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Balloon race will light up the Helen skies

Annual sprint to Atlantic launches Thursday

A couple of hot air balloons drift over the Chattahoochee River during last year's annual Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race. - photo by SARA GUEVARA

0531balloon2 — A couple of hot air balloons drift over the Chattahoochee River during last year's annual Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race. - photo by SARA GUEVARA

An annual rite of spring will take to the skies this weekend in the annual Helen to the Atlantic Hot Air Balloon Race. The race begins at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 31, weather permitting. If it is too windy or storms are forecast, takeoff will be postponed until conditions are better.