2005 ONPA Pictures of the Year

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

It's a family affair as parents Danielle and John keep an eye on their three children, Isaiah, Dominique and Joseph as they entertain themselves at their grandma's horse stable in Chesterhill.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

A father from Lima Company kisses his young daughter as his wife looks on, after arriving home from Iraq in Columbus. Lima Company, part of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, lost 16 reservists in Iraq, including 9 in August, 2005, in the country’s deadliest roadside bombing of U.S. troops.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Teenagers in Mount Sterling, Ky., inspect a handgun for possible sale or trade on West Queen St. during the annual festival in October 2005. Firearms are commonly sold and traded without proper paperwork at this street festival. Each state has its own gun laws; however, in September of 2004, the assault weapons ban expired and was not renewed by Congress and the president.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

A father helps feeds his young son during the large gathering to break the fast on the first day of Ramadan, at the Islamic Center in Athens.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Sheep farming in Scotland is a way of life that is passed down through generations, but produces very little income for the amount of work involved. With the help of sheepdogs, Neil Ross and his niece Jessica Ross, age 5, move part of the flock of sheep to a neighboring pasture before darkness falls. Unlike most girls her age, Jessica wants to be a sheep farmer when she grows up and will most likely stay on the farm and raise her own family there someday. Jessica is a prime example of the way farming families begin learning their work at an early age.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Sheep shearing season is a very busy time on each farm and usually requires a farmer to find more help to assist with the herding, corralling, and shearing. Oftentimes, many family members come to help out on each farm during the shearing.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

A hired hand rushes to shear a sheep with an electric razor. Each shearer gets paid around 80 pence per sheep sheared, so the workers work hard at being able to shear a sheep completely and quickly. In return for a fleece, the farmer only receives 25 pence.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Sheep auctions and shows are an important part of both the culture and the economics of sheep farming. Not only is it a chance to purchase a better ram or ewe, but it is also a chance for farmers to get together and socialize. Auctions range from large prestigious ones, held only a few times a year, to smaller, more local auctions held weekly.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Neil Ross' father, Don Ross (left) is becoming too old to continue to run the farm, so Neil is slowly taking over by doing most of the farming these days. Here they discuss what work needs to be done today on the farm. Don and his wife gave birth to Neil in the same house they still live in and Neil learned how to farm from his father as he was growing up.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

As the sheepdogs keep watch, Neil teaches Jessica to shear a sheep with traditional shearers after finding one in the flock that was missed during the shearing of the entire flock a few weeks before.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Thirty years ago there were over forty shepherds in the Kincraig area of the Highlands. Now there are two -- Neil Ross, left, and his brother, Peter, who are shepherds on neighboring farms. Here, Neil makes a phone call to check how many sheep will be needed for the following day's sheep dog trials.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

After the sheep dogs are loaded up in the truck, Jessica Ross, age 5, takes one last look at the part of the herd just moved from a neighboring pasture and helps her uncle count the number of sheep.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Senator John Kerry (D-MA), provides a moment of levity as he jokes with fellow Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) about his cowboy hat. Kerry finally quickly flipped it off Baucus's head to jokingly provide himself with a better view. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) laughs with them as they wait for President George W. Bush’s second inauguration to begin.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Keep Schiavo Alive - Pro-life demonstrators gather in front of the White House to urge President Bush to sign the bill which will keep Terry Schiavo alive. Schiavo has been taken off life-support by her husband's wishes, causing many Republicans and pro-life advocates to rally against Mr. Schiavo's decision.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan pauses during a press conference at Camp Casey in Washington, D.C., the day before a large protest rally. Sheehan’s son, Casey, was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004. Hundreds of people gathered in Washington to tell President Bush and Congress to bring the troops home.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Early morning fog lingers over Dow Lake as the Ohio University men’s crew team receives coaching tips, and the women’s varsity team rows by, at Stroud’s Run State Park in Athens, Ohio. Both teams practice every other morning beginning at 5:45.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

"The Contender" - Jessica McCoy is training to become a pro boxer. After discovering boxing and Sam’s Gym when she came to Athens as a student at Ohio University five years ago, the sport has become her life. Jessica rests on the ropes after sparring with a man in Sam’s Gym. Two times a week, she makes the commute from London, Ohio, to Glouster, where she trains by sparring, hitting the punching bag, and doing strength training.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

The men at the gym respect Jessica and usually treat her like one of them, allowing no mercy during a training fight; and new boxers, as well as veterans, will heed her advice on improving a technique.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

As Sam, her coach as well as the gym’s owner, discusses her next organized fight with another trainer, Jessica receives a helping hand putting on her headgear before taking the ring.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

Jessica goes in for the head punch as she fights a man during training.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

As tough as she is, Jessica is still concerned with how she looks and fixes her hair in the gym’s mirror after leaving the ring.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

With a bag set up below the staircase in the one-room gym, Jessica practices alone; she often resorts to this type of training when she has trouble finding a man who will fight her.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

During fights, Jessica is forced to use the men’s locker room, since she and her opponent are usually the only women competing. Though she changes in the women’s bathroom, she must keep her belongings and warm up before the fight in the locker room with the men.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

As Jessica gets assistance with her gloves before taking the ring at Trimble Middle School, a young girl looks up admiringly.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

During the Trimble Middle School “Boxing for Books” Fight Night, Jessica and her opponent, Valerie, were the only females to fight all night; the rest were males ranging from young boys to retired pro men boxers.

First place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Katie Falkenberg / Ohio University

After the fight, Jessica and Valerie compare their medals in the entryway of the men’s locker room. They are long-time opponents at fights, but good friends outside of boxing. Whenever there are fights in areas near the towns where they live, they always end up fighting each other because of the lack of other women boxers in the area.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Roberto Navas washes a horse while another groomer looks on after an early morning workout at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

A group of young and old pilots gather near the runway to see if the weather will hold out long enough to allow them to fly. Woody Faison, the oldest pilot at 88, (center) said he will not retire from teaching flight lessons until he can't pass the flying test and isn't allowed to fly anymore.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

The Ballard family was rescued from their homes in New Orleans by boat and taken to Houston in a hot-wired truck. After being turned away from the Astrodome, they took a bus to Akron to stay with family. Tevin Ballard, 13, expresses how he felt during Hurricane Katrina through a drawing at Family Ties, a volunteer family center in Akron where the family went to receive aide. His drawing shows the flooding, looters, the police, and people drowning. The blue circles represent the astrodome.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Sebrea Ballard, 13, pats her twin brother Tevin's head as the family waits at Family Ties. The center set up tutoring programs for the kids and said they would help them find a house.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

The kids play a game that was donated to the family and watch TV to pass the time during the day before they are enrolled in school. The 11 members of the Ballard family are staying with their cousin Michael Franks and his son until they are able to get a home of their own.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

With not enough rooms or beds for the family in the house they are sharing, some of the kids sleep on the floor of the living room.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

The familiy has seen an outpouring of support from the local community. Bags of donations were dropped off at the house the Ballards are temporarily calling home.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Kevon Ballard, 5, swings with his sister Tierra, 13, and cousin Michael at the neighborhood park. The kids go to the park to hang out and be around kids their own age. The kids still have not made contact with their friends from New Orleans and have no idea where they are.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Claudia Ballard waits in the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority to apply for section 8 housing. This will allow her family to move into their own house.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Claudia Ballard wipes the tears from the eyes of her five-year-old son Kevon as he gets ready for his first day of school in Akron. Kevon had only attended one day of kindergarten in New Orleans before his school was closed.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Tevin (middle) decided to join the wrestling team with his cousin Michael at Perkins Middle School. Tevin never participated in sports in New Orleans but decided to try after his cousin encouraged him too.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Lana Green (right) shows her daughter Claudia (left) and her grandkids the photos she took during her trip to New Orleans to look over the damage to their homes. "It was shocking," she said. "Ain't nothing good about it. It's never gonna be the same again. Jesus, life is hard."

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Lana and her daughter Angela, 16, try to figure out how to turn off the alarm system after they accidentally set it off. Even though the family says there is less crime in Akron than in New Orleans, they still feel the need for the security system to keep them safe.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

After living in Akron for three months Sebrea and her brother Kevon celebrate seeing their first snow ever as they walk home from school. No one from the family had ever experienced snow before.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph Davis (left), his wife Julia Hubrik, and son Joey Hubrik (right), lived in their van for about a month after being evicted from their apartment in Akron. The family moved into the Interfaith Hospitality Network, a homeless shelter for families in Summit county when the weather began to get cold. Joseph, who is 67, has no job and can't get social security because he has not worked enough. The family has been relying on Julia's monthly $885 disability checks to get by.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

"I'm going to get me some toothpicks and Scotch tape to keep my eyes open," Joseph Davis (right) said. Davis had a hard time waking up at 6 a.m. with his family. They spent the night at The First Congregational Church of Hudson as a part of the Interfaith Hospitality Network.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joey watches a movie in the Family Center while his parents call apartments. The family stays at the Family center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is able to use all its facilities. Joey typically rents three movies a day from the library and spends his days watching them.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph and Joey take a break after fixing the back light on their 13-year-old van in the parking lot of the Family Center. The van served as their home for about a month.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Julia, Joseph, and Joey eat the Mexican themed meal provided by volunteers in the fellowship hall at the First Congregational Church of Christ in Hudson.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph and Joey play pool at the First Congregational Church in Hudson while volunteer Rick Knapper keeps them company. The volunteers hang out with the families during the evening until lights out at 11 p.m.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph takes a smoke break with his son Joey outside the church. While smoking the two talk about possible jobs Joey, who's interested in computers or janitorial work, could get.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

After watching movies with his family and volunteers, Joseph goes to bed at about 10:45 p.m. on a cot set up in a classroom at the church.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph circles ads in the newspaper for available apartment in the area. He has a hard time finding a place that will accept his family on their limited budget and with their past eviction.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph fills out an application to work as a box packer at a local temporary job agency. Joseph asked Joey to apply with him, but Joey refused saying he was holding out for a job where he could make more money.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph squints to try and read the fine print on the contract for their new home as Julia hands him the money to pay for it. The Interfaith Hospitality Network helped them find the apartment and payed their deposit.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Joseph celebrates getting into the new apartment with a cigarette. Although the family now has a place to stay, neither Joseph or Joey have jobs. They both say they will start looking again soon and plan on living on Julia's disability checks until they find something.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Edie Deyarmin wipes a tear from her eye as she stands with her husband Daniel Nathan Deyarmin Sr. at a 9-11 remembrance ceremony at Tallmadge Circle. A special candle was dedicated to their son Nathan Deymarin, a marine who was killed earlier this year in Iraq.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Linda Hallock jumps into the arms of her boyfriend Anthony Congemi at the Akron Canton Airport, October 7, 2005. Hallock hadn't seen her boyfriend since he was deployed to Iraq in January.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Four-year-old Mary Rohrer looks down at the 2000 candles being lit at the Federal Building in Akron. Elizabeth Dowling (center) explained to Rohrer that the candles and pictures represent the soldiers killed in Iraq.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Hoban senior Jake Abbott catches the ball after it bounced out of teammate Alex Bishop's hands to score a touchdown in the first half of the game against Walsh.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Manchester football players high-five their coach as they enter the field before their homecoming game.

Second Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Emily Rasinski / Kent State University

Disappointed Walsh senior Brittany Valentine covers her face as Green celebrates their victory behind her. Green beat nationally ranked Walsh in double overtime 2-1, November 5, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Hocking Correctional Facility inmate Richard Miller strolls the prison yard with his dog, Alfie, not far behind on Feb. 18, 2005. Since 1999, Hocking Correctional Facility in Nelsonville has been the only male institution in the United States that raises puppies to be helper dogs for the Canine Companions for Independence Program.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Jim King and his wife, Bona, enjoy their fish and chips supper at PM's restaurant on Union Street in St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aug. 11, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Omowale Akintunde, an education professor in Evansville, Ind., brought together a group of youths to produce "Robin's Hood: A Hip-Hopera," a production combining the culture and music of hip-hop with opera. The performance (all lyrics and score) was written by the group to practice the collaborative creative process, and to discuss social problems in today's urban communities. Akintunde (right) leads a discussion with cast members about improving their performance following rehearsal at Lincoln Elementary, April 12, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Dyris Haywood (center) who plays "Pookie" in "Robin's Hood: A Hip-Hopera," rehearses in front of director Omowale Akintunde, left, on the Lincoln Elementary School stage, April 26, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

All of the raps and music in "Robin's Hood: A Hip-Hopera" are original. Malcolm Lipson's notepad with the lyrics to his final rap sits on the side of the stage during rehearsal at Lincoln Elementary on April 12, 2005. Lipson plays "Fred" in the performance.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Brian Smith II (left) who plays "Johnny Bones" and Devin Wilsonwho plays "Daddy Stax," freestyle during a break in rehearsal at Lincoln Elementary, April 5, 2005. Freestyling is defined as "rapping that is done in the moment at pure free flow, with no previously composed lyrics, and reflecting a direct mapping of the mental state and performing situation of the artist. It is similar to improvisational music or acting."

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Music director DeeJay Roberts adjusts the controls on the soundboard during rehearsal April 12, 2005. All the music in the production is original.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

With only a few days before the final performance, the pressure to succeed is felt by cast members (from left) Devin Wilson, Lindsey Baxter, Trey Norman, Veronica Hands, and Malcom Lipson as they wait backstage as Smith prepares himself for rehearsal April 26, 2005. Norman, who plays the lead role, holds his chest while suppressing a cough – he came down with an illness the week of the final performance.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Parents would often come to watch the progress at rehearsals. Marcia Haywood and her daughter Hya, 4, sit together and watch a rehearsal at Lincoln Elementary on April 12, 2005. Haywood's son Dyris, 12, plays "Pookie" in the hip-hopera.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Lead performer Trey Norman raps in the spotlight during the night of the performance at Lincoln Elementary, April 30, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

With the cast of "Robin's Hood: A Hip-Hopera" behind him, director Omowale Akintunde addresses his thanks and appreciation to the audience following the production's final performance at Lincoln Elementary, April 30, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

As raindrops fall and tree blossoms litter the ground, Clyde Breeden of American Legion Kapperman Post 44 walks through Rose Hill Cemetery in Newburgh, Ind., placing flags at the graves of war veterans in anticipation of Memorial Day, May 27, 2005. “Most of these names (on the graves) are names I’m familiar with,” said Breeden. "It's sad that we forget them."

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Story Introduction: On Feb. 11, 2005, 90 soldiers of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company returned home to Chillicothe from Camp Atterbury, Ind. after a one-year tour in Iraq. Sgt. Mark McCabe's family was there to welcome him home. Caption: Army personnel discuss plans for a welcoming celebration at Chillicothe's Shoemaker Center, several hours before the soldiers' arrivals.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

From left, Caitlin, 10, Riley, 6, and Kelsey McCabe, 8, wait in the stands of the OU-Chillicothe Shoemaker Center, for the return of their father, Sgt. Mark McCabe of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company. The children were keeping time on family timepieces; the one Caitlin McCabe holds was a gift from her father to her grandfather while stationed in Iraq.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Citizens of Chillicothe and other nearby Ohio towns gather in the middle of E. Main Street in Chillicothe near the municipal buildings on February 11, 2005, to welcome the soldiers of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company home from Camp Atterbury, Ind.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Bonnie Evans of Richmondale shows her patriotism in support of the returning soldiers of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company along Main Street in Chillicothe on Feb. 11, 2005. Evans cheered to reciprocate the welcome her own son received when he returned home to Chillicothe a year prior after serving in Iraq with the Army Reserve's 1001st.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Sgt. Mark McCabe, mechanic and combat lifesaver with the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company, is reunited with his wife, Tara, and children, from left, Riley, 6, Caitlin, 10, and Kelsey, 8, Feb. 11, 2005 at the Ohio University-Chillicothe Shoemaker Center after a one-year tour of duty in Iraq.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

The 90 soldiers of the Ohio National Guard 216th Engineer Battalion Alpha Company enter Chillicothe's Shoemaker Center to a standing ovation. Three of the unit's men were killed in action.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Sgt. Mark McCabe gets some assistance with one of his three heavy army duffels from daughter Kelsey, 8, while preparing to finally leave for their home in South Bloomingville.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Two Italian foreign exchange students kiss outside a dormitory during break from class at Queen Margaret University College in Corstorphine, Scotland, July 20, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

From left, Cincinnati's Cedric McGowan, Chadd Moore, Ohio's Leon Williams, and Cincinnati's Ronald Allen scrap for a rebound in the first half of a game at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Dec. 14, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

The Memorial High School baseball team bench celebrates its last inning win over Moline High School at Bosse Feld in Evansville, Ind., March 31, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

From left, James Lutz, Hayley Neff, 9, Josie Dupler, 9, and Leland Dupler, all from Amanda, stand for the national anthem while watching a high school football game from the bed of Lutz's pickup truck outside the fence of Amanda Clearcreek High School, Aug. 26, 2005.

Third Place, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Michael P. King / Ohio University

Lanie Lupfer, 13, facing, hugs her cousin Clara Timson, 13, while waiting to have the family dog, Harley, safely returned after a fire damaged her grandmother’s home at 1025 2nd Ave. in Evansville, Ind., March 28, 2005. The dog was chained behind the residence until long after the fire was extinguished.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Addison Paul (left) 6, and her sister, Mason, 2, wait to start the Pet Parade with their 10 years old dog, Earl Lee, at St. Boniface's parking lot. Around five hundreds children and three hundred animals participated in this parade that was one of the Fall Festival's events.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Cleveland families enjoy Julie Barcza's performance titled "Ala do Sao Goncalo do Amarante" in the annual Parade the Circle at University Circle in Cleveland, June 11, 2005. About 70 teams including students and artists participated in this parade.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Jacob Brancheau, 7, plays with friends during lunch break at school. Brancheau has a lot of friends due to his outgoing and cheerful character. He has sacral agenesis, a congenital disorder characterized by an abnormal development of the lower spine that occurs in a developing fetus. Although not life-threatening, the condition makes walking impossible, but he is a baseball player.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Gossard (left) and Sharon Karen of Pennsylvania make funny faces during the "American Most Identical Twins Test" hosted by Discovery Health Channel in Twinsburg.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Aoyssa Dayton, hands at upper left, a new resident of one of the houses, and Royce Sutton, hands at right, a Vanderburgh County Council member, cut the ribbon for the official opening of the Paradise Estate Homes. The homes were built by Community Action Program of Evansville and funded by Fifth Third Bank Foundation and the Home Investment Partnership Program through the City of Evansville’s Department of Metropolitan Development.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

The Tri-State Tumbling Team member Tydell Jr. McNeal, (top, 15), jumps over Ivan Woods, 12, and Kristofer Mingo, right, as team founder and Tydell’s father, Tydell McNeal, (center) watches during the 7th Annual Family Day at Bellemeade Park in Evansville.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Life Flight nurse specialist LIsa (left) and flight physician Sherri Clewell unload their portable equipment from the aircraft and wait for the ambulance carrying the trauma victim from the scene to arrive. Cleveland Metro Life Flight's crew often has little time to clean the blood from their equipment before responding to another call. This story is a day story following their 12 hour shift.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Metro Life Flight Resident Nurse specialist, Lisa A. Lorenz, visits Dan Milkovich who was rescued by her yesterday from motorcycle accident at the Metrohealth Hospital Intensive care unit, June 27, 2005.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Metro Life Flight staff and firefighters of Troy Township move the trauma victim to helicopter.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

By 5:10, physician, Sherry Clewell takes care of injured person from a car accident on I-90. The victim were suspected of shoplifting powdered baby formula from a Westlake grocery store.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Firefighters of Rock River and Metro Life Flight nurse specialist, Jason Welch, right, move a victim from a car accident to helicopter on I-90.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Physician Sherri Clewell hangs the infusion bag on a ceiling hook as the Life Flight helicopter takes off.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Even before pilot-in-command Joseph Fawsitt cuts the helicopter's engine, Lorenz, far left, and Clewell, far right, begin to unload the trauma patient with the help of second-in-command pilot Thomas Bencin, second from left, and flight nurse specialist Jason Welch, next to Clewell. Life Flight stabilizes trauma patients before they are transported.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

MetroHealth Medical Center's trauma team surrounds a patient as soon as Clewell and Lorenz wheel him into the Emergency Department. An hour later, the director of Metro's ICU, Dr. Joel Peerless, comes looking for Lorenz. "I can't believe you got that (airway) tube in, Lisa," Peerless tells her. "You saved his life. You really did."

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Rebecca Valentine found her daughter's favorite doll among the ruins of her boyfriend's mobile home. Residents and family of the Eastbrook Mobile Home Court were allowed back into the park to gather belongings. Valentine was trapped by a water heater after the tornado hit. Tornado victims, Rebecca Valentine and her boyfriend Tony Mitchell lost their home in a tornado on November 6th, which killed 20 of their neighbors in Evansville, In. After five weeks, they move into a new trailer home a couple of blocks away from their old home.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Rebecca Valentine and her boyfriend, Tony Mitchell, look over the classified ads in a newspaper to find a used couch. The couple stayed in a motel, HomeLife Studio&Suites, for five weeks after they lost their home in the Nov. 6th tornado.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Rebecca Valentine, left, and Tony Mitchell head to a mobile home that they purchased located in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park. Valentine is still scared to move back into a trailer after surveying the Nov, 6th tornado. However, she and Mitchell purchased a new trailer a couple of blocks away from their old home. Mitchell wanted to move back into Eastbrook because he enjoys living there.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Tony Mitchell and Rebecca Valentine listen carefully to Joe Whitenhead, the president of Amar Corp, at the Eastbrook Mobile Home Park office before they sign the contract for their new mobile home located in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Tony Mitchell and Rebecca Valentine, check the view from their new mobile home after just purchasing it. The couple bought another trailer located in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park. Tornado victims, Rebecca Valentine and her boyfriend Tony Mitchell lost their home in a tornado on November 6th, which killed 20 of their neighbors in Evansville, In. After five weeks, they move into a new trailer home a couple of blocks away from their old home.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Tony Mitchell, left, gets a hug from Rebecca Valentine, while they take a look at their new mobile home located in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park. Valentine is happy she can have Christmas at a new home instead of the motel where they have been staying.

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Tony Mitchell (right) is busy dealing with utilities hook-up arrangements as Rebecca Valentine unpacks silverware and other kitchen items in their new mobile home.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Rebecca Valentine (left) and Tony Mitchelle change a light bulb while they move into their new mobile home located in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park. They have purchased a new mobile home a few blocks from where they lived before the Nov. 6th tornado.

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Tony Mitchell enjoys Christmas Eve with his family including his daughter, Tiffany Mitchell (left) at his new home in Eastbrook Mobile Home Park. Tony received a Scooby-Doo DVD from Tiffany, who was visiting from California. Scooby-Doo was Tiffany's favorite childhood TV program.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Tony Mitchell looks outside through the side door of his new mobile home in Eastbrook Mobile home. Mitchell survived the Nov, 6th tornado thanks to his canopy bed which prevented the roof of his mobile home from crushing him. "I'm 46 years old," Mitchell said. "Before the tornado, this was a beautiful trailer park. It seemed like it was out of the movies. I know it will be beautiful again."

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Jazz pianist Keiko Matsui performs at the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant in downtown Minneapolis at dust.

Award of Excellence, Student Photographer of the Year Award - Sung H. Jun / Ohio University

Melanie Ransom takes a break while he do volunteering for victims on Lancaster Dr. near Bell St. in Newburgh. Melanie was supposed to go to work today but she said, "It is more important.," and " I will help my neighbors as long as they need me." Melanie who has experience to do volunteering in Jamaica this summer, was here yesterday too as a volunteer.