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Photos for October 7, 2010
Lawrence High wide receiver Chris Gaston (14) breaks away from the Viking defense on his way to the end zone to score in the second quarter against Shawnee Mission West Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Overland Park.
Zombies stumble scarily along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Shawnee Mission West running back Cordi Pascal (28) breaks through the Lawrence High defense on a first-down run in the second quarter. The Lions were toppled by the Vikings, 55-21, on Thursday in Overland Park.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Mass. St. Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo.Bleeding zombie brides Devon Masqua, left, and Briana Lambert, review photographs on their camera during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk earlier this month. Because of the dimming light I used my flash to illuminate the foreground subjects and a longer shutter-speed to maintain some of the surrounding ambient light. The long shutter-speed also added some nice "ghosting" movement to the two women.
Lawrence high wide receiver Chris Gaston (14) just misses a reception in the first quarter against Shawnee Mission West. The Lions fell, 55-21, on Thursday in Overland Park.
Lawrence High quarterback Brad Strauss (11) splits through the Viking defense as the Lions went against Shawnee Mission West during the first half Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Overland Park.
Shawnee Mission West running back Cordi Pascal (28) gets wrapped up by Lawrence linebacker Jake Vinoverski (13) during the first half Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Overland Park.
Madyson Gray, 6, practices her fright face before a zombie walk at the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
A Zombie prepares to stumble along Massachusetts St. Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Hungry Hannah Owens, right, chews on a leg of man as she stumbles past diners at La Parilla on Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the 4th annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies take a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies attract a crowd as they stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Bleeding zombie brides Devon Masqua, left, and Briana Lambert, review their dead selves on a camera Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
A Zombie makes a phone call before the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
A Zombie couple gets pumped up before making a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Miles Flake, 2, and his mother Kelsey, make a Zombie family Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
A zombie clown joins in Thursday night, Oct. 7, for the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombie tea-party members Matt Bulicz, left, and Sarah Gonzales prepare to march for President Reagan during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Lawrence defensive backs Darrin Soreml, left, and Asaph Jewsome, right, stopped Shawnee Mission West running back Tre Burt for short yards Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010, in Overland Park.
Zombies gather for instructions before making a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Bullet-Head Thomas Birdeno, Lawrence, gathers with other Zombies on a scary stumble along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies hang out in South Park before stumbling along Massachusetts Street Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Zombies and bystanders gather in South Park Thursday night, Oct. 7, during the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
This Zombie said she would never be caught dead in curlers. She was wrong. She was waiting to participate in the fourth annual Lawrence Zombie Walk. Participants were asked to bring donations for the Humane Society, local food banks and homeless shelters.
Nikki Overfelt creates recipes from her late great-grandmother’s cookbook: Grandma Opie’s Lemon Pie and Grandma Opie’s Jolly Jumpers.
Katherine Heigl, left, and Josh Duhamel star in “Life as We Know It.”
A picture of the KU India study abroad group at a viewpoint in MM Hills, in Karnataka, in 2010. Kansas University ranks third among its current Big 12 Conference peers in the number of students studying abroad, according to a report to be released today.
This photo appears to be Tonganoxie but the group was outside a village in Karnataka in India. Pictured are KU students Hayley Mallen, left, and Rhea Richardson.
KU students backpacking in the evergreen forests of Anamalai-Perambikulam Tiger Reserve, on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The view from a safari bus in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, where KU study abroad students encountered this elephant herd within about 25 feet.
Kansas University students dressed in their Indian clothes of kurta (shirt) with bindi (dot on forehead) at the ancient temple at Somanathapura, near Mysore in Karnataka, include, from left, Monica Melhem, Brandy Fogg, lecturer Geeta Tiwari, Rhea Richardson and Hayley Mallen.
The outline of a second wagon wheel, covered by rocks and sand, protrudes from the water in the Kansas River, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Luke Stone discovered another wheel while on a muddy island in the river just east of Second Street.
An old nail protrudes from the sand near where Luke Stone discovered a wagon wheel in the Kansas River Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010.
Candidates for local Kansas House seats discuss their plans at a voter education forum Wednesday night at City Hall.
Lawrence resident Luke Stone examines a wagon wheel he unearthed from a low point in the Kansas River. Stone said he and several friends discovered the wheel and several pieces of what appeared to be an old wagon.
Winners of the Broken Arrow School anti-bullying poster campaign are , from left, Grayson Rodriquez, fifth grade; Leia Poetker, first grade; Annie Grammer, sixth grade; Zoe McLaughlin; Vera Petrovic, fourth grade, and Olivia Sanchez, third grade. The student posters, which featured sayings like "Bully Free Zone" and "It's not big to make people feel small," were selected from over 200 entries by students at the school.
Within a five-week span, three coaches — Kansas’ Mark Mangino, South Florida’s Jim Leavitt and Texas Tech’s Mike Leach — were out after allegations of misconduct and were replaced by kinder, gentler Turner Gill, Skip Holtz and Tommy Tuberville.
Philadelphia starting pitcher Roy Halladay, left, celebrates with catcher Carlos Ruiz after throwing a no-hitter against the Reds on Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia pitcher Roy Halladay tips his hat to the crowd after throwing a no-hitter. The Phillies blanked the Reds, 4-0, on Wednesday in Game 1 of a National League division series in Philadelphia.
Texas left-hander Cliff Lee pitches during the second inning against Tampa Bay. Lee led the Rangers to a 5-1 victory over the Rays in Game 1 of an American League divisional playoff game on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
New York’s Alex Rodriguez (13) congratulates Mark Teixeira after Teixeira hit a two-run home run. The homer proved to be the difference in the Yankees’ 6-4 victory over the Twins on Wednesday in Minneapolis.
A U.S. soldier returns fire as others run for cover during a firefight with insurgents in the Badula Qulp area, west of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, near Marjah, in this Feb. 14, 2010, file photo. U.S. Marines were conducting an offensive against the Taliban.
Beverly A. Crow, center, sits with unidentified family members during the funeral for her husband, Missouri Army National Guard Sgt. Robert Wayne Crow, in Liberty, Mo., in this July 19, 2010, file photo. Sgt. Crow, 42, of Kansas City, Mo., died July 10 in Paktika, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was a combat engineer with the 203rd Engineer Battalion headquartered in Joplin, Mo.
An Afghan northern alliance Mujahed looks at a plume of smoke rising from the Taliban village of Khanaqa in the Parwan province from his position at the Mahmood Raqy frontline in the Kapisa province, 30 miles from the Afghan capital Kabul, in this Nov. 7, 2001, file photo. An aircraft had just released its load of bombs as part of the U.S. attempt to help the northern alliance to advance toward the capital and other key areas.
Barbara M. Smith
Nadine Criqui
A truck rests upside down in a Bellemont, Ariz., driveway after a tornado swept through the small community west of Flagstaff on Wednesday. A rare swarm of tornadoes shoved semis off highways and destroyed homes in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday, leaving startled residents wondering if they were in Arizona anymore or had woken up in the twister-prone Midwest. There were no major injuries reported.
Douglas and Pamela Poulter, seated, of Tomball, Texas, formerly of Lawrence, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with their family. Standing from left are Carole Poulter, daughter-in-law; Graham Poulter, son; Jill Poulter, daughter; and Sara and Pamela Poulter, granddaughters.
Lawrence resident Sandara "Sandy" Meyer pauses as she talks about the night of the Boardwalk Apartments fire. Meyers says that frequent panic attacks are one of the lasting results that she deals with since the experience. Behind her on the chair sits Cuddles, one of her poodles who was also saved from the fire.
Construction continues at the former Boardwalk Apartment complex, 524 Frontier Road. The new $10 million three-story apartment project is replacing the former 1960's era complex that burned five years ago. Three residents died in that fire.
Construction continues at the former Boardwalk Apartment complex, 524 Frontier Road. A new $10 million three-story apartment project is replacing the former 1960's era complex that burned five years ago. Three residents died in that fire.
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