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Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761263550525-IFTJ8E485JYTDEAZGS38/IW0A5631.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262592237-XWDNKEODVNBYKW2AU7M9/IW0A5521.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761263429684-S5Z8VWXHL6GZ5KVYSNNU/IW0A5705.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262348976-Q220OAZWONDL2FOKEL8S/IMG_1678.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262688465-W430U4GPNZWL83ZXK6GM/IW0A5693.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262363916-KON8ME5K9LTF3PSU9PET/IMG_1779.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262406911-MLZVNSXLMFCYNM2M55FH/IMG_1854.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262451938-14SH8I7VGE8BEZSKH0F2/IMG_1943.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262460641-8CEF3W045GNO2ZJSH5S9/IMG_1961.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262500911-B9A5ZT26U8XQ5DKE2QNA/IMG_2156.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262551723-Z0N65H0KJ3ADL66002DM/IMG_2235.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262538922-4XCN7CLASNHOD94X4DMY/IMG_2199.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262727505-O22HYTXACQK2IM76LOFK/IW0A5984.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761262692699-HBP95WUXTSKUHBL7MJD5/IW0A5939.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/696a7a9e-045f-4152-a2a9-610e258e5f9d/IMG_1688.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761261651690-DWDCZJZ370MOSJFT7LD1/IMG_1993.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761261727661-ELHL770FNBY58YV6WKQ8/IMG_2139.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761261709469-RZP74KAY0V8VUC0WVIG6/IMG_2112.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761261690820-D7121QD8PMQMMIGV0EBU/IMG_2094.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761261634311-9TJD7OQGCNT3PRXKF4GP/IMG_2045.jpg Visual Blog - No Kings Protest. Portland, Ore., October 18th, 2025. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2023/8/18/willamette-speedway-lebanon-ore monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692401655693-ZOU6FNXOM99X27JKQ99S/IW0A7475.jpg Visual Blog - Willamette Speedway. Lebanon, Ore. IMCA sport mods race Saturday at the Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. IMCA, or the International Motor Contest Associated, hosted its first modified car race in 1972 in Benton County, Iowa on a ¼ mile dirt track. They now sanction races in 36 states which host these modified cars, a combination of open-wheel cars and stock cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692401659786-SZ8DO2TD32IIRZZT9DN7/IW0A7528.jpg Visual Blog - Willamette Speedway. Lebanon, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692401655132-K0C64YTPCU5Q5CT9YIR0/IW0A7421.jpg Visual Blog - Willamette Speedway. Lebanon, Ore. A racer's son flies by on a scooter in the pit Saturday at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon, Ore. The pit is full of racers, with kids in tow, working on their cars and karts prepping for their qualifying races or making tweaks before their final race of the night. The kids keep themselves entertained by picking up discarded helmet tear-offs (thin plastic shields to quickly get rid of mud on a visor) and run a race of their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692401659924-ZKLR21WXJS405LFQPF8Z/IW0A7605.jpg Visual Blog - Willamette Speedway. Lebanon, Ore. The sun sets over Willamette Speedway Saturday in Lebanon, Ore. as the crowd waits for the next race to start. The ⅓ mile dirt track hosts a wide variety of races, from tiny wingless sprint karts to street stock cars. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2023/8/18/columbia-county-fair-and-rodeo-2023-st-helens-ore monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399627397-AHGB5A52QCYZDK556A26/IW0A6920forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. Hunter Greenup, of Lexington, Ore, competes in the bareback bronco riding event Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. He participated in the events overseen by the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association, the largest regional rodeo organization in the western United States. Greenup was injured after being thrown and was helped out of the arena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399628796-V3UQ7LJDZVYR9E5Z09OA/IW0A6943forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. 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Rodeo Court members leave the area after interacting with the crowd Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399623654-47GTJBXXYHSE1HIKQ2A6/IW0A6593forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. A rider prepares for a roping event Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399624680-X6276VC4B14LDYQECWJQ/IW0A6660forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. Fans filled the stands Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399626556-ZKTSEH6HDDE365V2HGHU/IW0A6775forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. A rider competes in the bareback bronco riding event Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399629664-4JWHMY6UT12AGH1ASOFH/IW0A7053forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. Young fans wait for the next event to start Saturday during the Columbia County Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399632629-WYI3NECN8KWDVS98927I/IW0A7068forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. St Helens, Ore. The sun sets and rides come to life Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692399631630-4S5JG5WS76J6YVU5AFFN/IW0A7066forinsta.jpg Visual Blog - Columbia County Fair and Rodeo 2023. 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The Tallgrass Bison http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/kankakee-fantasy-con monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529016088990-1JU4VR2A49DQ1KHWRGDR/20180604-news-fantasy-con-01.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Fantasy Con Harper Sexton, Logan Trudeau, and Colin Trudeau, from left to right, check out lego figures Saturday during the 8th Annual Kankakee Fantasy Con at the Kankakee Public Library. Logan and Colin's' father said they have a whole spare room dedicated to legos in their home in Bradley. Fantasy Con was filled with writers, artists and collectors ready to share their passion with the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529016088791-ZZ8A25GI9Y9M95C0A1GS/20180604-news-fantasy-con-02.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Fantasy Con Harper Sexton, of Kankakee, makes his final lego figure choice Saturday during the 8th Annual Kankakee Fantasy Con at the Kankakee Public Library. Sexton spent a bit of time at the lego vendor booth picking the perfect figures to add to his collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529016089758-2YDJPEVZTDAEU55VMUVF/20180604-news-fantasy-con-03.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Fantasy Con Hundreds of lego figures covered multiple tables Saturday during the 8th Annual Kankakee Fantasy Con at the Kankakee Public Library. The lego figure booth was just one of many stops for fantasy fans, many of whom dressed up as their favorite characters. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/spun-alpaca-wool monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015938813-INBKZ0I8ZA412OK0H9I2/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-2-02.jpg Visual Blog - Spun Alpaca Wool Rosie McHugh spins alpaca fiber into yarn Saturday during the Kankakee Farmers Market in downtown Kankakee. The alpaca fiber comes from the family farm and used to produce various items from yarn to socks and insoles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015938898-YMFDNAHWSVB72RBT6PFE/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-2-01.jpg Visual Blog - Spun Alpaca Wool Leslie McHugh, left, runs their farm booth Saturday during the Kankakee Farmers Market in downtown Kankakee while Rosie McHugh spins yarn from their families alpaca herd. The farm was established in 2007 in rural Martinton, and is home to an alpaca herd, dogs, cats, chicken and ducks. Leslie McHugh co-ops her alpaca fiber with various other farmers and artists to create such goods as yarn, gloves and socks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015939844-CUVLWIZI8K6RLK98JN6O/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-2-03.jpg Visual Blog - Spun Alpaca Wool Yarn spun from alpaca fibers is sold Saturday during the Kankakee Farmers Market in downtown Kankakee. Alpacas on Heidelberr farm are raised in a sustainable and holistic way by Leslie McHugh and her family. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/renaissance-man-willie-dixon monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015671626-LNKAY1X5IDO1Z8FR52QZ/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-1-02.jpg Visual Blog - Renaissance Man, Willie Dixon Willie Dixon, right, of Kankakee, shakes a viewers hand Saturday during the Kankakee Farmers Market in downtown Kankakee. Dixon sells his original paintings and plays the trombone for passers by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015671531-0PYUS0539YQB6F4H76L5/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-1-01.jpg Visual Blog - Renaissance Man, Willie Dixon Willie Dixon, of Kankakee, plays the trombone Saturday during the Kankakee Farmers Market in downtown Kankakee. Dixon, a renaissance man, is a painter, playwright and musician. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and grew to appreciate the importance of the trombone in Dixieland music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015672962-DX4Y9PMLZ67ULW3EW3IT/20180604-news-farmers-market-feature-1-03.jpg Visual Blog - Renaissance Man, Willie Dixon “I have been playing for 13 years,” Dixon said. “But thats not long at all, most I know have been playing for 30 years or more.” Dixon touched on how important an understanding of art and history is to society and is happy to play music for people at the farmers market and sell his painting there. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/kidz-kan-do monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015450374-DEUBQYOK81BL9EDXA1CL/20180604-sprt-football-camp-01.jpg Visual Blog - Kidz-Kan-Do A participant in Haglers 12th Annual Kidz-Kan-Do Football and Cheerleading Camp is tackled Saturday on the football field at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee. The camp is hosted by the Tyjuan Hagler Foundation and includes various football drills and games as well as cheerleading skills and routines. Tyjuan Hagler, a native of Kankakee, graduated from Bishop McNamara High School in 2000, was drafted to the NFL and later won a Super Bowl with the Colts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015451570-THB1XF4FG1ZYA8EABG6G/20180604-sprt-football-camp-03.jpg Visual Blog - Kidz-Kan-Do Participants in Haglers 12th Annual Kidz-Kan-Do Football and Cheerleading Camp practice a cheer routine Saturday on the football field at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee. The kids where taught various cheerleading skills throughout the day and then combined them to put together a routine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015450381-0ONFXOEKG1YR3ZT22J7X/20180604-sprt-football-camp-02.jpg Visual Blog - Kidz-Kan-Do Participants in Haglers 12th Annual Kidz-Kan-Do Football and Cheerleading Camp cheer after a touchdown Saturday on the football field at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee. Football drills, separated into age groups, took place on the field lead by coaches and volunteers Tyjuan Hagler Foundation. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/coal-city-celebration monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015189205-QJP0MZRF3P29XPBWU124/20180601-sprt-coal-city-baseball-01.jpg Visual Blog - Coal City Celebration Coal City player Brendan Nevin celebrates with a flip Tuesday night after a victory over Illiana Christian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015188899-894ZE09CYNCJ1Q80L7Z1/20180601-sprt-coal-city-baseball-02.jpg Visual Blog - Coal City Celebration Coal City player Austin Pullara slides safely to third base after trying to steal home Thursday during a game at Ottawa High School against Illiana Christian. Coal City beat Illiana Christian 3-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015192898-OXF2F5GA03FTBVYA1QTZ/20180601-sprt-coal-city-baseball-04.jpg Visual Blog - Coal City Celebration Coal City player Keegan Gagliardo throws a pitch Thursday during a game at Ottawa High School against Illiana Christian. Coal City beat Illiana Christian 3-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015194235-G55CZKTU28LBFNX9ZO0I/20180601-sprt-coal-city-baseball-05.jpg Visual Blog - Coal City Celebration Coal City player Sean Micetich hits the ball Thursday during a game at Ottawa High School against Illiana Christian. Coal City beat Illiana Christian 3-1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529015193030-YPHVKJF2BJFFKZPP7WB8/20180601-sprt-coal-city-baseball-03.jpg Visual Blog - Coal City Celebration Coal City players celebrate Thursday night after a 3-1 victory over Illiana Christian. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/last-call-for-manteno monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529014977958-Z9ZD8OGDNDYPHOCE6ZGX/20180529-sprt-manteno-softball-02.jpg Visual Blog - Last Call for Manteno Manteno player Kori Fricke is greeted by teammates at home plate after hitting a home run Tuesday at Ottawa High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529014977955-ELNBRD5P5WZ7CGS5EHUR/20180529-sprt-manteno-softball-03.jpg Visual Blog - Last Call for Manteno Manteno player Karlie Wenzel runs to first after a bunt hit Tuesday during a game against Providence Catholic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529014979083-EV0L8RN00XBMX6Z4IUSV/20180529-sprt-manteno-softball-04.jpg Visual Blog - Last Call for Manteno Manteno players congratulate Providence Catholic players after Tuesdays game at Ottawa High School. Manteno lost the game 4-6. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/herscher-heads-to-state monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013700805-RZ7M4J8MPP5MARMZPDHJ/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-01.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher’s Tyler Jarnagin delivers the game-winning hit in a thrilling 1-0 win against Timothy Christian in a Class 2A super-sectional game. Herscher High advanced to the state tournament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013700692-301CDBKWSCKECN00NT1E/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-02.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher High School’s Ty Stuart throws a pitch during a pitching duels game Monday at Benedictine University in Lisle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013702167-7WMXA4UHVL46WJNWHBGY/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-03.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher High School’s Tyler Jarnagin hits the game winning ball Monday at Benedictine University in Lisle during 2A Super-Sectional baseball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013702275-XS4JNL2JJPA2FD0MVDJO/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-04.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher High School players rush the field to celebrate their win Monday at Benedictine University in Lisle. They defeated Timothy Christian 1-0. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013703304-CPX0YQCGYABWFF7KREI7/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-05.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher High School’s Tyler Jarnagin runs to first base after a 2A Super-Sectional baseball game winning hit Monday at Benedictine University in Lisle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529013703766-S5V9O8OY8THWGAEHNJY2/20180528-sprt-herscher-baseball-06.jpg Visual Blog - Herscher Heads to State Herscher High School players and coaches gather for a team photo with their newly won 2A Super-Sectional plaque Monday at Benedictine University in Lisle. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/6/14/avenging-lady-trojans monthly 0.5 2018-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012843615-FKWK84D155FG8S40HOQ0/20180522-sprt-dwight-softball-03.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School Lady Trojans join together on the field Tuesday after a 7-6 win against Hayworth. The team was nocked out of last years sectional title game by Hayworth, but now will be moving on to sectional championships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012841284-66QOH8AZPXRDB2LTJS8N/20180522-sprt-dwight-baseball-02.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School player LynnDee Hale throws in a hit Tuesday during the Class 1A Sectional semifinal softball game at Dwight Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012841452-OFCN691OFTQUJVTBSJD7/20180522-sprt-dwight-baseball-05.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School players Abby Edwards, left, and Macey Rodosky, show relief after a close play Tuesday during the Class 1A Sectional semifinal softball game at Dwight Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012842564-RJ6FFXO30I84PDMQ0GX0/20180522-sprt-dwight-softball-01.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School player Katy Edwards attempts to tag out a Hayworth player Tuesday during the Class 1A Sectional semifinal softball game at Dwight Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012848633-32OSLR7NXU3EZELKZQ2W/20180522-sprt-dwight-softball-06.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School player Kaitlyn Masching hits the ball Tuesday during the Class 1A Sectional semifinal softball game at Dwight Township. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1529012843695-CIY36F5BZN25NTXB4EEH/20180522-sprt-dwight-softball-04.jpg Visual Blog - Avenging Lady Trojans Dwight Township High School player Abby Edwards throws a pitch Tuesday during the Class 1A Sectional semifinal softball game at Dwight Township. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/5/15/fightin-irish-end-comets-run monthly 0.5 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526431382104-Y9C3QGW2HV4ZWAI58JT1/20180514-sprts-irish-vs-comets-01.jpg Visual Blog - Fightin' Irish End Comets Run Teammates congratulate Bishop McNamara’s Tyler Hiller after a home run hit Monday during the game against Clifton Central. Bishop McNamara’s Fightin’ Irish won the game 14-0 to end the season for the Clifton Central Comets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526431397030-Q8PJM2C3JP4YEFTEVHB4/20180514-sprts-irish-vs-comets-05.jpg Visual Blog - Fightin' Irish End Comets Run Clifton Central’s Brian Spooner Jr. makes first base Monday during the game against Bishop McNamara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526431391430-AC7CSW1X0VF502BU8DPA/20180514-sprts-irish-vs-comets-03.jpg Visual Blog - Fightin' Irish End Comets Run Clifton Central’s Dave Zell throws a pitch Monday during the game against Bishop McNamara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526431382433-AHPBVLRXKBPRL61EGLZ4/20180514-sprts-irish-vs-comets-02.jpg Visual Blog - Fightin' Irish End Comets Run Clifton Central Comets players and coaches embrace Monday after a 14-0 lose to the Bishop McNamara’s Fightin’ Irish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526431391784-GP2I2Q8D79RPV8S0IA32/20180514-sprts-irish-vs-comets-04.jpg Visual Blog - Fightin' Irish End Comets Run Bishop McNamara players and coachers gather to celebrate Monday after a 14-0 win against Clifton Central. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/5/15/major-league-mothers-day-support monthly 0.5 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430843043-2HOOZZ36GBJY2HQECV0P/20180513-news-mothers-day-wrigley-01.jpg Visual Blog - Major League Mothers Day Support Cancer survivors, fighters and their families and friends practice opening a giant pink awareness ribbon Sunday morning, before a cross town classic game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs and White Sox used Sundays game day to honor mothers for Mothers Day and to bring awareness to breast cancer. The game was part of Major League Baseball’s “Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer” initiative and various proceeds from the day are being donated to continue breast cancer research. The first 5,000 bleacher fans received pink shirts provided by Advocate health and many of the players and team staff donned pink in support. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/5/15/kankakee-community-college-graduation monthly 0.5 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430391760-U2CJN0HNMVFPRW704PM7/20180512-news-kccgraduation-01.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Physical Therapist Assistant students cheer for their fellow graduates Saturday during the Kankakee Community College graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430391230-8BY6YCSUNTN5X85Z8T2O/20180512-news-kccgraduation-02.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Chauncia Akins, left, and Jenna Arseneau, turn their cap tassels Saturday to signify the closing of the graduation ceremony at Kankakee Community College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430405108-HBMQ8QIQ28V4GY35E7AT/20180512-news-kccgraduation-03.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Kankakee Community College students who served in the Military stood for applause Saturday during the KCC graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430407108-WYK79B00T22YAY3PPKC5/20180512-news-kccgraduation-04.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Commencement speaker Ed Emerson takes a selfie with the crowd Saturday during the Kankakee Community College graduation. Emerson, a political strategist, told the students “The key to success is to say yes.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430430235-R27ARSYAIU9NDP7K9MJD/20180512-news-kccgraduation-05.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Kankakee Community College students, many with customized caps, listen to the commencement address Saturday during their graduation ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526430433017-E99AKNQ9BSG4DFHH64LW/20180512-news-kccgraduation-06.jpg Visual Blog - Kankakee Community College Graduation Kankakee Community College President, Dr. John Avendano, gives his welcoming speech during the commencement ceremony Saturday at Kankakee Community College. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2018/5/15/a-daily-journal-stringer monthly 0.5 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526428728746-49XN1ZWC4WWZGQW9RYKZ/1.jpg Visual Blog - A Daily Journal Stringer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1526428768900-4X2N4UDU7LSZZF232YXV/2.jpg Visual Blog - A Daily Journal Stringer http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2017/9/16/short-wanderings-in-portland-and-mt-hood monthly 0.5 2017-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1505611564027-LUVK4TUXX6TZLQI1NQ01/IMG_8727.jpg Visual Blog - Short Wanderings in Portland and Mt. Hood They say Portland is weird, so is it weird to feel quite comfortable there? That comfort may have come from the amazing Airbnb family I stayed with, or the fact that there is vegetarian food around every corner. But really I think it boils down to the trees. Being in a place that so deeply loves its parks and forests is so satisfying. I only had a few days to explore and only met a couple people, but the whole trip I just felt so welcome. It is a place to be yourself and be with nature, that is my kind of place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1505612749848-QMI38JQQS1ID4U8L6GS5/IMG_8720.jpg Visual Blog - Short Wanderings in Portland and Mt. Hood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1505612742424-YRMKEV5RGBAAMGU5SDPF/IMG_8690.jpg Visual Blog - Short Wanderings in Portland and Mt. 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Chicago, IL http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2016/2/29/456-am monthly 0.5 2016-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770671701-KTOUB67LMOM432SEV6MI/7.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Vince Stevers hugs his son as they look out over their flattened neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770673748-XGQ84ASQ7TUX94LEJR5T/8.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Brahm Jyot, center, gathers some belongings with family members after their house was damaged by the tornado. The family had moved to Harrisburg from Chicago only eight months earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770686553-C58MGDXOLJ5SD18M85I9/18.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Keith Huke looks at debris in the front room of his home on Water Street. “The main items I want to find are my medications, my calico cat and my arrowhead collection, which are all very important to me,” he said. Huke found his cat safe shortly after. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770667897-U9LH4UAZURLWBRO2HK7E/4.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Residents walk through a severely damaged southeast side subdivision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770672660-HBNBF5RL89WZXMGAF4AC/6.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. An overwhelmed family embraces while resting from hours of clean up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770678178-PPXI05CD8X7RFWJ1XCFI/11.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. A truck damaged by the tornado sits in a yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770682406-51HAZLHC6ZIM1L2F1HH1/14.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Julie Shaw and Vince Stevers help Marilyn Shimkus, left, gather some of her belongings in plastic bags after her home was damaged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770676829-T6LD4W1VE5BREOX94JDW/10.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Eldorado firefighters Cody Mitchell, Patrick Mings and Derek McKinnies patrol the streets of the Garden Heights section of Harrisburg the morning of the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770675200-WMG323E8SI5LJPAKB6D1/9.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. A family stands in the yard of their damaged property. Only two exterior walls of the home remained standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770669686-LZDP6JLZL9VTW8OPRBGS/5.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Employees from Peabody Energy Company responded immediately to the disaster in Harrisburg. “They’re already trained in rescue operations so they were a great help,” said Allan Ninness, director of the Saline County Emergency Management Agency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770679972-7IS6KENE9XNJJKMPHXG8/12.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Items found intact rest against a car damaged by the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770679678-52HDQZQ6HX9WXOKFL6C8/13.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Rescue workers help residents gather belongings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770664009-KMDC601ASMGJ1UK2LWCL/1.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Keith Huke talks to a Red Cross worker days after the tornado destroyed his home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770666409-892TNGYLF0IL2HT186RC/3.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Keith Huke is comforted by a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770663990-QOFFYX8DH37HR6OH9Y7R/2.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Keith Huke stands in what used to be his living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770683489-2D5JW21CYQROAZIKDDVA/15.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. A praying hands statue blown from a home sits in the gravel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770686478-OTFRL152USB6M3H7J4J3/17.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. Community members, family and friends gather in the Harrisburg High School gym to mourn the loss of the eight lives taken by the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1456770684873-DNLZ466GA9R3UQ8VJIDP/16.jpg Visual Blog - 4:56 A.M. 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Ottumwa Courier Week 20 Wildwood and Agassiz Elementary School students participate in their end of the year field day Tuesday at Wildwood. The field day was organized for kindergarten and first grade students from the schools and was a reward for all their hard work throughout the year. The students made the rounds between 14 stations that were all set up with different activities including a bouncy house, basketball and a blow up slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1401479739586-65I3QAMGN0DX1UKOCBXI/park+feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 20 Alyra Boomgarden, left, and Kelly Summers feed the ducks and other birds Thursday at the Ottumwa Park. Boomgarden is a big fan of the movie Fly Away Home and loves coming to the park to feed and talk to the ducks. “We don’t get out here as much as we would like,” Debbie Coop, another visiter to the park, said. “Its great to break up a day of errands though and the kids love it.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1401479742835-N13JE4TXKJ4M77UY0OER/park+feature+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1401479745906-EMX8UHQR4POEYMXGN3J1/Farmers+Market+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 20 Justin Massey, a Market on Main employee, waters plants Wednesday as he sets up for the Ottumwa Farmers Market. The market had its grand opening last Saturday and will be open on Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1401479976059-DUBJTB20GQ5D8KXYD1G7/Memorial+Day+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 20 Ottumwa VFW and American Legion members wait Monday for the Civil War Monument Dedication to begin. The dedication fittingly took place on Memorial day as many gathered in the Ottumwa Cemetery to remember those who have served and died.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1401479976688-XGDQYJ0IVAE1A1AWUANH/Memorial+day+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 20 A crowd gathers around to pet horses Monday during a Civil War Monument Dedication at Ottumwa Cemetery. David Gordy, right, brings his horses to various community events and often lets people ride and pet the horses. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/5/24/ottumwa-courier-week-19 monthly 0.5 2014-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979409388-KNPWT3HFPZY3ZZFTPEAH/CMA+ride+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Robert “Beagle” Beghtol, right, gives a sticker to a Christian Motorcyclists Association member Sunday after the group blessed his bike. The group had gathered to bless bikes before heading on a ride to Des Moines to attend Iowa Thunder, an event that was created to honor veterans of war.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979403618-KQLKBL4WM9ZYCRHKGE8P/CMA+ride+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979404238-1WXOQXSSSYVC3C1E4N0N/CMA+ride+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Christian Motorcyclists Association members bless a bike Sunday before a group ride to Des Moines. The blessing is said with the idea to help protect the driver and any passengers from any dangers associated with the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979924562-NBHP4ONI353XUEJBS3MZ/beautification+day+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Michelle Rimato, right, shovels a hole to plant flowers in Friday at Horace Mann Elementary. The fifth grade students participated in the beautification day and learned about math and science in the process. The students used math by finding the parameters of the planting areas and science by learning about the plants they were using. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979921286-KFDHPNTX1FJJ7F53SQP5/boys+soccer+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Junior player Papay Kruah fights for control of the ball Monday during the Ottumwa boys soccer game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979929038-GJ0K2PADNGPD93AGB48F/lilac+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Luise Gladson poses for a portrait with her lilac bush Thursday at her home in Eldon. Gladson planted the lilac bush over 15 years ago and has tended to it ever since. “I was told to trim it down every year after it bloomed, I think thats why it’s grown so big,” Gladson said. “Over the years its become my pride and joy.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979739654-6XT8FFTOCSU9FREPKT0F/OCS+graduation+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 The Ottumwa Christian School seniors wait to enter the gym Saturday before their graduation ceremony began.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979731942-75KBAZYEASDIG20Q9BU1/OCS+graduation+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Richard Schlotter, left and Elijah Frederick joke around Saturday before their graduation ceremony began. Both Schlotter and Frederick plan to attend Indian Hills Community College to further their education.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400979735740-PT2JHL7Q4BV8V0KLVCP1/OCS+graduation+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 19 Monica Ruiz crosses the stage after receiving her diploma Saturday during the Ottumwa Christian School graduation. Ruiz plans to pursue a degree in nursing and join the Army to serve as a combat medic. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/5/24/ottumwa-courier-week-18 monthly 0.5 2014-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978493316-1FGDJTBCT0YGNOWE09MW/horse+and+buggy+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 A horse and buggy is driven down Second Street Wednesday. The horse and buggy became the main mode of transpiration in the early 1800’s and can still be seen in use today by various groups of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978472809-R8XDNS58NB6FU8UW9V68/Cardinal+graduation+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Cardinal High School students line up Sunday before their graduation ceremony began. Each student carried or wore a variation of the class flower, a white carnations with red tips.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978473780-M5T1XYTUJZRIOXLBIAFU/cardinal+graduation+color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Cardinal High School students listen to speakers Sunday during their graduation ceremony. The graduation robes worn by the seniors featured the class colors of red and silver.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978484172-YNNXM9F7JAFRMI3KKVZA/make+ottumwa+shine+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Kate Manary, right, plants a flower Tuesday outside the First Presbyterian Church. Church members, students and family members gathered to plant flowers as part of their beautification day.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978483266-94FKXE6NEKH6P6X2VS0O/IHCC+graduation+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Indian Hills Community College students fight the wind to keep their caps on Thursday as they walked into the Hellyer Student Life Center for graduation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978492048-G4IFJ784ZHWT1NNGEND4/girls+tennis+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Caroline Carlson serves the ball Saturday during a regional girls tennis match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978894297-83RMWM3YO03U6IN2IKX3/concert+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Ottumwa High School symphony orchestra members preform Monday during the OHS Instrumental Springfest Concert.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978895140-CHI6RBY8BJFR7RRJ348B/concert+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18   Ottumwa High School jazz band members preform Monday during the OHS Instrumental Springfest Concert.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978905743-MSUJ2O2KW7BPNWR9U9PL/concert+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Cellos sit in front of the Ottumwa High School Auditorium stage Monday after the OHS symphony orchestra preformed.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400978907156-KD1Q9X4XQ833IUA3OFO9/concert+web-color+photo+4.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 18 Patty Babb, center, receives flowers from senior band members Monday after the OHS symphony orchestra preformed. Many of the students have had Babb as a teacher for up to eight years.   http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/5/24/ottumwa-courier-week-17 monthly 0.5 2014-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400977957422-A0CNX9A0TVGLYC3SNEWT/steps+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 17 Jasmine Morine relaxes in the spring sunshine Friday on the steps of the Ottumwa Public Library. Todays high is 78 degrees with a 40 percent chance of rain later in the day and into the evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400977971787-NM2ID944PE3AL3HVQOMD/storm+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 17 Ottumwa residents watch a storm roll over their neighborhood Sunday as the area was under a Tornado Warning. Wapello county was under a Tornado Warning twice Sunday according to the National Weather Service and residence heard sirens twice throughout the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1400977959470-H1V2ZXRVXFT2B4YS4N4D/storm+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 17 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/5/8/ottumwa-courier-week-16 monthly 0.5 2014-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1399601972274-VDLY2KFPYRSFKDWHI8NV/balloon+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 16 Liberty Elementary students and teachers release balloons Wednesday in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The students were asked to write down what makes them happy and attach it to the balloon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1399601954095-6QKKUWOFVS0JJ3OP5BST/ag+day+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 16 A Chariton Valley Electric Coop worker demonstrates the power of an electrical line Thursday during the Monroe County agriculture day. The demonstration was used to teach the students about safety near electrical lines and what to do in cases of an emergency.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1399601935881-34TTE6YEVX5LBPU85F6T/ag+day+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 16 A marshmallow lights on fire after toughing a high voltage power line Thursday during a safety demonstration. Tree branches, marshmallows and hot dogs were used to show the effects of touching an electrical wire.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1399602005208-EF9KYGQS34WNCG6C5ERP/ag+day+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 16 Students look at drawings of farms and agriculture Thursday during the Monroe County agriculture day. Classes were asked to draw farm scenes and the art was judged to award prizes to the winning class.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1399601953868-W91AX6MG8LEBEZX0XAUP/wax+museum+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 16 Lily Kester dressed as Theodor Geisel, better know as Dr. Seuss, during the Fifth Grade Wax Museum Friday at Horace Mann Elementary. The students were asked to complete a research paper about a famous person of their choice. They then dressed as the person they had chosen and presented interesting facts about the person to a crowd. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/4/27/ottumwa-courier-week-15 monthly 0.5 2014-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654897310-L5BLU96Y1B2G49JA90H5/Iron+chef+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Jacqueline Victoria, left, and Denise Ramirez, Ottumwa High School students, prepare the main course dish Friday during the Iron Chef competition at Indian Hills Community College. The competition included high school students from area schools and featured three courses.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654914442-CPJD3KGJ26KOQZEQMAMH/Iron+chef+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 An appetizer is prepared by Daylin Latham and Bradley Williams Friday during an Iron Chef competition. The meals prepared by the students are pre-planned and included local fresh foods.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654907111-PEQV8P1RB448LK9GK6E2/Iron+chef+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Local fresh cucumbers are prepared for a salsa. After the food was prepared it was judged by six professionals in the culinary field. Debb Kent lead the Ottumwa team and has been teaching at the high school for 15 years. “This is a great venue for the kids to stretch themselves,” Kent said. “They all come away with something different and thats a fantastic thing.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655105667-DU83OAKH1T24U93FQCJC/Macbeth+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Witches plot during a performance of Macbeth Thursday at St. John Auditorium at IHCC. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and tells a story of a man who receives a prophecy from witches that he will become the King of Scotland.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655252547-8PO8FFSPPFPAAXXWQW94/Macbeth+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Actors from Indian Hills Community College perform Macbeth Thursday at St. John Auditorium. The three days of performances included a free showing for high school students Friday afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655105687-GBQI1UFPLRNITS6P5992/boys+tennis+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Gaven Dostal returns the ball Tuesday during the Ottumwa boys tennis match.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655138625-XUXIP1ILKI4HNE136I7P/girls+soccer+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Junior player Daylin Latham fights for control of the ball Tuesday during the Ottumwa girls soccers game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655155228-PVNXYUWZL6UA7NV6OCJT/softball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Sophomore pitcher Kendle Schieber pitches the ball Tuesday during the IHCC women’s softball game against North Central Missouri College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655644918-RFOSA59Y5CRGSTB30O57/Tumbling+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 A participant in the United States Trampoline and Tumbling Association State Meet did her run during the power tumbling competition Sunday at the Bridge View Center. The competition included participants from ages two through twenty-six competing in 3,000 different events.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655647372-KEXZF7RID43DKERVAX8A/tumbling+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 A competitor waits for her next event to begin Sunday during the United States Trampoline and Tumbling Association State Meet. The events including tumbling, double-mini trampoline and trampoline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655679764-RNDR6416Z4WCL7K021X1/tumbling+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Kaitlin Scott sticks her landing while competing in the power tumbling event Sunday at the Bridge View Center. Scott is part of Ottumwas Team Flip, who hosted the meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655678491-XIWXBNDCN43UOVZK6ZJE/tumbling+web-color+photo+4.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Tumblers wait for their turns Sunday during the USTA State Meet at the Bridge View Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655882566-4T8WV3V57D4T6FHC3ZTG/Storm+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 An Ottumwa resident observes the damage to his home Sunday after a storm blew through his neighborhood on West Mary Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655875424-907LK0PMOFHAAPOZE6SD/Storm+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Ottumwa residents cover their roof with tarps Sunday after a storm caused damage to their home on West Mary Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398655894040-HH13JYB2DJQ6HHTRTGSZ/Storm+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 15 Ottumwa residents clean up shingles from their yard that were blown off nearby roofs after a storm blew through the neighborhood on West Mary Street. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/4/27/ottumwa-courier-week-14 monthly 0.5 2014-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653927315-H8YZ2CO3F8O5TP0F1FRE/rabbit+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Brielle Williams, right, holds onto a rabbit while shopping with her mom Kandi Tuesday at Orscheln Farm and Home. Kandi said at this time of year its important for people to know how to properly care for animals, like chicks and rabbits, that are frequently bought around Easter. “We have rabbits and other animals at home,” Kandi said. “We know how much love and care goes into keeping them happy and healthy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653678344-FSRD4EBKS1M3915PKYK1/chick+feature+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Robin Fine collects live chicks from a postal worker Tuesday at the Ottumwa Post Office. Any chicks used to stock a farm store must be purchased from a hatchery in that state and are shipped through the USPS.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653724256-BPRP22RX22CL6HTA0Z8G/chicks+feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Robin Fine transfers chicks from their shipping box to the coops Tuesday at Orscheln Farm and Home. Fine said that all employees who care for the chicks during the season attended a chicken care seminar. This taught them how to care for the chicks while they are still in the store and how to teach new chicken owners what all they will need for the chicks in their new home.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653684008-HFI3U3U74F7XDWHC7JXB/chicks+feature+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Orscheln Farm and Home have begun to stock their store with chicks and ducks as the spring season begins. The birds are brought in to fill various categories from meat birds to egg layers. Fine said that it is important that people buying chicks know how to properly care for them. “It is not just an easter present,” Fine said. “These are living animals and they need to be cared for throughout their lives.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653724436-N6LNVNDCSQT5MAT0VFKV/easter+feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Kids participate in an egg roll competition Saturday on the American Gothic House lawn in Eldon. Families were invited to come and participate in easter themed events and make crafts. They also had the opportunity to dress up and pose in front of the house or take a photo with the easter bunny.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398653696474-I294JETA6PAWB1OXVU8B/easter+feature+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14   The American Gothic House easter bunny waits for the next family to take a portrait with Saturday during their Easter celebrations. Families visiting the American Gothic House had the opportunity to hunt for eggs, make crafts and compete in an egg roll race.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654119306-97WRYM4ROKQJAGLF96UE/agriculture+day+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Cardinal High School and Elementary School students participate in a horse care demonstration Thursday during Agriculture Day. The event included various demonstrations from bee keeping to raising cattle. Students and community members volunteered to being in livestock and farm equipment for the day.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654142911-860FP1DB25KU8Y2VRXXY/agriculture+day+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Cardinal Elementary School second graders feed a goat Thursday during Agriculture Day. The students learned about farm life at various stations and were introduced to livestock including goats, cows, horses, farm birds and rabbits. Many of the older students who are involved in the Future Farmers of America program used the event to show off their year long projects.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654359948-58MVP2ON6BFS4MMC4N03/tree+planting+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Lucas Lunsford, center, helps Wyatt Barwick, left, and Chase Spillmen dig a hole for a tree Thursday at Ottumwa Park. The planting was organized by Lunsford as his Eagle Scout project. “We are helping out the parks department,” Lunsford said. “They had lost a lot of trees from bugs and drought, so we are trying to restock the parks with trees.” The group of scouts planted 30 trees including oaks and crab apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654118070-RNPTVZ3SFZHENHLQLQC2/boys+tennis+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Gaven Dostal returns the ball Thursday during the Ottumwa boys tennis match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1398654139773-4HUP9OQU6TQW8QTO9ADL/track+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 14 Ottumwa athlete attempts the high jump Tuesday during the Don Newell Invitational.   http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/4/15/ottumwa-courier-weel-13 monthly 0.5 2014-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615025693-04Q8X39OUGOBQ78RLIJ0/brush+fire+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615006867-DVQ0UF5IVKKXST2U1NWY/brush+fire+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615035560-LX9UFI8IJINOCCKB2CWW/brush+fire+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615667093-GWR4DSDFIN1C85K19QCK/flag+feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 Daniel Palmer, left, and Dayton Roberts raise the flag Thursday before school stared at Horce Mann Elementary. Palmer and Roberts are both in fourth grade and have had the duty of raising the flag each morning for the whole year before going in for breakfast. Along with raising the flag each day there are students responsible for crossing guard duty, while accompanied by an adult, and lowering and folding the flag at the end of each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615622849-IXUE6M0EV9VLEN30TYJO/flag+feature+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615634181-6Q7IV6ZTSONWG8IURYR0/monster+trucks+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 Children in the crowd cover their ears as monster trucks crushed cars Saturday during the monster truck rally at the Bridge View Center. The show included the audience getting up close and personal with the trucks and meeting the drivers before the show.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615682354-MBZPO7YZOY8P44K204XE/monster+truck+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615649312-74LTAB2NGNJJFNSLG4BH/feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 Roy Lake feeds bread to geese Wednesday at Ottumwa Park. Roy and his wife Linda have been coming to the park to feed geese and other animals for many years. “We come three or four times a week to feed the animals,” Roy said. “Linda really gets a kick out of it, we both have fun.” The couple is from Glenwood, Mo and comes to Ottumwa to shop, get dinner and stop by the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397615687345-UE5AAXB9XFVBGAXETPAY/greenhouse+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 13 Pete Lind cares for plants Tuesday at the Centerville Greenhouses and Nursery. The company was bought by Pete’s grandfather in 1972 and continues to be run by family members. They provide wholesale plants to garden shops in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, as well as to the general public. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/4/15/ottumwa-courier-week-12 monthly 0.5 2014-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614523117-CQM3HIFV9RUVLKMF2RT0/softball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 Freshman infielder Sarah Wilson throws the ball to out a hitter Sunday during the IHCC women's softball game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614497613-LLBF2630W9BZ3HTIIPYQ/Time+2+Drive+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 Alli Gooden, left, is helped by Bloomfeild Officer Buddy Harsh Wednesday while wearing impairment goggles at Davis County High School during the Time 2 Drive event. The event was aimed at teaching the students the dangers of driving while intoxicated and texting while driving. Students where field sobriety tested while wearing impairment goggles, which represent different levels of intoxication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614506198-CNQEIANNGAQ3PPVE64CZ/international+day+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 Community members gathered at the Quincy Place Mall Saturday to participate in the International Festival. The event included various booths from countries all around the world. Each booth gave a small taste of the culture in that country by showing traditional clothing, music and foods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614546299-ZE5HPMEPXJOL5QQYXTIC/show+choir+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 Sudden Impact performed their 2014 competition show for the students which included five songs with choreographed dances. The group is comprised of 38 singers and dancers, 20 band members and seven crew members. The group travels all over the state to compete in events throughout the year.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614571547-HY73HKCB0H15J2NHMZQF/show+choir+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 The assembly started with two performances from the jazz band and wrapped up with a variety of songs and dance by the show choir Sudden Impact. The jazz band members meet three times a week and, along with accompanying the show choir, they compete in various competitions throughout the year.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397614565222-8QBSFNFJBPRP8XASZXZ7/trap+shooting+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 12 Area high school students participate in a trap shooting competition Saturday at the Ottumwa Izaak Walton League trap range. Eleven high schools and over 400 shooters registered for the competition. The event encouraged the learning of firearm safety, teamwork and self discipline. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/4/10/ottumwa-courier-week-11 monthly 0.5 2014-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397175673832-1ZO5N7AUJHX8WEHXTD6G/bras+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Steve Copeland, a Hedrick volunteer firefighter, models a decorated bra for the crowd Saturday at the Carl Craft Civic Center. Copeland and many other firefighters modeled the bras during the Bras for a Cause event with a goal to raise money for breast cancer research.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397175671331-30VYWLPM8HP199MTCOF7/bras+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Bras lined two walls of the Carl Craft Civic Center Saturday during the Bras for a Cause event. Community members and business owners from the area donated the decorated bras, and designed them in categories such as sports teams and redneck.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397175689847-BOK4Z9QAHUTEJH9C103H/bras+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Lourie Hornback hugs a fellow breast cancer survivor Saturday during the Bras for a Cause event at the Carl Craft Civic Center. Hornback is a fourth year breast cancer survivor and continues to host the event each year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177469284-X5MPP4CGAGYH4BHH6PFN/fishing+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Randy Sundqust shows off his catch Saturday during the trout fishing derby at Ottumwa Park. The derby followed the pond stocking done by the Department of Natural Resources. Sundqust said he comes to the stocking every year and always reaches the five trout maximum.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177469894-QE4QE9WVQMD6HT8LS8CY/fishing+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Mark Flammang, a DNR employee, shows off a net full of trout to a crowd Saturday during the pond stocking at Ottumwa Park. The Iowa DNR teams up with the Ottumwa Parks and Recreation department each year to introduce fisherman to trout fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177651878-N61OSBDSD74R15PS03YY/Historical+society+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Warren Proctor, a 92 year old native of Blakesburg, was interview Thursday at the Blakesburg Historic Preservation Society museum by his neighbor Chester Gillen. The interview was part of a video series called The Blakesburg Living History Project that is being created by the society to document the history of the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177649889-HLL8UEC7XHHHB9Z6DHNL/Hostorical+society+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Old Proctor family photos adorn a table at the Blakesburg Historic Preservation Society museum Thursday during an interview with Warren Proctor. Proctor spoke of his times at country school and what it was like to survive a hard season growing up on a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177890717-4G28EDQ21XNEKV50ATCL/IHCC+welcome+back+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Akolda Manyang visits with fans Monday during a welcome home event for the basketball team at Indian Hills Community College. The team returned after competing in the tournament for their fourth national title and were greeted by fans wanting to congratulate them and get autographs. The Warriors fell short in the championship game loosing 87-77 to the Bobcats.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177890471-A3R2592YACISYCTUG23U/Tom+Arnold+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Tom Arnold talks with Foundation members Wednesday before the Foundation Celebrity Night began. The event included a meet and greet with Arnold, a formal dinner and a re-dedication of the recently renovated Tom Arnold Net Center.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177906987-86GN0847N157R46QYTOA/Tom+Arnold+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Tom Arnold,left, talks with IHCC President Marlene Sprouse, center, and Mayor Tom Lazio Wednesday at the Tom Arnold Net Center for the Foundation Celebrity Night. Tom Arnold is a native of Ottumwa and attended Indian Hills Community College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177859098-IBX161M4T14CXU1S6R09/Trail+dedication+web-color+photo+1-.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Members of the Iowa Mormon Trails Association walk to a dedication ceremony Saturday at Richardson’s Point in traditional pioneer dresses. The dedication celebrated the Mormons who had traveled through Iowa in the mid-1800’s.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1397177859254-5HIY1QV2QGIK40QXZ7GJ/Iowa+history+in+a+bag+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 11 Michael Zahs digs through a stack of quilts made from cloth bags Tuesday during a Reminisce Society meeting. The presentation, “Iowa History in a Cloth Bag”, discussed how cloth bags and the marketing of them to women helped families survive the Great Depression and any other hard times they faced. Zahs grew up on a century farm and remembers wearing clothes made from the bags his mother would save. Aside from adding to his large collection of cloth bags he is involved in historic preservation, cemetery work and state and local history. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/28/wedding-shenanigans monthly 0.5 2014-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1396059467325-BINL0BZLRUQJAXUUONJS/image-asset.jpeg Visual Blog - Wedding Shenanigans http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/25/ottumwa-courier-week-10 monthly 0.5 2014-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395804205933-RS94YLR58DJRX84I3OII/little+league+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 10 Corbin Grace pitches a ball Wednesday during little league tryouts. The boys, ages 10 through 12, practiced catching, throwing, running bases and pitching while being observed by coaches and parents.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395804236747-HWHOOZHZWKAFDCAAB04Z/little+league+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 10 Kaidon Jones catches a ball Wednesday during little league tryouts. The tryouts have been going since Monday and all the players will know if they made the team or not by Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395804228314-X5YR1H9MEJVC5D0KBOLP/playhouse+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 10 Children preform during a dress rehearsal of Blather, Blarney and Balderdash Tuesday at the Bridge View Center. The play is put on by the Ottumwa Community Children's Playhouse which includes kids ages 5 to 15. “It will be a great show,” Becky Ingle said. “Some how it always works out by Friday night.” http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/17/heartland-humane-society monthly 0.5 2014-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080819747-RGLCQ44OUAJKG9VMNU02/_MG_4986.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080774672-4GN9MZ34ELCH5CM3L3F8/_MG_5703.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080793055-BDL20PS4NDL87XGDRH7V/_MG_4928.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080770690-89ASSDYZFNR6SXYWSAIL/_MG_5774.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080838938-XEP4FLAMIHPEB7AYXQN6/_MG_5037.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080795967-9FCND03COVK3QPII7ZMP/_MG_4942.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080836066-8O65QP9G262M8J1VQ17G/_MG_5366.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1395080815957-DL1T89I6IYGYV6E7ITNQ/_MG_5649.jpg Visual Blog - Heartland Humane Society http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/16/ottumwa-courier-week-9 monthly 0.5 2014-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995992763-11L5JMFTOC2HS87IM4OH/_MG_4455.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394996004615-XL0A252YB069V4J1ABXZ/_MG_4567.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995966608-4S7X1U6VKEET06SONS15/wapello+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995969869-Z50MX99UTICI859R0YLK/wapello+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995994291-3AWU2LXZ3ZJSVQ39UOLL/_MG_4582.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995950579-UPNGDZ0R7CF11P7G94FL/_MG_4571.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394995945603-7FTYFWSBO5MJRJ2EWRA4/wapello+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394998438297-RS9TAG32RC1YLWFQPXPY/STEM+web+color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 Rece Budde, a fourth grader, experiments with bubbles Tuesday during the iExplore STEM event at IHCC. The booth, named “bubbleology”, explored the math and science ideas around bubbles and how to manipulate them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394998437061-CO9155PPV4E9SHOR0C0R/soccer+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9   Freddy Miranda celebrates a soccer goal with his son Logan Friday at the Indian Hills soccer field. Miranda, who works at the College, said it was a great day have classes off and to be outside.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394998650223-8MMCOF5E0Y173SZF2BFR/pageant+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394998676047-YSQN7R29QM78DFDZJ95T/pageant+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394998655267-70K4P8CO208PE81HR6OJ/pagent+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 9 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/14/ottumwa-courier-week-8 monthly 0.5 2014-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394852727141-510PONGEFC4ZWXM80C69/fire+school+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Participants in the Indian Hills Fire School weekend use the jaws of life to cut off the top of a school bus Saturday at the Rural Emergency Services Training Center. Firefighters learned various rescue techniques throughout the weekend class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394852724383-5CTDT47SJWDM0VI7HXQQ/fire+school+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 A firefighter looks over the scene of a simulated bus accident Saturday during Fire School. The participants of the class did everything from securing the bus to taking out windows in order to help the victims of the accident.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394852742350-VAIRAKZHJ5P10TMC7J6N/fire+school+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Firefighters attempt to rescue an injured firefighter Sunday during a simulated Rapid Intervention Team class. The participants had to maneuver around a building with very low visibility in an class aimed at teaching them how to rescue an injured or trapped firefighter.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853235529-RH6PUZG61FJNASZFBAHS/ash+wednesday+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Father Bernie rubs ashes on the forehead of a child Wednesday during the Ash Wednesday service at St. Mary’s. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of lent, a period of fasting or abstinence which usually involves giving up something that you need or want until Easter. The ashes used are made from burning the palms used in the previous years Palm Sunday service.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853234261-O4W3ZI8HIIXZWDQHKFHF/ash+wednesday+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Most Reverend Martin Amos Bishop of Davenport talks with a member of the congregation Wednesday after the Ash Wednesday service at St. Patrick Catholic Church. The Bishop lead the service for the congregation members and the Seton Catholic School students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853251992-DRO8II43B6S83RAYGQAZ/_MG_3390.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 A congregation member sits in silence after having ashes rubbed on her head to celebrate Ash Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853548628-JEI03F68EJBW4D6L1ZNE/trains+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Asa Hedgecock, left, and Rowdy Short watch a model train go by Saturday during the Great River Railroad Club collector train show and swap meet at the Quincy Place Mall. The event drew in crowds of all ages, including train enthusiasts and curious mall goers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853574245-APEYRKOOTN1VEW9WRWL1/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Freshman player Jordan Washington shoots the ball Thursday during the IHCC mens basketball game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853587393-1JRP3LQ1K7Z8WDKK3M39/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 IHCC mens basketball payers celebrate Thursday after a 115-91 win against North Dakota State College of Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1394853569152-S4KMVGSK5V6KJ1Q773PY/car+wash+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 8 Robert Aszman washes his new car Tuesday at a self serve carwash. Aszman said he has been waiting for a nice day to get his car looking clean again. “It’s a pretty new car so I want to take good care of it,” Aszman said. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/3/3/ottumwa-courier-week-7 monthly 0.5 2014-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822508822-ZVAZ95SDD7JBWWLCN60U/hoarding+update+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Sydney Schermer, an Animal Rescue League of Iowa employee, comforts a young goat Tuesday at the ARL shelter in Des Moines. Shermer said many of the goat kids have made a great recover. “This little guy just needs some extra attention so he can get back to the health level of the other goats.”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822530878-MC21IAUC7VCBN7QMGN00/_MG_1825.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822485115-EVKDXHIZ82G9POCIFZA5/_MG_1831.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822478091-DW5H47RAYKWYNCLKO6FY/_MG_1878.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Lacey Smith plays with a kitten Wednesday at the Heartland Humane Society. Smith said the cats and dog they have from the situation have great dispositions. The kitten along with an adult cat and dog will be available for adoption in about a week.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822514971-X34W2NILMIZKTNRQ4NJN/_MG_1865.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822808470-MEQQ4P7DWTRB1ZI9MSPA/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Sophomore guard Lester Medford shoots the ball Saturday during the IHCC mens basketball game. Indian Hills beat Southeastern 93-89 to win the Region 11 Championship Game.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822771207-II7ZAP6FHRT6U9BQC4SQ/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Somphomroe wing Roosevelt Scott,center, celebrates with teammates after a close IHCC mens basketball win Saturday night.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822800007-HTL2KBFNQPAJQH884I1M/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 An Indian Hills cheerleader looks on in anticipation in the closing seconds of a close game Saturday during the IHCC mens basketball game.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822832766-MX16LIC3C23PDHVLKC0C/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+4.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Sophomore wing Marcus Posley shoots the ball Saturday during the IHCC mens basketball game.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822837901-SDBWJ17IANIYVBPKJD9C/playground+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Autionaa Collins, center, plays jump rope with classmates Monday at Agassiz Elementary. The first-grade students enjoyed free time outside, but with the highs only reaching into the teens by the end of the week, recess will most likely be moved inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822865719-FJC6B5R5IPB99X0N607V/chorus+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Evans chorus students perform Thursday during the local AARP meeting at the Country Kitchen restaurant. The students meet every other day to practice in small groups, so performances like this are a great opportunity for them to all sing together.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822867086-FFGX40BUEGC9NT4WKEE3/nursing+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Megan Ripperger, left, and Robert Townsend practice a medical procedure on a high tech electronic infant during class at IHCC. Ripperger and Townsend are both clinic 6 nursing students.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393822776418-8ECCZ2HVL4BE9CLPVEHL/boys+bball+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 Sophomore player Will Mertens shoots the ball Thursday during the Van Buren verse Pekin boys basketball game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393823373770-UQ3HQMM2RNUZ9RMTA1II/_MG_2128.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393823371963-SQ5BRLOKO00SICB3CVM9/_MG_2080.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393823401139-Q64FKMNHS0CCZ3SOQA34/_MG_2099.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393823401422-2S7E6P90DMD4F2XKQL7B/_MG_2050.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 7 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/2/22/ottumwa-courier-week-6 monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097681353-IKMZ513XXT26M8JUC2CG/_MG_0943.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097675058-1FR55GEA6G8IP858NDD7/_MG_0966.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097702990-X3ADKHFHLBC1LF8DYG6K/_MG_0983.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097773623-OKDI4W55NZAYUC5APU58/_MG_1119.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097707328-4TJJKZ7G1HVRE6D79WVU/_MG_0997.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097738012-3BA4SB6U4FFAJIATYEI9/_MG_1069.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097754318-4E15KI3XZI8EFYKN8AE5/_MG_1073.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097730240-DOLMG4QYJX1DXCVD7LIL/_MG_1012.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097811730-3F5CTTGDXF8LRJ0007UG/animal+hoarding+web-color+photo+5.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097781224-Z7QHZ948IEXBIUGLB4VU/_MG_1140.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097802766-0T5RBJ3PDIQX6RAVZWSP/animal+hoarding+web-color+photo+4.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097796097-VUNMKJNTK8Z6ZMAATRS8/_MG_1154.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393096911262-C8LAPAB5DTSDBQLTNSJV/playground+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 Children play on the playground Wednesday at Liberty Elementary School. It was the first day that the weather was nice enough for the children to play outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393096928458-Y6FO8A8I7CN4USOESQKC/albia+boys+bball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 Senior player Dalton Peterson rebounds the ball Friday during the Albia boys basketball game at the Albia Senior High School Gymnasium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393096912695-JT8RJLYXAT9E8T2AEB1X/snow+feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 Joshua Barker shovels the stairs in front of his house Monday while snow continues to fall. A winter weather advisory was in effect until noon and all area schools where closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097389714-O0ZQTBXH802Z30NU9OOY/_MG_0803.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097389179-T1SOG5QR1R43AYGJAP9N/_MG_0775.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393097404029-I5VDJXPDOOM0PNMU5PKY/westminster+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 6 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/2/18/ottumwa-courier-week-5 monthly 0.5 2014-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392755084715-U0W7B7ZSP70A5BN5WCFN/wrestling+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 5 Griffin Osing celebrates a 4-2 win in the 152-pound Class 2A District championship match Saturday at Fairfield High School. Osing will move on to the state wrestling tournament next week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392755116989-AGMV8PCVN30FD0QXARF3/tony%27s+flowers+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 5 Connie Ferguson puts the finishing touches on a floral arrangement Friday at Tony’s Flowers. Ferguson said that no matter what arrangement a customer has in mind Tony does his best to create what they want. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392755118537-JBM7RJWWJARC7EPQ1BG1/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 5 Sophomore wing Roosevelt Scott shoots the ball Tuesday at IHCC during the mens game against Three Rivers.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392755154709-SOSMPXPHAWKM3DJO0E1Z/V-Day+Feature+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 5 Jane Davis makes a bow for a floral arrangement Wednesday at Edd, The Florist. Davis has been working at the shop for many years and said Valentines season is always a very busy but fun time of year.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392755156986-JHMTQJHBGJVKBZ7XZEUU/reading+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 5 Ava Djordjevich, right, reads a book to Finley Johnson Monday at Seton Catholic School. Students in Mrs. Carson’s kindergarden class read to each other daily.   http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/2/10/ottumwa-courier-week-4 monthly 0.5 2014-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392067648349-WEZ6EGIK6R58MMPXRUYA/meals+on+wheels+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Patty Aalbers, left, and Debby Dwight prepare meals Tuesday at the Salvation Army. Aalbers and Dwight have worked together as cooks for nine years and prepare about 180 meals a day for the senior meals program.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392067640623-WCFQBUX1GE6G9LOTMD84/meals+on+wheels+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Linda Mull fills food trays Tuesday at the Salvation Army for the Meals on Wheels program. The prepared meals usually consist of a meat dish along with a fruit, vegetable and dairy side.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392067673058-651DJRU0UM93OEAT223W/meals+on+wheels+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Cindy Davis gathers meals to deliver Tuesday for the Meals on Wheels program. Davis has delivered food for the program for about six years. “They need a good nutritionally valued meal and they are getting it this way, through the salvation army,” Davis said.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068056392-1PDVMQZ82D89AK6L2IF9/basket+weaving+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Katie Schippers works on making a melon basket Saturday during a basket weaving work shop at the Pioneer Ridge Nature Area. Schippers graduated with an art degree and said she enjoys learning new art forms like this. The work shop, which was taught by Cari Nicely, lasted about four hours and showed the steps to make a melon basket by hand.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068071605-XUNJIWPSVBBR35T0LK4A/basket+weaving+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Katie Schippers shapes a melon basket Saturday at the Pioneer Ridge Nature Area. Schippers said this is first time she has weaved a basket and plans to continue to learn the craft and try using natural materials like grape vines.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068035640-JJZMV2SNANVPXUND38CZ/girls+bball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Junior Devin Leffler goes up for a shot as the Ottumwa girls' basketball team fell to fifth-ranked (Class 5A) CIML Metro Conference opponent Des Moines East 66-45 Thursday at Evans Middle School Gymnasium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068017754-ASRDIH0C6GLMJ446BEOJ/snow+feature+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Nicole Weston shovels the sidewalk in front of the Iowa School of Beauty Tuesday as the snow starts to accumulate. Weston said that she is the first one to the school in the morning and that she wanted to get a head start. A severe winter storm forecast closed schools early and postponed activities.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068088460-5XFI26IBYPWA7LRZIHZR/wrestling+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 Ottumwa senior wrestler Jesse Hannam looks to make an escape during a 132-pound match against Des Moines East Monday at Evans Middle School Gymnasium.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068483858-2N1UQ94KGQHT8OLUM8I2/_MG_8688.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068556199-DYWIDNCB9497ER6TBNZQ/_MG_8809.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068521580-0TCA8TO5E0LOIHYWXE8D/_MG_8641.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068563480-3Q5UEELVJY6MHCBSY7A1/_MG_8667.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068479612-20KYALTAIYSUOVL5YZAV/_MG_8787.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068593823-I0LMIOXDJXWUH6W22HZX/_MG_8680.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068595004-SRO1G7036BNSSSE6LJ7C/_MG_8855.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1392068517789-E3RBAFY9LFFO8X22458A/_MG_8553.JPG Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 4 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/2/3/ottumwa-courier-week-3 monthly 0.5 2014-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446704271-IRNFTC2TDP20CRPEAIJ8/catholic+week+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 Julian Quintana, left, and Chayton Gates play with blocks Monday at Seton Catholic School. The school is celebrating National Catholic Schools Week and kicked off the activities with a pajama party movie day for the students and teachers. This annual celebration is used to highlight Catholic values in education and the community.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446700883-S9M0ROFFYXSS66OJEXH6/catholic+week+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 Mrs. Carson’s kindergarden class, along with first and second graders, gather to watch a movie Monday at Seton Catholic School during the National Catholic Schools Week celebration. Carson said this week is a great way to strengthen the Catholic community and bring people together to share in knowledge and faith.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446718431-BHBYPL1INJGQE8JIZ39E/pilcher+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 Robert “Gene” Pilcher, center, listens to Judge Richard Meadows declare a mistrial in his murder case Thursday at the Wapello County Courthouse. Pilcher is being charged with the first-degree murder of Mary Jayne Jones in 1974.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446715054-Y57061DZC3KI154A3I33/pilcher+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 Tina Higdon, a family friend of Mary Jayne Jones, listens to the conclusion of the Robert “Gene” Pilcher murder trial Thursday at the Wapello County Courthouse. The 12-member jury was unable to reach a verdict and a mistrial was declared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446730339-YVMJFZI1XCW64JD5HNSY/swimming+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 Senior swimmer Grant Gullion swims for the Bulldogs boys swimming team during the 100-yard butterfly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1391446732130-SDIIRN2G89NU67KN33BQ/swimming+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 3 The Ottumwa boys swim team huddle together before taking the pool for senior night. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/1/27/ottumwa-courier-week-2 monthly 0.5 2014-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390837830501-RK4H4SUFX657EH75SPB7/IHCC+basketball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 2 Sophomore wing Marcus Posley rebounds the ball Wednesday during the IHCC basketball game against Iowa Western. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390837830572-B61LFOEZ5OESA1ZSU87Z/rc+flyer+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 2 Radio controlled flyers line the wall Tuesday night during the Ottumwa Radio Control Flyers club meeting at Bridge View Center. The club consists of about 35 members and has various events throughout the year. During the winter months they hold meetings and fly indoors, but they also have outdoor runways for the warmer months.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390837832112-2XSDDUIX6MZXSX6FJS3H/rc+flyer+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 2 Jerry Cheney catches an RC plane mid-flight Tuesday night during the Ottumwa Radio Control Flyers club meeting at Bridge View Center. Cheney said that he started flying RC planes when he about about 11 and is amazed at how far the technology has come. “I was lucky if I got two flights in a day when I was a boy,” Cheney said. “Now my flights are only limited by the amount of batteries I bring with me."   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390837832001-WOTZJA0VDQ0RDO6UUOSY/rc+flyer+web-color+photo+3.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 2 Bob Bratten holds his plane together while the glue sets Tuesday night during the Ottumwa Radio Control Flyers club meeting at Bridge View Center. Bratten has been a member of the club for about 25 years and has used may different planes. Bratte said that usually all it takes to these RC planes back in the air after a is a little glue and that they are very low maintenance.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390837833332-CPUDJF0LY3TZRQJAYMY3/swimming+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 2 Senior swimmer Michael Wagner competes in the boys 200-yard freestyle Monday for the Ottumwa boys swim team. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2014/1/20/ottumwa-courier-week-1 monthly 0.5 2014-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265722787-4K3LLFFEM6DV6AK9I90O/blood+drive+color.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Brittany Pilcher, of Ottumwa, watches the clock count down as she donates plasma and platelets at the BridgeView Center Thursday during a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Drive. Pilcher said that she has been donating blood since high school and has donated about 10 times. This is the first time she has donated plasma and platelets and the whole process can take anywhere from an hour to two hours. “Donating blood and plasma just seems like a good thing to do,” Pilcher said.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265702675-AEM0QCESORKE3SJ6WCFW/buddy+holly+color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Billy McGuigan, left, and Rave On! band members preform Friday at The Bridge View Center. Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience is a tribute show that brings people back to old days of rock-and-roll. McGuigan, a Buddy Holly interpreter, and the Rave On! Band preformed various Buddy Holly hits throughout the show.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265710908-45E6R23IO82LP76RKUP6/IHCC+basketball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Sophomore wing Roosevelt Scott shoots the ball Tuesday during the mens basketball game at IHCC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265708118-Z0668C4TE7BCKKVLUV3X/eaglewatch+color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Annette Wittrock, left, shows off a corn snake to Pam White and Mike Wilt Saturday at the Bridge View Center. Wittrock was attending the Eagle Watch event as a representative of the Wapello County Conservation Board and spent the day teaching people about some of the local wildlife and their habitats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265701162-3A0LR9MFDNN27VL3I56H/boys+basketball+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Junior player Andrew Altfillisch shoots the ball Tuesday during the boys basketball game at Evans Middle School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265706671-AQ2GXHURR8QGHW65K0DY/court+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Robert “Gene” Pilcher, right, listens to witness testimony Thursday at the Wapello County Courthouse during his murder trial. Pilcher is being charged with the murder of 17-year-old Mary Jayne Jones in 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265705377-AFXV8RZZ199RWW36IXJH/court+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Kim Armstrong, right, took the stand Thursday at the Wapello County Courthouse during the Robert “Gene” Pilcher murder trial. Armstrong and Pilcher had a relationship for six or seven years up until 2012 and often did drugs together, including crack cocaine. It was during on of these visits that Armstrong said Pitcher told her that he had “offed someone” in Ottumwa.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265712024-UCNKLZMRZCUZP126D9LD/Pilcher+web-color+photo+.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Former DCI Agent Michael Peterson, left, examines a piece of evidence Thursday at the Wapello County Courthouse during the Pilcher murder trial. Robert Eugene Pilcher is being charged with the murder of 17-year-old Mary Jayne Jones in 1974. Prosecuting attorney Denise Timmins supplied various evidence from the crime scene to Peterson, who then further described what he witnessed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265709546-1IL0R2CPB26GKDV4DIDQ/IHCC+basketball+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265703705-KR2FZO2BF3QNB6RITVYG/cccc+web-color+photo+1.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1   Michael Pilcher, left, and Logan Kelly clip a yearling heifer Saturday during the Cornbelt Cow-Calf Convention at the Bridge View Center. Pilcher has been clipping cattle for ten years and is the second generation in his family to show cattle. Pilcher said that they come to the convention each year to get more kids interested in the programs it highlights.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265704541-05EIN1UKRSIZY8PYSJ0J/cccc+web-color+photo+2.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 A maine-anjou yearling heifer waits to be clipped Saturday during the Cornbelt Cow-Calf Convention at the Bridge View Center. Clipping involves trimming the cows hair in preparation for a show to highlight its good qualities and mask its bad ones.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1390265713968-2OVFVVZQ8KI4ZJULTXHP/wrestling+web-color+photo.jpg Visual Blog - Ottumwa Courier Week 1 Ottumwa wrestler Nathan Cary gains an advantage over his opponent during the Ottumwa Invitational Saturday. Cary went 5-0 on his was to corralling first place at 126 pounds. http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/blog/2013/9/16/flood monthly 0.5 2013-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379364305290-K5DLS6R7C2MO6R7BSEHL/IMG_8658.jpg Visual Blog - Flood An Olive Branch, Il. resident tows his belongings through flood waters April 28, 2011. Heavy spring rains caused the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to overflow and flood many southern Illinois towns. Over 200 homes were destroyed during the flood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379364301189-CI379BBGCXJMRQICVMX5/IMG_8610.jpg Visual Blog - Flood Olive Branch, Il. residents pack sandbags into the night to try to save their homes from the encroaching flood waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379364376871-I9UPO4JT72B7ZWPGC7TK/IMG_9159.jpg Visual Blog - Flood Flood waters over take a stop sign in southern Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379364360054-W2XK4UQBV1Y3KWODQR15/IMG_0295.jpg Visual Blog - Flood Randy Masterson, left, a retired steel worker, discuses the construction of the levee along the Ohio River, while family and friends of Helen Stilley, owner of the Horseshoe Lake Motel in Olive Branch, Il., take a break from cleaning up the flood damage, to catch their breath and entertain some local children.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379364350118-M6HIFHBMXG875KAPDLK9/IMG_0229.jpg Visual Blog - Flood Helen Stilley, right, hands James Farrell glass cups that she salvaged from the flooded first floor of her house in Olive Branch, Il. 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Delsart and her doubles partner, junior Jennifer Dien, won their match 8-4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1770340336337-CXYCWAUQ4O4G1V20WFJ5/IMG_5198.jpg Photo Portfolio A protester waves an American flag as hundreds gathered at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on January 24th to stand in solidarity with Minnesota after the murder of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and all those affected by ICE brutality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1761252150642-BD4B4BI2WIRA5CGAMZLH/IMG_1688.jpg Photo Portfolio A protester marches towards Tom McCall Waterfront Park during the “No Kings” protest in Portland, Ore., on October 18th, 2025. Protestors gathered as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration and its overreach of power. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have been in attendance, with streets filled for miles around Tom McCall Waterfront Park and across multiple bridges. Costumed demonstrators, many in inflatable animal costumes, have become the face of a movement to show that Portland is indeed not a war zone, as President Trump has insisted numerous times. People made art, played music, and blew bubbles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1658978772683-P1XNMGKJ5VI92QXSXWYI/IMG_1077.jpeg Photo Portfolio Captin John Scragg climbs the mast of his sailboat while passing through Haro Strait, just out from Victoria, BC. Scragg and his crew, Team Lost But Don’t Care, were participating in The Race to Alaska, a no motor boat race from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. 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Kehkashan sat still for almost five hours as her bridal Mehndi was applied to her hands and feet by an artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692402480163-ENRGVGFL7I2X06GS9NY2/IW0A6920forinsta.jpg Photo Portfolio Hunter Greenup, of Lexington, Ore, competes in the bareback bronco riding event Saturday during the Columbia County Fair and Rodeo in St Helens, Ore. He participated in the events overseen by the Northwest Pro Rodeo Association, the largest regional rodeo organization in the western United States. Greenup was injured after being thrown and was helped out of the arena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1770340186405-H9ZFITEUCVIAI9285AL8/IMG_3931.jpg Photo Portfolio Hundreds of protesters gathered at Elizabeth Caruthers Park and marched to the Portland ICE facility in solidarity with Minneapolis after the murder of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents on January 24th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1754521146973-FYUMZSWOF6ACDB6O1CIW/IMG_0545.jpg Photo Portfolio Randy Perry holds protest signs outside of the Tesla dealership in Tigard, Ore. Perry, who has lived in Tigard for over 30 years, joined the volunteer run organization Indivisible Beaverton to show his distaste for the current administration. He said he was protesting because of the challenges to the Constitution, the courts, and the laws that he is witnessing. He said at his age there is not much wiggle room left, so he was doing what he could by showing up. He was one of the last protesters to leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1521149801831-Z4HF3DC7F2QJUWWCHZW9/IMG_6900%2B2.jpg Photo Portfolio Will Eder plays with his daughter on June 17, 2017 at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, Illinois. Eder along with his wife and daughter planned to move out of state so his extended family gathered at the park for a reunion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1770340334478-IIIEP45W4W5YY0WPY572/IMG_5181.jpg Photo Portfolio Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Portland ICE facility on January 24th. 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Areka, Ethiopia. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1368472598069-BSST55450YNK8UD932IQ/7.jpg Photo Portfolio A family from Percy, Ill., finishes up decorating their house for halloween. They said that they bought all the decorations from the dollar store in town and loved how the house turned out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393883713048-WLR5C45CCCP8LOVXVJIY/wrestling+web-color+photo.jpg Photo Portfolio Ottumwa wrestler Nathan Cary gains an advantage over his opponent during the Ottumwa Invitational. 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Long was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2009 and has since developed adrenal cancer and a form of muscular dystrophy. “Dispite all our struggles we always keep our heads high and have so much to be thankful for,” said Long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1658979908862-YLK61ZGT6CCZJ6IWW7T0/91.jpg Photo Portfolio Tim was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia, a degenerative brain disease, in 2012 at age 54. His disease eventually progressed to the point then he spent most of his time in a bed set up for him in the living room. He passed away in that bed in April of 2016 surrounded by family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1393886106010-67ZIL1PFSIB509J4KJV3/IHCC+bball+web-color+photo+1.jpg Photo Portfolio Sophomore guard Lester Medford shoots the ball during the IHCC mens basketball game. Indian Hills beat Southeastern 93-89 to win the Region 11 Championship Game.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1379362096815-DKIORDGCC0EI0ELXKTMC/IMG_8658.jpg Photo Portfolio An Olive Branch, Il. resident tows his belongings through flood waters April 28, 2011. Heavy spring rains caused the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to overflow and flood many southern Illinois towns. Over 200 homes were destroyed during the flood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1711076065302-HMB4FLECCSCJXDV9JE9S/4.jpg Photo Portfolio Flood waters overtake a stop sign in Alexander County during one of the most severe floods to strike Illinois in a decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1711076085444-CHFIK2H5TUYSFSYCCIM1/5.jpg Photo Portfolio Randy Masterson, left, a retired steel worker, discuses the construction of the levee along the Ohio River, while family and friends of Helen Stilley, owner of the Horseshoe Lake Motel in Olive Branch, Il., take a break from cleaning up the flood damage, to catch their breath and entertain some local children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1692402482003-PUYIU35R3AO6EX042SMO/edit.jpg Photo Portfolio The sun sets over Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake in Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1711076048523-MQ2AGPGWZQYG07YVKCHU/2.jpg Photo Portfolio Wildwood and Agassiz Elementary School students participate in their end-of-the-year field day at Wildwood Elementary. The field day was organized for kindergarten and first-grade students and was a reward for all their hard work throughout the year. The students made the rounds between 14 stations that were all set up with different activities including a bouncy house, basketball, and a blow-up slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1625195846987-WYMLDLLEV0OXU9NUSS7S/12.jpg Photo Portfolio A group of young boys swim together in Nech Sar National Park. Arba Minch, Ethiopia. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1368472603072-NOBY0EVO2AY5IFD9AONY/8.jpg Photo Portfolio David Hug flakes his rope atop “the magic school bus” while other climbers prepare for their routes in Red Rocks, NV. Hug is one of 10 climbers, part of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s climbing club, who took a spring break trip to Red Rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1521149799686-FUQYMBI2NMCRVIDG2EM3/12.jpg Photo Portfolio Volunteers help clean puppies that were transported from southern Kentucky as part of a rescue effort by Starfish Animal Rescue. 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Along with raising the flag each day there are students responsible for crossing guard duty, while accompanied by an adult, and lowering and folding the flag at the end of each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1572843849428-46HYJWGUKPX54F1ID2VR/105.jpg Photo Portfolio Timmy, right, holds his father Tim’s hand while his mother Tish checks vitals. Tim was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia, a degenerative brain disease, in 2012 at age 54. He passed away from the disease one day after this photo was taken, and four years in to his battle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1754523086378-QNR0FOYCM4LRTV7L1RQ8/IW0A7605.jpg Photo Portfolio The sun sets over Willamette Speedway Saturday in Lebanon, Ore. as the crowd waits for the next race to start. The ⅓ mile dirt track hosts a wide variety of races, from tiny wingless sprint karts to street stock cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1521149799652-BNSF0TOI4U0HN6OJLTOE/_MG_0175.jpg Photo Portfolio Wayne Skobel, of Murphysboro, prepares his shot at the Carbon Lake Shooting Club in Murphysboro, Ill. Skobel participated in a shootout-match fundraiser at the clubhouse that was raising money for the Murphysboro Elks Club. “We all came out to support the Elks,” said Rebecca Clover, another shootout participant of Murphysboro. “They are doing good work, and it feels good to do what we can to help and have fun doing it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1658979892093-BD3Y6531UZL1OVP14MZV/1465248546205-RY8NGU7SYDIJMSV33TMZ.jpeg Photo Portfolio Sailboats dot the horizon as the sun sets over Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1368472603914-2MWL39LLB6J6FICQTUTV/9.jpg Photo Portfolio Caden Shelton, 6, of Dongola, rests on his horse while waiting to ride in the Cobden Peach Festival Parade with family and friends.The 74th annual Peach Festival included carnival games, peach-themed foods, a parade and a peach queen crowning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1451776031033-COB8SVLWYP8DUFI6HJOY/042513_bees1_CMYK_LO.jpg Photo Portfolio Colin Kuehl, left, and Angie Kuehl, open one of their beehives at their father's home in Alto Pass. "Colin and my dad usually handle the bees with little to no protection; they learned how to do without and keep the bees calm enough to work with," Angie said. Angie, however, has developed an allergy and has to wear head-to-toe protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1368472609652-J4W109I44UPB92K7CLGS/11.jpg Photo Portfolio A gate-man runs out of the way of a bull and rider during the rodeo at the DuQuoin State Fair. The rodeo included bull riding, bronco riding and barrel racing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1368472620399-U0E93X9SLU4M6G4YIJ0F/16.jpg Photo Portfolio Jonathan Hudson, of DeSoto, gets ready to pitch during a Carbondale Junior Sports baseball game at the Carbondale Super Block Sports Multi-Complex. Hudson is on team Robinson Construction, which consists of 10 and 11 year olds from southern Illinois. “They are a good group of kids,” said coach John Korte.“I love working with these boys.” http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/video-portfolio daily 0.75 2022-06-02 http://lynnetteoostmeyer.com/fading-memory-forever-love daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576815578447-L43GBA2CVO53TN2YUIYO/76.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799707712-AB4Q6K8H0YXPIIUM0J7Q/8.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love A year after Tim's diagnosis Tim was still able to read. Tish listens as Tim reads out of a Civil War history book. Tim could still read and recognize words but he no longer knew what they meant. Tish said she would have Tim read out loud every day to try to keep his brain active and foster his understanding of the stories. Tim no longer talks or reads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799715290-PLM3WQN11I4CV7F26ZAK/9.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799740438-90RC1CUKA2S3C9TRUQB6/3.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish helps Tim try on slippers at a department store. When they go out in public Tish, or whoever is with Tim, carries around business cards that explain what FTD is so if he has an outburst they can hand out the card and give people an understanding of why he is acting the way he is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799722828-8BVMWO3Y0RCCTR6KVAYW/6.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799757704-1CXTDPBW5638KHP8Z1M2/7.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576799766797-1HSOVBCI20E3XI8UWDCU/5.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love At the start Tish and Tim often play games on the Wii game system. Tish says that it kept Tim interacting with her and also stimulates him into paying attention to a task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800072759-8W9GLLQN5HA9N68Y0LLX/11.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800083364-3DIMJS3DXH93KHSG7IE8/12.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800094041-NOIUL5WRHZQLI3NUKJVV/13.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800103389-W7ZGXPOZOS6LGI4TMCE6/14.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800113237-U5GFPJ6L9IWE0WUSDO7X/15.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800124205-WAGB1D9Q41HJBGEVAIEO/10.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800636846-UPHULHMIKAN5GYU2SA0G/21.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish leans in for a kiss on the cheek from Tim. He licked her face instead of kissing it. Tish often talks about the subtle moments when she knows Tim is aware of whats going on. He generally is non-respondent, but every so often he will do something that surprises her, like listen to a direct request or tease her like he always did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800668708-X04891JYDNTSNACXHEJS/16.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love As his disease progresses Tim continues to loose cognitive functions, he is currently functioning at the level of an 18 month old. Tish finds him interactive toys to keep him stimulated, the lights and sounds amuse him and give him something to do with his hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800671159-1NKK2SRRQY4E892AF4ZN/18.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love When Tish gets home from work she still has a full time job to do. From the second she walks in the door her focus is on Tim and what he needs. Wether he wants to play a game with her or it’s time for dinner, she takes care of everything. At this point Tish hand feeds Tim his meals to prevent him from choking and to monitor his nutrition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800693156-S765MXX09LZYWRQE01UD/17.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800695898-A35IUTQN16X9ADUFZEP6/20.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love By early evening Tim is usually winding down and spends a lot of time in his favorite chair. He has a habit of slowing slumping down in the chair and would fall completely off if left to. His daughter Monica, left, and Tish often have to lift him back into the chair and into a safer more comfortable position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800697098-I5UB54K2I1NKKRQZPYZF/19.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576800999242-ILBEXQ92R8EXQO9EKIJP/24.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish and Tim still live in the home that they grew their family in. A nice three bedroom home with a gorgeous yard in a quiet neighborhood. Tish does all the work to maintain what they built, she mows the lawn, takes care of the yard and can fix pretty much anything that goes wrong with the house. Self-sufficiency has always been a priority for Tish, it keeps their world going more now than ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801076382-29SBGP3NUXY9JMYNF2FS/27.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Even after paying for health insurance for Tim, hundreds of dollars a month are still spent on his health care. Prescriptions and supplements are big part of this expense. Since Tim’s diagnosis Tish has done extensive research on ways to help sustain brain function despite the disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801015233-3RIIZFQQR23BVA5L1XOY/28.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim goes in and out of being aware of his surroundings. He can sit in his chair and be completely shut off to the world one minute and then suddenly he can require Tish’s undivided attention and affection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801030549-FZ0IPW2CX04REXMH0K01/29.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish finds comfort in the affection and companionship of her cat Nala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801092438-USVWXZD8DH2DV6X61PLQ/26.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love It is extremely important that Tim’s mind be stimulated throughout the day. He is currently functioning similarly to that of an 18 month old and has various toys to suit that mindset. He rarely talks at this stage, but when his favorite Elmo toy tells him he loves him Tim starts repeating Elmo over and over again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801105804-GKSZ87LCLI84OCYEPZD0/25.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish helps Tim get dressed as they prepare to go to the store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801442363-CZ0ZKSYHGBY4TGB0Y1J4/31.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish helps Tim out of bed to start preparing for the day. Tim wakes up multiple times during the night causing Tish to have to adjust to sleeping very few hours. Tish says people always tell her that Tim needs to be kept in a separate room on a hospital bed, but she refuses and says she will sleep in bed with her husband until his last day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801460698-AKLX68A7R1YS2609JJ70/38.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish tries to comfort Tim as the home care nurse checks his vitals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801471697-0C7ZFQ02M0ZNZIRH2MN2/39.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim traces the letters that Tish wrote for him on a sketch board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801489864-AI1DK5HEDZD6GIGNJB5M/37.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish prepares bandages and medication will they wait for the home nurse to arrive. Each week a nurse stops by the house to check on Tim’s vitals and see if there is anything that Tish needs help with. Tim had a small wound that was being monitored by the nurse after they trained Tish in how to care for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801512019-RK2X7JFS0HEHNU2CGUL7/32.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Each morning Tish gets Tim dressed, brushes his teeth and shaves and washes his face. She jokes that she wishes she could just shave off his mustache. “It would make things a lot easier,” Tish said. “But it's a part of him, he just wouldn't look right without it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801535149-N5301XARZQGX7QT6LFNW/34.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim often needs to be persuaded to engage with the various toys he has. Tish writes and draws on a sketch board and Tim will trace the letters that she wrote. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801553437-NQA0EX4EN32YN79WHSW4/33.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim spends most of his relaxation time in his favorite chair. He will sit quietly for large amounts of time and seems to experience a variety of emotions in a cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801570539-ORS6MXS5BFW3FVGXX8R5/35.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim would sit in his chair all day if left to do so, but Tish works hard to make sure that he stays stimulated and is up and moving around. One of his favorite activities is playing ball. He tends to become very animated as he waits for Tish to give the ball back to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801591378-2ZZQ70O9E6ZZY7KOCF1N/36.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love When Tim started to get deeper into the disease Tish had him teach her things like how to shave his face and trim his mustache. She wanted to make sure that she could do these things without hurting him and keep some normalcy in his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801786893-CS23Y5ANOBLKKKZYMR4D/41.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love If the cat is brought to Tim’s attention he will want to play with her. Previously he would chase her around the house and play hide-and-seek, now he just places the cat toys in front of her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801769921-KLBM2EY4V7QPSQCOKANB/40.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish cleans Tim’s face after a meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576801799498-1DQ69D53S8CEBL3M23U7/42.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Once Tim has a task in his head it is hard to get him to do much else. After the cats are board with playing Tim tries to play with Tish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802921496-VI7J91MDH4680DMLDJ1G/46.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Dr. Grujic looks for muscle wasting by feeling Tim’s arm at Central DuPage Hospital during his check up. Loss of muscle mass and coordination issues are common with FTD patients. “The more interaction and movement, the more he walks, in general is going to be better for muscles and keeping him mobile,” Dr. Grujic said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802935531-70K7Z9ZUVDJNZC6YWVII/44.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim is asked to perform various tasks during the exam so Dr. Grujic can evaluate his current state of health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802946589-P0SZE7UP570BYFUBF5HK/45.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love The doctor asks Tim to open and close his hands, which he now struggles with. He seems to understand enough to mimic simple movements and worked with the doctor during the exam when motivated by Tish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802982014-1UBCHK2XBTF1WAS4NU3Q/47.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish helps Tim off the exam table as their appointment comes to an end. Tish and the doctor discuss what they should do moving forward. He commends Tish for all the work she is putting in and reiterates that Tim is functioning at a much higher level at this stage in the disease then most other patients he deals with. That said, the outlook is still bleak. “From a diagnostic standpoint we are getting better with things being studied every day,” Dr. Grujic said. “But from a treatment standpoint its actually the opposite, they are basically coming out saying there is nothing that can be done.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802964982-8PPQNU99PM350Y84717G/48.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim dances in the waiting room with his oldest daughter Margaret as they wait for Tish to set up his next appointment. Margaret, who lives in Florida, was in town to attend Tim’s fathers funeral. She doesn't get to spend much time at home but frequently video chats with Tish and Tim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576802997212-9P1MCL9QNJJLBKJI92C8/49.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim and Margaret play London Bridge is Falling Down with Tish before they leave the doctors office. Despite the stage to which Tim’s disease has reached he still knows his family and the love that they have for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803229915-AZYS4U785F4OZ2CK6OIZ/50.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803269710-6GCDCZGPVM6ZIWNV3L9J/51.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish pushes Tim on a custom made swing. The swing was built to keep Tim sitting in a safe position. Tish said he becomes very stoic while she pushes him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803287843-OLY34PY4VQJ9VF874RHY/52.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim still loves when Tish offers him a kiss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803301411-CGEWSNHW2D9868VYWEO8/53.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803319218-RJEC2EB2PBCXDNJ5KWSF/54.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Each day Tish shaves Tim’s face and trims his mustache. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803325275-CZ5RUOHPNH16DJMFUQW2/55.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim reaches out for an embrace with Tish. He will touch her head and face very gently. However he doesn't know his own strength at this point and can easily squeeze Tish’s hands and shoulders too tight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803345161-0K7BD1PR141WH313EPZV/56.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim holds his foot up for Tish to rub. She tickles his feet to see if she can get a reaction out of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803556805-NPT1C0KHVBJT2NGD5ERN/58.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish recently decided to buy a new chair for Tim to keep him comfortable. They took a trip to Lazy Boy to pick a new chair and when Tim found the one he liked he would not get out. “It was one of the biggest fits he has thrown so far,” Tish said with a laugh. “We had to spend a while convincing him that if he got up we would bring the chair home for him.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803648773-3CH2SU0M9SNDL10CNTZ8/63.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Every three months Tim goes to the dentist for a cleaning. Tish struggled to find a practice that was suited to their needs. She even had to leave an office after some technicians laughed at Tim, obviously not understanding his condition. Their current practice is extremely understanding of the situation and treated Tim with kindness and respect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803600078-0GP7O0THNE8NJALMC61S/60.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tish said she loves the chair too because it is big enough for both of them and she can cuddle with him again. When she sits on the arm of the chair Tim will motion to her to lean over so he can hold her and rub her back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803568313-ZAXU33INI3IYNX0WXZOQ/59.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803675514-91XZ9C1AU8NIGAUEKROP/62.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51903c0ae4b07b7f3ea4882d/1576803623592-ERJ87FKJZ42VSINVKVZF/61.jpg Fading Memory, Forever Love Tim recently lost some use of his left hand and foot. 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