Week 22

 Jeff Gust lights luminaries outside of his rental home on Hyde Park Drive Dec. 21.

Grant Kelley, 8, lights luminaries with his parents for the first time at their home on West 20th Avenue.

Bronc Rumford, top left, and Tim Williams, top right, give sleigh rides during heavy snow on Hyde Park Drive.

David Baldwin, left, and Tamara Ackors wait for a bus in the snow on North Severance Street Dec. 21.

Joanne Arie looks out at the Bell and Star her father made for the Lyons water tower over 80 years ago from her home in Lyons, Dec. 18.

Joanne Arie shares stories in her living room.

Hutch High senior Adam Ferguson competes in a heat of the 200 yard intermediate event at the Hutch High Invitational at the YMCA in Hutchinson Dec. 17.

Hutch High senior Justin Ko competes in a heat of the 100 yard butterfly event.

Week 21

Jackson Mailloux, 3, grabs the edge of a table to take a peek at gingerbread houses Dec. 14 at Memorial Hall in Hutchinson.

Cadie O'Neal, 6, decorates her gingerbread house with a pretzel stick and a marshmallow.

Wyatt Clark, 2, carefully places a butterscotch candy on his gingerbread house.

Deputy Aaron Parker Sr. of Geary County P.D., left, fires at Jerico Hayward, right, of Liberal P.D. as Mike Metzler, center, instructs during a training scenario Dec. 11, 2013 at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.

Mark Cook of Andale P.D. jumps a fence in pursuit of a suspect in a burglary in progress scenario.

 Bo Taylor of Garden City P.D., puts on a neck guard before a training scenario.

Miguel Venegas scrapes excess cement off of the exterior of a wall at Plum Creek Elementary Dec. 12.

Week 20

Earl Polk tells stories at the Polk's Farm Market in Medora Dec. 4. Polk has worked in the orchard business since he was a boy. "They say all of us are injected with apple cider so we have that gene of raising fruits and vegetables," he said.

A photograph of Earl Polk's grandfather, Earl Stoughton at a market with a harvest from Riversbans Orchard in 1963, hangs on the wall at Polk's Farm Market.

Mandy Gunn makes ornament forms out of clay using a cookie cutter at the Clayworks studio Dec. 3.

Janey Tubbs, left, helps Danny Snead attach the base to a mug.

Mariah Hammersmith of Trinity fights for the ball with Darby Wikoff (21) of Ell-Saline during their match Dec. 6 at Trinity Catholic High School.

Anna Kimmel dances as the Snow Queen during a Prairie Nutcracker rehearsal Dec. 7, 2013 at ArtisTree in Hutchinson, Kan.

Dominic Deluca (10) of Trinity jumps while defended by Forrest Dreyer, left, of Ell-Saline, during their match Dec. 6 at Trinity.

Six month old Henry, the pugle, half beagle and half pug, stays as his family walks around him during a training exercise Dec. 7 at the Special K9 Dog Training & Country Resort LLC in eastern Reno County. The family said Henry was "out of control" before he was brought in for training sessions and is now working towards becoming a therapy dog.

Week 19

From left, Reilly Jensen, John McPherson, Nathaniel Elliott, Jaden Abernathy and Samuel Cox stand before the Kansas Class 4A state championship in Salina Nov. 30.

Luke Berblinger, left, Denton Branscom, center and Chase Shantz calm down at half time.

Fans pack the stands.

Excitement after the win.

Dakota Wolf (3) of Buhler leads a celebration after the win.

Hugs!

Dalton Stoss, left, Jacob Mullins, center and Dalton Miller, right, sing with their team mates in the locker room after the win.

Kalani Purcell (32) of Hutchinson shoots after being fouled as Shaunte Tucker (43) and Natasha Kindred, center, of Iowa Lakes look on Nov. 29 at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Jen'Von'Ta Hill of Hutchinson, top, and Shaunte Tucker of Iowa Lakes, bottom, dive for control of the ball.

Portrait shoot 11.22.13

Chloie shuts her eyes and plays a keyboard with her feet and the help of her grandfather. "Did you dream about the notes you were playing?," he said.

Cameron teaches Chloie how to use a calculator while their grandparents cook their Thanksgiving meal.