https://www.dennysimmons.com/work daily 1.0 2022-07-02 https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/seafaring-pyfha monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ffdd016a-ef4f-4bd4-9b19-232394a8fda0/CATS_01.JPG Work - So Many Cats A pair of feral marmalade tabby cats sun on the trunk of a vehicle parked in a West Side Evansville alley Friday afternoon, March 18, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/396822cd-7712-4d54-bfb1-a372b943f5aa/CATS_02.JPG Work - So Many Cats A feral cat meanders around his colony near Pigeon Creek in Evansville Tuesday afternoon, March 30, 2022. This long-time colony of feral cats has been around for probably two decades and a caregiver keeps them fed, watered and sheltered in old dog houses and cat carriers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/35487938-ce43-4ae7-a910-e9710e3178a4/CATS_03.JPG Work - So Many Cats Vanderburgh Humane Society employee Mackenzee McKittrick gets eye-to-eye with five small kittens hiding in a mobile home park in Posey County, Ind., Friday morning, June 10, 2022. McKittrick would later return with cat traps to capture the feral adults and older kittens to perform TNR (Trap-Neuter-Release) before returning them to the same area they were trapped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/74fe86bf-7a58-488c-8bcd-4e9748378507/CATS_04.JPG Work - So Many Cats A litter of feral kittens and nurse near the steps of a vacant mobile home at a mobile home park in Posey County, Ind., Friday morning, June 10, 2022. The kittens used the small openings in the steps to take shelter when any humans got too close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/69043597-0022-4569-8627-d731119c520f/CATS_05.JPG Work - So Many Cats Tracy Allin with Feline Fix hauls a cat trap to set up in an upstairs apartment in Evansville Tuesday evening, April 26, 2022. They were trying to catch a pregnant cat who wasn't willing to make herself available. Feline Fix practices Trap-Neuter-Return to control the overpopulation of cats in the area and was successful in capturing the cat later that night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1d7a9c85-86e1-41be-8db1-8be364b01f2d/CATS_06.JPG Work - So Many Cats A juvenile cat voices its displeasure of being in one of Feline Fix's cat traps outside an Evansville home Tuesday evening, April 26, 2022. Feline Fix practices Trap-Neuter-Return to control the overpopulation of cats in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/2a2f861d-3e33-410c-9e44-f6aacf3c4e40/CATS_07.JPG Work - So Many Cats Feline Fix workers Tracy Allin, left, and Jamie Taylor take cats to their vehicles after gathering them from an Evansville home Tuesday evening, April 26, 2022. Feline Fix practices Trap-Neuter-Return to control the overpopulation of cats in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f30d9505-ab80-4789-aab6-326ba5e4553d/CATS_08.JPG Work - So Many Cats Maddi Hargett applies dilute epinephrine to the ear of a cat who had just gone through ear-tipping at the Davidson Rausch Spay and Neuter Clinic at the Vanderburgh Humane Society Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3cca9e12-8d5f-423a-a152-817f636bf928/CATS_09.JPG Work - So Many Cats Dr. Laura Molinet, left, finishes a spay/neuter procedure as Maddi Hargett checks on post-operative patients at the David Rausch Spay and Neuter Clinic at the Vanderburgh Humane Society Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 25, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c000ddda-6cbf-47cf-a556-e770a844d9d1/CATS_10.JPG Work - So Many Cats Morgan Ward, a kitten foster for New Hope Animal Rescue in Henderson, Ky., bottle-feeds a kitten at her Evansville home Monday afternoon, April 25, 2022. Ward is fostering seven kittens of varying ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5e63f910-4cf9-4e3a-8adb-c54644a16e80/CATS_11.JPG Work - So Many Cats "Public Vet" Dr. Tess Peavy of Bloomington, Ind., far left, works with her three sons, Job Armendariz, second left, Elijah Armendariz, far right, and Gabriel Armendiraz, not pictured, at the Vanderburgh County 4-H Fairgrounds Activities Center Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. The traveling spay/neuter clinic saw 68 cats and four dogs on this particular day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8cc967d7-d0a6-40a9-8255-0c01e51db31b/CATS_12.JPG Work - So Many Cats Job Armendariz of Bloomington, Ind., tattoos a cat's belly after it had been spayed by "Public Vet" at the Vanderburgh County 4-H Fairgrounds Activities Center Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. The tattoo alerts others that the cat has already been spayed so it doesn't mistakenly have to go through the process again. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/horizon-sryrw monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/33401215-f8aa-4f67-9156-0b188a8d851e/COLLINATION_01.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Collin Clarke receives the second coat of a spray tan applied by Shannon Tichenor, owner of Salon T in Newburgh, Ind., the day before his Indiana Muscle competition in March of 2018. No bodybuilder competes without a good spray tan which helps accentuate their muscles for the judges and audience as they compete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/89836e47-c3a4-4b52-b86f-125f30d4ae7e/COLLINATION_02.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Bodybuilder and fitness fan Collin Clarke of Evansville, Ind., leads attendees in a series of poses at the National Down Syndrome Convention in Sacramento, Calif., in July of 2017. Because of the reshaping of his lifestyle and his dedication to physical fitness, Collin has become a celebrity and even started his own inspirational brand #collinnation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/43a8948e-6bc2-495c-bd43-4fad1ae13351/COLLINATION_03.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Calvin Phifer, 6, embraces his role model, Collin Clarke, after the last "5 for 5" exercise class at the University of Evansville in April of 2018. Calvin's mom, Dr. Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, is a physical therapist asst. professor at the school and created a workout program with the help of Collin. Calvin also looks to Collin for bodybuilding poses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d4230693-cc9d-45ec-abe5-8f5212972407/COLLINATION_04.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION With his cat, Spidey, his only company, Collin sits down for a meal he cooked consisting of oatmeal, egg whites with a little cheese and hot sauce in May of 2018. His other cat, Willow, was napping upstairs. Collin is still watching his diet closely so he can make his next bodybuilding "cut" a little less of a strain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dd54193c-c50d-47eb-b9a2-8a57c908ce97/COLLINATION_05.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Coach and training partner Jeff Kosor spots Collin during his bench press regime at Bob's Gym North in Jan of 2018. Bob's Gym is a second home for Collin since he both works and works out at the North Side business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5c3f299c-1510-43bf-96d7-daee0e271056/COLLINATION_06.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Collin couldn't remain seated once World Wrestling Entertainment newcomer Ronda Rousey appeared on the big screen television in Jeff Kosor's man cave in February of 2018. To say Collin is a big fan of the WWE would be an understatement. The WWE is what triggered his quest to become a bodybuilder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1b352c88-80f3-4f64-9de7-ccbcba4fad90/COLLINATION_07.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Alex Rocha, owner and head barber at The Parlour Barbershop & Salon, puts the finishing touches on Collin's haircut in preparation for the annual event "A Night of Stars & Style" organized by SMILE for Down Syndrome. Besides the haircut, Collin had his beard removed with Rocha's straight razor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9b8d009f-7958-4b65-b1f2-9f09aa326f7c/COLLINATION_08.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Collin visits with Tess Fuller at an ice cream social at SMILE on Down Syndrome in Evansville in March of 2018. The two dated when they were younger, but are just good friends now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d6805972-e1db-40bd-b458-1405bd74c1e5/COLLINATION_09.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION A pre-meal prayer at Bru Burger in Evansville kicks off a lunch of steamed white rice and lean beaf – the combined meal weighing-in at exactly three ounces – for Collin with his final bodybuilding competition coming up in a few hours. Collin could barely contain his excitement at the thought of a real meal later that night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5418396e-cabd-4eb6-af9e-843b609e4f4d/COLLINATION_10.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Elastic bands offer Collin Clarke a way to both loosen up and pump up his muscles before taking the stage at Indiana Muscle in March of 2018. Once weighing in at more than 200 pounds with a sedentary lifestyle, Collin last competed in March of 2017 at 148 pounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/0164a038-6fa4-47fa-8ee8-5c47571e1b01/COLLINATION_11.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Coach and training partner Jeff Kosor checks Collin's spray tan before getting a last-minute touch-up in the spray booth during the Indiana Muscle bodybuilding competition at the Old National Dress Plaza event in March of 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5a959a59-c54f-401b-90ce-40ef3f348ded/COLLINATION_12.JPG Work - #COLLINNATION Professional bodybuilder Derek Lunsford and Collin Clarke have a "pose-off" during Indiana Muscle in March of 2018. Lunsford is as big a fan of Collin as Collin is of him. Wayne Williams, also a professional, also took part in the moment. It was one of the best birthday presents the 25-year-old had ever received. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/wildlife-pz8mm monthly 0.5 2022-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/62a0957a-9c5b-4e39-b900-f965cd0b0ca8/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_01.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Spotting his dad, Sgt. Rick Cassitty of Elberfeld, Ind., marching to one of three buses to transport him to the airport and eventually Iraq, 12-year-old Mark Cassitty joins in on the nearly 1,000 strong ovation for the Indiana National Guardsmen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/58683910-0f5e-462b-9ceb-1c0d6a669c62/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_02.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort After getting home from school, Michaela has dinner ready for the kids and then it's time for homework. Mark's math homework was a bit challenging this evening, and his mom, a native German, found it challenging as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/474169be-1d30-4ca4-a476-c91b42f7759a/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_03.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort While dad was away Mark grilled burgers for the first time on the family's back porch in August. "A lot of grease came off of one of them and a big old flame just popped up," Mark said. "It got real hot." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/7d529ea3-54cf-4933-9147-c84031bc7c57/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_04.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort At only 4-feet and 7-and-a-half inches tall, Mark's dreams of becoming an NBA player are beginning to fade a bit, but he still enjoys a good slam dunk with the help of some old milk cartons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f7e88d79-8ee1-47d2-bccb-051c36676b86/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_05.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort "We act kind of mean to each other sometimes," Mark said of his sister, "but sometimes we're nice." "We have a good relationship," Joann said, "but sometimes we can get into fights." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3ec19427-7337-4182-85cb-964a69386726/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_06.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort With dad in Iraq, Mark could only share the news of his recent growth spurt through an email message. Mark also shot is first deer with his grandma and had braces put on without his dad being around for the milestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b65dc413-051b-4b78-9425-5559c6ca0a59/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_07.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Mark and his family decorate their Elberfeld, Ind., home in preparation for his dad's return from Iraq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d313a0ee-7045-4fdf-9fc6-35290df82c78/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_08.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Helium balloons and streamers offered Mark and his sister a chance to not only decorate their home for their dad's return, but also to inhale a little helium and sing tunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/cc694577-5543-476d-ab58-071dfccefc92/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_09.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Mark Cassitty, 14, was a 12-year-old when his dad, Staff Sgt. Rickey Cassitty of Elberfeld, Ind., went to war. "When he was leaving for Iraq, I was kinda sad 'cause he'd be gone for a long time," Mark recalled. "When he came back I was happy. I started screaming and waving my flag all around." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e5846167-246b-423e-a760-d312b10ed77e/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_10.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Newly promoted Staff Sgt. Rickey Cassitty calls for his family to hustle it up at the National Guard Armory after his unit returned October 29, 2006. "Let's go home," he yelled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b76056c2-84f6-4481-905b-c19ae24667ef/HOLDING_DOWN_THE_FORT_11.JPG Work - Holding Down the Fort Both father and son were relieved to have the family back together after 14 long months of worry and loneliness. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/dock-hap5n monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/95c73cf7-7fba-4a74-ab5e-ed47d7b3a8d9/JOJO_01.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Trenton Campbell, 11, center, waits for his sister, JoAnna "JoJo" Campbell, 5, to maneuver her motorized wheel chair out of the family van as mom, Celia Tenbarge, closes the hatch at Cynthia Heights Elementary School in August. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f41e7e30-2163-42c4-b95a-36d94601a7fe/JOJO_02.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal After more than two weeks away from each other recovering from COVID-19, Celia Tenbarge, left, gives her daughter, JoAnna, 5, a smooch in October. Five family members tested positive for the virus including Celia, stepdad Adam, both grandparents on her mother's side and her aunt. JoAnna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/36b266c0-4249-45ee-8c6b-04f306e5527a/JOJO_03.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Kindergartner JoAnna Campbell, 5, works with her teacher's aide, Patti Batten, on a writing assignment before heading out to the playground for recess at Cynthia Heights Elementary School in November. When the school learned JoAnna was coming to their school, they built asphalt trails that would be wheelchair friendly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/2233fa95-5ee4-4861-ab83-3eb13fc3dabe/JOJO_04.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal JoAnna creates chalk art on the sidewalk of her dad's Newburgh, Ind., home in October. Stepmom McKena Campbell and she were taking advantage of the unseasonably warm mid-October weather to play with the dogs, make art and have pretend play with princess action figures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/cf20edd7-a724-4845-8588-8fdfeeb41684/JOJO_05.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Physical Therapist Karen Lawson works on flexibility exercises with JoAnna at Center for Pediatric Therapy in September. JoAnna's Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) weakens her skeletal muscles – those used for movement – and can cause stiff joints among other issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a2ccd2d3-12f4-4829-8501-af6d07c88ad1/JOJO_06.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Megan Butto's kindergarten class heads back to class after recess using the asphalt trails that are new to Cynthia Heights Elementary School in November. Upon learning one of their students, JoAnna Campbell, was going to be attending, the school built the asphalt paths and upgraded the playground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/16edd3b7-d572-410c-a33f-792a7031ce5e/JOJO_07.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Kindergarten classmates Teddy Romerhausen, left, and Azuri Marion, right, celebrate the baked goods coming out of their pretend bakery with JoAnna Campbell during recess at Cynthia Heights Elementary School in November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9c782440-9fa1-4d92-a771-398c4c065441/JOJO_08.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Stepbrother Olan Tenbarge, 14, pulls out the bulging eyes glasses to entertain JoAnna, 5, before dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e5954dbd-93e4-4621-9add-3f8e2affb8f0/JOJO_09.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal Celia Tenbarge, second right, receives a hug from her mom, Cheri Wannemuehler, as the rest of the family celebrates the big announcement Celia was expecting another child. "Taco Tuesday" is a regular occurrence at the Tenbarge home, but this was the first one they had had in about a month after five family members had tested positive for COVID-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/38cbb291-007a-4e67-b577-72dc1ead82e6/JOJO_10.JPG Work - JoJo's New Normal JoAnna Campbell, 5, relaxes before bed with mom and stepdad, Celia and Adam Tenbarge while watching an episode of "Sugar Rush" in their Evansville home in November. Even with all of the challenges the family has been dealing with in this year of the coronavirus, they have many reasons to be thankful. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/landscape-8gwxm monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/467dfc75-a270-4cf5-bfc0-42b266ead915/RIVER_RISING_01.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere Waterworks Road effectively shuts off a travel link between Kentucky and Evansville as the Ohio River continues to rise in March. The Tri-State received a record amount of rain during 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5cba025a-5de7-4ef3-bad3-3f3eb59e9252/RIVER_RISING_02.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere Bob Miller unloads his boat from his trailer into the flooded waters of the Ohio River Friday afternoon. He then used the boat to tow floating trees – that he lassoed with his rope – away from his property and back into the main channel of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/24c7bfe5-9f53-48d8-95cc-bc3e7a5abc2b/RIVER_RISING_03.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere The confluence of the Wabash River, left, and the Ohio River, right, covers miles of farmland and is backing up water upriver from both watery thoroughfares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/27e171a8-43eb-491b-a4a2-27f077e52eb8/RIVER_RISING_04.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere A herd of more than 40 deer congregate on one of the few high points in Posey County's Point Township Wednesday afternoon. Dept. of Natural Resources officers said herds of nearly 200 deer had been spotted swimming in the area in search of dry ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8361a60d-a826-4357-bdad-226379e80ed2/RIVER_RISING_05.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere Nancy Hasting and a customer discuss the possibility of flooding at her family's business, Hasting Plants in Mount Vernon, Ind., Friday morning. Her worries were confirmed as her business was forced to close for more than a month until the water receded back into the Ohio and Wabash rivers' banks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/29237c8c-ee4a-48f6-9094-ebf73d7cded3/RIVER_RISING_06.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere US Hwy 60 just west of Hallsville, Ky., is covered by the muddy waters of the rising Ohio River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3c336d67-75e0-4fde-9f46-8bf3a7466a5f/RIVER_RISING_07.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere Shawn Loehr, with the help of his horse, Bay, tries to persuade an ornery cow onto drier ground at his father, Dwayne Loehr's place near Hovey Lake Fish and Wildlife Area Monday morning. The father and son compete in team roping events, but this was the first time they'd ever had to rescue their animals from the rapidly rising waters of the Ohio River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/de5374f8-332e-4e68-b91b-b9c488c590ec/RIVER_RISING_08.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere Locals offer boat rides for whoever needs them to allow residents of Point Township, Ind., to get a good meal at the Church of the Nazarene. The water quit rising the next day and life slowly began to feel more normal for the stout-hearted residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a736d115-d9d4-4696-bc43-caa1a1f059a0/RIVER_RISING_09.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere A coal barge eases down the Ohio River just beneath the Twin Bridges which span the flood-swollen waters between Kentucky and Indiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/87af8bd3-9476-4e2c-bf15-77ad110b76e6/RIVER_RISING_10.JPG Work - Water, Water Everywhere "We're havin' a pretty good time even though we're stuck out here," Debbie Ricketts, left, said as she and her Point Township neighbors, Bill, center, and Hank Cox basked in the sun on their old grain bin cement foundation they dubbed "Gilligan's Island." The Ohio and Wabash rivers continued to rise – albeit more slowly – throughout the day. The year was the wettest on record. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/wharf-xjsmh monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/52fadc76-d51d-4d6e-b1c0-9fb79891e429/LAST_HURRAH_01.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah A river barge deliberately pushes LST 325 up the Mississippi River with beacons continually scanning the way for obstacles and markers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b83c99e9-f58d-4bd8-b8a4-b8c296d436db/LAST_HURRAH_02.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Dewey Taylor of West Palm Beach, Fl., prepares for the day in LST 325's starboard side head with a quick shave before chow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dbdd509e-2189-4019-9dcf-212a06e62199/LAST_HURRAH_03.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah LST 325's twin 40 mm anti-aircraft portside gun sight is utilized as a tourist attraction nowadays instead of a way to track enemy aircraft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1b43a707-cb77-4f1c-9f3d-165a36f19e1b/LAST_HURRAH_04.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Captain Bob Jornlin, far right, and Sid Hisel of Georgetown, Ky., center, stand watch in the wheelhouse of LST 325 as they near one of the last locks along their voyage from Mobile, Ala., to Evansville, Ind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/41f68f34-7940-4eb8-afe2-4ee83ba89e2a/LAST_HURRAH_05.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Making sure the crew of volunteers gets fed is a big responsibility. Will Adams of Covington, Ohio, right, has deep sink duty after breakfast as ship's cook Bill Arras of Mobile, Ala., gets started on the day's lunch menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9e68f22c-3460-4a3e-a17a-3605195db7ef/LAST_HURRAH_06.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah After dinner, with LST 325 tied up to a barge docked just south of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, the crew shares stories and beers near the fantail of the ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a9503839-ddc3-48ce-93f6-77a1bf0284a4/LAST_HURRAH_07.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah It was clear sailing for LST 325 after pulling away from the John T. Myer lock at Uniontown, Ky., just before 3 a.m. Monday morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d133c615-a291-4df9-b92f-d2f6db6d82c2/LAST_HURRAH_08.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Crewmember Larry Johnson of Bay Minette, Alabama, a retired master chief with 35 years in the navy, takes in Dale Brown's "Night of the Hawk" before lights out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/68a641b6-8b71-4ce6-8f3a-060c9ea5b5fb/LAST_HURRAH_09.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Between standing watches and performing their daily duties there was plenty of time to relax and visit on the fantail of the ship. Lauren Whiting of Buffalo, N.Y., center, gets in on an early morning bull session with Bill Spencer of Kirkwood, Mo., left, and Dean Erickson of Davis, S. Dak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d5d0b763-7bbf-4ec4-ac78-dac24b9d869d/LAST_HURRAH_10.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Bruce "Boats" Voges of Oakwood, Ill., and his son, Tim Voges, ready lines to tie up to a lock wall on the Ohio River Sunday evening. "Boats" was a navy career man and is a member of the Gold Crew aboard LST 325. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/451aa63f-7616-4caf-af88-3397c4fb892b/LAST_HURRAH_11.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah "Gentlemen, we're going to be lining up like two rows of Indiana corn on the port side," Captain Bob Jornlin told the crew of LST 325 before they arrived in Evansville, their new home port, Monday at around noon. Area residents lined the shore of the Ohio River at Dress Plaza downtown and along the Greenway to welcome her home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/6355f5c6-2401-4865-aaae-f1906849f06b/LAST_HURRAH_12.JPG Work - The Last Hurrah Don Lockas of Marseilles, Ill., tosses the heaving line to the mooring barge as LST 325 arrived at it's new homeport of Evansville. This was his second throw to the barge after the linehandlers narrowly missed his first throw of the monkey fist. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/71a597a8-bb20-46cd-a3fb-7c16bf315e4a/TWISTED_LIVES_01.JPG Work - Twisted Lives "How I lived, I don't know," Katrina Wilson told her friends as they collected their belongings from her demolished home on 8th Street in Mayfield, Ky., Saturday morning, Dec. 11, 2021. A tornado hit Mayfield, Ky., Friday night, Dec. 10, 2021. The family of four rode out the storm in their fiberglass bathtub/shower and nobody was injured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8b5d6490-c2cd-49b1-991e-897652d15818/TWISTED_LIVES_02.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Workers use a bulldozer to clear debris a few blocks south of Downtown Mayfield, Ky., Saturday morning, Dec. 11, 2021. A tornado hit Mayfield, Ky., Friday night, Dec. 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ef6b92ca-3499-452f-82b4-2ce5a8458417/TWISTED_LIVES_03.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Keith Patterson, left, prays with Darrell Stafford of Iuka, Miss., right, and his crew who had made the drive north to help with tornado assistance Thursday morning, Dec. 23, 2021. Patterson was working on his dad, Billy Patterson's home on N. 6th Street in Mayfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c298b0a6-e3e3-4b34-8d6a-11b87999f33c/TWISTED_LIVES_04.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Two men, who declined to be identified, help with the retrieval of property from their friend's demolished home Saturday morning, Dec. 11, 2021. A tornado hit Mayfield, Ky., Friday night, Dec. 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/254b9dd2-7f9f-4864-a9f1-c2d85b6d1578/TWISTED_LIVES_05.JPG Work - Twisted Lives A flock of pigeons fly over tornado-damaged grain bins off Fulton Road in Mayfield, Ky., Thursday morning, Dec. 23, 2021. The industrial area of the town was especially hard hit. Mayfield Consumer Products' candle factory was destroyed and nine workers lost their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f4848f26-1f79-478f-b18a-0c5344d12d60/TWISTED_LIVES_06.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Cletus, a great Pyrenees, left, and Corbin, a pit bull mix, check out their new surroundings at It Takes a Village in Evansville, Ind., Tuesday night, Dec. 14, 2021. Both of them – as well as seven more dogs, a cat and her three kittens – were transferred from the Muhlenberg County (Ky.) Humane Society to make room for animals displaced by Friday night's tornado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ddfa9338-d62b-4c7d-8a8f-2082a16e0e6b/TWISTED_LIVES_07.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Julianne Riley of Bremen, Ky., and her son, Jayce Gunn, 4, spend a little quiet time together during the Western Kentucky Toy Drive at Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 21, 2021. The family was displaced by the Friday night, Dec. 10, 2021, tornado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b9bc5096-69fa-4642-973f-d2853f78ffc9/TWISTED_LIVES_08.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Books are still neatly positioned in a book shelf in a tornado-damaged home in Mayfield, Ky., Wednesday morning, Dec. 22, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/725e6193-4668-4369-bb95-80345f947ebd/TWISTED_LIVES_09.JPG Work - Twisted Lives Dulce Mercado, 8, left, and her cousin, Renata Mercado, 10, dance to Christmas tunes in a trailer/float in St. Joseph Catholic Church's parking lot in Mayfield, Ky., Thursday evening, Dec. 23, 2021. The trailer was full of toys to give out during their impromptu Christmas parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3dfd1d6e-8c42-4036-9ba0-97898389642b/TWISTED_LIVES_10.JPG Work - Twisted Lives All that is left of a tornado-damaged home after the surrounding property was cleared in Mayfield, Ky., Wednesday evening, Dec. 22, 2021. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/crystals-tptjn monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/6b9f991e-be93-4bf0-a38e-ffdb373260c3/AMANDA_01.JPG Work - Completing Amanda A tickle fight breaks out between Leland, 6, and Amanda as he tries to watch videos on her cell phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1bfbcd94-f014-4fa7-90b4-079950fbeead/AMANDA_02.JPG Work - Completing Amanda The apartment complex where Amanda and Leland live turns into a playground as soon as school lets out in October of 2017. The family moved back into the same place they had lived with Amanda's mom before she died earlier in the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/da8d8d6b-ca65-4b4a-8317-9398541c1160/AMANDA_03.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Filling a syringe with Amoxicillin proves a messy and challenging proposition for Amanda as she prepares Leland's dose before he heads to school. Childproof caps add to the difficulties Amanda faces with her condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/15da350d-4468-4b90-86a8-bcd5712e470b/AMANDA_04.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Leland Smith, 5, offers his services to retrieve something from his great aunt's refrigerator for his mom, Amanda, in June of 2017. Amanda Smith uses a motorized wheelchair which makes it difficult to reach items on top of the appliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1a825298-a483-494b-a112-79ee4981f409/AMANDA_05.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Amanda tries to get Leland ready for school after having to rip the covers off him to get him moving in September of 2017. It is hard enough getting a kid out of bed in the morning, but when it is still dark outside, it only makes it a greater challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d6fe90c2-165a-48db-a170-9e2f060b03b8/AMANDA_06.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Now in kindergarten, Leland waits for the school bus with the other neighborhood kids. The first day of school was rough on Leland and it wasn't until day three that he got onto the bus voluntarily – after a bribe of a McDonald's visit for a Happy Meal later that evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b6875d50-6cde-4c34-b467-485101ed4d71/AMANDA_07.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Leland and Amanda visit an old high school friend's place in a nearby apartment after making a trip to McDonald's for a Happy Meal. Leland shared his French fries with Layla Null, 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1b43ac81-824d-441d-bb7d-1abf95ea61cb/AMANDA_08.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Amanda Smith tries to get comfortable on her couch 36 weeks into her second pregnancy in September of 2018. She still has a slow-healing scab on her forehead from a fall from her wheelchair and an emergency trip to the hospital a month before. The inability to feel pain makes the smallest scratch, cut or burn a possible life-threatening condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/05b36188-a938-4d0e-90fd-e7d29f2bf9b4/AMANDA_09.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Ashley Denise Smith is placed on her mom, Amanda's, belly after she was born at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital on Sept. 21, 2018. Because of Amanda's inability to feel pain, doctors weren't sure when or if she would feel labor pains – as well as a myriad of other possible complications – so Ashley was delivered by Cesarean section in Indianapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/45bad160-42d4-4d92-96ca-a1a9b041d3dc/AMANDA_10.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Leland, 6, sees his new baby sister for the first time as his mom, Amanda, arrives home from the hospital Monday afternoon, Sept. 24, 2018. Amanda's aunt, Rosanna Funkhouser, provided the pushing power into their Mount Vernon, Ind., apartment. Amanda and Leland spent a couple of months at Aunt Rosanna's country home after Amanda's mom died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3af66081-8e66-4f3f-9477-6484f4abde68/AMANDA_11.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Amanda puts Ashley down for a nap after a diaper change as big brother Leland, 6, prepares his after school snack before settling in to his new sister's baby carrier to watch television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/cbbff3a8-aecf-4439-a227-906ba1341fa2/AMANDA_12.JPG Work - Completing Amanda Amanda feels like her family is now complete with the addition of Ashley Denise. Leland, 6, is enjoying being a big brother... mostly. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-gzfpy monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9e838bf8-5349-422c-868c-79307aee0082/BEE_MAN_01.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Beekeeper Jerry Apple uses a smoker to calm down the bees in one of his hives in order to check on their honey-making progress in June. The bees become more docile and crawl deeper into the hive when the puffs of pine needle smoke is used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/98dfc763-c7bc-4140-9c21-d3d3117d2662/BEE_MAN_02.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Fourth-graders from North Daviess School learn about "the amazing honey bee" from Jerry Apple at the Daviess County Soil & Water Conservation District's 4th Grade Farm Fair in August. Apple is a regular presenter at the annual fair and hopes to interest a younger generation in the hobby of beekeeping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/799f6ce4-722b-454f-b615-7edb01e0649e/BEE_MAN_03.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Two honey bees from one of Jerry Apple's 54 colonies rest at the top of a frame in their hive as it is checked in March. Some colonies don't make it through the winter. If the colony perishes, Apple orders a 4-pound box of bees and a queen to re-colonate the hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/67d6af45-18fd-41d5-8c7b-d50280a36f00/BEE_MAN_04.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Freshly painted supers in Jerry Apple's backyard are ready to replace honey-filled supers. July was a busy month for Apple and his bees and he collected a many pounds of the sticky stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ec04b895-ab12-47a0-aa38-f6629cc18393/BEE_MAN_05.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Cloudy days are not kind to beekeepers since bees seem to get irritated from the lack of the sun's rays. Jerry Apple tries to stay away from the hives during these days, but will don a beekeeping suit when he can't put off working with the ill-tempered insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/71511bb9-0262-4e5d-ba92-a1d188315ec5/BEE_MAN_06.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Jerry Apple feels his way into the hollow part of a catalpa tree in search of the queen bee. If he would have been able to capture the queen, the rest of the swarming colony would have followed, and he would have been able to introduce them into one of his many hives. "I can do this today," Apple said, "but tomorrow this will be their home. They'll be the boss then." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/6aeaacb4-13bf-432a-b322-e2a0521f45e2/BEE_MAN_07.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees Hard working honey bees continued their comb building and honey making onto the tops of the frames of this colony. Comb honey is the most popular (and tasty) honey product Jerry Apple sells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/52d156f8-5378-46cd-abf5-4fa88ee85d63/BEE_MAN_08.JPG Work - Plight of the Honeybees A slow day at the Jasper Farmers Market ends with Jerry Apple packing up his honey, pollen and honey candy for the trip home. Alice, Jerry's wife, bakes cakes, pies and bread to sell... all loaded with Jerry's homegrown honey. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-dwkjh monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dfc088ca-eba7-4e4d-98b5-8d05922de6de/ADOPTION_FAMILY_01.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Richard Colacecchi and Daniel, 14, wait their turns for a hair cut at The Hair Factory in Evansville a week ago Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/23b969ab-cf31-4de4-83ea-99737ee5d3bb/ADOPTION_FAMILY_02.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Richard Colacecchi dishes up a hot meal of chicken, sweet corn, noodles and mashed potatoes for his soon-to-be adopted boys at their Evansville home a week ago Friday. Colacecchi said one of his main duties was making sure his boys had a hot meal every night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c180c02a-365f-4b2f-97fc-802a2f2f968d/ADOPTION_FAMILY_03.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official J.T., 13, gives his soon-to-be adoptive dad, Richard Colacecchi, left, help with his billiard game at the YMCA a week ago last Thursday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/2e8e9219-497f-4a6a-af38-1225db5f9414/ADOPTION_FAMILY_04.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Richard Colacecchi's clan heads to his pickup after an evening of game playing at the YMCA a week ago Thursday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/bb7ebab1-c073-4064-ae49-9e830d80d52b/ADOPTION_FAMILY_05.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Eli, 6, takes his bath under the supervision of soon-to-be adoptive dad, Richard Colacecchi, Tuesday night. Colacecchi needs to make sure the youngest stays on-task since he'll play in the tub with his toys until the water turns to ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f852f109-3bca-4e7a-9543-ee35170987e0/ADOPTION_FAMILY_06.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Richard Colacecchi attempts to get the television working in the younger boys' room a week ago Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/4dbb9c9c-fc62-497d-8153-1939d6f2a118/ADOPTION_FAMILY_07.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Eli, 6, has a difficult time being separated from his soon-to-be dad, Richard Colacecchi, before his Oak Hill Baptist Church Sunday school class last week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8b057d29-918b-40dd-86a5-6c200e9de984/ADOPTION_FAMILY_08.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Eli, 6, and Xander, 8, receive their new plaid shirts from soon-to-be dad, Richard Colacecchi, about two hours before their official adoption at the Vanderburgh Superior Court Thursday morning. All four brothers looked "fresh" in their new shirts, trousers and shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a638a963-204b-4a6d-a5e0-677bc5d11aa4/ADOPTION_FAMILY_09.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official The Colacecchi men raise their right hands as their adoption ceremony begins at the Vanderburgh Superior Court Thursday morning. Richard Colacecchi was adopting the four boys he has been fostering, from left, Xander, 8, Eli, 6, Daniel, 14, and J.T., 13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/955ce151-fc14-429b-8d13-941de7cdf39b/ADOPTION_FAMILY_10.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Eli Colacecchi, 6, has a moment of bashfulness after the lawyer asks him what his new name will be after his adoption by new dad, Richard Colacecchi, on National Adoption Day at the Vanderburgh County Thursday morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5eb33db4-8bb2-4cce-95c6-668f1baf0e0b/ADOPTION_FAMILY_11.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official Vanderburgh Superior Court Magistrate Renee Ferguson, center, offers her gavel to Eli Colacecchi, 6, to make his and his brothers' adoption "official" during National Adoption Day Thursday morning. J.T., 13, left, Zander, 8, second right, and Daniel, 14, all took the last name Colacecchi, the same as their new dad, Richard Colacecchi, top center, of Evansville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8c686316-58db-4308-ae1b-361aac871c1d/ADOPTION_FAMILY_12.JPG Work - Adoption Makes it Official The Colacecchi brothers, from left, J.T., 13, Xander, 8, Eli, 6, and Daniel, 14, add their flowers to the 2019 adoption tree at the Civic Center Thursday morning. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-5xyzj monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ae4ccf7c-549a-437c-893c-9a7ec510cb33/BOOKER_T_01.JPG Work - Booker's Business As the last of the afternoon sun peeks through the trees, Booker T. Brooks loads the last of his day’s tobacco bounty onto a rack for transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/abab3413-7617-44c7-b460-a295e90b2253/BOOKER_T_02.JPG Work - Booker's Business Booker T heads out to visit his son’s horse, Slow Baby, at feeding time. Besides raising tobacco, Brooks keeps a few goats, chickens and a vegetable garden on his spread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/498bbb07-0f95-47a7-892e-2b5234b24da0/BOOKER_T_03.JPG Work - Booker's Business At 63, Booker T. Brooks is a hard-working man. Besides farming the field that he’s worked his whole life, he still climbs around the rafters of the tobacco barn like a teen-ager when it’s time to hang the plants to dry and cure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/578737d5-802b-40ff-89ab-3d257e4910e7/BOOKER_T_04.JPG Work - Booker's Business Booker T. calls it quits early so he can give his grandson a ride to the doctor. When the tobacco is cured, he strips the leaves from the stalks and grades the leaves before baling them for sale at the auction house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ad63cee5-cf47-4eca-b29d-4999fd0bbbfd/BOOKER_T_05.JPG Work - Booker's Business Odie Mae Brooks, Booker T.’s wife of about seven years, fries up a pork chop for breakfast as Booker T. plays with his 3-year-old grandson, Christopher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/97278e45-4652-4b8a-a369-85781f8c22c7/BOOKER_T_06.JPG Work - Booker's Business As they wait for the sale of tobacco in the Farmers House lounge, Brooks and buddy, Thomas O. Robertson, keep each other entertained by telling stories and talking about the presidential election. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b409a597-7980-4270-afcc-63190407302d/BOOKER_T_07.JPG Work - Booker's Business After the buyers made bids on Booker T.’s tobacco, he checks his price against the other farmers’ bids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dca100bc-6abd-4833-b65f-31d2747b87d6/BOOKER_T_08.JPG Work - Booker's Business Although most of Booker T.’s tobacco sold for above the average price, his medium grade tobacco bids were too low in his estimation. Robertson who likes to keep an eye on his friend to make sure he doesn’t get a raw deal, told him not to accept the bid and try again at the next week’s auction. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-5xyzj-9sa6x monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/88009515-a197-4764-a516-fd1f093b2681/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_01.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream In a boxing gym that sits above a children's gymnastics school, Ray Stallings straightens his head gear between sparring rounds surrounded by past boxing greats such as Jake LaMotta, Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/36e039ea-526f-45a4-a140-2d5c014f952e/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_02.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Two fights in a weekend can wear out even the most stout of men, but upon his return home from Canada, Ray Stallings found time to spend some quiet time with his family. Later he would return to Princeton to continue to train for the biggest tournament of his life... the U.S. Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b31e3a87-7318-4ea7-b16c-9f804c3ded36/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_03.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Three-year-old Elias Stallings bobs his way out of the jab of his dad, Ray Stallings, at Rockem Sockem Boxing Gym in Evansville. Stallings was readying for his first fight in eight years at the Indiana Golden Gloves competition in Indianapolis. It was also the first boxing match for Stallings after he was forced to hang up his gloves after being diagnosed with cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e50a156a-fa71-4f71-9219-7b2f4fdff7bf/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_04.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Andrea Stallings offers her husband a massage as he prepares mentally for his Golden Gloves fight at the Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/eea8c805-5f43-47a5-b333-effa1c273b0b/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_05.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream The Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis offers a no-frills, meat-and-potatoes-type venue for the Indiana Golden Gloves competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f3c261b2-a799-44bc-a6cf-0788b7154145/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_06.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Danny Thomas, Ray Stallings' trainer, hollers out instructions during Stallings' 2007 Golden Gloves championship fight. Thomas was also an amateur champion who nearly made the 1984 Olympic Boxing Team and eventually went on to fight professionally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c6f6173f-a9f8-41b4-95ff-aefee87699f3/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_07.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Ray Stallings came out quickly in his match against William Lee of Muncie, Ind., in the Indiana Golden Gloves Championship fight at the Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5ea4238c-7701-4ca3-a2aa-f3b804070935/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_08.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Sensing a victory for her husband, Andrea Stallings ran ringside to watch the final moments of his championship bout at the Tyndall Armory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d8fa2768-4a54-4ba0-813f-c7a967feed50/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_09.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Ray Stallings was too much for William Lee to handle and Stallings won by TKO at the 1:55 minute mark of the first round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/0b4266fc-e19d-4507-a80d-9e4ef349e23b/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_10.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream After completing his quest for another Indiana Golden Gloves championship, Ray Stallings finds his wife, Andrea, for a celebratory hug moments after the fight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/696dc228-f6f4-4dc0-9108-39d790f89ee4/FIGHTING_FOR_A_DREAM_11.JPG Work - Fighting for a Dream Life goes on for Ray Stallings' even though his Olympic boxing hopes came to a quick end after a loss in his first fight at the Olympic boxing trials. The grass continues to grow as does the cancer survivor's responsibilities as father and husband. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-5xyzj-9sa6x-75ryp monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/0eeb9083-839a-460c-b879-293eeb48a55b/KINSLY_01.JPG Work - Battling Back Kinsly Heichelbech, far right, takes the field with her team before their game against Apollo at Tecumseh High School Thursday afternoon, April 14, 2022. Kinsly's walker feet sport tennis balls decorated to look like softballs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/48f897d6-0071-4c0b-b82b-b9848f2920c9/KINSLY_02.JPG Work - Battling Back Senior Kinsly Heichelbech sits the bench as her softball teammates take on Castle during the Warrick Classic at Tecumseh High School Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2022. Her recovery from a March 21, 2022, car accident made it difficult – emotionally and physically – for the lead-off batter and starting centerfielder to be in the dugout, but she had to be there for her team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e35030fd-7264-42df-a8b2-e75f0a3896b2/KINSLY_03.JPG Work - Battling Back Dr. James Goris discusses Kinsly Heichelbech's recent X-rays with her and her parents, Melissa and Ronnie Heichelbech, at Orthopedic Associates in Newburgh, Ind., Friday morning, April 15, 2022. Not even four weeks after her March 21 car accident, Kinsly's pelvis – broken in five places – was healing well and she would be allowed to take part in light exercise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/4fef06c6-96a7-4f41-90d7-edb74ad9bfc5/KINSLY_04.JPG Work - Battling Back Kinsly Heichelbech tries to hold back tears after hearing she was released by her doctor for light exercise at Orthopedic Associates in Newburgh, Ind., Friday morning, April 15, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/57277e1a-5314-44ea-b544-2a7124c8b39e/KINSLY_05.JPG Work - Battling Back Clay Johnson helps Kinsly Heichelbech into his dad's pickup before the Tecumseh High School prom Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022. The couple – and Kinsly's "bedazzled" walker – was ready for the night of pictures, dinner and music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d279efd5-b02e-4983-a9d3-7024e14b2323/KINSLY_06.JPG Work - Battling Back Kinsly attends class in a wheelchair to help protect herself as well as conserve energy during her recovery at Tecumseh High School Tuesday morning, April 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/23d55257-cc00-4870-a26f-b11ed7a0f004/KINSLY_07.JPG Work - Battling Back Dr. Logan Blair, a physical therapist, explains to his new patient, Kinsly Heichelbech, that "ice is your friend" after her prescribed exercises at Orthopedic Associates in Newburgh, Ind., April 18, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/814624b8-dc18-4f0e-90dc-cac542ae7448/KINSLY_08.JPG Work - Battling Back The weight room at Tecumseh High School isn't Kinsly Heichelbech's favorite place, but being allowed to join her teammates Emily Hall, left, and Morgan Wilson, right, made it more appealing for the senior Tuesday afternoon, April 26, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b793d912-cdfd-4173-af0f-d7dd5fd9707e/KINSLY_09.JPG Work - Battling Back Kinsly Heichelbech celebrates a hit in a round of "Knockout" at Tecumseh High School Tuesday afternoon, April 26, 2022. The Braves' centerfielder and lead-off hitter had been given the green light to take on more physical activity from her doctors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3fd0c93c-9e57-4c87-be5c-509b8c8adf64/KINSLY_10.JPG Work - Battling Back The Tecumseh Braves dugout cheers Kinsly as she pauses with tears in her eyes before entering the batters box It was the first at-bat for the all-state centerfielder of her senior season. Her goal ever since her accident was to get back on the field during her senior year to help the #1-ranked Braves achieve a state championship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/80a519ac-9e5b-4c68-9255-659c29d149bc/KINSLY_11.JPG Work - Battling Back Junior Bri Marx embraces Kinsly Heichelbech after the senior hit a 2 RBI single in her return to the varsity line-up at Tecumseh High School Thursday evening, May 12, 2022. The all-state centerfielder finished the day going 1 for 2 with 2 RBI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e42841e0-beb5-4d35-98d3-f5f664e19313/KINSLY_12.JPG Work - Battling Back Kinsly Heichelbech is carried down the third-base line by parents Ronnie and Melissa Heichelbech to celebrate Senior Night at Tecumseh High School Thursday evening, May 12, 2022. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-5xyzj-9sa6x-75ryp-ybrhd monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b5bc08fc-2c07-40cd-91db-7dabf817744d/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_01.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions A wet chick takes a well-deserved rest after a 21-day incubation and emergence from its shell at the Tyson Hatchery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/36e458b2-f324-4326-a28b-029f6e4eab15/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_02.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Pat Gish checks on the condition of the newly delivered chicks before they're "dumped" into the chicken houses. She was happy with this batch of chicks noting they were a spunky bunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9b595f8b-8e5a-4fd7-bab6-ca4d2960d769/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_03.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Chick dumper Sherman Sparks empties a crate of chicks into one of Claude and Pat Gish's chicken houses. Claude Gish, driving the tractor, slowly heads down the length of the chicken house as the "dumpers" unload the crates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e28a299d-611a-4992-8d05-d6b32a4b58ef/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_04.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions One of the family cats takes a look at the morning's dead chickens collected by Pat Gish in expectation of his daily chicken dinner. Not all the birds survive the seven-week maturation process and the twice-daily removal of the carcasses in a timely manner helps control the possibility of disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/571a4744-aaba-41e4-8b77-58a1d8cc32ad/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_05.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions At their prime, these chickens are ready to be gathered and delivered to Tyson Foods processing plant at their complex near Robards, Ky. A specially formulated litter is used in the chicken houses to keep the moisture down, thus holding the strong ammonia smell in check. After the birds are gone, the top layer of litter is removed, stored in covered piles and used for fertilizer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c94fd55a-062d-48b8-9d11-c4ea78048717/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_06.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Claude Gish backs up his tractor and flatbed trailer to the Tyson Foods Hatchery delivery bus for the unloading of more than 46,000 chicks to his two chicken houses. The converted school bus is painted completely white to reflect light, windows included, to control the heat in the bus. Even slight fluctuations in the temperature can be deadly to the newborn chicks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/130b327a-a06f-42e8-84d0-58206cc32e42/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_07.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Shackled hind-ends of chickens spin around the processing plant before eventually winding up under plastic and shipped to area membership stores such as Sam's Club in Evansville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/64eeea42-f98e-48da-b9f1-eeaf96d1c828/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_08.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Arsenio Sarmiento, a second-grader at Sebree Elementary School, tries to find an empty path to stack his tray after lunch in the cafeteria. With the arrival of Hudson Foods in 1996, the face of Webster County schools began to change as Hispanic workers from Mexico and Central America showed up to work in the new factory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f2322e00-69e8-43d1-998e-95743fee09a6/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_09.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Tyson Foods processing area runs 24-hours-a-day and employs only full-time workers who receive health and financial benefits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/1583c340-8332-4de1-9a4d-260d33460845/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_10.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions "This really means a lot to the seniors," Beverly Duncan tells the Tyson Foods employees Dave Phillips, right, and Jeff Power, left, as they load up the van for the Housing Authority of Henderson. "I'm overwhelmed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." The chicken plant near Robards, Ky., donated 37,000 pounds of chicken breasts to the Volunteer and Information Center in Henderson, Ky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/55e1b83d-51ec-4c18-8843-ba97e9db6316/A_FLOCK_OF_QUESTIONS_11.JPG Work - A Flock of Questions Cory Hallum whose father, Michael Hallum of Madisonville, Ky., died before he was born, keeps his father's pictures on his dresser as well as a memorial hanging on the wall of his room near his bed. An accident at the Tyson Foods rendering plant near Robards, Ky., on July 22, 1999, killed Hallum, as well as co-worker James Dame Jr., of Slaughters, Ky. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-5xyzj-9sa6x-75ryp-ybrhd-chkr8 monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/fb8288ba-ab0a-419b-9bc4-693999a1e3eb/MAUDE02.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude chases down a wayward steer after it had escaped its pasture the night before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/d80729bd-9f5b-4d61-b3c9-1c4338399d51/MAUDE03.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Since coming home from Grinnell College, Maude took over the cattle operation on the family farm. Tom Logsdon, Maude's dad, ran the grain operation on the farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c3288529-f43d-4b07-b48d-cf599156b331/MAUDE04.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Chores on the Logsdon family farm run the gambit from fixing a flat tire to ordering cattle feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/6ed0c2fa-cd83-4b3e-9b76-1dfe33bd3d46/MAUDE05.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon shows off her bedroom to her veterinarian after the farm cats and dogs got their shots. She had just moved into the 1850s-era farm house that was rumored to have been commandeered by a Confederate general in the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/4e860f4b-e27f-40b1-b859-4564a8e58c09/MAUDE06.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon holds down a newborn calf for castration while holding onto a big stick to hold off his resentful mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/2996d81c-eccf-4218-b094-080da7a7b417/MAUDE07.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance After their baths, Alyssa, 6, and Candace, 5, snuggle up to mom, Amanda Lindsay, during Maude Logsdon's visit. Maude realizes she will probably never marry or have children of her own so she dotes on her best friend's daughters whenever she can, even taking them trick-or-treating and for overnights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/522d050f-365b-4ca0-ba60-bafbe146fc72/MAUDE01.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon poses on the spot she would be buried in what turned out to be another two years down the road. Maude took on breast cancer head-on and didn't give up her fight until her last breath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/936df1bc-1178-4151-9b61-d60b93370a5a/MAUDE08.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon was back at the oncology center for chemotherapy treatments in 1999. She had originally been diagnosed with breast cancer at 25 and had a single mastectomy performed. Four years later, cancer had returned to her liver and bones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/19928517-b789-47d7-855f-f43384284448/MAUDE09.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance A cross-section of Maude's heart is visible on the monitor during her CAT scans at Midwest Radiologic Imaging in Evansville. The battle with cancer has taken a toll on her body, but her spirit has been her best weapon against the disease. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/04426df2-34d6-4b54-ae87-1c3779b16a7c/MAUDE10.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance The 60 mile drive to see her doctor, not to mention the numerous tests, are taking their toll on Maude. Her biggest problem with it is the time it takes away from her running her cattle operation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a2d5eaaa-f9e2-48c3-b6ff-3725cce7982a/MAUDE11.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance No news is usually good news as Maude receives congratulations after her tests came back with little to no change from her last visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e46c17a3-7302-4b86-9d72-1677bdf337d5/MAUDE12.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance The Shawneetown Coal Days Parade offers Maude Logsdon and her Race for the Cure team, The Maude Squad, a chance to get their name out in the community to help raise money and awareness of breast cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/bf76f112-41ce-475e-a219-c4107e65cf49/MAUDE13.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Having her own home offers Maude a place to live her life like she wants to without having to deal with other people's rules. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/7a19631b-7266-41d0-b52d-4bc664e3a70f/MAUDE14.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance A big Pittsburgh Steelers fan, Maude was put out that her team got knocked out of the playoffs before her Super Bowl party. That didn't stop her from having over guests including, from left, Emily and Hannah Logsdon, Elizabeth Scates and her dad, Tom Logsdon, far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f26e33df-44d8-4de1-89ce-52804e3b632f/MAUDE15.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance The Maude Squad gets tatted-up with pink ribbons the morning before the Race for the Cure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/5b905120-9eb5-42c4-b736-0da8e6581b2f/MAUDE16.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance The camaraderie of "survivors" at the Race for the Cure is evident as Maude's sash buttons and pins are examined. Maude's favorite button states simply, "Cancer sucks." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/cdba3fe2-d4b4-4e26-987f-db918a4fa51b/MAUDE17.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Firefighters, EMTs and law enforcement officials salute the participants of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at Eastland Mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b2ef271f-bea7-45e4-9edb-1e7c6b318690/MAUDE18.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Nancy Logsdon, not a big fan of the color pink once-upon-a-time, has since become comfortable enough to don not only pink, but a pink wig to support her daughter, Maude. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3d6dc4d2-87a8-4ef2-ab53-d8b7b4439e12/MAUDE19.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude's love of nature and Native American culture is on display in her Shawneetown, Ill., pre-Civil War home. When Maude moved into the home, she discovered the logs had been plastered over and proceeded to tear it all down for the original rustic look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dfe8245c-7c7d-474e-a624-9a5954e6eca3/MAUDE20.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon can only laugh as she tries to draw her new crossbow. One of the things Maude had always wanted was to become a hunter, so she became one. She got a double-bearded turkey on her first trip out. As her strength began to fade, she couldn't draw a standard bow anymore and had to go to the crossbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/85c22452-9962-4e90-9289-04ad1f649eac/MAUDE21.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon's mom, Nancy, left, tries to persuade Maude to stay for a dinner of spaghetti and Rice Krispies treats Wednesday evening, but one of Maude's friends had already made her dinner and was delivering it to her home a little while later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/ea23c702-847b-44ee-8795-e2ecd2874544/MAUDE22.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude has a collection of colorful ball caps she wears since fighting her cancer with chemotherapy. This one sports her Grinnell College academic roots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/57125593-9a00-4404-9563-ba9bc2035613/MAUDE23.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance "I feel terrible," Maude Logsdon said while resting in her parents' back porch swing after spending the day with her father, the veterinarian and 134 cows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e7164181-0524-44d5-806e-545913e12469/MAUDE24.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon walks with a fellow breast cancer survivor on her way to the Race for the Cure. Maude's team, The Maude Squad, was formed to raise awareness for the disease. Her first race was disheartening for Maude since she didn't take part fully. Ever since, she vowed to never walk alone again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/aed3134a-8a8c-4405-b484-cffaebb1b97d/MAUDE25.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon takes the stage at Race for the Cure as her sister, Lucy, reads a poem she wrote about her little sister. It was to be Maude's last appearance at the race. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/dc1a96e7-25cd-4f02-bf9e-c468fc5d40aa/MAUDE26.JPG Work - Maude Logsdon... A Remembrance Maude Logsdon lost her battle with cancer Sept. 29, 2003. Her motto of "Life's tough, but I'm tougher," sustained her and her loved ones until the end. https://www.dennysimmons.com/work/coast-kcryz-gzfpy-k688d monthly 0.5 2022-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/8b5892e5-75b4-4064-b675-af5fd620095b/SINGLES_01.JPG Work - Single moments Aldersgate United Methodist Church Christmas caroler Jennie Hiam places her hand on the glass of a cell door to get closer to an inmate at the Vanderburgh County Jail Friday afternoon, Dec. 25, 2015. The group gathers each year at the facility to sing for the incarcerated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a455bc96-ed9a-4a09-99dc-7ffb0df0cacf/SINGLES_02.JPG Work - Single moments Forest Park's Dexter Childress competes in the pole vault at the boys track regional at Central High School. Childress cleared 14' 3" to earn a spot in the state competition in Bloomington, Ind. Denis Samsonov won first place at the regional by clearing 15'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/efb977e9-20f3-420b-8a48-94fcb5953ae1/SINGLES_03.JPG Work - Single moments "I think the thing that saved me was the house was built 102 years ago," Madge Pursley, 85, of rural Boonville, Ind., said. "You see, it was framed out of oak and over the years it's aged and hardened as I have. You could hardly drive a nail into it even after 100 years." Pursey's home was knocked about 16 feet off its foundation and she survived the tornado by staying in her bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/13cf1878-e1c5-45d1-94ad-87e67598f1e1/SINGLES_04.JPG Work - Single moments There was a mixed-bag of reactions on the faces of the last remaining couples a split-second after Kristian Mills, 7, and Ashton Ricketts, 7, far right couple, were named Little Miss and Mister Henderson County. The other two couples are, from left, Shelbi Mulcahy and Logan Thrasher, both 6, and Isaac Caldwell, 5, and Ralyn Brown, 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/055f0492-7535-460c-95d1-f803ae361030/SINGLES_05.JPG Work - Single moments Jim Zoph of Mount Vernon, Ind., cranks his engine over and over again in an effort to start his Lincoln Continental at the Posey County 4-H Demo Derby Friday evening. Minutes before he had towed his car on a flatbed trailer through a major downpour and rain got into his pipes. Zoph wasn't able to get his car running in time to run in the derby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/3b7d9f4d-a4c6-4da8-a9f2-7edfbd5cd98f/SINGLES_06.JPG Work - Single moments Perched atop the patio table outside their trailer in Dale, Ind., Serjio Perez, 1, mugs for his dad, Gelasio, after his baptismal service at St. Joseph Church in Dale, Ind. Although adopting some of the new customs of their new land, many of the Hispanics practice their native traditions so as not to forget their heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/afa9d03a-60fa-42c6-a6f3-2aad48a91a70/SINGLES_07.JPG Work - Single moments Brian Boyce of Clay City, Ind., is glazed by Gail Ward of Fort Wayne, Ind., before the 2014 NPC Southern Indiana Muscle competition gets underway at Bosse High School Saturday night. Ward's company, Liquid Sun Rayz, works the body building circuit and uses a spray tan and then a glaze to help define the competitor's muscles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/b60e3312-c685-4f3c-9baf-fb80031c0cec/SINGLES_08.JPG Work - Single moments Signage states "No Vulgar Language Allowed" and "Don't Interfere with the Players" above the pool table Dekota Baldwin uses to improvise a shot at Nortonville Billiards. The game of choice is 9-ball for the teenage clientele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/9d4f028d-1f49-48b6-990e-f029bfa928a0/SINGLES_09.JPG Work - Single moments The Highland Highlanders fifth-grade basketball team's bench erupts after taking a one point lead in the final seconds of their game against the Stringtown Chargers at Stringtown Elementary School Monday evening. The Highlanders came out on top 27-26 in the nail-biter of a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/a0d53c4b-0ce3-43ef-87d1-dc7b7a48a35d/SINGLES_10.JPG Work - Single moments Matthew Godsey, 3, gets a gentle lesson in golf etiquette from mom, Jennifer Godsey, about the necessity of keeping quiet when the golfers putt. Jim Godsey, Matthew's dad, was competing in the City Golf Tournament at Oak Meadows Saturday and when he'd do well his three-year-old would shout, "good shot, dad." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f95a8098-ee31-43ea-8dfa-a134720461c5/SINGLES_11.JPG Work - Single moments Cecil Rouse of Newburgh, Ind., casts at Friedman Park's lake in hopes of landing a bass Tuesday morning. "I fish here daily," Rouse said. The biggest fish he caught so far was a 10-pound catfish when he was bass fishing. "It seems like I catch a lot of other things, too. I had one snap my line the day before Father's Day. I know he's out there somewhere." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/f737a46c-eb6b-4d6a-a1b4-aa4591a099c4/SINGLES_12.JPG Work - Single moments Emergency crews remove a tree that had fallen across French Island Trail after a tornado hit Newburgh, Ind., Saturday night, March 28, 2020. There were no major injuries, but many homes in the historic river town were severely damaged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/78f3cb8a-a30e-4882-8cf1-13c4d280398e/SINGLES_13.JPG Work - Single moments As Ben Tire employee Charlie Nelson of Bloomington, Ind., lobs new tires toward the Chamness Auto Parts garage, Jeff Chamness, left, sorts them according to size. The 58-year-old family-owned shop still does a good business in Otwell, Ind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/65d54cab-2686-4ad9-9402-e427ea717ccd/SINGLES_14.JPG Work - Single moments Jasper's Claire Knies tries to corral the ball ahead of a Castle player during the IHSAA 4A Girls Basketball Sectional at Harrison High School Tuesday night, Feb. 4, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/14309569-372c-42e2-a032-8fc6006f18f7/SINGLES_15.JPG Work - Single moments Nicholas Morehead, 4, right, does his best to keep from stepping over the foul line during his first-ever game at the Creole Lanes in Vincennes, Ind., Tuesday night. “I've had it for just about a year," Chip Sparks said of the business he bought from an auction house with his wife, Dawn. "I was gonna shut it down and then I realized it was the only bowling alley left besides VU." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/c10e6c58-adbf-4678-bd43-37afda1eef4e/SINGLES_16.JPG Work - Single moments Kayla Roell, 13, adjusts her fire-retardant head sock before her heat at the Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., in October. The youngster from Dillsboro, Ind., is learning to navigate the sloped dirt tracks of mini sprint racing as well as the challenges of being a teenager. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/62534f63-dd7b-480b-81a9-0ac9c3bce87a/SINGLES_17.JPG Work - Single moments Edward Hall Sr., 63, disabled with multiple health problems (diabetes, heart disease, obesity) squeaks by on his disability checks in his Richland, Ind., home. Finding it difficult to walk or even get out of his chair, Hall finds comfort where he can get it, from his Chihuahua pup, Baby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/018268dc-d9d2-4021-a406-85b77d05e268/SINGLES_18.JPG Work - Single moments Spc. Ian Kemp of Greenwood, Ind., is greeted by his wife, Jessica, with multiple kisses, hugs and smiles after his arrival with the 163rd at Building 9 at Stout Field in Indianapolis Tuesday morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/979d0a11-7262-4db2-a971-aafa27deebaa/SINGLES_19.JPG Work - Single moments Webster County head coach Brock Stone Sr. is doused with water by his team after defeating Henderson County in the Sixth District Tournament girls finals at Webster High School in Dixon, Ky., Wednesday night, Feb. 26, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6168533c5a19e77f227a6c37/e9601ad0-e902-48ff-878e-f3035766c7ac/SINGLES_20.JPG Work - Single moments Phantom Regiment members perform what appears to be synchronized-hydration during a break in rehearsals at the Academy for Innovative Studies Diamond Campus football field Tuesday, June 29, 2021. The group has been practicing all week in the 90-plus degree temperatures in preparation for their show, "Harmonic Journey." https://www.dennysimmons.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-07-03