2013 Art & Balloon Festival, August 30, 2013
Special edition of LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com Page 19
The Irelands were asked to snip the ribbon on the first official event of the weekend.
They will also be on hand at another ribbon-cut Friday afternoon prior to the parade that
will run a course from Wyatt Avenue to the Logan County Airport.
Pictures by Lisa Ramlow
Irelands cut the ribbon on 40th festival
Among the balloonists who came out to
the airport for the exclusive media guests
were local balloonist Seth Goodman with
his new balloon Done Deal!, pilot Larry
Owen with his balloon S.S. Rolo Fitzpug,
pilot Betsy Kleiss with her balloon Bot-
toms Up, new-to-the-festival pilot Jared
Miller with his Fiery Gizzard, and the
guests of honor, this year’s grand mar-
shals of the Friday pilots parade, Jim and
Nancy Ireland with their balloon Sun-
glow.
Thursday evening the 40th annual Lincoln
Art & Balloon Festival got off to a ter-
rific start with media night. The skies were
somewhat cloudy, but the winds were
mild and so were the temperatures.
