Emily Poland of Leavitt Area High School jumps excitedly May 11 after bringing in three runners during a softball game at Lewiston High School. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Colby Guay of Edward Little High School checks Carter Hart of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on May 10 in Paris. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Jordan Burns, left, receives her ballot from clerk Ronnie Paradis while voting May 10 on the Lewiston school budget at Gov. James B. Longley Elementary School. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Justin Power tills his vegetable garden May 9 at the Power Family Farm in Turner. Power is preparing the garden for another season of growing vegetables that will be sold at local markets and farm stands. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Sarah Arsenault, right, and Taryn Demers laugh with friends May 12 before the Central Maine Community College graduation at The Colisée in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Kathleen Jordan uses sticks May 10 to prop up hybrid daffodils in the front yard at her Paris house. Jordan says she was not able to tend her garden last year, but she is planning to spend more time this year taking care of her flowers and a food garden. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Marion Guyette, right, of Mechanic Falls picks tulips May 12 with her grandchildren Erin Fox, left, and Amelia Harbin, both of Monmouth, at Chipman’s Upick Tulips in Poland. “I’m making memories together with my grandchildren,” Guyette says, while snipping a yellow tulip. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Nadifo Nur of Auburn blows bubbles May 12 beside a new pavilion at Liberation Farms in Wales, where her mother is growing crops this spring and summer. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video from the event.  Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal