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Photos for June 23, 2007
Milwaukee's Kevin Mench, left, and Bill Hall do a happy dance after the Brewers beat the Royals, 11-6. The Brewers won Friday in Milwaukee.
Former Olympic wrestler Ken Chertow speaks to campers at his Gold Medal Training Camp. Chertow had about 80 visitors to his camp Friday in Baldwin City.
Forward Kevin Durant, left, maneuvers against Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Maurice Lucas during a workout at the Blazers' practice facility. Durant worked out for the team Friday in Tualatin, Ore.
Jeff Gordon's crew pulls Gordon's car from the garage area before a practice run. Gordon's car failed initial inspection Friday in Sonoma, Calif.
The space shuttle Atlantis lands Friday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Uncooperative weather at Kennedy Space Center forced flight controllers to pass on a landing attempt in Florida.
Caskets are arranged in a row during a memorial service in North Charleston, S.C., on Friday for the nine firefighters killed in a blaze in Charleston on Monday.
From left, Norma Ochs, Lawrence, Bill Snyder, Manhattan, and Lorenz Ochs, Lawrence, attend the Kansas Society of Washington, D.C., Cherry Blossom Banquet, where Snyder, former head football coach for Kansas State University, was honored as Kansan of the Year. Norma Ochs submitted the picture.
An Iraqi soldier secures the area Thursday in Baqouba, Iraq, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. The U.S. military began a major campaign against Sunni insurgents Monday in the area surrounding Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province.
U.S. troopers walk as the sun rises over the razor-wired detention compound at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in December 2006. The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere.
Paris Hilton sits in the audience during the MTV Movie Awards on June 3 in Los Angeles. NBC and ABC television networks are trying to distance themselves from the hotel heiress, who is expected to be released from jail soon. ABC says it turned down a Hilton family offer for a post-jail interview, and NBC says it is interested only if no money is involved.
The Rev. Danny Fleming preaches at Big Isaac United Methodist Church in Big Isaac, W.Va. Fleming, a part-time pastor, holds a full-time job with the U.S. Army in Clarksburg, W.Va., while he ministers to two churches some Sundays and three churches on other Sundays. He spends 20 hours preparing sermons and logs 100 miles on his truck each week.
Michael Lee Anthony sings while accompanied by Alphonso McGruder, right, on keyboards and "Sugar Ray" Sanders, third from right, in performing oldies songs Tuesday as a train prepares to leave the 77th Street subway in New York. City officials say Gotham is about to get a little quieter when new noise regulations take effect July 1.
U.S. Federal District Judge Wesley Brown, shown on June 4, 2007, in Wichita. He was appointed to the bench by President Kennedy in 1962.
Kimberly Towns and Rick Pasley won the caring and commitment staff award at the Cottonwood Classies celebration. The event was May 7 at Kansas University's Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
Ila Takacs accepted a lifetime achievement award for her late husband, Joe Takacs, at the Cottonwood Classies celebration May 7 at Kansas University's Crafton-Preyer Theatre. She was accompanied by her son, Tony Takacs.
From left are Ted Juneau, Danny Manning, Julie Manning and Judy Juneau. They welcomed guests at the second annual Dinner and Dancing at Dusk, a benefit auction and dinner for the Lawrence Community Shelter on April 27 at Maceli's.
Paula and Miles Schnaer, center, won the lifetime achievement award at the Cottonwood Classies celebration May 7 at Kansas University's Crafton-Preyer Theatre. With them are Sharon Spratt, left, Cottonwood's chief executive officer, and Peggy Wallert, Cottonwood's director of community relations.
Diana Rhoades won the personal growth award at the Cottonwood Classies celebration. The event was May 7 at Kansas University's Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
From left are Jill and Ryan Domnick, Curtis Maschger and Vicky Heather, Joel and Christine Fritzel, Susan and Doug Rendall, Kitty and Cap Gray, Jill Kleinberg and Mary Joslin. Their gardens were featured in the 2007 Garden Tour on June 2-3 sponsored by the K-State Research and Extension's Master Gardeners in Douglas County. Not pictured were Molly Mulloy and Sue Gilkeson.
From left, Barbara Curry, Margo Gordon and Gwyn Kitos are honored as Wonderful Older Women during a meeting of the Kaw Valley Chapter of the Older Women's League. The gathering was May 9 at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
Cousins, from left, Don and Phyllis Reynolds and Wilma Meseraull, all of Lawrence; Eloise and Roy Johnson, Lenexa; and Irene and Karl Reynolds, Lawrence, attend a family gathering during the Memorial Day weekend.
Perry Buck, left, won the outstanding worker award at the Cottonwood Classies celebration at Kansas University's Crafton-Preyer Theatre. He was with Jim Budde, a board member for Cottonwood Inc., at the May 7 gathering.
The Aqua Tones Quartet, of Lawrence in the 1960s, gathered for a reunion May 18-20 in Boise, Idaho. From left are Pat Blair, tenor, Lawrence; Lucille Knos, lead, Rupert, Idaho; Lanna Wyatt Spurgeon, baritone, Lexington, Mo.; and Sylvia Nauman Alsbury, bass, Tucson, Ariz. The quartet won second place at the national Sweet Adelines competition in 1961. A special memory was singing for Sen. John F. Kennedy in Omaha, Neb., and visiting with him.
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