Conner Snare does the backstroke at Carroll High School Natatorium during swim practice. Photo bySwikar Patel. 1/49
Kathy Christensen winds her way through a labyrinth at Trinity Episcopal Church. Christensen is one of four labyrinth facilitators at the church at 611 W. Berry St. She says focusing on the path helps her relax, relieves her of burdens and she "always finds peace." Photo by Samuel Hoffman 2/49
SSgt. Scott Krieg, of the 122nd Fighter Wing Security Forces, kisses his daughter Piper, 4 days old, who was waiting for him as he returned from Iraq at the Fort Wayne International Airport. Photo by Cathie Rowand 3/49
An icicle drips in the sunlight.
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Volume Dance dancers from Carmel, Indiana perform during the senior jazz dance competition at the Grand Wayne Center during the Speedway Slam cheerleading competition. Photo by Swikar Patel. 5/49
Concordia High School's Shauna Wilson hugs teammate Anna Goeglein after their loss against Benton Central during the semi-state game.
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IPFW Yoga Club Instructor Michele Berkes-Adams (front) leads a class while Samantha Smith reaches over to kiss her son Atticus Smith, 5, at the IPFW Health Fair. Photo by Swikar Patel. 7/49
Helen "Tilly" Tillapaugh turns 106 years old. Tillapaugh is a resident at Coventry Meadows and she celebrated her birthday with other residents, staff, and her niece Cindy Rohlfing (right) and her two nephews.
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Brandon Grubl, of Morgan Township, scores a layup against Chase Moyle, of Canterbury. Photo by Michelle Davies 9/49
Acting a bit camera-shy, Aaron Rider, 4, from Ossian, takes a breather from touring his personal John Deere around the Winter Tractor and Engine Show at the Coliseum. Photo by Sam Hoffman 10/49
Courtney Louive, 12, and a Portage Middle School sixth grader searches for frogs and toads during the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo Spring Break Day Camp called Awesome Amphibians. The students searched a marsh to look for any signs of amphibians. Louive said she maybe heard one and someone else said "I found deer poop but no frogs."
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TinCaps' center fielder Donavan Tate dives for the ball but comes up short for his second error Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field. Photo by Swikar Patel. 12/49
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Back up timers Keith Scott (top) and Larry Shelton (bottom) keep alert during the 2011 IHSAA Girls' Track & Field Regional on Tuesday at Northrop High School. Both have been timers for 30 years for such events.
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Grace Jordan worships during the Good Friday mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception on April 22, 2011.
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Legendary songwriter Tom Rush walks through a doorway to uncase his guitar during and open session with students and media at Indiana University-Purdue University. Rush, along with fellow songwriter Country joe McDonald, spoke about "Activism: Then and Now" as part of an omnibus lecture in The John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center. Photo by Swikar Patel. 16/49
Wayne High School freshmen Devonte Stroud (left) with brother Laurence Gray, a fourth grader at Nebraska Elementary School (middle) and Dylan High, a North Side High School Sophomore, play a little game of ball at Nebraska Elementary School during some beautiful spring weather.
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Snider's Lindsey Fleming gets caught in a run down between first and second between Bishop Dwenger's Jordan Schneider who is throwing the ball to Erica Miller in the fifth inning at St Charles Church. Fleming was eventually tagged out. Photo by Cathie Rowand 18/49
Dick Andre, member of St. Joseph Methodist Church, volunteers his time at Fairfield Elementary School sprucing up yellow lines in front of the school during the 21st annual Fort Wayne-Great American Cleanup.
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Neighbors check out the damage of an Oak tree that fell on Don and Heidi Tyler's home on west Oakdale Drive in Fort Wayne during the severe weather on Wednesday.
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A man checks out the Fairfield ditch in Waynedale.
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Julien Embry, 4, gets a visit from a Small Postman butterfly (heliconius erato) at the Botanical Conservatory. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 22/49
Ayrie Bell, 6, enjoys the splash area of McMillen Pool. Bell along with other Renaissance Point YMCA Summer Campers took a trip together to have some fun.
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Ethan Prebynski, of DeKalb, catches a throw to second base while Austin Keathley, of Carroll slides into the base. Photo by Michelle Davies 24/49
A squirrel with a preference for sugar water helps itself to a feeder intended for hummingbirds on a hot summer afternoon in a Fort Wayne, Indiana yard on June 10, 2011. Photo by Cathie Rowand/The Journal Gazette 25/49
Sweetwater's "Band On The Roof," performed a Beatles set on top of the Embassy Theatre marquee to promote GearFest '11. Kenny Taylor on guitar and vocals is an instructor at Sweetwater Sound Inc. who took part in today's mini concert. A group of bystanders stopped to listen to Beatles "Get Back," and "Something."
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Julien Lebamoff, 8, floats down Cedar Creek Tuesday afternoon while attending Summer Day Camp at Metea Park. Photo by Cathie Rowand 27/49
Norwell High School's football team heads to the field for a preseason practice. Photo by Michelle Davies 28/49
Kids cool off Thursday at the Kreager Park splash pad. Photo by Sam Hoffman 29/49
Ben King, contractor with AEP, repairs damage on electrical lines on the corner of Carew Street and State Boulevard after severe weather.
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Nicky Stahl, 6, tries out the trombone at the Instrument Playground Friends of the Philharmonic booth at Taste of the Arts downtown. Taste of the Arts showcased Fortt Wayne's finest arts, culture, and food. Photo by Cathie Rowand 31/49
Muslim men gather for prayers at Eid al-Fitr, celebrating the end of Ramadan at The Plex. Women worship separately from the men but small children moved between the two groups. Photo by Sam Hoffman 32/49
"F" from Laura J. Gardner's series of ABC shapes at the Auburn Cord Dusenberg car show. 33/49
Jeff Miller hits out of the sand on #6 at the Mens' City Senior Golf Championship at Brookwood Golf Club. Photo by Sam Hoffman 34/49
A ruby throated hummingbird feeds on a zinnia. Hummingbirds are bulking before they begin their long trans-Gulf flight. Hummingbirds are carnivores and depend on insects. Nectar is just the fuel to power their fly-catching activity. They must return to Central America in the winter or risk starvation. Photo by Cathie Rowand 35/49
A baby swamp monkey born September 8 hangs on to its mom, Brie, to nurse at the Fort Wayne Children Zoo. Photo by Cathie Rowand 36/49
Half marathon runners take off at the start of the Fort4Fitness on Baker Street. Photo by Cathie Rowand 37/49
A three-banded armadillo who loves shoe laces goes after Ezekiel Coates, 10, shoe during Amazing Animals at Allen County Hessen Cassel Branch Library. Every month a new animal is researched. There are twenty different kinds of armadillos in the world. Photo by Cathie Rowand 38/49
"I want to sit in that guy (Engine 765)," says Butch Heckman, left, of Waynedale Indiana along with Bill Kilgore, right. Heckman 83, came to the celebration to make sure before he left he could sit in the engine and look out the window. Kilgore worked on Engine 765 for about a year traveling from Fort Wayne to Chicago. The two chatted about the engine during the Engine no. 765 Day in New Haven. Photo by Laura J. Gardner.
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A psychopsis Mariposa, or butterfly orchid, on display at the Botanical Conservatory. Photo by Sam Hoffman. 40/49
Bryce Thornton, of Saint Francis, gets his helmet knocked off during a tackle made by Marian University's Reece Green, top, and Stephen Rogers, left. Photo by Michelle Davies 41/49
A pair of swans glide silently out of the fog on a pond in Aboite Township. Photo by Sam Hoffman. 42/49
Margie Dennie, 85, was scammed by a man on the phone for $3,000 the day before Thanksgiving. Dennie expained that she likes to help out family, friends and even strangers.
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Marlene White, 68, points out a treat she's dropped for Sam, a dog owned by fellow Lamplight Inn resident Richard Schaefer. Sam refused the offering. Photo by Sam Hoffman 44/49
Rain in the forecast prepared people downtown Fort Wayne on Berry and Calhoun Street for another soggy day while walking to their destinations.
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Children play the game Driedel during PJ Shabbat Hanukkah celebration at Congregation Achduth Vesholom. Photo by Cathie Rowand 46/49
A member from the Health Department checks the condition of the ice cream that spilled on highway 69 South. Photo by Michelle Davies. 47/49
Ian Anderson, a friend of both the victims, comforts "momma" after she spoke at a candlelight vigil for Erin Jehl and Ryann Tipton in Northrop High School's parking lot. Photo by Michelle Davies 48/49
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 D.C. About 80 veterans made this trip to see the WW2 Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and other sites. Photo by Sam Hoffman&oe=061111_track_jc08.jpg 49/49
