Brayden Russell, bottom, holds onto his friend’s canoe July 9 as they pass under the abandoned railroad bridge over the Androscoggin River during the Moxie Festival Bass Derby. Emery Ouellette scrambles back to reverse the motor to get back to Micah Powers, who grabs onto the support beam as their canoe drifts beneath. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Students rehearse July 13 for the youth camp production of “Matilda Jr.” at the Community Little Theatre in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Members of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Golden Age Club gather July 11 at Tabers Restaurant, Miniature Golf and Driving Range in Auburn. Between 12 and 20 members meet at restaurants on the second Tuesday of every month. The club includes members from Sacred Heart and St. Philip churches in Auburn, according to President Barbara Johnson. The average age of members is “golden age,” Johnson says, laughing. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Christian Garcia shields himself from the blazing sun July 8 during the Moxie Festival in Lisbon Falls. Garcia, an employee of Smokey’s Greater Shows, was tending to the Super Slide. The festival continues through Sunday, with the Moxie Day Parade beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Chloe O’Connor, front in air, from the West Team, is tossed in the air July 12 at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, where both East and West squads are getting ready together for Saturday’s Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. See sunjournal.com to watch them practice one of their routines. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Workers from R.A.D. Sports of Rockland, Massachusetts, install the last of the turf July 13 at Garcelon Field at Bates College on Central Avenue in Lewiston. The multicolored lines represent the boundaries for soccer, football and lacrosse teams that share the facility. See sunjournal.com for a quick flyover of the field. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Firefighters take a break July 13 while battling an apartment house fire on Court Street in Auburn. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal