Trinity Weight Lifting 08.27.2013

I took this image while waiting for the Trinity Catholic High School football team to finish lifting weights so I could do a team portrait for the paper.

Jaziel Guerrero spots a teammate during a bench press exercise at the Trinity High School football practice, Aug. 27.

Fly Around Dine Around 8.24.2013

Buzz Aldrin signs copies of his new book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Aug. 24. 

Buzz makes a face at a baby.

Apollo astronaut Joe Engle walks the red carpet.

Apollo astronauts, from left, Buzz Aldrin, Joe Engle, Dick Gordon, Walter Cunningham and Fred Haise share stories from their missions.

The crowd listens as the astronauts speak.

Buzz Aldrin, right, makes a joke at fellow astronaut, Joe Engle.

Mike Wamsley 8.22.2013

Mike Wamsley, 74, stands for a portrait at the House of Capper at the Kansas State Fairgrounds Aug. 22. Wamsley first came to the Kansas State Fair when he was a kid in the late 1940s.

Roofers 8.20.2013

Antonio Ayala installs metal edging while working with a Hamilton Roofing crew on replacing a roof on the 4000 block of Panorama Dr. Aug. 20 in Hutchinson.

Gleaner 90th Anniversary Celebration 8.17.2013

Two men converse with one another during a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Gleaner combines at their 1923 birthplace in Nickerson, Kan. Aug. 17. 

Combine fans take photos of Gleaner combines starting their over forty mile journey to Hesston in Nickerson early Saturday, Aug. 17.

A man stops for a break during the combine caravan to Hesston on Dutch Avenue.

Bill Borneman smiles as he drives a 1976 Gleaner F model combine east on Dutch Avenue into Hesston 

The caravan as it nears Hesston.

Duane Westfahl takes a photo of a Gleaner combine from the 1920s before the Gleaner 90th Anniversary Combine Parade in Hesston. 

Combines drive down N Ridge Road during the parade.

Snails & Frogs 8.14.2013

Marisa Lizalde, 5, left, Malea Lizalde, 3, center, and Breann Ruda, 6, look for snails in the dirt and algae alongside the curb on Monarch Lane Aug. 14.

Marisa Lizalde, 5, holds a cup of water with pond snails she collected from yard on Monarch Lane.

Marisa pauses with her cup of snails.

Marisa places her hand on the patio while she looks for snails and frogs in the grass.

Malea Lizalde, 3, left, complains to her mother as her sister, Marisa, looks for snails in the dirt.

Marisa holds a frog shortly after its capture.

The catch part one.

Part two.

Part three.

Part four.

Marisa accidentally lets the frog escape from her hands.

56th Box Bridge Collapse 8.13.2013

Reno County Road and Bridge Superintendent Don Brittian stands on top of the box bridge on W 56th Avenue and Pennington road that collapsed due to flooding, August 13, 2013.

Pravesh Chand 8.02.2013

Prevesh Chand recently opened Blaze Hookah Lounge on Centennial Drive in McPherson.

Flooding from the air 8.08.2013

A few shots of the flooding in Reno, Rice and Harvey counties.

Halstead Floodgate Closes 8.07.2013

Volunteers fill sand bags at the City Shop in Halstead, Kan. in preparation for flooding Aug. 7, 2013.

Community members watch while the gates are closed.

Volunteers, emergency personnel and city workers place sandbags along the bottom edge of the flood gate on Halstead bridge. The gates were closed to protect the town from flood waters from the Little Arkansas river.

A man stands on top of the flood gate.

Pastor Phil's Flood 8.06.2013

Phil Auxier stands in his driveway next to beds and couches taken from his flooded basement on 32nd Terrace, August 6, 2013.

Damages to the bathroom in the basement of  Auxier's home. All of the sheet rock has been removed and fans, far left corner and right side, are in place to dry out the basement.

A photo of the Rev. Phil Auxier's sons in their driveway that was damaged when the basement flooded.

Family photos lay out to dry in the Auxier's living room.

Auxier shows the window latch that broke and let muddy water into his basement during the storm last Sunday night.

Emancipation Day 8.03.2013

Davion Henderson, 8, holds up his candy score at the end of the Emancipation Day Parade on Main Street August 3, 2013.

Bridget Dawkins takes a picture of the kids riding the Bethel AME Church float before the parade.

DJ Thornton, 12, practices steps with the Show Stoppers Community Drill Team of Kansas City, Missouri, before the Emancipation Day Parade.

Zuhra Pathan, 6, waves to the Show Stoppers Community Drill Team of Kansas City, Missouri.

Mildred Edwards, executive director for the Kansas African American Affairs Comission, speaks at the Emancipation Day Picnic at the Homebuilders Shelter in Carey Park.

Kathie Moore of the Reno County Democrats prepares their float.

The Wichita Dynamic Steppers make their way south on Main Street during the Emancipation Day Parade.

Deshiya Williamson, 12, left, DJ Thornton, 12, center, and Mister Willson, 13, play during a silly string fight at the Emancipation Day Picnic at the Homebuilders Shelter in Carey Park.