QND vs. Central
Quincy Notre Dame’s Alex Altmix, lower left, tries to break free of the defensive trap applied by Central players, clockwise from left, Jacob Conley, Austin Dormire and Brandon Ihrig, during the championship game of the QND/Gully Transportation Tipoff Tournament Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 at The Pit. Central topped the Raiders 53-38.(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QHS vs. Normandy
Quincy High’s Mike Davis (31) steals the ball from a Normandy player during their game Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Blue Devil Gym. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy High’s Mason Fairley goes up for a basket against Normandy Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 in Blue Devil Gym. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
The Quincy High School student section gets acquainted with a Normandy player during their game Friday night at Blue Devil Gym. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Sherrill Hanks Tribute
Sherrill Hanks’ son, Mike Hanks, and daughter, Krisna Hanks, during a tribute to their late father, longtime Quincy High School coach Sherrill Hanks, before the QHS-Normandy game Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at Blue Devil Gym. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Mike and Krisna Hanks, at front right, with their extended families during a tribute to their late father, longtime Quincy High School basketball coach Sherrill Hanks, before the Quincy High-Normandy game Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at Blue Devil Gym. Sherrill Hanks died last month. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Christmas Tree Lighting
Santa draws a crowd at the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday Nov. 26, 2010, in Washington Park in Quincy. The event was sponsored by the Quincy Historic Business District. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QHS vs. Champaign Central
Quincy High’s Jordan Fletcher battles for a rebound with a
Champaign Central player during their game Friday afternoon at QHS Gym. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Salvation Army Thanksgiving Dinner
Quincy resident Edith Meeker, left, and Salvation Army Major Normalene Daniels renew acquaintances during the organization’s annual Thanksgiving dinner Thursday at the Quincy Family and Resource Center. “We used to do bible study together,” Daniels said of the friendship. Major Daniels serves as the associate officer for the Quincy Salvation Army. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Turkey Run
Runners head west on Maine Street at the start of the annual Turkey Run Thursday morning in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
A runner snaps a picture with his cell phone as the pack heads down Maine Street at the start of the annual Turkey Run Thursday morning in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Mentors
St Dominic third grader Grace Dodd, left, talks to 3 year old Isabelle Henderson at one of the activities during Thrilling 3′s and Fabulous 4′s night at the school. The night focuses on the relationship between 3 year old preschoolers and their 3rd grade buddies and the 4 year old preschoolers and their 4 year old buddies. The buddies get together at various times each month and the older kids do a project of some kind with their younger buddy to help foster the relationships between the older and younger kids at the school.
(H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Chimney Sweep
Cole Miller, owner of Miller’s Up the Chimney Sweeping and Inspection, looks over a chimney for a home owner recently in Quincy, (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Drug Court Grad
Drug Court graduate Kristie Austin, right, shares a hug with John Benjamin after they and four others graduated from the program in a ceremony Thursday afternoon at the Adams County Courthouse. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
QND Spirit
Wyatt Mueller, 3, right, a preschool student at St. Francis School, gives Quincy Notre Dame Raider, Josh Bowman “five” during a visit by QND High School students, including the Pep Band, cheerleaders and athletes Thursday morning, November 18, 2010. The students are visiting Catholic Elementary Schools this week to share their Raider spirit and talk to students about good sportsmanship, respect, and reverence for the National Anthem. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Ho Ho Helping
Dennis Kimball checks his handiwork after tying up one end of a massive blow-up Santa Monday afternoon on the front porch of Sue Diton’s South 12th Street home in Quincy. Diton, whose entire first floor is in the process of being covered floor-to-ceiling with Santas and other Christmas ornaments, says the upcoming holiday is her favorite one to decorate for. “I believe in Christmas,” she said with a smile. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
School Bus Accident
Quincy school students are escorted off a bus after it collided with a Toyota Corolla Wednesday, Nov. 17. 2010, at 11th and Broadway in Quincy. Eight students were on the 15-passenger bus at the time of the accident. Nobody appeared seriously injured, although three children were taken to Blessing Hospital’s Emergency Center across the street for “precautionary” treatment. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy firefighters and EMT’s check vital signs of students that were on a Quincy school bus when it collided with a Toyota Corolla Wednesday morning at 11th and Broadway in Quincy.
(H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy Superintendent of Schools Lonny Lemon, second from left, assesses the situation after a school bus collided with a Toyota Corolla Wednesday morning at 11th and Broadway in Quincy. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Quincy Notre Dame/Rochester Football
Quincy Notre Dame’s Mark Grawe watches the ball pass through his hands during Saturday’s playoff football action against Rochester at QND. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Steve’s Extras
The Cavern Beat Beatles Tribute Band
Eli Echevarria puts on the final touches of his transformation into John Lennon, as he and the rest of the The Beatles Tribute Band “The Cavern Beat” prepare to go on stage and play at the Oakley-Lindsay Center Friday night, November 12, 2010. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Steve’s Extras
Country Jams
Bob Moyers of Hannibal, jokes with fellow musician, Dave Dexheimer during a country music jam session held at Douglas Community Services in Hannibal Thursday evening, November 11, 2010. Moyers, friends and musicians who would like to sit in on the jam sessions play at Douglas Community Services the second Thursday of each month. The event is sponsored by the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Veterans Day 2010
From left, Amber Wilson grieves with her husband, Nathan Wilson, his mother, Debbie Wilson, and his brother, Jacob Wilson, as the Wilson family pays tribute to their brother and son, U.S. Army Sgt. Paul M. McAlister II, in the cemetery behind the Illinois Veterans Home Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Quincy, Ill. McAlister suffered injuries from road side explosives March 31, 2008 and died in Hannibal August 2, 2010. (The Quincy Herald-Whig, Michael Kipley)
A Little Help with the Leaves
Neighbor Adrian Sommers stops by his friends house, Savannah Stupavsky, to help Savannah and her mom, Dawn Stupavsky, clean up the leaves into a large trash can in the front yard of their Maine st. home Tuesday afternoon. (H-W Photo/Michael Kipley)
Mark Twain FB
Mark Twain High School’s Nick Nesbitt gets around Callaway’s Will Brandt to score a touchdown during Monday night’s playoff game at Center. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
Wounded Veteran Returns Home
U.S. Army Spc. Brett Neisen kisses his wife, Bridget, after addressing those in attendance at a welcome home party for the wounded soldier Saturday afternoon at the Niesen family home in rural Palmyra, Mo. “I wouldn’t be nearly what I am today if it wasn’t for her,” Neisen said while fighting back tears. “She’s the reason I’m here.” (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Illini West vs. Central Southeaastern
Illini West’s Kyle Huss plows ahead for a short gain during the Chargers’ opening drive against Central-Southeastern Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Camp Point. Huss had three touchdowns on the day as Illini West defeated the Panthers, 36-7. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Veterans Parade
U.S. Military veterans wave from their float as they travel down Maine Street during the Veterans Parade Saturday morning in Quincy. Hundreds of people turned out for the event, which included a fly over of a pair of C-130 aircraft from the Air National Guard 182nd Airlift Wing out of Peoria. (H-W Photo/Phil Carlson)
Casting Shadows
Terry Dedert with J.H. Concrete Construction Inc., Quincy, casts his shadow over concrete as he finishes a driveway approach at a parking lot near the corner of Vermont and 7th Street in Quincy, Friday, November 5, 2010. (H-W Photo/Steve Bohnstedt)
