From left, Nyota Waciba, an unidentified person, Halimo Abdi and Kaltuma Jibril fish along the Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Friday. The four members of the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center Summer Youth Gardening Program spent the morning fishing with staff from the Androscoggin Land Trust. ALT and Dag’s Bait Shop team up each summer to introduce youths to fishing. Shelley Kruszewski of the land trust said she will be baiting hooks at Simard-Payne Memorial Park with youth groups on three days this summer. Abdi, 16, said she caught six fish on her first and last day of fishing Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
Shelley Kruszewski, executive director of the Androscoggin Land Trust, baits a fish hook for Eliza Waciba beside the Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Friday. The land trust and Dag’s Bait Shop team up each summer to introduce youths to fishing. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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