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Photos for July 29, 2010
A band of musicians plays through Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land is Your Land” on Wednesday at the Lawrence Arts Center. From left are Alana Branch, 11, Jim Krause, back to camera, Ric Averill, Maddy Kemper, 12, Jai Strecker, 12, and Steve Goeke. The musicians were participating in the LAC’s summer camp class “American Roots Music: Jam and Learn with Americana Music Academy.”
From left, Michelle Derusseau, Denise Ayers, Robert Ayers and Ron Derusseau head out from Sunflower School for the 12-mile route during the recent Headquarters Counseling Center’s Life Support Rally. Proceeds benefited the center.
An Afghan policewoman drinks tea Wednesday with local villagers in Samir Kalacha during military operations by U.S. Army soldiers from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division and Afghan National Army in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
An Afghan army soldier poses July 22 after swimming in a canal near the joint Afghan-U.S. base COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Spc. Dallas Purdy from Hockley, Texas, hangs a message of support Thursday from friends Ashley and Katie Daniels while serving with the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
United States Marines from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines watch an explosion July 23 after calling in an airstrike during a gunbattle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.
A string of bullets hangs on the neck of U.S. Army soldier PFC Jean-Paul Desculline of Miami, from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, Sunday at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
I positioned myself so I could frame hikers as they jumped across a stream on the Mendenhall Glaicier. Because there where several hikers all crossing at the same point I was able to catch the moment as they stepped across.
Kansas University junior Ricardo Quinones, 20, Kansas City, Mo., is pictured Monday, July 26, outside the Kansas Union. Quinones, an illegal immigrant who came to the United States when he was six months old, was arrested Tuesday, July 20, while protesting in favor of the "Dream Act" in Washington D.C.
I used a wide-angle lens to get a photograph of my boots and crampons while including a helicopter in the distance. A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
I used a telephoto lens and shot through a helicopter window I trip to capture these cliffs side at the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow. The well lit cabin of the helicopter meant I could expose for the distant landscape yet still maintain detail on the the other passengers.
Lawrence Police are looking for the man seen in this screen grab from security footage. Investigators say the man is a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts in the early hours of Thursday, July 29.
Lawrence Police are looking for the man seen in this screen grab from security footage. Investigators say the man is a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts in the early hours of Thursday, July 29.
Lawrence Police are looking for the man seen in these screen grabs from security footage. Investigators say the man is a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts in the early hours of Thursday, July 29.
Lawrence police are asking for help identifying the man in these photographs taken from a security camera in the east alley of the 800 block of Massachusetts Street at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010. The man is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.
Lawrence police are asking for help identifying the man in these photographs taken from a security camera in the east alley of the 800 block of Massachusetts Street at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010. The man is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.
Lawrence police are asking for help identifying the man in these photographs taken from a security camera in the east alley of the 800 block of Massachusetts Street at 12:40 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010. The man is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.
Holcomb 1, pictured above, is operating at 85 percent capacity. The Holcomb Station Project proposed by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation would add a second plant that would operate at 90 percent capacity.
The current Holcomb power plant, pictured above, runs at 85 percent capacity. The proposed new plant would run at 90 percent capacity.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries for travel up the Inside Passage. You can rent a cabin or pitch a tent on deck. They have facilities for laundry, dinning, large deck viewing areas and space for automobiles.
Posters and signs serve as healthy reminders for employees at Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America. This one focuses on nutrition.
Fresh fruit is made available to employees at Golf Course Superintendents Association of America through its healthy snacks program.
A garden area at Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, contains vegetable plants and herbs. Employees are welcome to pick and take home the fresh produce. Paige Wilson, human resources manager, said she has picked a tomato and cucumber and ate them for lunch. She also tries to be the first one to visit the garden on Mondays, to see what grew and ripened over the weekend.
Yoga instructor Tanya McNeely, second from right, leads employees at Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, through a lunchtime yoga class on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The company offers yoga classes five times a week.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries for travel up the Inside Passage. You can rent a cabin or pitch a tent on deck. They have facilities for laundry, dinning, large deck viewing areas and space for automobiles.
Jeffrey Hermesch, an LHS senior, cools off in a mist of water during a break in the drills.
Katie Butler, fitness director at Body Boutique, left, visits with Becky Gonzales, director of human resources at Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, 1421 Research Park Drive, on Thursday, July 29, 2010, during a wellness fair. Representatives from 16 area organizations and companies were on hand to speak with GCSAA employees about community health and fitness programs.
Members of the Lawrence High School Marching Lions band rehearse formation drills without instruments Thursday morning on the LHS football field. With the start of school less than two weeks away, the band is holding daily rehearsals to prepare for a parents’ concert at 7 p.m. Aug. 6 at the stadium and for the first home game performance Sept. 3 against Shawnee Mission North. The Lawrence Free State Firebird Band is also holding band camp and will have its first home performance Sept. 3 against Olathe South.
Lawrence High School junior Donald Harris marches in formation with the LHS band Thursday during practice drills. Harris and some of his bandmates were using their shirts to protect their heads and shoulders from the sun’s brutal rays.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow. Part of the city of Juneau is seen at bottom shortly after take-off. The glacier is in the distance at center.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow. The glacier is visible in the distance at center top and spills into Mendenhall Lake. It is located 12 miles from Juneau.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries for travel up the Inside Passage. You can rent a cabin or pitch a tent on deck. They have facilities for laundry, dinning, large deck viewing areas and space for automobiles.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
Using the foreground element of an ice pick adds more interest to a pool of water on the glacier surface. A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of expansive ice flow.
A helicopter trip to the Mendenhall Glacier, outside Juneau, Alaska, offered aerial shots as well as surface landscapes of the expansive ice flow. By lagging behind the group of hikers I was able to capture photographs that showed the relationship of the figures to the large landscape.
Kansas senior Brad Thorson does an interview on radio row Wednesday at Big 12 media days in Irving, Texas.
Kansas football coach Turner Gill talks with reporters at Big 12 media days Wednesday in Irving, Texas.
Minnesota second baseman Alexi Casilla, back, prepares to throw to first over Kansas City’s Scott Podsednik to complete a double play. After the Royals’ 6-4 loss on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo., they traded Podsednik to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor leaguers.
Karen Cunagin Sypher stands with Rev. William Franklin outside the federal courthouse after listening to a day of testimony in her extortion trial Wednesday in Louisville, Ky.
Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray talks with reporters at Big 12 media days Wednesday in Irving, Texas.
More than 45,000 Boy Scouts salute during the singing of the national anthem Wednesday as part of the Boy Scouts of America 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., in a photo provided by the Department of Defense.
Christopher David Bryson
A group of women from Egypt and Morocco are participating in a leadership conference at Kansas University funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department. Yasminah, from left, and Radwa, both of Egypt, listen during a recent session. The women asked that their last names not be used.
Lucien Gunter, Chief Operating Officer of Acme Oyster House, is seen Tuesday at his Metairie, La., restaurant. Eateries along the Gulf coast have been hard-hit by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer, gestures during a news conference Tuesday in Baghdad. Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the leak of U.S. military documents about Afghanistan could put American lives in danger. He told reporters that he was “appalled” by the leak, and said “there is a real potential threat there to put American lives at risk.”
Kendra Anderson, music teacher at Prairie Park School, turns to workshop leaders as she comes up short on a rhyme during Wednesday’s session.
Heather Watgen, left, laughs as Candi Baker, director of dance at the Lawrence Arts Center, center, shies away after Roscoe Johnson III of the Hip Hop Academy expands on Baker’s rap about her arthritic knees Wednesday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. Lawrence educators spent part of the morning with Johnson and others with the academy during the Art of Integration Summer Workshop organized by the Lied Center at Kansas University. Workshop leaders led educators through a session geared toward using aspects of hip-hop, like rhyme structuring, as a vehicle for teaching.
Lawrence resident Mike Strauss had a liver transplant in 2001. He will be participating, for the fourth time, in the 2010 Transplant Games this weekend in Madison, Wis.
Lawrence resident Mike Strauss laces up before a pickup game of basketball July 21 at Kansas University’s Robinson Gymnasium.
From left, Carol Francis, April Francis Dwyer and Jay Francis earned several medals at the Sunflower State Games in the Hummer Pool in Topeka. Carol, Lawrence, earned three; April, Wellington, five; and Jay, Topeka, three. The last two were former members of the Lawrence Aquahawks. After the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center was built, Carol directed the first Lawrence Swim Club Meet.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries for travel up the Inside Passage. You can rent a cabin or pitch a tent on deck. They have facilities for laundry, dinning, large deck viewing areas and space for automobiles.
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries for travel up the Inside Passage. You can rent a cabin or pitch a tent on deck. They have facilities for laundry, dining, large deck viewing areas and space for automobiles.
A Frederic Remington bronze.
Wooden carousel ride zebra
Amidst the Sea of Wine are glass cases displaying toy cars and trucks.
Cown heads on display amongst African masks.
Red X, 2401 NW Platte Road, Riverside, Mo.
A Red X gas pump replica.
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