Due to weather conditions, the best times for balloon launches are 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Launches are always weather permitting, and times may vary depending on conditions. As soon as it is known whether or not the launch is not going to happen due to inclement weather, that information will be […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival still lacks federal nonprofit exemption
LEWISTON — Five years after the IRS pulled the Great Falls Balloon Festival’s tax-exempt status for failing to file required paperwork, and more than a year after the festival’s treasurer said she was in the process of getting it restored, the group’s federal tax exemption is still revoked. Last year, Treasurer Mell Hamlyn said she’d […]
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Optimist Club hears about balloon festival
Optimist Club President Sabrina Best, right, presented Guest Speaker Mel Hamlin with a copy of the Optimist Creed at a recent meeting. Hamlin spoke about the history of the Balloon Festival and this year’s Aug. 17 to 19 event. Festival supporters are excited to welcome the Elvis Presley specialty balloon to this year’s roster. More […]
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Elvis headlines the Great Falls Balloon Festival theme
Elvis Presley? PAL Hop rockers? Keystone cops? Three months ahead of this year’s Great Falls Balloon Festival, clues are starting to emerge as to this year’s theme. “We are sooooo excited we cannot keep it a secret any longer!” screeched a Wednesday morning post on the festival’s Facebook page. “Live, on the main stage Saturday […]
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Really impressive
What better way to enhance the image of Lewiston-Auburn and celebrate the 25th anniversary of the balloon festival than by putting a shot of the balloons floating over a junk yard on the front page of the paper (Aug. 19). I will proudly show the paper to visitors whom I want to impress with the […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival wraps up
LEWISTON — The 25th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival wrapped up with a half-launch in the evening — but plenty of party to go. Three balloons took off from Simard-Payne Memorial Park around 6:30 p.m., the latest they could lift off to beat sunset. The wind speed kept the other pilots and passengers on the […]
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Stunning Sunday morning launch at Great Falls Balloon Fest
Three balloons hover over Simard-Payne Memorial Park in the near calm during the 2017 Great Falls Balloon Fest in Lewiston on Sunday. LEWISTON — No fewer than 17 balloons inflated and lifted off from Simard-Payne Park and surrounding satellite locations in Lewiston and Auburn on Sunday morning in what to this point was the most […]
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Evening launch goes off without a hitch
#GFBALLOONFEST The Sun Journal is covering the Great Falls Balloon Festival with: Livestream video of the 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. launches Friday, Saturday and Sunday at SunJournal.com (Network connectivity provided by First Light) Facebook Live video and photos from festival at Facebook.com/SunJournal Stories, photos and videos at SunJournal.com/BalloonFest Status updates at SunJournal.com/BalloonFest, Facebook.com/SunJournal and Twitter.com/SunJournal LEWISTON — The smell of fried dough, french […]
