Posted Feb 06, 2013 @ 02:15 PM
Time to play catch up with my blog. This newspaper keeps me pretty busy. There is always something to do and I never seem to get to the end of it. I finish up one thing and something else needs to be done and this isn't including the photos I need to get everyday. So, with my excuses behind me I am putting up photos from my recent assignments which offer quite a bit of variety.
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Zoey Howard, 4, a student in the new Pittsburg Parks and Recreation Department dance program, gets a hand from parents Tracy and Zack Howard in putting on her ballet shoes.
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Boys can dance, too. Carter Henderson, 3, decided he wanted to dance after watching his older sister in the Pittsburg Parks and Recreation Department dance program. He was delighted when Santa brought him ballet and tap shoes for Christmas and he was able to enroll in the class.
Sean Steffen
Pittsburg State University sophomores Mary Lipp and Nick Mancuso prepare to enjoy their upper class meals as students representing the lower class sit on the floor and wait for their rations Monday evening during a a hunger banquet hosted by Alpha Phi Omega and the Resident Hall Assembly in the Crimson and Gold Ballroom.
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Pittsburg State University junior Brittnay Horn, a representative of the lower class during the event sits on the floor after finishing her meager meal during a hunger Banquet in the Overman Student Center Monday.
Sean Steffen
Choo Choo, a puppy who recently lost his front right leg, is recovering well at the Southeast Kansas Humane Society animal shelter. Shelter staff, including Melissa Glor, animal welfare director, have been working with him and report he has no mobility problems.
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Family Resource Center preschoolers from left, Jerrod Niemann, portraying country singer Liam Diamond, Chloe Guyman as jockey Wantha Davis, and Jessica Do portraying jazz singer Karrin Allyson, sing “Home on the Range,” the state song of Kansas during a program held at the center Tuesday as part of a Kansas Day celebration.
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Ada McColl, portrayed by Kayla Garner, was a Kansas photographer who became famous for a photograph her mother took of her gathering buffalo chips on the prairie. Garner and other fourth-grade students at Frank Layden Elementary researched famous Kansans and brought them to life Tuesday afternoon in honor of the state’s birthday.
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Miller Coleman, a Frank Layden Elementary fourth grader, didn’t know who astronaut Ron Evans was when he selected the name. After a couple weeks of researching, he enthusiastically embodied the St. Francis native, who is one of only 24 people to have flown to the moon. Coleman and many other students went all-out with props, posters and costumes as part of their displays.
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Zero the Hero stopped by both Lakeside and George Nettels elementaries to help celebrate the 100th day of school for Pittsburg USD 250 students. The mysterious hero helped Lakeside kindergarten students in making the zero shape Thursday morning.
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Lakeside kindergarten students Quentin Heffner, left, and Alonzo Burke, right, perform the special zero handshake with Zero the Hero, who was visiting as part of the 100th day of school at Pittsburg USD 250 schools on Thursday morning.
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Sandip Burman, Indian classical musician, performs on a sitar Thursday on the Pittsburg High School stage for PHS band students. He also plays the tabla, a small drum, and spends much of his time touring and sharing East Indian classical music with students and audiences around the world.
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Shovels and hard hats frame an artist’s rendering at the ground breaking for the new Pittsburg State Center for the Arts on Friday.
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Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Tim Emert speaks during the Center for the Arts groundbreaking Friday at the Weede Physical Education Building.
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Brett Zacarello, FHS junior, uses a printer to print a sign in Raider Ink class. Students in the class utilize around $65,000 to $70,000 worth of technology, all of which has been donated.
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Brian Sherman, Frontenac High School junior, cleans a silk screen during Raider Ink class at Frontenac High School. The student-run business prints T-shirts, signs and banners, using equipment donated to the school.
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Richard Nguyen, FHS senior, and Raider Ink instructor Eric Gudde work on projects in the classroom. Raider Ink is a hands-on program and students work during every class session.
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Signs with positive messages, such as this one, are being created by the Raider Ink class and will be posed on the FHS lawn, as well as other areas in the community as part of the “Pass It On” campaign.
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“Tradition Never Graduates,” a sign which reflects the enduring pride and school spirit of Frontenac High School, was created and put up by Raider Ink students over displays of school trophies and awards.
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As part of the “Pass It On” program, Raider Ink students attach an encouraging or inspirational message to items produced in the class. Here a tag with the saying “Don’t Be Afraid to Take Chances” is attached to a label on a T-shirt.
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Pittsburg State University junior Ashley Ferris and senior Seth Russell demonstrate the iPlan Table Tuesday morning at the Kansas Technology Center.
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Pittsburg State University senior Seth Russell uses the touchscreen on the iPlan Table to display a section of a blueprint Tuesday morning.
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They don’t know it, but these homeless puppies will be among the beneficiaries of money raised by the annual Southeast Kansas Humane Society chili feed. The event, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lower level of Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium, raises funds for the shelter and animals housed there..
