Perfect summer birthday

Rob Carroll takes a direct hit to his feet during a Sunday evening water balloon fight on Stevens Avenue in Coulee Dam as Westlyn Landeros prepares to launch a counterattack against either her brother Damon (not pictured) or Collin Chaney, left. Carroll decided to arrange the event, a neighborhood tradition he said had gone dormant for too long, for his own birthday. Neighborhood kids and friends used up 2,000 balloons in about 45 minutes, then had Glo Carroll's German chocolate cupcakes. - Scott Hunter photo