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Photos for July 31, 2010
Our version of Martha's appetizer.
The little man takes care of our CSA blackberries...
Making things fit, above from left, Eric McCarthy, 19, helped Logan Brown, 22, and Matt McCarthy of Manhattan stuff furniture in a van while trying to get Matt and Logan moved to their next apartment Saturday. Lawrence was full of movers on Saturday as students, parents and friends moved tons of stuff. Many renters’ leases are up at the end of July.
Paige Meredith, 15, of Overland Park, takes a rest from helping her brother move Saturday. Lawrence was a hub of students moving out or in to apartments and homes for the upcoming school year.
It was plenty hot at 9:30 a.m. Saturday as Thomas John, 24, a Kansas University grad student was moving like many other KU students.
Sisters Laura, left, and Aimee Neilson, members of the Lone Star 4-H club, set up their hay bale entry at the Douglas County Fair Grounds Saturday. Saturday was the second day of the Douglas County Fair, which runs until Saturday.
Former KU basketball standout Russell Robinson decided to donate a bin full of his basketball memories to charity on Friday. His last stop was the Community Drop-in Center at 10th and Vermont, to which he donated jerseys and a collage of his career at KU.
NFL football commissioner Roger Goodell, foreground, appears near a statue of Lamar Hunt at the dedication of the Founder’s Plaza Friday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The plaza, on the north side of the stadium, documents Hunt's role as a founding member of the American Football League.
Kansas City’s Alex Gordon (4) celebrates his walk-off home run that lifted the Royals to a 7-5 victory over Baltimore on Friday in Kansas City, Mo. Story on page 5C.
Kansas City Chiefs fans watch practice through the windows of the team’s new indoor practice facility Friday in St. Joseph, Mo. Rain forced the first part of practice indoors.
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Charlie Weis watches practice from a wheelchair. Weis is recovering from knee surgery.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks Brodie Croyle (12), Tyler Palko (4) and Matt Cassel (7) sign autographs following practice Friday.
Kansas City’s Yuniesky Betancourt (3) slides past Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters to score on a double by Mitch Maier. The Royals beat the Orioles, 7-5, Friday in Kansas City, Mo.
Orange flames explode through dry grasses along Lake Elizabeth Road on Thursday in Leona Valley, Calif. About 2,000 homes in the community of Leona Valley and parts of Palmdale were under evacuation Friday, according to Los Angeles County Fire officials.
Gov. Jan Brewer, right, pauses before answering a question regarding the latest on the new Arizona immigration law, accompanied by Sen. John McCain Friday in Glendale, Ariz.
Virginia L. Yother
Upon landing after a helicopter rescue mission, Tech. Sgt. Jeff Hedglin, right, an Air Force Pararescueman, or PJ, drapes an American flag over the remains of the first of two U.S. soldiers killed minutes earlier in an IED attack, assisted by fellow PJs, Senior Airman Robert Dieguez, center, and 1st Lt. Matthew Carlisle on Thursday in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan. July 2010 was the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly nine-year Afghan war.
First lady Michelle Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., participate in a mountain stretch during the Let’s Move Outside program June 1 at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area outside Las Vegas. She’s not a political animal, Michelle Obama is the first to admit. Yet with an e-mail here and a kind word there, the first lady has dipped her toes into the political waters of the midterm elections. And Democratic candidates are hoping there’s lots more to come this fall.
President Barack Obama steps out of a Jeep Grand Cherokee on Friday during his tour of the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit. The is plant is where the Cherokee is assembled.
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., waves as he gets into an elevator as he leaves his office for a vote Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington.
People arrive to seek employment opportunities July 20 at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif. The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.
Disney corporate headquarters in Burbank, Calif., is seen Feb. 6, 2006. Disney announced an agreement to sell Miramax Films for about $660 million Friday.
a hailstone found by a ranch hand in Vivian, S.D., is shown in this photo taken July 24. The hailstone, which was found July 23, has set U.S. records. It measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1 pound, 15 ounces. The previous record for diameter was 7 inches for a hailstone found in Aurora, Neb., in 2003. The previous record for weight was 1.67 pounds for a stone in Coffeyville in 1970.
The Lawrence Board of Education recently recognized Bud Stallworth and Craig Butler, back row, and Ed Brunt and Willie Amison, all of Lawrence, as Lawrence Public Schools’ Outstanding Citizens of the Year. The four men founded the “Can We Talk?” mentoring program for young black males at Lawrence High School. The program has since expanded to Free State High School and Central Junior High.
Judith Galas, left, lights Erik Floor’s candle during the service. The candle-lighting ceremony is just part of the hourlong Taize service, which also includes singing and extended moments of silence for reflection.
A worshipper adds to the collection of candles during the monthly Taize service held at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt.
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