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Photos for November 7, 2004
Kansas City gallery owner and author Paul Dorrell's new book offers practical tips -- from personal experience -- to artists who want to make a living at their craft.
The Lawrence Children's Choir practices under the direction of Janeal Krehbiel on Monday at Southwest Junior High. The choir will perform its fall concert at 5 p.m. Saturday at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka.
Nationally noted fight choreographer D.C. Wright gives direction to actors during rehearsal for the upcoming University Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet." Wright worked with the KU cast several weekends to finalize the play's fight sequences.
Cast members of University Theatre's upcoming production of "Romeo and Juliet" fine tune their sword-fighting skills for a brawl scene. The play opens Friday at Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
Karl Gridley is the Phoenix Award winner for Arts Volunteer. One of Gridley's efforts resulted in the establishment of a plaque outside the Free State Brewery on abolitionist John Brown and the siege of Lawrence in September of 1856.
Linda Reimond has won the Phoenix Award for Arts Education. Reimond is pictured teaching an arts-based preschool class at the Lawrence Arts Center.
Steve Mason, a multi-instrumentalist, member of the Alferd Packer Memorial String Band and long-time supporter of musical arts in Lawrence, is the recipient of this year's Phoenix Award for Music Arts. In keeping with his zany sense of humor, Mason has a friend lend him a third hand while fiddling a tune.
Beth Schultz, a Kansas University professor emerita of English, has won a Phoenix Award for Literary Arts. Schultz is pictured on Monday at her Lawrence home.
Henry Fortunato, who won a Phoenix Award for Visual Arts, works with the Kansas University History Project. Fortunato is pictured next to one of the many KU history boards he helped bring to fruition inside the Kansas Union.
Stephen Johnson has won the Phoenix Award for Exceptional Artistic Achievement. He is pictured in front of the glass mosaic mural he created for a subway station in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The Bowery Dancers, from left, are Christine Scott, Jeff Potter, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Brandi Green, Michael Ingle and Kathleen O'Connor. Not pictured are Beau Hancock and Alison Mize.
Bowery Dancers Ellie Goudie-Averill, left, and Christine Scott rehearse for their Thursday performance at Liberty Hall. Company member Michael Ingle, background, waits in the wings.
Mark Sceurman, left, and Mark Moran pose next to a granite replica of a Mercedes-Benz 240 Diesel that serves as a grave marker for Raymond Tse at the Linden Park Cemetery in Linden, N.J. The pair, who publish "Weird N.J." magazine and a best-selling book with the same title, have expanded their empire of weirdness to the national level with the book "Weird U.S."
A huntsman riding with the Bicester with Whaddon Chase hunt clears a fence near Stratton Audley, England, Saturday, the first day of the last-ever hunting season. Legislation before Parliament is expected to outlaw hunting with hounds in the near future.
Robbie Cuthill, 27, of Britain's 1st Battalion, The Black Watch, works on night patrol in and around the area of Camp Dogwood, southwest of Baghdad, Saturday.
U.S. Marines of the 1st Division dressed as gladiators stage a chariot race reminiscent of the Charlton Heston movie "Ben-Hur," complete with confiscated Iraqi horses at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq. The Marines preparing to lead an expected attack on insurgent-held Fallujah staged the race as a diversion before their mission.
Displaced Sudanese women try to rebuild their tents Saturday in El-Geer refugee camp near Nyala in the Darfur area of Sudan. Inhabitants later were forced to move to another refugee camp. Sudanese Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ibrahim Hamid on Saturday called on the United Nations to work with the Sudanese government "to prevent the spread of sedition" in Darfur.
Sarah Tomchesson, left, waits with her partner, Gene de Haan, as she is consoled by her father on a cell phone after learning that a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage would pass Tuesday in Portland, Ore.
Palestinian schoolchildren pass by a painting of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as they walk in the main road between Rafah and Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia travelled to the Gaza Strip on Saturday for talks with rival Palestinian groups aimed at preserving calm during Yasser Arafat's absence, Qureia's office said.
Marchers carry a casket along a section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. border enforcement program Operation Gatekeeper. Immigrants rights groups blame the program for immigrant deaths because the active enforcement in the Tijuana area drives illegal immigrants to try to cross the border in the rougher terrain to the east.
A victim of an early-evening accident at Ninth and Massachusetts streets is loaded onto a gurney by an ambulance crew. Saturday's accident involved a police chase that ended when the pursued vehicle crashed into another car, which then hit another car. Three people were taken to the hospital.
An officer holds Claven Snow to the hood of a squad car as Lawrence Police arrest protesters outside Douglas County Bank, 300 W. Ninth, St. Snow was one of nine demonstrators, including Kat Randolph, center, who were taken Saturday to Douglas County Jail.
Forrest Hoglund, chairman of the KU First campaign, holds the check for $24.9 million presented to the KU Endowment Association from faculty representatives, from left, John Ferraro, Jan Sheldon and Jerry Bailey during the KU football game against Colorado Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Gladys Kiefer, Ottawa, was one of the women known as Rosie the Riveter during World War II when she worked in an airplane factory in Washington state. Kiefer rode the Ottawa Elks Lodge No. 803 parade float Saturday during Ottawa's Veterans parade.
Friends Mitchell Teter, 7, left, and Matt Watts, 6, both of Ottawa, watch a World War II battle re-enactment during Ottawa's Veterans Day celebration in Forrest Park. Events in the park continue through today.
U.S. Marines of the 1st Division line up for a prayer Saturday at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq. More than 10,000 U.S. troops have taken positions around the rebel-controlled city of Fallujah, bolstering the U.S. Marine units expected to lead a joint Army-Marine assault on the city.
Mary Longacre, Eudora, takes her 1-day-old baby, Alyssa, from Alyssa's father, Mark Elmer, Eudora, Friday in their room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The hospital is contemplating a $35 million expansion that would include expanding the obstetrics department. With the new parents Friday was registered nurse Stephanie Baker, left.
Kansas fourth-string quarterback John Nielsen (12) is sandwiched between his linemen and the Colorado defense. Pressed into duty when starter Jason Swanson was hurt, Nielsen completed 21 of 31 passes for 183 yards, but the Jayhawks fell, 30-21, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Exhausted, Kansas' Charles Gordon takes a rare breather on the bench in the waning moments against Colorado. Gordon collected four tackles, a sack, a fumble, two interceptions and a pass reception against the Buffs.
Kansas University quarterback Jason Swanson grabs his right shoulder as he picks himself off of the turf in the first quarter. Swanson left the game after the next play and was replaced by fourth-string quarterback John Nielsen, and the Jayhawks went on to lose to Colorado, 30-21, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Eudora High's Luke Abel (34) tries to elude Coffeyville defender Logan Bustos (50) during the first half. The Cardinals won, 35-8, Saturday at Laws Field in Eudora.
Eudora High's Joe Kaup slips past Coffeyville's Charles McFarland for a big gain. The Cardinals won, 35-8, on Saturday in Eudora.
Baldwin High's Earl McNish, bottom, grabs a reception ahead of Fort Scott defender Jamie Jackson. The Bulldogs lost, 38-6, in the Class 4A state tournament Saturday at Liston Stadium in Baldwin.
Tiger Woods hits from the 16th tee during the Tour Championship. Woods shot a 65 Saturday in Atlanta.
Barry Redmond, left, a pump attendant, chats with Gene Gebolys, president of biodiesel supplier World Energy Alternatives, at the Dennis K. Burke gas station in Chelsea, Mass. Soaring petroleum prices have narrowed the price gap between biodiesel fuel and traditional diesel.
"Mobility," a sculpture by Lawrence artist Shellie Bender, was fabricated by A. Zahner Co. of Kansas City, Mo. The sculpture is framed by a rainbow following an August thunderstorm.
Metal craftsman Brian Jackson fabricates a roof panel destined for the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn. He worked on the project Oct. 4 at A. Zahner Co.'s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.
A. Zahner Co., a Kansas City, Mo.-based business, helped in the making of the Frank Gehry-designed Experience Music Project, a multicolored rock 'n' roll museum in Seattle. A. Zahner has become a recognized leader in using metals in complex architectural or artistic projects.
The Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., will open to the public Nov. 19. The $165 million library complex will include a public policy school.
Thorncrown Chapel, set amid the trees in Eureka Springs, Ark., is a favorite wedding spot.
Nick Bahe never played more than 11 minutes in a game last season, but still picked up a bunch of experience.
J.R. Giddens says his role as a freshman was to be a "shooter," though going to the hoop might be his real strength.
Upset with lack of playing time, Moulaye Niang flirted with the idea of transferring to another school. Now Niang is happy he stayed.
Lack of depth helped Christian Moody get more minutes last season than most walk-ons could expect. More bodies this season could cut into his court time, but Moody says he's happy whatever his role.
Seniors Wayne Simien, front, and, in truck bed from left, Michael Lee, Keith Langford and Aaron Miles, hope to steer KU to another Final Four
Though he has missed his share of games because of injury, big man Wayne Simien is a load when he's in. Simien hopes his run of injuries is over, but says he knows how to handle it should he get hurt again.
Point guard Aaron Miles shouldn't have to log as many minutes this year as last thanks to added depth at the position.
The sixth man last season, Michael Lee dedicated his offseason to improving his ball-handling and shooting skills.
A right knee injury had Keith Langford less than full-strength toward the end of last season, but he's healthy now.
Though he has been a driving force in Kansas University's basketball success the past three seasons, Keith Langford has been neglected in some organizations' best-of lists.
A young boy rappels off a 30-foot climbing wall after reaching the top. The wall was one of several exhibits on display Saturday during Ottawa's Veterans Day celebration in Forest Park.
The Detonators 2004 DCABA 8-year-old Select Team won the 8 & Under State Championship in Wichita. The team also took first place at the Ottawa Tournament, the NBC State Championship in Haysville, and the Wellsville Coach-Pitch Showdown, and second place at the NBC World Series in Midwest City, Okla. Back row, from left, are coaches Jason Koozer, Lawrence; Dave Eddy, Lecompton; and Steve Walter, Lawrence. Middle row, from left, are Joe Dineen, Lawrence; Ryan Walter, Lawrence; William Bewick, Lawrence; Cameron Pope, Lawrence; Bryce Montes de Oca, Lawrence; Jacob Seratte, Lawrence; Wilson Hack, Lawrence; and Zach McNabb, Lawrence. Front row, from left, are Gage Nelson, Lawrence; Colton Koozer, Lawrence; Brandon Eddy, Lecompton; Tanner Glazer, Lawrence; Charlie Shuck, Lecompton; Mason Tomlinson, Eudora; and Hunter Fellers, Lawrence. Jacob Morris, Lecompton, is not pictured. Steve Walter submitted the picture.
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