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Photos for October 15, 2012
Oklahoma players take the field before their game Saturday against Texas in Dallas. The Sooners will entertain Kansas on Saturday.
Candidates in seven races met Monday for forums that were telecast live on Channel 6. Pictured here are from left to right state Rep. Anthony Brown, R-Eudora, moderators Ann Gardner, editorial page editor of the Lawrence Journal-World, and Cory Smith, 6News anchor, and state Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City.
A section of Douglas County Road 1055, north of Baldwin City, remains closed for repair work, as pictured Monday. Lawrence residents planning to attend this weekend’s Baldwin City Maple Leaf Festival should make plans to instead use U.S. Highway 59 to U.S. Highway 56. The photo shows a view on County Road 1055 looking south to the intersection with U.S. 56 at top.
Mill Valley players celebrate a goal as a Free State player looks on in the background during their soccer match Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at FSHS.
Free State defender Josh Hodge (14) races past Mill Valley's Isaiah Gum as he brings the ball down the field during their soccer match Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at FSHS.
Free State midfielder Rigby McClure (6) and Mill Valley's Daniel Gray knock each other off balance as they struggle for control of the ball during their soccer match Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at FSHS.
Free State midfielder Rigby McClure (6) and Mill Valley's Ganiel Gray (2) each try to gain control of the ball during their soccer match Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at FSHS.
Free State midfielder Evan Smith (11) leaps over sliding Mill Valley player Bailey Weeks (17) as he and teammate Teddy Gillespie (15) work together to take the ball away from Smith during their soccer match Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at FSHS.
Henrietta Olson, a resident at Medicalodges, Eudora, will turn 108 Monday Oct. 22, 2012, and celebrate with family members this Sunday. Olson, who enjoys bingo, music and reading the newspaper, was asked what she would like for her birthday and responded laughing, "I guess I'd like a horse."
Free State’s Sarah Lieberman, left, high fives teammate Sarah Schaffer after Schaffer finished the C-team 4K of the Sunflower League championships on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Rim Rock Farm. Schaffer, a senior and three-year Firebirds runner who has Down syndrome, ran her final race Monday.
The water tower north of Baldwin City.
A group of Free State runners pace with Sarah Schaffer, a Firebirds senior runner with Down syndrome, third from left, during the C-Team 4K on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence resident Jessica Houk, left, gets her new 65-gallon city residential trash cart delivered on Monday by Tyler Green, an employee with Buckeye Diamond Logistics, which was contracted by the city to deliver the new containers. Crews delivered about 1,000 green plastic trash carts to the curbs of Lawrence residences Monday, and another approximately 19,000 are on the way as part of the city’s program to require residents to use city-issued trash carts instead of cans or bags.
Free State runner John Corbett heads to the finish of the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence High runner Gavin Fischer runs along side Grant Johns of Olathe East as the two head to the finish of the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence High runner John Mwithiga leads a pack through a wooded area during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
The herd of runners in the Boys 5K race take off up the hill from the start on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Members of the Free State cross country team take off with the pack at the start of the race on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Free State runner Rosemary Newsome heads to the finish during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence High cross country runner Grace Morgan hustles to the finish during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence High cross country runner Grace Morgan competes in the Sunflower League Championships on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence. Morgan finished third in the race with a time of 15:58.0. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo
The Free State girls team comes together in a huddle prior to the 4K race on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, during the Sunflower League Championships at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
Lawrence resident Jamie Roper uses his camera to record vibrant autumn leaves Monday in Old West Lawrence.
"Sallie House Tours" in Atchison explore one of the most infamous "haunted" houses in the Midwest.
The Atchison trolley makes a scheduled stop at the McInteer home, said to be particularly haunted.
The Overlord's Awakening at Worlds of Fun heralds the summoning of spririts to transform the park into Halloween Haunt.
A menacing "kid-catcher" carries an extra-large net while prowling the Halloween Haunt at Worlds of Fun.
Townes Windhol, left, and Zephyr Manriquez Gardner share a glance as the two rock together in a wooden teeter totter on Wednesday at OmSprout. The child care center is designed to cater to parents who prefer a holistic environment and need a flexible day care schedule.
Ashleigh Ward, assistant director of OmSprout Creative Play and Drop-in Care, 1341 Mass. Apt. 1, dips Liam Kearn as Memphis Branum, right, and Zephyr Manriquez Gardner play in the main area of the child care center. The center is designed to cater to parents who prefer a holistic environment and need a flexible day care schedule.
Whitney Boomer, a dancer and visiting artist at Lawrence Arts Center, models a clarinet costume designed by Jennifer Glenn, an acting instructor at the arts center who is also a freelance costume designer.
Jennifer Glenn, left, an acting instructor at the Lawrence Arts Center, is also a freelance costume designer and has created unique costumes like this larger-than-life piccolo worn by Whitney Boomer, a dancer and visiting artist at the arts center, 940 N.H.
Jane Pennington poses with a costume she designed for Theatre Lawrence’s production of “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” on Oct. 4 at the Theatre Lawrence warehouse, 1705 Haskell Ave., Unit B. Theatre Lawrence will rent out its costumes for the first time this year.
Ryder Sparks and his dad, Brian, of McClouth, hold the winning fish during the McLouth Cub Scout Pack 81 Fishing Derby. Ryder caught the biggest fish, Cub Scout Macyn Felix caught the first fish, and Cub Scout Ben Plake caught the most fish. Jenny Kuglin, of McLouth, submitted the photo.
Franny sits on Rue. Demi Renault submitted the photo.
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