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Photos for May 30, 2006
Dale Willey and his dog, Toby, take care of business at Dale Willey Auto, 2840 Iowa.
Dale Willey, owner of Dale Willey Automotive, 2840 Iowa, tries to keep his golden retriever, Toby, in the office for most of the day, but the dog occasionally gets too friendly with customers.
Jim Heiman often brings his rat terrier, Chigger, to work. Heiman is a foreman with Nowak Construction, which is working to install a water line near 18th and Massachusetts streets. He says Chigger likes to sit in his lap while he works.
Scott Cramer, Lawrence, and his dog, Buster, run in East Lawrence
Jon Blumb often works in his Lawrence photography studio with his beagles Bunny, foreground, who's 3 1/2 years old, and Buster, who's 15. Blumb has owned beagles for 24 years.
U13 Kaw Valley Force player Hillary Podrebarac works her way up the sideline against the Columbus Renegades. The Force played the Renegades in the Columbus Invite, a Memorial Day weekend torunament in Columbus, Neb. The Force tied in the game with the Renegades, 1-1.
The Elite pose for a team picture with Coach Murray after capturing the 10U Division 1 Classic Clup title May 20.
Matthew Huff shows off his medal after scoring the winning goal for the Elites in the Club League Division 1 championship game May 20. The goal was Huff's only one he ever scored and it was the winning shoot-out point.
U11 KVSA Force player Gavin Fischer shields the ball from a forward from the KC Legends WCI at the Kansas City Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
Bandits shortstop Eric Watson reaches out to stop a hard hit ground ball Wednesday at Holcom Sports Complex. The 88's won 17-7.
The Bandits right fielder goes after a fly ball in the third inning of play against the 88s at Holcom Sports Complex.
A Eudora Cardinal stands at the plate awaiting the pitch in the second inning. The Cardinals faced the Sidewinders in the 12U DCABA match-up May 22 at Youth Sports Inc. The Sidewinders won 11-6.
The Sidewinders third baseman keeps the Cardinals runner in check by keeping his foot on the base May 22 at Youth Sports Inc.
Saint Tristan Garber-Turner barrels home as Rebels pitcher Lucas Werner stands in his way hoping to prevent the score. The Saints won the 10U game May 20 at Youth Sports Inc.
Rebels runner Cooper Karlin gets to the bag at the same time as Saints first baseman Ty Walmsley makes the grab. Karlin was ruled safe, but the Rebels would struggle offensively in the May 20 10U contest at Youth Sports Inc.
Saint Trey Jimboy slides safely into home on an overthrown ball May 20 at Youth Sports Inc. The 10U Saints defeated the Rebels 14-6.
Saint Ty Walmsley takes off for third base May 20 against the Red Sox at Youth Sports Inc.
Kaw Valley Force-Blue coach Kyle Glick, center, talks with his team after practice May 20. The Force were practicing in preparation for the Kansas City Invitational last weekend.
Hawk Miles Stevens slides into second base right into the ball and the tab by Dynasty second baseman Caleb Tornadon on Wednesday at 4-H Cowser field.
Hawks pitcher Sam Hearnen heaves the ball toward home plate Wednesday at 4-H Cowser Field in a 12U game against the Dynasty. The Hawks made a comeback to take a one-point victory.
The ball flies over the head of Hawks second baseman Austin Abbott as Bryce Page safely slides into second base. The Dynasty held the lead for a short time before the Hawks came back to win the 12U contest 8-7.
Hawks centerfielder Miles Stevens throws the ball back to second to cut-off the Dynasty runner and hold him at a single Wednesday at 4-H Cowser field.
Dynasty batter Lee York ducks as the pitch comes a little too close to his body Wednesday at Youth Sports Inc.
Rough Rider Sterling Ozark slaps a double to the right side in the bottom of the second against the Titans. Ozark would score later in the inning to help the 10U Rough Riders to a 16-1 victory on May 23.
Rough Rider Gage Nelson swipes second base in the first inning against the Titans. Nelson would steal his way home that inning, and the 10U Riders would go on to win 16-1 at Youth Sports Inc.
88's Adam Petz, left, scoots bacK to first base as Bandit Daniel Aul sticks his glove out to get the ball and make the tag. Aul dropped the ball and Petz got back to first to avoid the out.
The 88's Chris Parker makes it back to second just as Bandit Dillon Bergstrom makes the catch.
88's player Ryan Leibach tries to make it back to first base, but Bandit Daniel Aul gets ready to put the tag on him. Leibach eventually broke through for a home run in the third inning.
Bandits pitcher Daniel Aul pitched the first few innings in a blinding sun Wednesday against the 88's at Holcom Sports Complex.
The 88's shortstop pulls down a hard hit ball Wednesday against the Bandits. The 88's played solid defense in their 17-7 victory.
Raptor Tanner Green warms-up with a swing before he steps up to bat at home plate. The Raptors won their game against the Suns, 14-6.
Chialynn McCloud, 4, of Rochester, N.Y., salutes veterans as they march along Main Street during the city's annual Memorial Day parade.
Seth Blocker, 7, salutes next to his uncle, Dennis Blocker, during services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. On Seth's uniform are his great-great-grandfather's service ribbons.
Earl Hill runs his finger over the name of his brother, Tech Sgt. Alfred Wesley Hill, on the Wall of Honor in Enid, Okla., while Earl's son, Dave, stands behind him. The body of Alfred Wesley Hill, who went missing in action 63 years ago during World War II, was found this spring in New Guinea.
Dave Rowe, right, kisses the headstone of his son, Army Sgt. Michael D. Rowe, while comforting Rowe's pregnant widow, Rebecca Rowe, after a Memorial Day service at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla. Michael Rowe, 23, was killed March 28 after a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee in Rutbah, Iraq.
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, right, and Kelly Frantz, widow of Lucas Frantz, who died in Iraq, hug on the south lawn of the Statehouse after a Memorial Day ceremony. Army Spc. Lucas A. Frantz, 22, of Tonganoxie, was killed Oct. 18, 2005, by a sniper in Mosul, Iraq.
President Bush waves after speaking at Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day commemoration. He and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld attended the ceremony just a short time after Bush signed into law a bill that restricts protests at military funerals.
Reggie and the Full Effect will be one of the acts for the Warped Tour, which will be June 19 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Bonner Springs.
Zoe Lucker portrays Tanya Turner, left, with Alison Newman as Hazel in a scene from the BBC America series "Footballers Wive$." While ABC's "Desperate Housewives" are away for the summer, the glitzy British series about very bad behavior in the soccer world returns for a fourth season.
A young earthquake victim eats breakfast Monday near his destroyed home at Bantul, Indonesia. The government raised the official death toll from Saturday's 6.3-magnitude quake on Java island to 5,427. An estimated 200,000 people have been left homeless, most of whom are now living in shacks close to their former homes or in shelters put up in rice fields.
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, left, and Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebariand speak to the media Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq. Mottaki is the first high-level delegate from Tehran to visit since the new Iraqi government was formed.
A woman, right, is helped by another woman across the street in search of her son, who she believes has been killed as an Iraqi policeman patrols nearby. Clashes that followed a car bomb near Baghdad's main Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque killed at least nine Iraqi civilians and wounded 25 Monday in the Azamiyah neighborhood.
History buffs are hoping to restore the 150-year-old home, left, which was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The home next door would be used as a visitors' center. The project would be part of a proposed Bleeding Kansas National Heritage Area covering 26 counties.
Shawnee County Historical Society trustee Bill Wagnon talks about plans for the John Ritchie house in Topeka.
Lawrence artist Stan Herd, second from left, and his son Evan, 14, second from right, embark on a 12-day, 100-mile run from Lawrence to the Flint Hills. Herd started Monday morning near Clinton Lake with, from left, Chris Ford, Allen Levine and Steve Dinneen.
Mac Wisler lets his daughter Ada reach for cupcakes on her first birthday. Tess Wisler, Ada's aunt, submitted the picture.
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Shawnee County Historical Society trustee Bill Wagnon walks away from the partially restored John Ritchie house in Topeka.
Afghan protesters throw stones at a U.S. military vehicle after a traffic accident Monday in Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly accident involving U.S. troops sparked a riot in the capital, with gunfire heard near the U.S. Embassy. At least three people died in the accident and a fourth person was reportedly killed by gunfire, police said.
A medical worker on Monday checks the health condition of Johannes Ginting, 25, the sole survivor of an Indonesian family infected with bird flu, at the Adam Malik Hospital in Medan, north Sumatra, Indonesia. At least six of Ginting's relatives have died of the virus.
Roanoke police officers, from left, Keith Roberts, M.L. Pendleton and Garrett Lancaster Sr., attempt to wrangle a yearling black bear cub Monday at the rear of a church in Roanoke, Va. The cub was tranquilized multiple times and eventually caught.
Sprint Nextel corp. researchers Robert Moritz, left, and Clyde Heppner watch a closed-circuit television as a volunteer on the other side of a one-way mirror performs functions on a Sprint cell phone at the company's operational headquarters in Overland Park. The company uses such research to make the phones it sells simpler to use.
Kansas University coach Ritch Price looks on during the Jayhawks' 9-7 victory over Nebraska. The outcome Sunday in Oklahoma City gave KU its first conference baseball title since 1949.
Kansas University baseball team members celebrate the announcement of their destination in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks watched the NCAA selection show Monday at the Naismith Lounge inside the Booth Family Hall of Athletics. KU is headed to Corvallis, Ore., to face Hawaii in its regional opener Friday. Foreground from left are Sean Land, Matt Baty, Gus Milner, Ryne Price, Brock Simpson, John Allman and Brendan McNamara.
Miami's Dwyane Wade hangs onto the rim after dunking against the Detroit Pistons. The Heat won Game 4, 89-78, Monday in Miami.
Kansas City's Andres Blanco (13) breaks up a double play as he goes into Oakland shortstop Bobby Crosby. David DeJesus was safe at first base. The Royals took the series opener from the Athletics, 6-4, Monday in Oakland, Calif.
Dan Reeder stands underneath his sycamore tree that has suffered from the recent dry conditions. He has been watering the tree to prevent its leaves from drying out.
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