Photo Album: See youth bowlers enjoy the game at Just-In-Time Recreation

An extraordinary resolve and resiliency brought parents and children back to a youth bowling league shattered when a gunman fired on bowlers — including several adults and about 18 children involved in the league — at Just-In-Time the night of Oct. 25, 2023.

Toni Asselin, 11, of Lewiston talks with Cody Jordan, 10, during a recent youth bowling practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Toni remembers bowling her first ball on lane 15, when she was 9. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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Deklynn Lynch, 9, of Lewiston reacts after his friend, Cody Jordan, threw a nice ball Oct. 9 during youth practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Owen Bushway, center, waits for his turn to bowl on Oct. 6 during a youth tournament at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. “Going from October to May, it had been so long, but it felt like I had never left,” he said of his return to the lanes. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A Lewiston keychain hangs Oct. 9 from Jamie Jordan’s belt loop during youth bowling practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Jordan’s two children are youth bowlers. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Amy Bushway, the organizer of the Just-In-Time Recreation’s youth bowling league, watches her son, Owen Bushway, bowl on Oct. 6. Cassandra Violette, the parent of another youth bowler, is at left. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Deklynn Lynch, 9, of Lewiston works with his coach, Kenny Moore, on Oct. 9 during youth practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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Grayson Koenig, 8, of Auburn steps up to bowl Oct. 9 during youth practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Cody Jordan, 10, of Lewiston celebrates after his buddy threw a nice ball during youth practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. Grayson Koenig, 8, of Auburn is at left. Mason Moore, 15, of Lisbon is at back right. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Gwen Jordan, 17, of Lewiston wears many wristbands promoting social causes during a recent youth league practice at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston. One of Jordan’s wristbands reads “Lewiston Strong.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

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