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Photos for May 8, 2008
Thad Allender/Journal-World Photo.Steve Heinrich, Lawrence, attaches what will ultimately become a new copper flashing to the top of the exterior facade of Owen's Flower Shop, 846 Indiana. The project, which will restore the building to it's original design, will include a limestone, outdoor seating and trees.
Old German Baptist women peel potatoes in preparation for lunch Thursday.
Old German Baptist women, including Dawn Overholtzer, work together peeling potatoes in preparation for lunch on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Most of the Old German Baptists are born into the church. The church doesn't believe in infant baptism, however, and only accepts consenting adults into the faith. Commonly referred to as the "Dunkers" because of their baptismal practices, the fellowship of the Old German Baptist Brethren Church began in 1708 in Schwartsenau, Germany. Their plain attire conforms to scriptural doctrines pertaining to modesty, simplicity and avoiding the vanity of fashion.
With a steady hand and a brave support system, Old German Baptist Brethren drive stakes into the ground with sledgehammers in preparation for the church conference on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Old German Baptists gather in the early morning to watch the tent raising on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Old German Baptist Brethren transport stakes into the main council tent on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence. The stakes were used to create benches for seating inside the tent.
Ashton Huck drives a stake into the ground inside the main council tent on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence. The tent will house up to 3,600 worshippers for this weekend's Old German Baptist Church Conference south of Lawrence.
Mike Knaus, left, and Abram Heffley install a quarter pole in the main council tent on the Beeghley farm south of Lawrence in preparation for this weekend's Old German Baptist Church Conference. About 5,000 church brethren are expected to attend the weekend event, which is being hosted by the local Douglas County congregation, the Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Church.
Youths snap photos of the tent raising at the Old German Baptist Youth Church Conference on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Onlookers cast long shadows onto the council tent as brethren start the process of raising the tent on the Beeghley farm south of Lawrence. The tent can house up to 3,600 people, including 50 ministers who will sit in the center during worship services Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Vida Flory, left, greets Hazel Edgecomb in the early morning on the Beeghley farm south of Lawrence. At 95, Flory is the oldest member of the Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Church, Douglas County's local Old German Baptist congregation. Edgecomb, 94, is from Centropolis, Kan.
Kenton Heck, of Westphalia, Kan., lines up support beams of the main dining tent erected on the Beeghley farm south of Lawrence in preparation for the Old German Baptist Church Conference on Thursday, May 8, 2008. About 5,000 church brethren are expected to attend the annual weekend gathering, which is hosted this year by Douglas County's local congregation, the Willow Springs Old German Baptist Brethren Church.
A steady stream of Old German Baptist Brethren make their way to the tent raising early Thursday morning at the church conference south of Lawrence on May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Old German Baptist Brethren raise the dining tent on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence. The tent is one of many temporary structures recently erected on the Beeghley farm for this weekend's Old German Baptist Brethren Church Conference. The conference, which rotates across the brotherhood each year, was last held in Douglas County in 1970 on the Wayne Flory farm.
Onlookers snap photos as Old German Baptists raise a tent on the Beeghley farm in preparation for a conference on Thursday, May 8, 2008, south of Lawrence.
Old German Baptist Brethren begin the process of raising one of two main tents on the Beeghley farm south of Lawrence in preparation for a church conference on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The conference is expected to attract around 5,000 brethren this weekend.
Lawrence friends that have been scattered across the country meet in Chicago and celebrate the Jayhawks championship win underneath the (Mario) Chalmers street sign in Lincoln Park on May 4th. Troy Haigh (Chicago), Pepe Avelar (Dallas), Deidra Coleman (Chicago), Elizabeth Ellis (Columbus, OH), Chris Atkins (Lawrence), and Gayle Hoopingarner (Lawrence).
Wilco members Mikael Jorgensen, left, Pat Sansone, Nels Cline, John Stirratt, Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche will bring their ever-evolving sound to Lawrence for a concert in downtown Lawrence. The band is touring on its sixth studio album, “Sky Blue Sky.”
The Douglas County Health Department Wednesday set up a mock drill at the Douglas County Fairgrounds as a exercise about dispensing medication or vaccines for anthrax.
County Sheriffs gets instruction from Laurie Moser, left, of the Douglas County Health Department.
The Douglas County Health Department Wednesday set up a mock drill at the Douglas County Fairgrounds as a exercise about dispensing medication or vaccines for anthrax.
Valerie Switzler, left, and her daughter MayAnne Mitchell, right, will graduate together on Friday from Haskell Indian Nations University. Switzler will be getting a bachelor’s degree in American Indian studies, and Mitchell will earn her associate’s degree in business administration. At center is Mitchell’s daughter and Switzler’s granddaughter Alena Mitchell, 4.
FSHS's Tyler Hatesohl drills a pitch Wednesday, May 7, 2008 during the Firebirds' 6-4 victory against Lawrence High School at Ice Field.
FSHS senior Alex Hardman, center, and freshman Cody Kukuk, right, round third base after Hardman's homerun Wednesday, May 7, 2008 to help propel the Firebirds' over LHS 6-4 at Ice Field.
Free State High’s Adam Rock dives for a line drive. Rock didn’t quite come up with it, but the Firebirds beat Lawrence High, 6-4, Wednesday at Ice Field.
LHS second baseman Landon Moseley prepares to snare a grounder.
Lawrence High golfer Spencer Scott, left, and Free State’s Seth McCauley visit on the No. 8 hole during the Lawrence Invitational. Scott won the individual title at the event Wednesday at Alvamar Public.
Steven Davis poses at Arvest Ballpark, home of the Royals’ Class AA farm club in Springdale, Ark.
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self, center, jokes during a visit to Boys Town, Neb. Self visited Boys Town — near Omaha — on Wednesday.
Orlando’s Jameer Nelson, center, splits the defense of Detroit’s Arron Afflalo, left, and Antonio McDyess. The Magic defeated the Pistons, 111-86, on Wednesday night in Orlando, Fla.
Flowers and a handmade card honoring Eight Belles are on display in the lobby of the Kentucky Derby Museum on Wednesday in Louisville, Ky.
Norbu Zhamdu, left, lights the Olympic torch of the first torchbearer Gegyi with a kindling today at the top of the Mount Everest in this photo released by China’s Xinhua news agency.
The Kansas University School of Business and Sutton family welcome environmental entrepreneur Ray Anderson to the 2008 Sutton Memorial Lecture. From left are Douglas May, KU School of Business professor, Ray Anderson, Sidney Sutton, Todd Sutton and Keith Chauvin, KU School of Business associate dean. Frances Gorman, Lawrence, submitted the picture.
An 8-month-old koala joey, left, clings to his mother, Adori, on June 30, 2006, at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. A researcher says koala numbers are under threat from carbon pollution in the atmosphere.
President Bush’s daughter Jenna Bush reads from the children’s book she co-authored with her mother, First Lady Laura Bush, to elementary school children in Houston on May 1. Jenna and her fiance, Henry Hager, will marry Saturday at the Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.
A man stands at the broken pier on Wednesday in Yangon, Myanmar, following a devastating cyclone. International aid began trickling into military-ruled Myanmar, but much of the Irrawaddy delta has remained cut off since Cyclone Nargis hit early Saturday.
Chris (pictured above) and Steve Edmonds live on the northwest side of Clinton Lake. Their property blends into the landscape with its unique design and use of native limestone pulled from the construction site. The limestone was also used to create flowerbeds, steps and numerous retaining walls on the south side of the home.
A background of redbud trees frames a metal windsock at the home of Chris and Steve Edmonds.
Chris Edmonds greets some of her family’s horses in the pasture below their home, located northwest of Clinton Lake.
The Free State High School student section goes wild after the final out in the Firebirds’ 6-4 win in boys baseball over city rival Lawrence High School on Wednesday at Ice Field. The Firebirds came back from a 4-0 deficit for the win.
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