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Juniper, left, and Jenna Carvalho, back, react Wednesday after Ms. Jackson, a red tegu lizard, sticks out its tongue at the Mr. Drew and His Animals Too booth during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Mo Ready, right, munches on popcorn Wednesday with his mother, Courtney Kaytis, as they wait for the start of the movie “Elemental” during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. “We are here with his older sister and some friends, but he won’t last until the movie,” Kaytis says before Ready lets out a big yawn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
George Stanley toots his horn Wednesday night during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the summer at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Danielle Hirsh, right, of AerialJade steadies an aerial ring Wednesday for Avalynn Langlois during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Nora Condit, left, paints the face of Layla Bernard on Wednesday during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Lewiston police Sgt. Desiree Michaud hands out flashing bike lights Wednesday during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Children run through bubbles Wednesday during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Children run through bubbles Wednesday during the last Summer Fun & Films Midweek Movie Night of the year at Simard-Payne Memorial Park 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...