullivanTracey SteuberRick O’BrienMickey ReederHarold BrooksKelly MacKinnonClayton RoySponsorship:Mell Hamlyn, ChairJan SullivanSteve NessClayton RoyPhoto Contest:Kathy JarboeEvents & Activities:Erik Tiner, ChairAnn Dehetre-ArsenaultEvents & Activities Liaisons:United Ambulance

Dan Wormell & Brad GilbertAuburn Fire Chief Geoff LowLewiston Fire Chief Paul LeclairMiller AmusementsRotary Duck RaceNorm LamiePelletier Karate Rich Pelletier & Demonstration TeamRadio Controlled“Full a Hot Air” BalloonPaul VeilleuxPlanet Cheer All-Stars Deneka FortierMaine Event CheeringMike & Tammy KlemanskiLewiston High School Swim BoostersLewiston High School VocationalDan O’NeilSummit AdventuresCraig HamiltonAndy Valley GymnasticRodneyGendronSky Dive New EnglandJason FoggNeil WardKim Godin

Balloon Events CommitteeLisa CritesTara EnnisGary EnnisLaurie HendersonGayle JohnsonDeidre NewtonMike NewtonSteve NessMickey ReederKaren J. RobitailleMarketing/MediaTracey Steuber, ChairSheri VervilleMiranda DobbinsKaitlin GallagherCraft & TradeJan Sullivan, ChairBob Waterman Jr.SouvenirsClayton Roy, ChairAnn Dehetre-ArsenaultEntertainmentBonnie Edwards, ChairParadeTracey Steuber, ChairGerard Dejardins

Erik TinerKelly MacDinnonMatt ZidleJan SullivanFoodKelly MacDinnon, ChairMell HamlynMichelle GreenierLogisticsHarold Brooks, ChairAnn Dehetre-ArsenaultTracey SteuberParking/SecurityMell HamlynBusiness After HoursAnn Dehetre-ArsenaultLegalRick O’BrienWebsiteGeoff NessMunicipal LiaisonsCity of Lewiston:Maggie ChisholmRichard MorinSgt. Mike McGonaglePhil NadeauMegan Bates

Jessica HanscombeSue RenyCity of Auburn:Norm BilodeauKevin MulherinGary O’ConnellMary Lou MagnoRavi SharmaCharlie D’AngeliasCristy BourgetTracey SteuberFamily Fun DayMell hamlyn, ChairJan SullivanDiana SullivanKelli McDonaldElaine BourgoinVisitor InformationAndroscoggin CountyChamber of CommerceSun Journal PublicationsLeo BaillargeonDenise ScammonJesse RichterMike TheriaultKaitlin GallagherMiranda Dobbins

Thanks to the many volunteers who help with the 2010 Festival

Special thanks to communit y members contributing to the success of the festival! Contributors of goods and services.AAA Fire Extinguishers

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Auburn City CouncilAuburn Fire DepartmentAuburn Police DepartmentAuburn Public Works DepartmentAuburn Recreation DepartmentBates CollegeBates MillChapman Golf, Christopher FrostCity of AuburnCity of LewistonConnectivity PointCountryside DancersCrossman Funeral, Cremation & MonumentEasy Rent AllFiresafe EquipmentThe Fortin Group, Funeral & Cremation Services of Lewiston & Auburn, MEFox Ridge Golf CourseG.A. DowningGrant’s BakeryHammond Tractor

Bob HarnoisHannaford’sHarriman AssociatesHarold Brooks ConstructionImari’s Belly DancingKennebec RentalLA Railroad CompanyLewiston City CouncilLewiston Fire DepartmentLewiston Police DepartmentLewiston Public Works Lewiston Recreation DepartmentLewiston-Auburn Economic Growth CouncilLutheran Community Services of MaineMaine Event CheeringMelissa Lynn & Matt ThomasMiller IndustriesMountain Road RVNess OilNew England Tent & Awning, LLCNortheast Charter & Tour Co.

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ParkingAmple parking is available in the downtown area. Non-profit agencies will be manning several parking lots adjacent to the festival grounds. Donations are welcome. Handicapped parking will be located near Festival Plaza and Simard/Payne Memorial Park. For more information, call (800-639-6331, or visit our website at www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org or email us at [email protected].

Teen Band FyveFyve has played at NYC’s famous Webster Hall & Boston’s Hard Rock Cafe winning grand prize among 15 east coast acts.Website-http://fyverock.com/A year ago, at Winthrop’s Middle School, three girls and two boys began playing classic rock, alternative, and pop at school shows, they all clicked! Combine singer Danielle’s rocky raspyness to the sweet harmonies of the Veayo twins who play drums & guitar, add in Aaron’s bass with Declan’s solos, you get FYVE.

The Dirty McCurdy Band was (is) a band that was originally based in Tuscaloosa, AL back in the mid to late 1990’s that for some reason refuses to break up. Our interests include meeting anyone who is willing to give us overflowing sackfulls of cash in exchange for letting us pretend to be rock stars for the evening.


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Imari & the Sahara Desert DancersImari, professional bellydancer/instructor of 18 years, is the artistic director of one of the most colorful and entertaining family performances brought to L/A: Imari & the Sahara Desert Dancers! www.imarisbellydancing.com

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and Bob GauthierWe are from West Paris, Maine.Our extensive repertoire includes: golden oldies; rock classics; folk; alternative and the newest country & country rock hits.We keep it fresh by always adding new songs to the mix.Please enjoy the music with...JustUs.

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2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Photo Contest RulesPrizesBest of Show: (1 prize): 2010 Gr eat Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $100.First Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $75.Second Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $50.Third Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $25.Honorable Mentions: ( 14 prizes - 7 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt.Official Rules:2 Entry categories: Over 19 and 18 & under.Only Non-professional Photographers may enter.Photos must be of the 2010 Great Falls Balloon FestivalLimit of 2: 8’x10’ or 8’x12’ photos per person.Entries must be mounted using an 11’x14’ white matte with backing.Entries must have official entry form secured to back

of each entry. All Photos submitted become the property of the Great Falls Balloon Festival*.All entries must be sumitted by Monday, September 27, 2010Submit photos in person:2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Booth (located at the Information Booth during festival hours)The Sun Journal Customer Service Department: 104 park Street, Lewiston, Maine (Mon.-Fri. 8 am - 5 pm)Photo Finish: Auburn Mall, 550 Center Street Auburn, Maine (Mon.-Sat.10 am - 9 pm)Submit Photo’s via USPS: Balloon Photo Contest c/O Sun Journal, PO Box 4440, Lewiston, Maine 04243-4400All winners will be notified by phone, mail or e-mail the week of October 11th-15th, 2010.A winner’s reception will be held; Sunday October 24, 2010 from 3pm to 4pm at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston. All participants and friends are welcomed to the award ceremony.

Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, September 15, 2010 BALLOON FESTIVAL 19

Official 2010 Entry Form

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Entries for the Great Falls Balloon Festival Photo Contest will be accepted untilMonday, September 27, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. Only Non-professional Photographers

may enter. Photos of the 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival only. All entries mustbe mounted using an 11” x 14” white matte. Limit of 2 mounted 8”x10” or 8”x12”

photos/person. All entries must have this official entry form secured to backof entry. All photos submitted become the property of the Great Falls Balloon

Festival. Submission of a photograph constitutes an entrant’s acceptance ofall the rules & representation & assurance that no restrictions or limitations

exist on any publications or use of the photograph by the GFBF, Photo Finishand/or Sun Journal. No fee will be paid for the acceptance or publication ofany photograph. Entrants will not be notified of any use or publication of anysubmitted photographs. Submission of any photograph grants the GFBF, PhotoFinish & Sun Journal unrestricted permission to copy, use, modify, publish anddistribute the photograph (s) on unlimited occasions, with or without the entrants name,in any form, format or medium now known or hereafter devised (including, but notlimited to print or electronic media). Winners will be notified by mail, phone or email betweenOctober 11 - 15, 2010. A winner's reception will be held on Sunday, October 24, 2010 from3pm - 4pm at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.

Entries may be dropped off at the Sun Journal Customer Service Department located through the mainentrance at 104 Park Street, Lewiston, Maine between 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday ormailed to Balloon Festival Photo Contest, c/o Sun Journal, PO Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04243-4400.

Sun JournalPhoto Finish

1st Place $752nd Place $503rd Place $25for both adult and under 18

Best in Show$100

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Embark on a Journey of DiscoveryHours: 10-4 Mon. � Sat.

35 Canal St. Bates Mill Complex,Lewiston � 333-3881

www.museumla.org� FREE Admission, 10-4� Meet author David A. Sargent,who will be signing copies of hisnew book: RememberingLewiston-Auburn on the MightyAndroscoggin, 1-4

Balloon Festival SpecialsSATURDAY.AUG.21

FamilyFun DaySunday,

August 22, 2010

Join us at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston for a Day jam packed with Free Fun Activities for the Family!Featuring: Rick Charette and the Bubblegum BandScheduled Activites:• 9am Fun Run for ages 4-12 (First 100 registrants receive Balloon Bucks)• 10am Toddler Trot• 10:30am Diaper Derby• 10:45am Full-a-Hot-Air Demonstration• 11am Earthjams• 12:15pm MadScience.org demo• 1:15pm Wildlife Encounters• 2:30 Rick Charette and the Bubblegum BandOngoing Activites :• Hot Air Balloon Tethering• Pottery Wheel Demo—Make something to take home• Miniature Pony rides and pet a newborn foal• Kid’s ID Clinic by MetLife Auto & Home• Percy’s Burrow Kids Activities• MadScience.org demo booth• Party Palooga—roaming face painters and balloon twisters• Phil Smith, Abracadabra! Roaming MagicianBrought to you by:WalMart, WalMart Distribution, The Great Falls Balloon FestivalMore info and Fun Run registration available at www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org Balloon Bucks can be spent at Childrens’ Area, Food Booths and Souvenir Booth

Great Falls Balloon Festival organizes 1st Poster Contest

Nintendo DSi XL Discovery ZoneParents and children are invited to discover a whole new side of gaming at the Nintendo DSi XL Discovery Zone. Hands-on activities and exciting games will allow the whole family to get in the zone and play! Nintendo’s software titles such as America’s Test Kitchen, 100 Classic Books and Brain Age™ 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! have never looked better on the Nintendo DSi XL™ system.

The Great Falls Balloon Festival along with Harvest Hill Farms as the primary business sponsor launched their first effort to organize a poster contest for local students in grades 1-12. The contest was intended to get kids excited about the community in which they live and was focused around this year’s festival theme, “Celebrating Maine Farms”. Students were asked to draw images relating to this years theme. Students from six different schools participated.

All winners will ride in a horse drawn wagon during the 4th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival Parade on Saturday, August 21st. They will also display their winning drawings. Winners will also be given 2010 t-shirts along with a commemorative festival pin. The two grand prize winners will receive a one hour

balloon ride over Lewiston & Auburn, as well as a sponsored newspaper subscription for their entire class during the 2010-2011 school year.

The Great Falls Balloon Festival Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following students for their winning entries;Grand Prize winners-Konner Voisine of Lewiston- Geigor ElementaryMichael Kelley of Auburn- Auburn Middle SchoolRunner ups-Hannah Ouelette of Sabattus- Sabattus Primary SchoolJaydon Reindeau of Lewiston- Farwell SchoolMadison Roy of Lewiston- McMahon ElementaryZac Ouelette of Sabattus- Sabattus Primary School

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Raspberry RippleDerald YoungDixfield ME Sky Box

Joe ShevenellSo. Portland ME

Sky DrifterDon PalenMiddleton RI

Blue HeavenEric OlsenManchester ME

Big Max/RemaxChris MooneyWoodbury CT

Sky WalkerRon MartinTampa FL

Six PackJoe HamiltonRehoboth MA

BearAndrew BoucherDerry NH

DestinyRichard VarneyN. B rookfield MA

Flame IIEric NickersonMilford NH

TailwindsJim RodrigueLewiston ME

TittravateJoe CaputoPittston ME

RemaxBruce BybergS. Woodstock CT

Great Balls of FireBill WhiddenTavares FL

SerendipityJason BoucherDerry NH

Wandering WindsVictoria IngrassiaCuddebackville NY

FlashoverMarc BrodearWindham NH

Gary’s BalloonGary MorganBedford NH

Amazing GraceHoni GloverHollis NH

Last PennyWilliam ColyerFairfield CT

Blue HorizonsRay FournierHillsboro NH

D. LightfulJoey HamiltonRehoboth MA

Nothing But AirBeth HamiltonRehoboth MA

Rainbow’s EndWalter CritesAuburn ME

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