University of St. Francis Fr. John Stecher blesses nursing student Melissa Corcoran and her Shorkie dog Henry,3, with holy water.
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Nicole and Nick Yoder with their son Paxton, 1, walk through the corn maze together at the Amazing Fall Family Fun in Waterloo on Sunday.
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Toriana Simoes is embraced by her mother Tammy during the Allen County Right to Life Memorial Service on Sunday. Toriana and her mother were both emotional while shedding tears for the 288 abortions in Fort Wayne this past year.
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Roses were placed in remembrance of the 288 abortions this year in Fort Wayne during the Allen County Right to Life 19th annual Memorial Service at the Catholic Cemetery on Sunday.
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Chynna Presley, Community Education Manager and head of the Chalk It Up To Awareness at the YWCA Northeast Indiana, writes the name of "Angel Shuai," Monday afternoon on the circle drive of the YWCA on Spy Run Ave. Shuai, who was only 3 days old, died from bleeding in the brain caused by her mother who ingested rat poison while she was pregnant. Photo by Swikar Patel. 5/25
Kelsey Cottrell (front - left), Case Manager at the YWCA Northeast Indiana, and Tory Portee (front-right), 9, draw a candle in the circle drive while Kelly Hake (back), Case Coordinator, works on her design of "Peace, Love, Stop Domestic Violence" at the YWCA off of Spy Run Ave Monday afternoon. Photo by Swikar Patel. 6/25
Steve Fisbaugh carries his kayak back in after kayaking to photograph the construction of the Martin Luther King Bridge Monday afternoon. Photo by Swikar Patel. 7/25
Portrait of Clinton Faupel, Executive Director of RemedyLIVE, on set in studio A Moday afternoon. Photo by Swikar Patel. 8/25
Jason North, Production Director, does some last-minute checks at his workstation before a broadcast Monday afternoon at RemedyLIVE. Photo by Swikar Patel. 9/25
David Herrmann, 19, lands a nollie backside bigspin off of the drop at Lawton Skate Park Monday afternoon. Photo by Swikar Patel. 10/25
Veteran Robert Sternberger and his guardian Nancy Hardin head for their chartered plane at the 122nd ANG Fighter Wing for their Honor Flight to Washington DC, Tuesday. About 80 vets made this trip to see the WW2 Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and other sites. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 11/25
Veterans and their guardians turn for last photos and waves as they board their Honor Flight to Washington DC, Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 12/25
Airport fire trucks give the Honor Flight a watery salute as it pulls onto the runway at Fort Wayne International Airport, Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 13/25
Kassandra Gallagher, 13, a homeschooled student, has fun with her two sisters creating a bracelet made out of an old tape roll using different fabric scraps. This was her first time doing crafts at the Allen County Public Library Georgetown Branch on Wednesday.
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IPFW Senior Jesse West, middle, urges students to leave class today in reference to the national student walk out that is going on in protest against student debt and tuition fees.
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Bishop Dwenger's Cameron Schenkel and Snider's Zachary Abels fight for control of the ball during Wednesday night's sectionals game at Carroll. Photo by Michelle Davies, The Journal Gazette. 16/25
Reid Imel, of Norwell High School, serves the ball during his match at Carroll for the Regional's match. Photo by Michelle Davies, The Journal Gazette. 17/25
Imagine MASTer Academy 6th grader Steven Bailey, front, talks about his bullying experience during a presentation by Mike Walker, back. Students were asked to come up in front of their peers to talk about their personal stories. This presentation was part of Rachel's Challenge a national "anti-bullying" program based on the life of Rachel Scott the first person killed in the Columbine High School shootings. Photo by Laura J. Gardner, The Journal Gazette.
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Imagine MASTer Academy 7th grader Weston Blakely, middle, with 8th grader Grayson Blanton, left, and 7th grader Kyler Doan, right, listen while Mike Walker speaks during the Rachel's Challenge, a national "anti-bullying" program based on Rachel Scott the first person killed in the Columbine High School shootings.
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Mike Walker, a program speaker with Rachel's Challenge, a national anti-bullying program based on Rachel Scott the first person killed in the Columbine High School shootings talks to a group of students from Imagine MASTer Academy on Wednesday. Students were asked to come up during this workshop to talk about their personal stories about bullying.
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Portrait of John McGauley, Allen County Recorder, in front of his North Anthony Boulevard home that he and his wife sold back in 2005. McGauley was a victim of a practice known as "robo-signing," where papers were signed by unauthorized people or signatures were forged. McGauley's mortage release carries the signature of Linda Green, the most notorious robo-signer in the nation. Photo by Swikar Patel. 21/25
Myaunna Foster-Juarez, 4, pre-kindergartener at Nebraska Elementary, holds up a pair of llamas to receiver her prize Thursday afternoon during Read for the Record at the Allen County Public Library Little Turtle Branch. Foster-Juarez joined millions of other children around the country who read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. After reading kids at the ACPL played a matching game where they were given a llama that they had to match with other ones taped to the walls. Photo by Swikar Patel. 22/25
Third graders participate in the seventh annual Holy Cross Crusader Run that took place in their parking lot on Friday. These students raised money for the 21st Century Learning which will raise money for the school to get computers and other school needs. This year the goal was to raise $14,000.
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Third graders Scottie Vanlandingham, left, Brian Parrish, middle, and Luke Speckhard, right, participate in the Holy Cross Crusader Run on Friday in the parking lot of their school. The students were raising money for 21st Century Learning which will help purchase computers and other school needs. This is the seventh annual run.
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Third grader Emily Marshall participates in the Holy Cross Crusader Run on Friday. Students cheer her and others on as they run around the track. The students raised money for 21st Century Learning which raises money for new computers and other school supplies.
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