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Bates College tennis coach Paul Gastonguay gives instructions Saturday morning to participants in a tennis clinic at the Lewiston college. There were six 90-minute sessions held with participants who raised funds to support the victims and families of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. Bates College hosted a fundraising training session with proceeds going to the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. Gastonguay was assisted by members of his tennis teams and area and national tennis professionals. A live auction with prizes donated from the area and national tennis organizations was held, along with raffles at the end of each session. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Bates College tennis coach Paul Gastonguay, foreground, gives instructions Saturday morning to participants of a tennis clinic at the Lewiston college. There were six 90-minute sessions held with participants who raised funds to support the victims and families of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. Bates College hosted a fundraising training session with proceeds going to the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. Gastonguay was assisted by members of his tennis teams and area and national tennis professionals. A live auction with prizes donated from the area and national tennis organizations was held, along with raffles at the end of each session. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Bates College tennis coach Paul Gastonguay, foreground, gives instructions Saturday morning to participants of a tennis clinic at the Lewiston college. There were six 90-minute sessions held with participants who raised funds to support the victims and families of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. Bates College hosted a fundraising training session with proceeds going to the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. Gastonguay was assisted by members of his tennis teams and area and national tennis professionals. A live auction with prizes donated from the area and national tennis organizations was held, along with raffles at the end of each session. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Bates College tennis team member Julia Anderson hits balls Saturday to participants during one of the six 90-minute sessions at the Lewiston college. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Bates College tennis coach Paul Gastonguay, foreground, gives instructions Saturday morning to participants in a tennis clinic at the Lewiston college. There were six 90-minute sessions held with participants who raised funds to support the victims and families of the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston. Bates College hosted a fundraising training session with proceeds going to the Maine Community Foundation’s Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund. Gastonguay was assisted by members of his tennis teams and area and national tennis professionals. A live auction with prizes donated from the area and national tennis organizations was held, along with raffles at the end of each session. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Bates College tennis player Grace LaFountain, middle, gives a high five Saturday to Olivia Guinard of Sanford after she made a great shot. Guinard was a participant in the fundraising and training event at Bates College in Lewiston. 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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