Home Run
Alex McCulla tries to chase down a wild pitch during the “Home Run Derby” at St. Peter’s After School Daycare Tuesday. (Kids are supervised in play after school until their parents come get them after work.)
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Blessing Health Center
Dr. John Schlepphorst, pictured with the new stereotactic table at the Blessing Health Center in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Dr. Jose Rodriquez, demonstrates the technology used to read mammogram digital images at Blessing Health Center in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Kohl’s Food
Decked out in rock and roll theme attire, Quincy Wiley, senior market manager, Kellogg’s, left, speaks with Dee Schnarre, food manager, South Central High School, Farina, Ill., about snack products, during the annual Kohl’s food show held Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at the Oakley-Lindsay Center in Quincy.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Warm Up!
Mitch Cary, a player on the Waterkotte Construction Colts football team, somersaults at the end of a warm-up drill Monday afternoon at Berrian Park. The Colts are a youth team made up of seventh-and eighth-grade players.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Circles of Investment
About 300 Ellington Elementary School children, teachers, school administrators and parents gather in front of the Circles of Investment Garden outside Quincy High School Tuesday, September 28, 2010 to celebrate reaching the $10,000 mark on the Ellington PTA’s “circle of investment.”
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
QU vs. St. Xavier
QU cornerback E.J. Belle deflects a pass intended for St. Xavier’s Shane Zackery in late first-half action Saturday at QU Stadium. Belle was called for pass interference on the play. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QU linebacker Josh Adams (44) chases after St. Xavier’s Mike Maher in first-half action of their game Saturday at QU Stadium. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy University Homecoming 2010
Greg Whiston, of Canton, Mo., throws a football with friends during a pre-game tailgate party Saturday afternoon outside QU Stadium. Whiston, a 2009 QU graduate, was one of several alumni returning to Quincy for homecoming weekend to visit with college friends and watch the Hawks take on St. Xavier. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Pet Expo 2010
Dennis Smith, Sr., of Quincy, takes in the surroundings with a couple of feathered friends, a blue and gold macaw, at left, and a green wing macaw, during the Great River Pet Expo Saturday at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QHS vs. Moline
Quincy High’s Dan Gerth runs away from Moline’s Matthew Thornton (20) for a thrid-quarter score during their Western Big 6 match-up Friday night at Flinn Stadium. Gerth’s touchdown and the ensuing PAT gave the Blue Devils a 19-7 lead. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy High’s Wes Ervin (70) wraps up Moline’s Chad Whitehall during their Western Big 6 match-up Friday night at Flinn Stadium. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy High’s Kendal Kendrick is dragged down by Moline’s Connor Shaw during their game Friday night at Flinn Stadium.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QHS Homecoming Parade
Members of the Quincy High School volleyball team shoot silly string from atop their float as they traveled down Maine Street Thursday night during the school’s homecoming parade. The Blue Devils will face Western Big Six challenger Moline Friday night at Flinn Stadium. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Farm Fuel
Dan Hugenberg fuels his combine recently at his farm near Liberty. The EPA has finalized rules governing oil and fuel storage for businesses, including farms. Farmers must comply with the new regulations by Nov. 10.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
River Raft Theater
From left, Rachel “Olli” Johnson, Gus Ganley, Walken Schweigert, Aaron “Muskrat” Barck, and Corinne Ebbenga, of Minneapolis, MI., along with Chad Stender, od San Fransico, CA., in the pilot house, leave Quincy, Wednesday, September 22, 2010, on the way to their next stop in Hannibal, Mo. The six friends are floating down the Mississippi River this year and doing what they call “impromptu street theater” at various stops. Dubbed the “Unseen Ghost Brigade,” the troupe is in Hannibal this weekend. Wednesday marked three months they been on their river journey. Photo Gallery Here. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
The River is Life
Moviegoers enjoy a picturesque backdrop for the Quincy premier of “The River is Life” Wednesday evening at Clat Adams Park. Filmmakers Ryan Jeanes and Phillip Hullquist paddled the length of the river last year and documented their travels and the people they met along the way.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Storytime Dancing Time
Heather Kath, children’s programer, Quincy Public Library, leads a group of children, as they dance to a song before settling in for a story about pirates, during Storytime and Crafts Wednesday morning, September 22, 2010. The Storytime and Crafts children’s program is scheduled for Monday thru Friday from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Quincy Public Library. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Ramped Up
Aaron Dye, 15, grabs big air as he drops in with an “ollie quarter” Tuesday afternoon at the Hannibal Ramp Park in Hannibal, Mo. The park, which features below grade concrete bowls with 6 ft. drop ins, banks, spines, rollers, a grind block and a hand rail, is open most days until dusk. More information can be found at www.hannibalparks.org
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Mark Twain/Monroe City Softball
Mark Twain catcher Courtney Thomure lunges for the ball as Monroe City’s Carly Spalding slides safely into home during their game Tuesday night in Center, Mo.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Circus
The Family Fun Top circus from Dallas Tx., set up at the Adams County Fair grounds for two shows Monday. The one ring circus offered pony rides, an inflatable fun house and camels, miniature pony’s, mule’s and a zebra mule.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Teacher’s Contract Vote
Teachers unable to attend last teachers union meeting to vote on the contract arrive at the Illinois Federation of Teachers office on south 36th Sunday to cast their vote on the proposal. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Riverfest
Kayla Wingerter looks through the acrylic and mixed media art work of Quincy artist Christopher Droege during this years Riverfest in Clat Adams and Kessler Parks on the riverfront Sunday. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Hannibal Football
Hannibal High School’s Levi Gordon, left, and Chris Gregory, far right, take down Hickman’s Will Owens during Friday night football action at Porter Stadium in Hannibal. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Cross Country War Vet
Peter Hitchings of Salisbury, Great Britain, makes repairs on his bicycle at Coolbyke, 426 Huck Finn Shopping Center in Hannibal, Mo., Friday, September 17, 2010. Hitchings, an Iraq War veteran from Britain is riding his bike across the country to raise awareness about Rett Syndrome, a chronic disease of which his goddaughter suffers. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
QHS Vollleyball
Quincy High School’s India Green sets up the ball during Thursday night’s volleyball action against Springfield at Quincy.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Bike
Tim Steeples sits on his Harley Davidson motorcycle at the stop light at 8th and Maine st. Wednesday as he heads out Maine to run some errands.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Payson/QND Volleyball
Seymour High School’s Kristen Loos keeps the ball alive during Wednesday night volleyball action against Quincy Notre Dame High School at Payson.
(H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
