Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston is packed with people Friday for the grand reopening of the bowling alley, more than six months after a mass shooting Oct. 25, 2023. Roughly 500 people showed up to show their support for owners Justin and Samantha Juray.
Some patrons brought flowers Friday for Just-In-Time Recreation owners Justin and Samantha Juray for the grand reopening in Lewiston.
Izzy Welch, 9, of Lewiston misses a spare by a tiny bit Friday at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Welch, her father, Johnathan Moore, right, and mother, Sara Welch, were at the bowling alley Oct. 25, 2023, when a shooter entered and left eight patrons dead. Welch, a third grader at Connors Elementary School, was given permission by her parents to take the day off from school to attend the grand reopening, knowing what she has been through. "It's good to be home," says one regular at the alley.
Bowling pins commemorating the grand reopening of Just-In-Time Recreation are displayed Friday at the bowling alley in Lewiston.
Longtime bowlers Adam Jordan, left, and Chad Hopkins embrace Friday during the grand reopening of Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Hopkins was at the bowling alley the night of the mass shooting.
Rhonda Webber gives Chad Hopkins a hug Friday during the grand reopening of Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Hopkins was at the bowling alley the night of the mass shooting.
Haredho Abdirahman, center, chats with Walter Jackson and his wife, Trena Jackson, during Friday's grand reopening of Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Abdirahman and Trena Jackson work next door to the bowling alley and Walter Jackson is a longtime bowler at the alley. "This is all family to us," Walter Jackson says.
Denis Webber, right, and Just-In-Time Recreation co-owner Justin Juray stand at the Lewiston bowling alley during Friday's grand reopening. Webber owned The Cage in downtown Lewiston for 25 years and returned from his winter home in Florida to attend. Webber says, "There was no way I was going to miss this." The bowling pins on the wall represent the 18 people who lost their lives in the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting at the bowling alley and at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant on Lincoln Street, also in Lewiston.
Just-In-Time Recreation co-owner Justin Juray takes a moment to soak in the support he and his wife, Samantha, received Friday during the grand reopening. The couple own the bowling alley.
Vernon Cox of Turner enjoys a drink Friday at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Many people, like Cox, visited the bowling alley during the grand reopening to show their support even if they were not there to bowl.
Just-In-Time Recreation owners Justin and Samantha Juray enjoy the large turnout for Friday's grand reopening of their bowling alley in Lewiston.
Members of the national media return to Lewiston on Friday for the grand reopening of Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston.
Just-In-Time Recreation owners Justin and Samantha Juray go over final details prior to the start of Friday's official grand reopening ceremony at the Lewiston bowling alley.
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