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Photos for October 13, 2010
Aspiring actors and actresses run through dance routines with choreographer Melia Stockham, bottom right, during tryouts for Annie on Wednesday at Theatre Lawrence, 1501 N.Y. The theater recently received a nearly $500,000 grant from the Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla.
West Junior High eighth-grader and Boys and Girls Club member Derrick Turner laughs as he works with staff member Kirsten Hoogstraten on a goal-setting exercise during a meeting for Compass, a new youth program geared toward preparing junior high students for the work force.
Rylie Musik, pictured during a first appearance in Douglas County Court on Wednesday in connection with the Redbud shooting.
Desmond Jackson, pictured during a first appearance in Douglas County Court on Wednesday in connection with the Redbud shooting.
Ashley Halstead, pictured during a first appearance in Douglas County Court on Wednesday in connection with the Redbud shooting.
Christopher Bush, pictured during a first appearance in Douglas County Court on Wednesday in connection with the Redbud shooting.
Boots: Forever 21, October 2009, $32. Leggings: Target, September 2010, $15. Shirt: Nordstrom, Frenchi, 2009, $25. Cardigan: Zara, July 2010, $15. Earrings: Nordstrom, July 2010, gift. Headband: Free People, borrowed. Bracelet: Third Planet, October 2010, $6.
Pants: Nordstrom, August 2010. Shirt: Nordstrom, Taylor, August 2010. Shoes: Ecco, April 2010. Belt: Perry Ellis, October 2009. Glasses: Maui Jim, July 2010.
Desmond Jackson
Tammi Peterson, Dallas, and John Hosler, Valley Falls, enjoy a toss game while tailgating with friends outside Memorial Stadium before the start of recent home game last month.
Tailgaters gather around outside Memorial Stadium on a rainy Saturday last month before the New Mexico State game.
Tailgaters get food inside a garage on Ninth and Illinois streets that provides cover on a rainy Saturday last month before the New Mexico State game at Memorial Stadium.
Tailgaters have use of a garage that provide cover on a rainy Saturday before the New Mexico State game at Memorial Stadium. A short two blocks to the game makes it easy for celebration.
Sunflower school sixth-grader Cade Burghart breaks the tape at the finish line to mark the completion of 26.2 miles since September.
Students from Sunflower School take off on their first lap Wednesday after school as part of their marathon run activity. The Sunflower School Marathon Club received a $2,000 Run for Something Better grant from ING.
Lawrence Public Library board member Mike Machell and Alice Ann Johnston, co-chair of the "Vote YES for the Library" steering committee, participate in a live chat about the $18 million library expansion proposal at the Lawrence Journal-World news center, 645 N.H. on Wednesday, oct. 13, 2010.
Wakarusa Valley students learned about the human body on Wednesday when an exhibit called Body Venture visited the school, 1104 E. 1000 Road. Students were able to walk through the educational display and take in health lessons along the way.
Students listened to a storyteller while they sat near stuffed pink tubes designed to look like intestines.
Bradley Murray, 25, was taken off life support on Tuesday, Oct. 12 after being found with head wounds in a ditch in Manhattan, Kan.
Pawsh Wash Dog groomer Paige Schmidt, left, holds up a long strip of Angora goat wool. Schmidt, along with groomer Sera Moran, right, had the unusual task of shearing the goats on Wednesday. Pam Harrell, center, came along with the goats’ owner, Lisa Schmitt, who decided to bring them to the dog grooming place instead of taking them to a traditional shearer.
Moran shears one of the goats held by owner Schmitt.. Her pets are named Bonnie and Clyde
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez (3) gets past Kansas State defensive tackle Ray Kibble to score a touchdown during the first quarter of their game Thursday in Manhattan.
Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) passes against Louisiana-Lafayette in this file photo from Oct. 8.
The Texas Rangers celebrate their 5-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of their American League division series on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rangers advance to the AL championship series against the New York Yankees.
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels celebrates after striking out the Cincinnati Reds’ Scott Rolen to end Game 3 of their National League division series on Sunday in Cincinnati. Hamel’s complete-game shutout gave the Phillies a 3-0 sweep of the Reds.
CSKA Moscow’s Da’Sean Butler reacts after being charged with a foul against the Miami Heat. The Heat won Tuesday’s exhibition in Miami, 96-85.
Consumer Reports Money Adviser warns that pet owners shouldn’t expect pet insurance to pay for treatment of pre-existing conditions.
Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, waves after his first-ever interview with South Korean media in Macau, China, in this June 4 file photo. Kim Jong Nam says he opposes a hereditary transfer of power to a third generation of his family. His remarks come after North Korea unveiled his younger half-brother, Kim Jong Un, as successor to their father in Pyongyang. Japan’s TV Asahi showed Kim making the remarks in footage aired Tuesday from an interview in Beijing on Saturday.
Judy Foster and Fred Keller of Wasilla, Alaska, pose Monday in the couple’s giant red Radio Flyer wagon. A converted pickup, the wagon is fully operational and licensed for road travel.
Lawrence friends, from left, Katie Gross, Lindsey Koochel, Shannon Merritt and Katie Koester enjoy a campout in Perry. Merritt, Lawrence, submitted the photo.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, second left, prays with members of Afghanistan’s peace council during the inaugural session Thursday in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Daniel Jacob Henry and Stephanie Marie Conn
Ed Willey, left, and Sol Posada harvest marijuana Tuesday at a farm in Davenport, Calif. Mexico’s drug traffickers are likely to lose customers in America’s largest pot-consuming state if California legalizes marijuana, but they won’t lose much money overall because California’s residents already prefer to grow their own, according to a study released Tuesday.
Former Lt. Dan Choi, an Iraq combat veteran who was discharged under the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, appears at an equality rally in Fresno, Calif., in this May 30, 2009, file photo. A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday stopping enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, ending the military’s 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera, center right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos early today after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine.
This artist’s rendering provided by GouldEvans illustrates a $3.9 million early-childhood education center the Ballard Center has filed plans for to build.
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