Adams County Fair
Riders react with excitement, as the “Pharaoh’s Fury” ride gains momentum, reaching new heights Saturday, July 31, 2010 at the Adams County Fair in Mendon.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Youth Movement
Andre Givens, 17, 0f Quincy, left, leads the way as one of several groups of Youth Movement members head out from the Jackson Lincoln Swimming Complex parking lot to participate in cleaning up litter in areas of the northwest Quincy community Saturday, July 31, 2010.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Gems/Cavemen Baseball
Rain delays slow the action at Friday night’s baseball game between the Quincy Gems and the Hannibal Cavemen at Clemens Field in Hannibal.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Day at the Ballpark
Thomas Bryan, 10, of Quincy, has his baseball signed by Gems player Jim Foster during the “Day at the Ballpark” held Thursday, July 29, 2010 at QU-Stadium. The event, sponsored by Bank of Quincy, and Quincy Gems included a variety of activities with the team and lunch.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Window Wash
Peggy Rowsey of Quincy, washes the windows at Southside Laundry Thursday morning, July 29, 2010. The owner of the business, Rowsey washes the windows at least once a month to keep things looking good.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
4-H Fair Projects
Participants of 4-H line up early in the morning to check-in their projects for judging Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Mendon.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Salem Steeple
Clouds, back lit by the morning sunlight, slowly glide past the Salem Church steeple located on the corner of 9th and State street in Quincy.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Hancock County Fair
Rose Barry, foreground, and Heidi Klingele, of Liberty, take some time to rest and read in the sun at the Hancock County Fair in Augusta Friday, July 23, 2010. The two friends along with their children are showing cows at the fair. “We’re taking a break, it’s the kid’s turn to scoop the poop,” Barry said.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Bumblebee Work
A bumblebee works over a sunflower Thursday morning in a field south of Quincy.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Cavemen Gems Baseball
Hannibal Cavemen’s L.J. Watson is tagged out by Gems’ Alex Jones on an attempt to steal second base during Thursday night baseball action at Clemens Field in Hannibal. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Hannibal Flood Cleanup
Jessie Cravens walks across what’s left of his water-soaked living room floor after removing wet carpet an ruined furniture the day after flood water from the Bear Creek Basin entered his home Tuesday. He and his family live on Arch Street where several other families are also struggling to cleanup their homes, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in the wake of Tuesday’s flooding.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Jessie and Kendra Cravens stand amid piles of ruined furniture and much of their other possessions lost to the Bear Creek Basin flooding in Hannibal. The couple live on Arch Street where several other families are also struggling to cleanup their homes, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in the wake of Tuesday’s flooding.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Carl Hirner sits on the front porch of his home on Arch Street in Hannibal, Wednesday, where he has lived since 1941. He and other residents living in the small residential area watched their homes flood when heavy rains Tuesday caused flash flooding of the Bear Creek basin.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Lightning Strike
Phillip Bates, 15, is shown here Wednesday morning at Blessing Hospital. Bates, of Hannibal, Mo., was struck by lightning Monday night while lying in bed at his grandparents’ Mendon home. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
A dime-size contusion is seen on Phillip Bates’ right ankle bone Wednesday morning at Blessing Hospital. An identical sore on his left ankle marks the spots where lightning entered and exited Bates’ body Monday night while he was laying in bed at his grandparents’ home. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Park District Putt-Putt
From left, Brevohn Hickman, 4, Katelynne Smith, 5, and Ashton Hickman, 6, play a robust game of putt-putt golf at the miniature golf course in Upper Moorman Park Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Hannibal Flooding
Alice Pipkin surveys the damage to Building Block Daycare Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in Hannibal, Mo. Nine students and six teachers had to be evacuated from the facillty to higher ground after floodwater from Bear Creek started rushing in the building at 7:40 a.m. Several inches of rain fell overnight in the Hannibal area, pushing creeks and rivers out of their banks and closing several roads throughout the area. (AP Photo/The Quincy Herald-Whig,Michael Kipley)
John Hark, left, Hannibal’s Director of Emergency Management and Doretta DeLPorte, Ex. Assistant for Marion County 911, map out the areas that flooded in the southern part of the city Tuesday afternoon in the Emergency Operation Center.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Tim Ashby, the owner of the Brick Oven in Hannibal, walks around one of the stone pillars as it collapses at Clemens Field Tuesday due to the rushing water from Bear Creek directly behind the stadium. Ashby was at the stadium to check on his equipment he has set up at the stadium.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Terra Murphy holds her head in her hands as she walks through her flooded basement Tuesday morning inHannibal, Mo. Murphy and her husband, Kevin, remodeled their basement 15 months ago after similar flooding left a foot of standing water in their basement. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Rainwater creates a mini-whirlpool as it flows into a storm drain Tuesday morning in the 100 block of Center Street in Hannibal, Mo. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Jungle Gym Crossing
Urban Jungle Gym: Sarah Orr, 9, of Quincy, climbs to the top of a jungle gym recently constructed at the 929 Crossing church campus located at 929 Monroe St., Quincy. Orr and her parents, Lori and Robert Orr, were among those attending the Tuesday night Bible study and fellowship supper held at the church. The weekly event is open to the public.(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Dead-Heading Blossoms
Perched on her porch, Susan Lowenberg “dead-heads,” or removes old spent blossoms to promote the growth of new ones, while tending to flowers at her home on Maine Street in Quincy, Monday, July 19, 2010. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Gems vs. Butler
Butler’s Max Vogel tries to elude Quincy Gems catcher Matt Mirabel as Vogel attempted to score during their game Saturday night at QU Stadium. Vogel was tagged out on the play. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy Gems’ infielder Alex Jones waits for the ball to arrive as Butler’s Colby Roberts successfully steals second base during their game Saturday night at QU Stadium. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Golden Heritage Days
A vendor heads back to his booth as a 1926 Ford Model T Coupe keeps watch on the activities Saturday afternoon at the Golden Heritage Days in Golden. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Autocross
A driver navigates his corvette through a marked course during the sixth annual Autocross event Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of John Wood Community College. Drivers took to the course to compete for best time and points. The event was sponsored by the Great River Corvette Club of Quincy and the Rolling Prairie Corvette Club of Decatur. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Variety Show
Sunset Apartments resident Verda Johnson takes aim with a pop gun during the Ultimate Summer Vacation variety show and carnival Friday afternoon at Sunset Home Apartments in Quincy. “I learned to shoot on the farm,” Johnson said to a bystander after cleanly knocking down the target. The event was funded and put on by Camille Dantzler, who has performed at the home for the past three years. Dantzler’s mother, Eloise Washington, is an apartment resident.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Pike County Fair “Ice”
Denim Smith, from Hannibal, Mo., takes her quarter horse, “Ice”, around the first barrel during the 13 to 18 year old class in Barrel racing at the Pike County fair in Pleasant Hill Thursday.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Knox County Fair Showtime
Dan England 12, of Edina, brushes his dairy cows in preparation for showing them in the 4-H/FFA Dairy Cattle Show at the Knox County 4-H and FFA Fair Friday, July 16, 2010 in Edina. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Idol
LaRon Grant of Quincy, belts out a song at the WGEM FOX “American Idol” audition competition held Friday, July 16, 2010, at the Quincy Mall. Grant won the competition and will represent the region at an “American Idol” audition July 21 in Milwaukee. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
