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Jessica Cormier of Auburn lifts her bike Thursday to show her strength during the Auburn Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at the Police Activities Center on Chestnut Street in Auburn. The Auburn Exchange Club sponsored a barbecue, the Auburn Fire Department handed out helmets and gave tours of their ladder truck and police officers talked about bike safety. A few children won bikes in a raffle. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Children pose Thursday at the Auburn Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at the Police Activities League Center on Chestnut Street in Auburn. Exchange Club President Bill Gladu, top left, and Rollie Heckethorn, next to him, man the grills. The Exchange Club sponsored a barbecue, the Auburn Fire Department handed out helmets and gave tours of their ladder truck and police officers talked about bike safety. A few children won bikes in a raffle. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Children wait Thursday to climb into Auburn Fire Department’s ladder truck during the Auburn Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at the Police Activities League Center on Chestnut Street in Auburn. The Auburn Exchange Club sponsored a barbecue and police officers talked to children about bike safety. A few children won bikes in a raffle. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Chris Cormier pushes his daughter, Juliet, around the bike course Thursday during the Auburn Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at the Police Activities League Center on Chestnut Street in Auburn. The Auburn Exchange Club sponsored a barbecue, the Auburn Fire Department handed out helmets and gave tours of their ladder truck and police officers talked about bike safety. A few children won bikes in a raffle. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Chris Cormier pushes his daughter, Juliet, around the bike course Thursday during the Auburn Police Department’s annual Bike Rodeo at the Police Activities League Center on Chestnut Street in Auburn. The Auburn Exchange Club sponsored a barbecue, the Auburn Fire Department handed out helmets and gave tours of their ladder truck and police officers talked about bike safety. A few children won bikes in a raffle. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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