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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Genesee County Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Joe Herman (center) and Darryl Smith (left) and Burton Fire Department Battalion Chief Kirk Wilkinson (right) work to build a ramp outside the home of 77-year-old Army Veteran Charles Burnett Thursday afternoon. The Burton Fire Department teamed up with Genesee County Habitat for Humanity to work on the project which was made possible through a grant from State Farm Insurance.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Dorrie Oliver, an employee in the Prior Authorization department at  Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy in Flint, takes a lap around the office while participating in National Walk at Lunch Day, Wednesday afternoon. The company recently moved into what was once the Chevrolet Fisher Body Plant. About 150 employees participated at Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy to attempt a goal of 100 miles.  The event, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield, is designed to encourage busy people in the workplace to set aside at least 15 minutes for a brisk walk during lunch.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..77-year-old Army Veteran Charles Burnett (left) stands on the partially complete ramp as Genesee County Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Darryl Smith (center) and Joe Herman (right) work outside his home in Burton, Thursday afternoon. The project was one of three ramps for veterans that were funded through a grant from State Farm Insurance.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Volunteers from Genesee County Habitat for Humanity and the Burton Fire Department work to build a ramp for 77-year-old Army Veteran Charles Burnett outside his home in Burton. The project was one of three ramps for veterans that were funded through a grant from State Farm Insurance.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..About 150 employees at Diplomat Speciality Pharmacy in Flint participated in National Walk at Work Day, attempting to reach a goal of 100 miles. The event, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield, is designed to encourage busy people in the workplace to set aside at least 15 minutes for a brisk walk during lunch.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..About 150 employees at Diplomat Speciality Pharmacy in Flint participated in National Walk at Work Day, attempting to reach a goal of 100 miles. The event, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield, is designed to encourage busy people in the workplace to set aside at least 15 minutes for a brisk walk during lunch.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Burton Mayor Paula Zelenko (center) stopped by to chat with Army Veteran Charles Burnett (right) while Battalion Chief Kirk Wilkinson  (foreground) works to build a ramp outside Burnett's home in Burton Thursday afternoon. Local firefighters teamed up with Genesee County Habitat for Humanity for the project which was paid for by a grant from State Farm Insurance. Burnett, 77 was suggested by the Veterans Affairs Clinic in Flint to be a recipent.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Electronic Restoration Services workers string new cables for the audio system in a basement court room at McCree Courts & Human Services Center in downtown Flint, Thursday, Feb. 17. Flood damage ruined many of the cables that run under the floor but some parts are able to be reused.
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  • Ed quentin assembles box after his son Michael labels them.
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  • Ginny Karchel pours rice from one of the large bags into a smaller container that will be used at one of the packaging stations.
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  • Christy Jensen (left) and Coleen Krechel open a box of supplies.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Craig Keelor of Electronic Restoration Services inspects a microphone port before running new cables in a courtroom in the McCree Courts & Human Services Building, Thursday, Feb. 17.
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  • Mary Quentin (left) and Coleen Krechel place labels on the meal bags.
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  • Christy Jensen (left) and Coleen Krechel open a box of supplies.
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  • Ginny Karchel pours rice from one of the large bags into a smaller container that will be used at one of the packaging stations.
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  • Mark Gottlieb (right) helps unload a 2 ton bag of rice with Ed Quetin.
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  • Mark Gottlieb (right) helps unload a 2 ton bag of rice with Ed Quetin.
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  • Ed quentin assembles box after his son Michael labels them.
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  • Mary Quentin (left) and Coleen Krechel place labels on the meal bags.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Firefighters work to push in the last remaing wall on a burning home on Mable Avenue near Iowa Avenue in Flint Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was aloud to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Sergeant Matthew Simpson conducts a vehicle search with his K-9 partner Kase, Wednesday, Jan. 26. Kase will be retired from duty on Sunday when the K-9 unit is discontinued at the Grand Blanc Township Police Department. Simpson has worked with Kase for almost nine years, and spends nearly his entire day with him. "I tell him things that I don't tell anyone" he says. After Kase is retired, he will remain with Simpson but will not being giong to work with him everyday.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Flint firefighter Javier Shelby works the controls on a firetruck while other firefighters work inside a home on Buckingham Ave in Flint, Monday, Feb. 21.
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  • Emily Danchisin volunteers for Central City Churches Outreach Ministry at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Thursday, Nov 5, 2009. Danchisin helps handle paper work, keeping track of how often people come to the pantry.
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  • A crowd gathers to watch as firefighters work to control a large fire Sunday at Third and Elm Streets.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..A burning home on Mable Avenue near Iowa Avenue in Flint is reflected in a water-covered sidewalk Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was aloud to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Mott Community College graduate Kara Morris, 32, of Flint, receives a flower from her daughter Kara during the ceremony held at the Perani Arena Saturday afternoon. Morris graduated with a degree in social work.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Rescuers work to remove a woman in the passenger seat after the vehicle rear-ended a bus on Clio Rd and Carpenter Rd Wednesday afternoon. According to police the driver said his brakes stopped working before he collided with the bus. She was the only one injured in the accident.
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  • After all the work of getting the log to the mill in hopes of gaining valuable maple wood, rot is discovered in the center of the log rendering it useless for wood working.
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  • Avivah Brown from FMSC shares a story about Omar, a young food recipient, to let volunteers know the good their work is doing, Friday, April 9.
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  • Emily Danchisin volunteers for Central City Churches Outreach Ministry at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Thursday, Nov 5, 2009. Danchisin helps handle paper work, keeping track of how often people come to the pantry.
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From left, Madison Pratt-Laue, Stacy Laue, holding Kaden? Laue, Nic Laue and Jordyn pose for a portrait near their home in Omaha on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Madison and Jordyn are holding pictures of their late father, Officer Jason "Tye" Pratt who was killed in the line of duty in 2003. Stacy and her daughters were able to work with the artist for Horses of Honor, a public art project that pays tribute to fallen police officers. The Omaha police department will present the project on Friday and Saturday at Midtown Crossings.<br />
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  • Cody Nez hugs his grandmother, Carol Larson after being involved in a two vehicle car accident at the intersection of Third and C roads Friday around 4:30 p.m. in Merrick County. Nez, 32, was on his way home from work when his Ford Explorer collided with a Buick Regal driven by 20-year-old Andrea Fulton of Aurora. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • From left, Rocco Saldivar, Samuel Mayhew, Paige Cellar and Katie Lepler work on making the material for creating a bouncy ball as part of the teen summer reading program Thursday at the Grand Island Public Library. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • District Judge William T. Wright followed by County Judge Art. S. Wetzel tour the former Public Safety Center building  Wednesday afternoon in Grand Island. The Hall County Courthouse is due for repairs which would require temporary courts while the work is being done. The former Public Safety Center building is a possible site for these temporary courts if renovated. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Smoke and flames pour out of a mobile home as fire fighters tend to a woman, left, and work the scene of the fire near Highway 34 and Deann Road Thursday in Grand Island. According to the fire department the fire started between two trailers before quickly spreading and destroying both homes. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Documentary filmmaker John Sorensen and Ann coyne, with the Grace Abbott School of Social Work at University of Nebraska-Omaha address the audience before a showing of Sorensen's documentary film "The Quilted Conscience" Wednesday at The Grand Theatre. The film is about Sudanese-American refugees children and a quilt project that captures their dreams and memories while bringing them together with a quilter's guild of local white women and a famed African-American quilter. A showing open to the public will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Rev. James Marcus, Director of Missions for Genesee Baptist Association delivers his speech to those in attendance at the service celebrating Lincoln Park Baptist Church's 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. Rev. Marcus spoke about remembering the past on such an occassion but reminded everyone to keep looking forward. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Avivah Brown from FMSC shares a story about Omar, a young food recipient, to let volunteers know the good their work is doing, Friday, April 9.
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  • Scouts from troop 171 of Harrisburg, South Dakota, Cole Hansen, 12, left, and Rilyn Fox, 12, get settled in their tent along with Alex Mastalir, 12, back after setting up their camp in preparation for the sixth annual Merit Badge University Friday afternoon at Stuhr Museum in Grand Island. Over 500 scouts from all over the country come to the camp each year to work on a variety of merit badges. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..UM-Flint student and Army veteran Michael Voiles, 24, looks over his work during an essay writing workshop for the Pat Tillman Foundation scholarship held in the UM-Flint pavilion, Tuesday, March 8. The Pat Tillman Foundation has recognized UM-Flint (which includes an office and lounge for veterans) as a veteran friendly university.
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  • Emily Danchisin volunteers for Central City Churches Outreach Ministry at Our Savior's Lutheran Church Thursday, Nov 5, 2009. Danchisin helps handle paper work, keeping track of how often people come to the pantry.
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  • Dr. Brad Adrian neuters a dog in the newly created operating room Friday at the Central Nebraska Humane Society in Grand Island. Adrian is the first veterinarian to ever work at the Humane Society. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..A pair of shoes is silouetted as flames shoot out of a second story window of a burning home at Mable Avenue near Iowa Avenue in Flint Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was aloud to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Crew cleans up after a train derailment at the intersction of Reed Road and Pittsburg Ra in Vernon township, Friday, Jan. 7.. The crew will work through the night and hope to finish Saturday afternoon.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Past and present members of Lincoln Park Baptist Church gather in the basement after a service celebrating the church's 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Sharon Kantor and James Bearup provide music during a service celebrating the 60th anniversary for Lincoln Park Baptist Church, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • From left, Isaiah Bourland, Erika Gordova, Abbie Meraz, Luis Martinez, Walter Gonzalez Fuentes, Marco Garcia and Zoe Karner pose with their polyhedron art work at Grand Island Public Library. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • A young girl is comforted while having her back looked at by emergency personnel as others work the the scene of a car accident around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 30 and Eddie Street in Grand Island. Only minor injuries were reported in the crash which slowed evening traffic.(Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Neighbors watch as a home burns down on Mable Avenue near Iowa Avenue in Flint Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was aloud to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..From left: Kate and Brandon Lawson hit the road on their snowmobiles after gassing up near Fenton Road and Atherton Road. "I usually have to go up north to do this," said Brandon. The two had the day off from work due to the weather and were headed toward Swartz Creek.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..A member since 1950, Peggie Dye listens to Bonnie Desai speak during a service celebrating Lincoln Park Baptist Church's 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..A member since 1950, Peggie Dye reminisces about past experiences with members of Lincoln Park Baptist Church during a service celebrating its 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Past and present members of Lincoln Park Baptist Church gather in a service celebrating the church's 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Firefighters work the scene of a structure fire Friday at 815 Orleans Drive in Grand Island. The fire was reported at 815 Orleans Drive shortly after 3 p.m. at a building that appeared to house five apartments. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Firefighters spray water on adjacent homes as another home (center)burns down at 1529 Mable Avenue in Flint Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was aloud to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • A pair of shoes is silhouetted as flames shoot out of a second story window of a burning home at Mable Avenue near Iowa Avenue in Flint Wednesday evening. The occupants moved out just a few days before according to officials. The home was allowed to burn down after conditions became too dangerous for firefighters to work inside.
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  • A Grand Generation Center patron makes her way to the parking lot via a side entrance Wednesday as city crews work to repair the lot by replacing asphalt and concrete as well as add drains to keep water from eroding the heavily used lot in Grand Island.  (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..A member since 1950, Peggie Dye reminisces about past experiences with members of Lincoln Park Baptist Church during a service celebrating its 60th anniversary, Sunday, Jan. 23. The church was founded by southerners who came to work in factories in Michigan in the 40s and 50s.
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  • Weighing about 90 pounds, Kona, a one-and-half-year old wolf and dog mix, towers over Animal Control Officer Guy Skodmin at the Central Nebraska Humane Society in Grand Island. Legally Kona cannot be adopted out of the CNHS so the staff is working to send the gentle giant to a rescue facility that specializes in wolf-dog hybrids and their needs. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Isabelle Hatfield keeps track of student artwork while working on the Barr Middle School display for the Hall County Student Art Show with her father Justice, an art teacher, Wednesday at the Stuhr Museum. Artwork will be exhibited at the museum from April 5 to 27. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Grand Island Senior High graduate Abbey Foglesong poses for a portrait in her room. Before graduating, Foglesong played flute in the marching band, performed in the orchestra, acted in drama productions, worked as an athletic trainer, qualified for Cornhusker Girls State, volunteered at the library and helped as a teacherís aide for a third grade class. She will be attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and hopes to pursue a career in dermatology. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Members of the 2013 Ride Against AIDS team bike on Blaine Street on their way to Lincoln via Highway 34 Saturday morning after departing from Calvary Lutheran Church where they spent the night in Grand Island after arriving rom Lexington. The team of seven will cycle over 4,000 miles across America to raise awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS. The ride is run by FACE AIDS, a youth-led nonprofit that works in the U.S. and with Partners In Health in Rwanda. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Amna Millewa will be competing in the ÒFace of Africa - USAÓ pageant, which will be held July 13 in Arlington, Texas. Millewa is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at St. Francis Medical Center and also works part-time at the Multicultural Coalition of Grand Island. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Fifth grader Gentry Fisher braves the strong wind and heavy snow while working as a crossing guard after school Wednesday at Engleman Elementary School. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Grand Island Senior High's Andrew Rojas works to pin Ralston Valley's Danny Holz, which he did in one minute, 25 seconds, while wrestling in the 138 pound division during the Flatwater Fracas Friday at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Dakin Geiser of Grand Island works to put together a toy train with her 4-year-old twin brother Isaac during the North Pole Express event Saturday at the Stuhr Museum.  (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Rescue workers remove an entrapped woman from a vehicle accident on Clio Rd and Carpenter Rd Wednesday afternoon. According to police the driver said his brakes stopped working before he collided with a bus. She was the only one injured in the accident.
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OMAHA, NEB.  -- 06/21/2016:   Florida's Jonathan India (6), left, collides with Texas Tech's Orlando Garcia (2) as he slides safely into second base in the bottom of the fifth inning during game 7 of the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 21, 2016.<br />
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  • Jon Moore works in his shop at his home near Giltner. Moore runs his business, Sharp Decision Knives, out of the shop. He is also one of a growing number of rural Nebraskans to be self employed. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Amanda Feairheller retrieves her bicycle early Saturday morning at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Feairheller and her teammates stayed in Grand Island after arriving from Lexington and will head to Lincoln via Highway 34 on there cross-country journey. The team of seven will cycle over 4,000 miles across America to raise awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS. The ride is run by FACE AIDS, a youth-led nonprofit that works in the U.S. and with Partners In Health in Rwanda. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Laura Karson tops off her tires as fellow teammates Eric Sternbrook, left, and Kate Pipa finish breakfast early Saturday morning at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. Karson and the rest of the team stayed in Grand Island after arriving from Lexington and will head to Lincoln via Highway 34 on there cross-country journey. The team of seven will cycle over 4,000 miles across America to raise awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS. The ride is run by FACE AIDS, a youth-led nonprofit that works in the U.S. and with Partners In Health in Rwanda. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Northwest freshman Hannah Klanecky, left, models a prototype for new the band uniform as junior Jeremy Kroeger models the current attire. Band director Shawn Pfanstiel has been working with Fruhauf, a Kansas City-based uniform company, to create replacements for the current uniforms that have seen 19 seasons of band. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Grand Island teacher Dave Mabon works out Thursday at Snap Fitness on his way home to Phillips. Ashley Schneider, an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal trainer and Grand Island area native, recently purchased the Grand Island franchise. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Omaha Burke's Jordon Hammond works to pin Grand Island Senior High's Rigo Barragan in the 145 pound division during the Flatwater Fracas Saturday at the Heartland Events Center. Hammond pinned Barragan in 2:53. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • A flame from the basket of a hot air balloon piloted by Shane Arends, just outside basket, lights up the scene Saturday evening in at the Nitro Construction and Midwest Telecom yards just south of the Hall County Public Works Department at 2900 W. Arends, of Grand Island and a licensed balloonist, was flying solo when he had to make a landing in town due to shifting winds. He intended on landing in Worms after taking off from Grand Island at Abundant Lift Christian Center on Faidley Road near Highway 281.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Saginaw News..Executive Chef Jenny Coleman at the Dow Diamond where she has worked the past two seasons.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Anthony Wilk passes up a steel roofing support to a coworker while working to renovate the Speakeasy Restaurant and Tiki Bar Monday afternoon in Flushing. Renovations include an encompassing gated fence with archways and remolding of the existing outdoor tiki bar.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Rescue workers remove an entrapped woman from a vehicle accident on Clio Road and Carpenter Road Wednesday afternoon. According to police the driver said his brakes stopped working before he collided with a bus. She was the only one injured in the accident.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Stephon Gatica a Carman-Ainsworth High School freshman works on a management, marketing, and human resources test as part of the Business Professionals of America Regional Leadership Conference at Baker College. Gatica had prepared for several weeks prior to competing.
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  • Chris Jaszowski shows the broken cluster remover. The Bike repair co-op works with a limited selection of tools and is in need of more.
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  • Paul Daily of Wild Horse Ministries based in Trout, La., prays with audience members inside the horse pen after working with an unbroken horse during Cowboy Church Saturday morning in the Big Red Barn at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. Daily travels around the county with his daughter, Lenora, drawing parallels between horse training and building a relationship with God. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Brent and Andrea Winfield pose for a portrait at the Aurora Meat Block with some slabs of bacon. Brent and Andrea Winfield purchased the business from Jerry Ekhoff in January and business has been good. Brent worked at the shop for four years before becoming the new owner along with his wife. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Karen van den Boogaart poses for a portrait at her home in Aurora. Boogart is a global program manager for Hewlett-Packard and works with clients around the world from her home. She also frequently travels internationally. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • 2013 Ride Against AIDS team members Maxwell Smith, left, and Laura Karson bike down Blaine Street on there way to Lincoln via Highway 34 Saturday morning after departing from Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The team of seven will cycle over 4,000 miles across America to raise awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS. The ride is run by FACE AIDS, a youth-led nonprofit that works in the U.S. and with Partners In Health in Rwanda. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • 2013 Ride Against AIDS teammates, from left, Maxwell Smith, Dana Ballard, Laura Karson and Eric Sternbrook hang out while getting ready to head to Lincoln early Saturday morning at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The team of seven will cycle over 4,000 miles across America to raise awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS. The ride is run by FACE AIDS, a youth-led nonprofit that works in the U.S. and with Partners In Health in Rwanda. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Levi VanMark of Bigzby's Concrete cuts part of the floor while working on renovations Wednesday at the former Furniture Super Center at Highway 281 and State Street. Bed Bath & Beyond, Shoe Carnival and Dress Barn will be located in the renovated building to be completed by the fall. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Owner, and an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal trainer, Ashley Schneider poses for a portrait at Snap Fitness in Grand Island. Before purchasing the franchise earlier this week, Schneider worked as a personal trainer at the facility for a  year. She grew up in Dannebrog and earned a bachelor of science in exercise science from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she also played basketball. (Independent/Matt Dixon)
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  • Omaha Burke's Jordon Hammond works to pin Grand Island Senior High's Rigo Barragan in the 145 pound division during the Flatwater Fracas at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island. Hammond pinned Barragan in 2 minutes, 53 seconds.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..Anthony Wilk passes up a steel roofing support to Roy Leffler while working to renovate the Speakeasy Restaurant and Tiki Bar Monday afternoon in Flushing. Renovations include an encompassing gated fence with archways and remolding of the existing outdoor tiki bar.
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  • Matt Dixon | The Flint Journal..After working most of the day, investigaors finish looking into a suspicious death that was reported around 11 a.m. Thursday at Grand Oaks Apartments in Grand Blanc.
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  • Edward Cenefelt works on a brake line while Lisa Bray and James Laes hold the bike.
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  • Peter Lee age 16 from St. Peter's parish in Slinger, Wisconsin sits by his car in the parking lot at the St. John Bosco Youth Rally on September 27, 2008 at Holy Hill in Hubertus, Wisconsin. Peter has worked on his for four years before being able to drive it this year. He is attending as part of confirmation preparation.
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