Wednesday, October 8, 2008

playing catch up

It's been a very busy couple of weeks. I am finishing up one project in print, wrapping up loose ends on another and still trying to get another one rolling. Among that, between the house-warming party and the new dog (I'll post on that later). I need more sleep and need to work my stories some more. At some point, I'm going to crash and hopefully it's not soon. Enjoy some of these pictures from the past few weeks.



Shannon Irvin of Gary is the last person allowed in line before the cutoff of people for the day outside the Valparaiso FSSA office for FEMA Flood Assistance Monday in Valparaiso.

Ethel Smith of Gary talks on her cell phone outside the line outside the Valparaiso FSSA office for FEMA Flood Assistance Monday in Valparaiso.

An Indiana State Trooper is the gatekeeper to let the people outside the Valparaiso FSSA office in to apply for FEMA Flood Assistance Monday in Valparaiso.

Surrounded by pictures of her husband, Donna Hawkins of Lake Station pauses for a moment while talking about her husband, Olen Hawkins of Lake Station, who went missing coming home from Hobart on August 30 during an interview at hr sister-in-laws home in Hobart.


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These are a few community events from the past couple of weeks. Sometimes these events can be very dull and it can be mind-numbing to try to find a good picture in these events.

Daisy Martin, 5, looks around from the top of an inflatable mountain at the Fall Family Fest at the Butterfield Pavilion at the Old Fairgrounds Park in Valparaiso. The Fall Family Fest is a fund-raiser for Hilltop Neighborhood House childcare scholarship fund.


Christine Gray of Portage, left, and Kitty Polen of Chesterton pack toiletries, tuna and Girl Scout cookies into boxes in an assembly line of people who are packing the boxes to be sent off to soldiers stationed in combat zones in the garage of the Valparaiso Harley-Davidson on Route 30 Friday evening in Valparaiso.

As the sun sets on the Crown Point square, attendees of the "Last Ride" of the 2008 Car Cruise season check out the 1955 Chevy Cameo Pickup belonging to Scott Heagley of Crown Point Thursday night in Crown Point.


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Now for some Friday night football from the past few weeks.


Hobart senior Darwin Cruz jumps to block a punt kicked by Munster senior Sam Shaner during the third quarter at Munster High School Friday night in Munster. The blocked punt was returned for a touchdown and began to turn tthe game back to Hobart.


Munster senior Ian Boswell runs back a punt against Hobart during their game at Munster High School Friday night in Munster.

Chesterton senior John Thanos hangs his head as the rest of the team sings the school fight song with the crowd after an emotional win over Valparaiso at Valparaiso High School Friday night in Valparaiso. Thanos lost his father and grand-father earlier in the week when they tried to save a child in a flash flood.

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