<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>TheGazette &#187; Liz Martin</title> <atom:link href="http://thegazette.com/author/lizmartin/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://thegazette.com</link> <description>Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines</description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 01:57:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: April 28 &#8211; May 4</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 02:09:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=556490</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_556493" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/crandic-girls-golf-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-556493"><img class="size-full wp-image-556493" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0502_SPO_GOLF0252.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="699" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Tiffany Danger hits from the fairway of the 14th hole during the CRANDIC golf tournament at Gardner Golf Course on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Marion. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556492" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/crandic-girls-golf-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-556492"><img class="size-large wp-image-556492" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0502_SPO_GOLF0088-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Maddie Bertsch reacts after making an eagle on the 11th hole during the CRANDIC golf tournament at Gardner Golf Course on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Marion. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556498" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/kernels-versus-lugnuts-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-556498"><img class="size-full wp-image-556498" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOW_02.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="636" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jorge Flores of the Lansing Lugnuts tumbles over Byron Buxton after tagging out the Kernels outfielder at second base during a game at Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556500" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/track-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-556500"><img class="size-full wp-image-556500" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOW_012.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="796" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Kadej Sanders crosses the finish line to win the 100 meter dash during the 31st Annual Prairie Relays at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556501" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/iowa-conference-golf/" rel="attachment wp-att-556501"><img class="size-full wp-image-556501" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOW_03.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="726" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Luther&#039;s Andrew Peter reacts as he watches his ball after he hits from the tee at the 11th hole at Elmcrest Country in Cedar Rapids during the Iowa Conference men&#039;s golf tournament on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556503" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/iowa-conference-golf-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-556503"><img class="size-full wp-image-556503" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOW_041.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="759" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe&#039;s Garett Cross hits the ball back toward the green on the 13th hole at Elmcrest Country in Cedar Rapids during the Iowa Conference men&#039;s golf tournament on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556717" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/camp-courageous-day-at-kinnick-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-556717"><img class="size-full wp-image-556717" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0505_CAMPCOURAGOUSDAYATKINNICK04.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="683" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz (86) takes a photo of wide receiver Don Shumpert (8), linebacker Christian Kirksey (20), and linebacker Anthony Hitchens (31) in the visitors locker room at Kinnick Stadium Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_556716" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/camp-courageous-day-at-kinnick/" rel="attachment wp-att-556716"><img class="size-full wp-image-556716" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0505_CAMPCOURAGOUSDAYATKINNICK02.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa senior Anthony Hitchens (31) shows a photo to Natalie Marner, 12, of Ames as Don Shumpert (8), C.J. Fiedorowicz (86), and Christian Kirksey (20) take photos with visitors from Camp Courageous in the visitors locker room at Kinnick Stadium Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_556729" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/iowa-softball/" rel="attachment wp-att-556729"><img class="size-full wp-image-556729" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOWIOWASOFTBALLIOWASTATE0478.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="645" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Michelle Zoeller (right) tags out Iowa State&#039;s Sara Davison at third base to close the first half of the third inning of their Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at Bob Pearl Softball Field on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_556730" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 924px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/iowa-softball-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-556730"><img class="size-full wp-image-556730" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPOWIOWASOFTBALLIOWASTATE0617.jpg" alt="" width="914" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Holly Hoffman (right) slides into second base as Iowa State&#039;s Lexi Slater tries to make the tag during the bottom of the third inning of their Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series game at Bob Pearl Softball Field on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/05/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-28-may-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/0502_SPO_GOLF0088.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: April 21-27</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 04:41:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=554680</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_554685" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-24/" rel="attachment wp-att-554685"><img class="size-full wp-image-554685" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_DRAKE2203.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Des Moines Lincoln&#039;s Jordan Cheatem and Linn-Mar&#039;s Tim Wolfe both celebrate after crossing the finish line of the 4x100 meter relay during Drake Relays on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Lincoln finished in 42.776 seconds, .003 seconds before Linn-Mar&#039;s 42.779. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554683" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-22/" rel="attachment wp-att-554683"><img class="size-full wp-image-554683" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0427_SPO_DRAKE1398.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Georgia&#039;s Saniel Atkinson clears the bar at 1.79m (5&#039;10.5&quot;) feet, her highest jump of the meet during Drake Relays on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. North Texas&#039; Shahaf Bareni placed second after also clearing 1.79m but missing at a lower height. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554682" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-21/" rel="attachment wp-att-554682"><img class="size-full wp-image-554682" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0427_SPO_DRAKE0464.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Tavian Smith bows his head while waiting for the start of the 1600 meter sprint medley relay during Drake Relays on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554687" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-26/" rel="attachment wp-att-554687"><img class="size-full wp-image-554687" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_DRAKE2355.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Jordan Mullen comes out of the blocks in the 4x100 meter relay during Drake Relays on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Iowa placed third in 39.66 seconds. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554686" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-25/" rel="attachment wp-att-554686"><img class="size-large wp-image-554686" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_DRAKE2313-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Germany&#039;s Bjorn Otto, silver medalist in the London Olympics, reacts as the falls to mat after clearing 5.70m (18-08.25 feet) to win the London Games Rematch pole vault competition during Drake Relays on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554684" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/drake-relays-23/" rel="attachment wp-att-554684"><img class="size-full wp-image-554684" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_DRAKE0019.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="517" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Harlan&#039;s Bailey Kuhl falls on the first leg of the 4x800 meter relay during Drake Relays on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554725" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/w-dubuque-v-marion-tennis/" rel="attachment wp-att-554725"><img class="size-large wp-image-554725" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0423_SPO_MarionDubuqueTennis_06-1024x744.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="744" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Marion senior Brandon Hornback returns the ball to Western Dubuque&#039;s Devin Waters, at the Western Dubuque versus Marion boys&#039; tennis match at Marion High School on April 22, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_554724" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/kernels-vs-great-lakes-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-554724"><img class="size-large wp-image-554724" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0426_SPO_KernelsGreatLakes_01-1024x751.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="751" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Great Lakes Loons outfielder James Baldwin sliders underneath Kernels infielder Jorge Polanco after being tagged out at the Cedar Rapids Kernels versus Great Lakes Loons baseball game at the Veterans Memorial Stadium on April 25, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554770" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/iowa-spring-game-2013-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-554770"><img class="size-full wp-image-554770" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_IOWASPRINGGAME191.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="622" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Blake Haluska (9) pulls in a pass near the end zone during the team&#039;s spring game Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554771" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/iowa-spring-game-2013-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-554771"><img class="size-full wp-image-554771" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_IOWASPRINGGAME22.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="673" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Sean Draper (7) and linebacker Cole Fisher (36) knock the ball away from wide receiver Jordan Cotton (23) during the team&#039;s spring game Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554769" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 832px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/iowa-spring-game-2013-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-554769"><img class="size-full wp-image-554769" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_IOWASPRINGGAME11.jpg" alt="" width="822" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive lineman Carl Davis (71) celibates after a sack during the team&#039;s spring game Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554772" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/iowa-spring-game-2013-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-554772"><img class="size-full wp-image-554772" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_IOWASPRINGGAME57.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="751" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes running back Michael Malloy (26) forces his way into the end zone for a touchdown during the team&#039;s spring game Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_554773" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/iowa-spring-game-2013-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-554773"><img class="size-full wp-image-554773" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0428_SPO_IOWASPRINGGAME67.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="588" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Christian Kirksey (20) makes faces at defensive lineman Carl Davis (71) as he is interviewed by members of the media following the team&#039;s spring game Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_555876" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/coe-cornell-college-softball/" rel="attachment wp-att-555876"><img class="size-full wp-image-555876" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SPOWCOECORNELLSOFTBALL0303.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="679" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Teammates cheer on Cornell&#039;s Renata Rankin as Rankin runs for home plate after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of their game against Coe College on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_555877" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 860px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/girls-soccer-xavier-iowa-city-west/" rel="attachment wp-att-555877"><img class="size-full wp-image-555877" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SPOWGIRLSSOCCERXAVIERICWEST0270.jpg" alt="" width="850" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Marisa Berutti (left) battles Iowa City West&#039;s Alli Peterson during the first half of their game at Xavier High School on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_555878" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/girls-soccer-xavier-iowa-city-west-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-555878"><img class="size-full wp-image-555878" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SPOWGIRLSSOCCERXAVIERICWEST0487.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="832" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Grace McDermott (left) tries to disrupt the pass by Iowa City West&#039;s Alli Peterson during the first half of their game at Xavier High School on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/05/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-21-27/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0427_SPO_DRAKE0464.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: April 14-20</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=551967</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_551971" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/donkey-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-551971"><img class="size-full wp-image-551971" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0419_IOW_DONKEYBBALL0050.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">West Branch senior Miranda Wieneke tries to control her donkey during a donkey basketball game on Thursday, April 18, 2013, in West Branch. The event, hosted by West Branch all sports boosters, pitted high school seniors against school faculty and coaches. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_551970" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/hawkins-relays-boys-track-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-551970"><img class="size-large wp-image-551970" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0417_SPO_TRACK0223-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Devonte Thompson competes in the long jump finals during the Hawkins Relays at Prairie on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_551969" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/kernels-wisconsin-baseball/" rel="attachment wp-att-551969"><img class="size-full wp-image-551969" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0417_SPO_KERNELS0152.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="815" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kernels&#039; Byron Buxton (7, right) slides into third base against Wisconsin Timber Rattlers&#039; Jose Sermo (16) in the first inning of the second game of their doubleheader at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552181" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/titans-v-slaughter-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-552181"><img class="size-large wp-image-552181" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0421_SPO_TitansChicago_05-1024x787.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="787" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids defensive lineman Robert Jackson(53) takes down Chicago running back Daniel DuFrene(3) at the Cedar Rapids Titans versus Chicago Slaughter indoor football game at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on April 20, 2013.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_552579" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/iowa-state-football-spring-game-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-552579"><img class="size-full wp-image-552579" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0421_SPOW1.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="629" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa State&#039;s Albert Gary celebrates a touchdown during the annual spring game at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Ames, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_552578" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/high-school-track/" rel="attachment wp-att-552578"><img class="size-full wp-image-552578" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0414_SPOW4.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="813" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Falls&#039; Allison Gregg (right) hands off to Katie Friedel during the 4 x 800 meter relay during the 2013 Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational at Kingston Stadium on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_552577" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/college-baseball-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-552577"><img class="size-full wp-image-552577" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0414_SPOW3.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe&#039;s Ben Larison (left) tags out Central&#039;s Sam Stetzel as Stetzel tries to make it back to second base during the first inning of their game at Daniel&#039;s Park on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_552576" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/college-baseball/" rel="attachment wp-att-552576"><img class="size-full wp-image-552576" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0414_SPOW2.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="541" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Central&#039;s Spencer Gritsch (right) dives towards third base as Coe&#039;s Craig Konrardy makes the catch and subsequent tag for the out during the third inning of their game at Daniel&#039;s Park on Saturday, April 13, 2013, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-14-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0417_SPO_KERNELS0152.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Beat For Peace</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:22:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=552603</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Every now and then I&#8217;ll cover a story that just makes me happy, not just while I&#8217;m shooting, but for hours afterward. Covering this percussion group in Columbus Junction definitely fell into that category. I&#8217;m still kicking myself for leaving my audio kit behind when I hopped into the company car. These kids are [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_552608" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-552608"><img class="size-full wp-image-552608" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE01881.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="631" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fifth grader Giselle Garcia (second from left) looks to fourth grader Biaktin Tial while they play drums during Beat For Peace practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Every now and then I&#8217;ll cover a story that just makes me happy, not just while I&#8217;m shooting, but for hours afterward. Covering this percussion group in Columbus Junction definitely fell into that category. I&#8217;m still kicking myself for leaving my audio kit behind when I hopped into the company car. These kids are incredibly talented, and it was such a joy spending a couple hours hopping around the room during practice. You can <a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/19/beat-for-peace-iowa-aims-to-build-strong-students-through-music">see more photos and read Meryn&#8217;s story here.</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552612" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-552612"><img class="size-full wp-image-552612" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0337.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sixth grader Angel Madriz plays a marimba during Beat For Peace practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552605" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-552605"><img class="size-full wp-image-552605" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0025.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fifth grader Cung Thang plays maracas during Beat For Peace practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552611" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-552611"><img class="size-full wp-image-552611" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0310.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fourth grader Michelle Diaz dances during a break in her marimba part during Beat For Peace practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552607" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-552607"><img class="size-full wp-image-552607" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0080.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fourth grader Julie Sosa laughs with other members of Beat For Peace during practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552609" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/beat-for-peace-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-552609"><img class="size-full wp-image-552609" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0283.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sixth grader Jose Cardenas (right) looks over to fifth grader Daniele Cruz as they play marimbas during Beat For Peace practice at Roundy Elementary School on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Columbus Junction. The marimba and world-drumming ensemble will perform at the the Cedar Valley Kite Festival on Saturday, April 20. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/beat-for-peace/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0418_IOW_BEATPEACE0025.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: April 7-13</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:28:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=550353</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_550357" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/roughriders-hockey-19/" rel="attachment wp-att-550357"><img class="size-full wp-image-550357" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0412_SPO_ROUGHRIDERS0021.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids RoughRiders&#039; David Goodwin (7) takes the ice before a game against US National Under-17 at Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_550358" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/roughriders-hockey-20/" rel="attachment wp-att-550358"><img class="size-large wp-image-550358" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0412_SPO_ROUGHRIDERS0281-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids RoughRiders&#039; Dylan Steman (8, right) slams US National Under-17&#039;s Ryan Hitchcok (47) into the RoughRiders&#039; bench in the first period of their game at Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Friday, April 12, 2013. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_550355" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 746px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/boys-prep-soccer-kennedy-iowa-city-high/" rel="attachment wp-att-550355"><img class="size-large wp-image-550355" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0409_SPO_SOCCER0315-736x1024.jpg" alt="" width="736" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Ryan Walker (11, left) and Iowa City High&#039;s Fernando Pacheco (10) chase the ball in their game at Kennedy on Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_550356" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/boys-prep-soccer-kennedy-iowa-city-high-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-550356"><img class="size-full wp-image-550356" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0409_SPO_SOCCER0337.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="788" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Sameeullah Jung (10, center) and Mark Schulz (23) jump in the air celebrating their first goal against Iowa City High in their game at Kennedy on Monday, April 8, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_550384" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 811px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/elite-girls-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-550384"><img class="size-large wp-image-550384" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0408_SPO_EliteBasketball_04-801x1024.jpg" alt="" width="801" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Twin Cedars&#039; Alee Hugen(10) looks for a way past Arlington-Parkersburg&#039;s Haleigh Hempen(left, 25) and West Handcock&#039;s Anna Mallen(3)at the all-star 1A select vs. 2A select girls&#039; basketball game at Johnson Hall at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on April 7, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_550383" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/linn-mar-v-kennedy-soccer-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-550383"><img class="size-large wp-image-550383" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0412_SPO_LinnMarKennedy_07-1024x698.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="698" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar Junior Maddie Scheldrup flips over after chasing for control of the ball with Kennedy Junior Katherine Ross during the Linn-Mar vs Kennedy Girls&#039; Varsity soccer game at Linn-Mar high school in Marion on April 11, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_550382" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/linn-mar-v-kennedy-soccer/" rel="attachment wp-att-550382"><img class="size-large wp-image-550382" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0412_SPO_LinnMarKennedy_08-1024x866.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="866" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kennedy Junior Paige Hendrickson looks for a pass as Linn-Mar Freshman Claire Larson tries to get the ball from her during the Linn-Mar vs Kennedy Girls&#039; Varsity soccer game at Linn-Mar high school in Marion on April 11, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_550381" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/kirkwood-v-dmacc-baseball/" rel="attachment wp-att-550381"><img class="size-large wp-image-550381" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0415_SPO_KirkwoodDMACC_01-1024x747.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="747" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Two Des Moines players attempt to tag out Kirkwood&#039;s Dennis Colon during the Kirkwood versus Des Moines Area Community College baseball game at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids on April 14, 2013. (Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_552567" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/23/sports-photos-of-the-week-april-7-13/kernels-baseball-snappers-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-552567"><img class="size-full wp-image-552567" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0407_SPOW.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="604" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kernels&#039; Candido Pimentel makes the tag on Beloit Snappers&#039; Aaron Shipman during the ninth inning of their game at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 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Scott placed second. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546990" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/16/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-31-april-6/meet-the-kernels-14/" rel="attachment wp-att-546990"><img class="size-large wp-image-546990" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS00481-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Colton Wood, 12, of North Liberty swings a bat signed by Kernels players during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. Wood and his father, Chad Wood, were trying to get signatures from every player on Colton&#039;s bat and one for his sister, Kenadi, who wasn&#039;t able to attend this year. 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(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546992" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/16/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-31-april-6/wilkinson-relays-boys-track-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-546992"><img class="size-full wp-image-546992" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0406_SPO_TRACK0275.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="740" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar&#039;s Josh Evans (left) laps a pack of competitors on the final stretch of the 3200 meter run during the Wilkinson Relays at Kingston Stadium on Friday, April 5, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. Evans placed first. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_547074" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/16/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-31-april-6/0401_spo_iowaindianabaseball_01/" rel="attachment wp-att-547074"><img class="size-large wp-image-547074" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0401_SPO_IowaIndianaBaseball_01-1024x819.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="819" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">University of Iowa&#039;s Jacob Yacinich gets to second base just as Indiana&#039;s Chad Clark catches the ball at the University of Iowa vs Indiana University baseball game at Banks Field in Iowa City on March 31, 2013.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/16/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-31-april-6/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0403_spo_soccer05.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Rainy day</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/10/rainy-day/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/10/rainy-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:48:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=548423</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; On the way back to the Iowa City bureau from an assignment this drizzly afternoon, I couldn&#8217;t resist shooting a few photos of this duck couple on campus. I watched as the drake protected the hen while she dug around in a muddy puddle, and he stayed close by as she wandered onto the [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_548429" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/10/rainy-day/ducks-weather-feature/" rel="attachment wp-att-548429"><img class="size-large wp-image-548429" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0411_IOW_DUCKS0097-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ducks walk on the sidewalk near the Pappajohn Business Building while taking a break from digging in shallow puddles as students pass between classes at the University of Iowa on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the way back to the Iowa City bureau from an assignment this drizzly afternoon, I couldn&#8217;t resist shooting a few photos of this duck couple on campus. I watched as the drake protected the hen while she dug around in a muddy puddle, and he stayed close by as she wandered onto the sidewalk. I still wish this cold, rainy weather would be replaced by warm, sunny days, but two pairs of hot pink rain boots passing each other, right through my frame, certainly made my day a a little brighter.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/10/rainy-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0411_IOW_DUCKS0097.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Meet the Kernels</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:30:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=546379</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Last night was the annual Meet the Kernels event, where the gates of Vets Memorial are open for fans to meet, mingle and collect autographs from Kernels players. This is the Kernels&#8217; first year as a Twins affiliate under a new 4-year player development contract, so I spent quite awhile just looking for [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546384" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/meet-the-kernels-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-546384"><img class="size-full wp-image-546384" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0026.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Shucks blows a kiss to Brynlee Barnell, 2, held by her father Joe Barnell of Walford, during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last night was the annual Meet the Kernels event, where the gates of Vets Memorial are open for fans to meet, mingle and collect autographs from Kernels players. This is the Kernels&#8217; first year as a Twins affiliate under a new 4-year player development contract, so I spent quite awhile just looking for a photo that represented the new affiliation, in addition to pacing the concourse looking for interesting moments. And of course, I couldn&#8217;t resist hanging out with Mr. Shucks for a few minutes, too.</p><div id="attachment_546386" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/meet-the-kernels-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-546386"><img class="size-large wp-image-546386" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0048-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Colton Wood, 12, of North Liberty swings a bat signed by Kernels players during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. Wood and his father, Chad Wood, were trying to get signatures from every player on Colton&#039;s bat and one for his sister, Kenadi, who wasn&#039;t able to attend this year. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546385" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/meet-the-kernels-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-546385"><img class="size-full wp-image-546385" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0042.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kernels infielder Niko Goodrum (right) uses outfielder JD Williams&#039; back to sign a shirt for a fan during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546388" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/meet-the-kernels-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-546388"><img class="size-large wp-image-546388" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0095-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kernels pitcher Chris Mazza signs a baseball for a fan during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_546387" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/meet-the-kernels-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-546387"><img class="size-large wp-image-546387" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0074-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Shucks signs a miniature stuffed version of himself during Meet the Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/04/04/meet-the-kernels-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/0404_SPO_KERNELS0026.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: March 17-23</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:54:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=541903</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clear Creek-Amana&#8217;s Mia Smith (from left), Maquoketa&#8217;s Aubree Taylor and Solon&#8217;s Rylee Smith compete in the 55-yard hurdles in the indoor WAMAC conference track meet at the Cornell College Small Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Mount Vernon. Rylee won in 8.82 seconds, Smith was second in 8.91 seconds and Taylor tied for [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"></dt></dl><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl><dt><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-stony-brook-nit-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-542161"><img class="size-full wp-image-542161" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0323_SPO_IAMBBVSSTONYBROOKNIT311.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="646" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard/forward Eric May (25) celebrates after making a three point basket late in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the NIT against the Stony Brook Seawolves Friday, March 22, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_542160" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 737px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-indiana-state-nit-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-542160"><img class="size-large wp-image-542160" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0323_SPO_IAMBBVSSTONYBROOKNIT11-727x1024.jpg" alt="" width="727" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes forward Aaron White (30) dunks the ball over Stony Brook Seawolves forward Eric McAlister (22) and forward Jameel Warney (20) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the NIT Friday, March 22, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_542159" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-indiana-state-nit-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-542159"><img class="size-full wp-image-542159" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0321_SPO_IAMBBVSINDSTATENIT25.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="736" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery yells at Iowa Hawkeyes guard Anthony Clemmons (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_542158" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-indiana-state-nit-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-542158"><img class="size-full wp-image-542158" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0321_SPO_IAMBBVSINDSTATENIT18.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="655" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) drives past Indiana State Sycamores guard Dawon Cummings (12) on his way to the basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_542157" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 778px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-indiana-state-nit-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-542157"><img class="size-large wp-image-542157" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0321_SPO_IAMBBVSINDSTATENIT03-768x1024.jpg" alt="" width="768" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes forward Zach McCabe (15) puts up a shot against Indiana State Sycamores guard Dawon Cummings (12) and center Justin Gant (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the first round of the NIT Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><dl><dt><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/girls-wamac-track/" rel="attachment wp-att-541905"><img class="size-full wp-image-541905" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0320_SPO_TRACK0083.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="512" /></a></dt><dd>Clear Creek-Amana&#8217;s Mia Smith (from left), Maquoketa&#8217;s Aubree Taylor and Solon&#8217;s Rylee Smith compete in the 55-yard hurdles in the indoor WAMAC conference track meet at the Cornell College Small Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Mount Vernon. Rylee won in 8.82 seconds, Smith was second in 8.91 seconds and Taylor tied for third in 9.1 seconds. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</dd></dl></div><div id="attachment_541907" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/girls-wamac-track-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-541907"><img class="size-full wp-image-541907" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0320_SPO_TRACK0400.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">West Delaware&#039;s Leslie Hoffmann skims the high jump bar at 5&#039;2&quot; in the indoor WAMAC conference track meet at the Cornell College Small Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Mount Vernon. Hoffmann placed third after the top three competitors cleared 5&#039; and winners were determined by previous missed heights. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_541906" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/girls-wamac-track-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-541906"><img class="size-large wp-image-541906" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0320_SPO_TRACK0282-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">West Delaware&#039;s Alyssa Fangmann throws the shot put in the indoor WAMAC conference track meet at the Cornell College Small Life Center on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Mount Vernon. Fangmann placed third with a best throw of 34&#039; 3/4&quot;. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_541904" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/iowa-womens-basketball-ncaa-selection-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-541904"><img class="size-full wp-image-541904" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0319_SPO_BBALLWATCH0066.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="654" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa women&#039;s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder high-fives the team after the announcement of their first-round game against Miami while watching the NCAA basketball selection show in their locker room theater at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday, March 18, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_542048" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/wamac-indoor-track-at-cornell/" rel="attachment wp-att-542048"><img class="size-large wp-image-542048" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0319_SPO_WamacTrack_08-1024x727.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="727" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Marion student Deshaun Quinn(in air) gets over a hurdle in the 55 yard hurdle race at the Wamac Indoor Track and Field Meet at Cornell College&#039;s Small Life Center in Mount Vernon on March 18, 2013.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_542049" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/wamac-indoor-track-at-cornell-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-542049"><img class="size-large wp-image-542049" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0319_SPO_WamacTrack_06-1024x681.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="681" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Clear Creek Amana freshman Tim Mass participates in the high jump at the Wamac Indoor Track and Field Meet at Cornell College&#039;s Small Life Center in Mount Vernon on March 18, 2013.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542767" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-67/" rel="attachment wp-att-542767"><img class="size-full wp-image-542767" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_013.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="662" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Northern Iowa&#039;s David Bonin sits on the mat after being pinned by Alex Dieringer of Oklahoma State in a 157 pound third place match during wrestlebacks on Saturday morning at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. Bonin placed fourth in the tournament. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542769" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-68/" rel="attachment wp-att-542769"><img class="size-full wp-image-542769" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_022.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="604" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Matthew Brown of Penn State wrestles Oklahoma State&#039;s Chris Perry in the 174 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542770" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-69/" rel="attachment wp-att-542770"><img class="size-full wp-image-542770" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_033.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="611" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oklahoma&#039;s Jordan Oliver gets a hold of the leg of Jason Chamberlain of Boise State in the 149 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542771" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 696px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-70/" rel="attachment wp-att-542771"><img class="size-large wp-image-542771" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_043-686x1024.jpg" alt="" width="686" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oklahoma State&#039;s Chris Perry controls Matthew Brown of Penn State in the 174 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542772" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 786px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-71/" rel="attachment wp-att-542772"><img class="size-large wp-image-542772" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_053-776x1024.jpg" alt="" width="776" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Head wrestling coach Cael Sanderson hoist Edward Ruth of Penn State into the air after he defeats Lehigh&#039;s Robert Hamlin in the 184 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_542773" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-17-23/ncaa-division-i-wrestling-championships-72/" rel="attachment wp-att-542773"><img class="size-full wp-image-542773" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_062.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cornell&#039;s Kyle Dake celebrates his victory over David Taylor of Penn State in the165 pound championship match at the 2013 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on March 23, 2013. Dake is the first wrestler to win four NCAA titles in four different weight classes. 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Out of 137 med students, 129 participated in the National Residency Matching Program, which determines where students will pursue their residency training. Envelopes were handed out one-by-one, but it was a pretty quick process. I knew I could drive myself crazy [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_538927" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/15/match-day/match-day/" rel="attachment wp-att-538927"><img class="size-full wp-image-538927" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0316_IOW_MATCHDAY0058.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">University of Iowa medical students Fransetta Sterling of North Liberty (center) and Natalya Hutchinson of Iowa City (right) react after learning their residency assignments on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Sterling took several years off after undergraduate studies at University of Illinois in Chicago to raise and homeschool her daughter Esperanza Sterling, 19 (left), and will be at Howard University for her residency in psychiatry. Hutchinson is headed to University of California at Irvine for her pathology residency. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Earlier today I covered Match Day at the University of Iowa med school. Out of 137 med students, 129 participated in the National Residency Matching Program, which determines where students will pursue their residency training. Envelopes were handed out one-by-one, but it was a pretty quick process. I knew I could drive myself crazy trying to make a huge photo gallery by chasing down student after student as they all quickly opened their envelopes, but this felt like a time to hone in on a few great moments rather than a bunch of mediocre ones. I had spotted Fransetta and her daughter, Esperanza, and stayed close by while waiting for her name to be called. After the initial excitement, I wandered through the crowd watching for potential moments to develop. Sure enough, I saw two students approaching each other, raised my camera, and was pleasantly surprised with a huge bear hug as they shared their placements with each other.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538928" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/15/match-day/match-day-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-538928"><img class="size-full wp-image-538928" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0316_IOW_MATCHDAY0081.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">University of Iowa medical student Justin Moser lifts classmate Erin Schrunk into the air as they celebrate their residency assignments on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Moser&#039;s internal medicine residency will be at Mayo Clinic, and Schrunk will be at University of Nebraska in Lincoln for her family medicine residency. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538929" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/15/match-day/match-day-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-538929"><img class="size-full wp-image-538929" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0316_IOW_MATCHDAY0095.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">University of Iowa medical student Scott Larson puts a pin on the map showing his match to the University of Iowa for his family medicine residency on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/15/match-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0316_IOW_MATCHDAY0058.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: March 3-9</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:06:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=537542</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_537549" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/iowa-nebraska-mens-ncaa-basketball-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-537549"><img class="size-full wp-image-537549" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_IOWABBALL0411.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Anthony Clemmons (5) breaks through Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Dylan Talley (24) and guard Trevor Menke (10) in the second half of the Hawkeyes&#039; 74-60 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537548" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/iowa-nebraska-mens-ncaa-basketball-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-537548"><img class="size-full wp-image-537548" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_IOWABBALL0387.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Fran McCaffery yells in the second half of the Hawkeyes&#039; 74-60 win over Nebraska at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537547" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/iowa-nebraska-mens-ncaa-basketball-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-537547"><img class="size-large wp-image-537547" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_IOWABBALL0160-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes forward Aaron White (30) goes to the basket against Nebraska Cornhuskers center Andre Almeida (32) in the first half of their game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537550" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/iowa-nebraska-mens-ncaa-basketball-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-537550"><img class="size-full wp-image-537550" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_IOWABBALL0484.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Anthony Clemmons (5) and center Adam Woodbury (34) block Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Dylan Talley (24) under the basket in the second half of the Hawkeyes&#039; 74-60 win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_537689" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/cr-titans-vs-wyoming/" rel="attachment wp-att-537689"><img class="size-large wp-image-537689" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0309_SPO_TitansWyoming_04-1024x715.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="715" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids wide receiver Maurice Young tackles Wyoming wide receiver Troy Evans at the Cedar Rapids Titans versus the Wyoming Cheyenne Warriors indoor football game at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Saturday, March 9.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><div id="attachment_537690" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 681px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/cr-titans-vs-wyoming-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-537690"><img class="size-large wp-image-537690" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0309_SPO_TitansvWyoming_01-671x1024.jpg" alt="" width="671" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Wyoming linebacker Bruna Foster flips over Cedar Rapids wide receiver Bryan Pray at the Cedar Rapids Titans versus the Wyoming Cheyenne Warriors indoor football game at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena on Saturday, March 9.(Kaitlyn Bernauer/The Gazette-KCRG9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537694" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/2013-big-ten-wrestling-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-537694"><img class="size-full wp-image-537694" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_BIGTENWRESTLINGSESSION104.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="672" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Tony Ramos takes down Purdue&#039;s Cashe Quiroga in their 133 match during the first session of the 2013 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Assembly Hall, in Champaign, Ill. Ramos defeated Quiroga 9-5. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)Iowa Hawkeyes forward Melsahn Basabe (1) goes up to steal the ball from Illinois Fighting Illini guard Joseph Bertrand (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537696" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 807px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-illinois-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-537696"><img class="size-large wp-image-537696" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0306_SPO_IAMBBVSILLINOIS13-797x1024.jpg" alt="" width="797" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Devyn Marble (4) draws a foul as he goes to the hoop against Illinois Fighting Illini guard Joseph Bertrand (2) and forward Sam McLaurin (0) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537697" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-illinois-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-537697"><img class="size-full wp-image-537697" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0306_SPO_IAMBBVSILLINOIS14.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="730" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Illinois Fighting Illini guard Brandon Paul (3) disputes being called for a foul during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Iowa Hawkeyes Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_537698" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/ncaa-college-basketball-iowa-vs-illinois-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-537698"><img class="size-full wp-image-537698" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0306_SPO_IAMBBVSILLINOIS31.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="716" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Patrick Ingram (24) and forward Melsahn Basabe (1) celebrate with guard Anthony Clemmons (5) following their 63-55 victory over Illinois Fighting Illini in an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538133" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/boys-state-basketball-class-4a-championship-iowa-city-west-versu/" rel="attachment wp-att-538133"><img class="size-full wp-image-538133" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_011.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="786" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jeremy Morgan of Iowa City West makes a lay up as Bettendorf&#039;s Cole Clearman, Kendall Jacks (25) and Kris Klabunde (45) during the Class 4A championship at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday, March 9, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538134" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 724px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/boys-state-basketball-class-1a-semifinal-nort-tama-versus-boyden/" rel="attachment wp-att-538134"><img class="size-large wp-image-538134" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_02-714x1024.jpg" alt="" width="714" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">North Tama&#039;s Brent Billerbeck looses the ball to Miguel Alvarado of Boyden-Hull during a Class 1A semifinal at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/boys-state-basketball-class-3a-first-round-mfl-marmac-v-north-ce/" rel="attachment wp-att-538135"><img class="size-full wp-image-538135" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_031.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="840" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Harlan&#039;s Nathan Cave watches as Maxton Kearns of Vinton-Shellsburg heads to the basket during a Class 3A quarterfinal at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Monday, March 5, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538136" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 616px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/boys-state-basketball-class-4a-semifinal-iowa-city-west-versus-d/" rel="attachment wp-att-538136"><img class="size-large wp-image-538136" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_051-606x1024.jpg" alt="" width="606" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dubuque Senior&#039;s Luke McDonnell swats the ball from Wyatt Lohaus of Iowa City West during a Class 4A semifinal at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, March 8, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_538138" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/boys-state-basketball-class-4a-championship-iowa-city-west-versu-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-538138"><img class="size-full wp-image-538138" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/SPOW_041.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="662" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Iowa City West starters run onto the court to celebrate the Trojans victory over Bettendorf in the Class 4A championship at the 2013 State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday, March 9, 2013. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/13/sports-photos-of-the-week-march-3-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0310_SPO_IOWABBALL0160.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Demolition day</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=535581</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; It&#8217;s been months since we worked in the 1985 building of the Gazette. Since the Gazette buildings were sold to developer Steve Emerson (here&#8217;s the story on the sale and plans for the site), our photo studio has been relocated to the basement of the KCRG building and for a couple years now we&#8217;ve had [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_535586" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/gazette-demolition/" rel="attachment wp-att-535586"><img class="size-full wp-image-535586" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0308_IOW_GAZETTEDEMO0001.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The 1985 building of the Gazette is demolished on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in downtown Cedar Rapids. The Gazette building has been purchased by developer Steve Emerson, and while the 1923 building, which faces 5th Street SE, will be leased by the Gazette, the 1985 building is being demolished to make way for parking for tenants of Emerson&#039;s building at 600 Third Ave SE. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#8217;s been months since we worked in the 1985 building of the Gazette. Since the Gazette buildings were sold to developer Steve Emerson (here&#8217;s the <a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/21/cedar-rapids-developer-steve-emerson-buys-the-gazettes-building/" target="_blank">story on the sale and plans for the site</a>), our photo studio has been relocated to the basement of the KCRG building and for a couple years now we&#8217;ve had our photo desk in the newsroom. (The Gazette is actually three buildings; the Gazette will lease back the 1923 building for use by its Fusionfarm Marketing Services, and our combined Gazette/KCRG newsroom will move into the KCRG building.) Still, even though we knew demolition would start this week it was a bit of a shock to drive into work today and see the old studio and lab exposed. In the photo above, the studio is the far left space on the second floor. The black tiled walls seen below are from our lab. The Gazette photo staff has covered our share of demolitions in the wake of the flood and clearing the way for the medical mall, but it certainly is different to cover the demolition of part of your own building.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_535588" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/gazette-demolition-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-535588"><img class="size-full wp-image-535588" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0308_IOW_GAZETTEDEMO0017.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_535587" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/gazette-demolition-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-535587"><img class="size-large wp-image-535587" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0308_IOW_GAZETTEDEMO0010-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/07/demolition-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0308_IOW_GAZETTEDEMO0001.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Judy</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/judy/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/judy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=533251</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Several weeks ago, Judy invited reporter Rick Smith and I to her apartment in Mount Vernon to share her story of gambling addiction, felony theft conviction and continuing recovery. Rick&#8217;s story on problem gambling ran today, as we near the March 5 vote on a casino in Linn County. Rick and I have done [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_533253" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/judy/gambling-addiction-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-533253"><img class="size-full wp-image-533253" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0208_IOW_GAMBLING0017.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Judy Askew is a recovering gambling addict, and is on probation for first-degree theft after using her aunt&#039;s money to gamble. &quot;It wasn&#039;t fun, it was work,&quot; Askew says of gambling at the casino slots. &quot;You&#039;re throwing money away, and that&#039;s not fun.&quot; It has now been two years since she was in a casino, she has graduated from SASC&#039;s (Substance Abuse Services Center) Problem Gambling Treatment Program, has put herself on a list of those banned from the Iowa lottery for life and from area casinos, and is part of a gamblers support group that meets at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Photographed at her apartment in Mount Vernon on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Several weeks ago, Judy invited reporter Rick Smith and I to her apartment in Mount Vernon to share her story of gambling addiction, felony theft conviction and continuing recovery. Rick&#8217;s story on problem gambling <a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/iowa-has-problem-gamblers-even-without-cedar-rapids-casino/">ran today</a>, as we near the March 5 vote on a casino in Linn County. Rick and I have done several of these combined interview-slash-photo shoots together over the years, which in some cases can result in a more interesting photo than a portrait when a documentary situation isn&#8217;t a good option. I was glad to have a few minutes with Judy before Rick arrived, talking about our shared Southern backgrounds (she still carries a Lousiana twang, and my OK/TX roots lead me to not-so-infrequently let a &#8220;y&#8217;all&#8221; slip out), so when the interview began we had already broken the ice and she could all but ignore me. I knew this was likely to be a single-photo package, which freed me to wait for the right expression rather than trying to force a multiple-picture package out of it. In my loose edit, I ended up with several very different expressions, but found the photo above to fit the tone of the story more than the photos below: top left, which captured Judy&#8217;s spirit but didn&#8217;t fit the seriousness of the story; top right, the more literal photo of Judy looking over the paperwork related to her case; bottom right, which had the somber mood but not the hope or thoughtfulness; or bottom left, a pretty typical interview photo that lacks any connection or emotion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_533254" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/judy/gambling-addiction-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-533254"><img class="size-full wp-image-533254" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0208_IOW_GAMBLING0038.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/judy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0208_IOW_GAMBLING0017.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>GALLERY: Update on Cedar Rapids&#8217; new central fire station</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/gallery-update-on-cedar-rapids-new-central-fire-station/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/gallery-update-on-cedar-rapids-new-central-fire-station/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:55:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linn County]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Linn County Area]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cedar Rapids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Central]]></category> <category><![CDATA[construction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fire station]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tour]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=533165</guid> <description><![CDATA[A look inside the new Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station, currently under construction. Photos by The Gazette&#8217;s Liz Martin.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>A look inside the new Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station, currently under construction. Photos by The Gazette&#8217;s Liz Martin.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/03/01/gallery-update-on-cedar-rapids-new-central-fire-station/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/centralfirestationtour680.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>57 and a half years</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/09/57-and-a-half-years/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/09/57-and-a-half-years/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:26:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=524960</guid> <description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t actually assigned to cover the mass wedding renewals at Hy-Vee grocery stores in Cedar Rapids today, but after I read the press release earlier this week (and two of my own friends were selected to renew their vows), I couldn&#8217;t resist stopping by between other assignments.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_524961" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/09/57-and-a-half-years/hy-vee-wedding-renewal/" rel="attachment wp-att-524961"><img class="size-full wp-image-524961" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0210_IOW_HYVEEWEDDING0010.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Francis and Betty King of Cedar Rapids have their photo taken in the bakery section of the Oakland Road Hy-Vee before renewing their wedding vows on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. Five other couples with a cumulative 175.5 years of marriage exchanged renewal vows at the same time as the Kings, who have been married for 57 and a half years. More than 100 couples renewed their vows at three Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee stores. In addition to exchanging vows, couples had a dance, received flowers, cake, a framed photo, a certificate and were entered in a drawing for a weekend trip. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>I wasn&#8217;t actually assigned to cover the mass wedding renewals at Hy-Vee grocery stores in Cedar Rapids today, but after I read the press release earlier this week (and two of my own friends were selected to renew their vows), I couldn&#8217;t resist stopping by between other assignments.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/09/57-and-a-half-years/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0210_IOW_HYVEEWEDDING0010.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Snow day</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:57:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=521814</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; I have a love/hate relationship with Midwest winters. A fresh blanket of snow makes everything look so magical&#8230; until I have to go clean the 6 inches of heavy snow on my car and drive down an unplowed alley to get into work. Of course, when most of the city is out on a [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_521824" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-78/" rel="attachment wp-att-521824"><img class="size-full wp-image-521824" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW01611.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tyler Lovell, 6, of Cedar Rapids pulls his sled up the hill at Jones Park on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2013, in southwest Cedar Rapids. Around 6 inches of snow fell in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have a love/hate relationship with Midwest winters. A fresh blanket of snow makes everything look so magical&#8230; until I have to go clean the 6 inches of heavy snow on my car and drive down an unplowed alley to get into work. Of course, when most of the city is out on a snow day, &#8220;work&#8221; means covering the storm&#8217;s aftermath. (You can see our team&#8217;s coverage of the day <a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/01/30/winter-storm-hinders-iowa-travel-cancels-jail-visits/">here.</a>) So, in my five winters here I&#8217;ve developed a bit of a routine for covering winter storms. I wake up a little earlier than usual, pile on the layers, and start my coverage in my own neighborhood. It took a little while find any activity, but sure enough I found a few people out shoveling and cleaning cars. After awhile I circled back to my house, where I could sip hot coffee while I filed photos before heading out again &#8212; this time in my car, to hit up a few sledding hot spots. Not a bad day&#8217;s work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_521820" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 458px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-74/" rel="attachment wp-att-521820"><img class="wp-image-521820 " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW0121-640x1024.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="717" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fresh snow blankets Wellington Heights on Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, 2013, in southeast Cedar Rapids. Five inches of snow had fallen as of 9:30, with travel not advised on most highways in eastern Iowa.(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_521817" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-71/" rel="attachment wp-att-521817"><img class="size-full wp-image-521817" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW0014.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dennis Martin shovels his driveway on Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, 2013, in southeast Cedar Rapids. The snow was too wet for Martin to use his snowblower, so he shoveled by hand in case his wife needed to go to work. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_521818" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-72/" rel="attachment wp-att-521818"><img class="size-full wp-image-521818" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW0057.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lady, a 5-year old chocolate lab mix, jumps to catch a snowball on Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, 2013, in southeast Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_521819" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-73/" rel="attachment wp-att-521819"><img class="size-full wp-image-521819" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW0075.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dave Bowers of Cedar Rapids clears the windows of his van on Wednesday morning, Jan. 30, 2013, in southeast Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_521823" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/snow-77/" rel="attachment wp-att-521823"><img class="size-full wp-image-521823" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW01401.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Don Golembiewski (left) snowboards alongside Bryce Damrow, 10, both of Cedar Rapids, at Jones Park on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 30, 2013, in southwest Cedar Rapids. Around 6 inches of snow fell in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/02/01/snow-day-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/0131_IOW_SNOW0014.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Civil War-era oak tree comes down at Indian Creek</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2013/01/04/civil-war-era-oak-tree-comes-down-at-indian-creek/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2013/01/04/civil-war-era-oak-tree-comes-down-at-indian-creek/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:39:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Statewide News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=509751</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_509753" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 690px"><img class="size-full wp-image-509753" title="OLD OAK TREE AT INDIAN CREEK" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/indiancreeknaturecenteroaktree680.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="451" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Michael Bormann of Cedar Rapids cuts a large branch while working with a crew from Shade Tree Service Company to cut down a Civil War-era oak tree at the Indian Creek Nature Center on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, in Cedar Rapids. The tree had been in decline in recent years, so the nature center decided to cut it down to prevent damage to the nearby power lines or to cars and people in the parking lot. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2013/01/04/civil-war-era-oak-tree-comes-down-at-indian-creek/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/indiancreeknaturecenteroaktree680.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>2012 Photos of the Year</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=503874</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Here are some of my favorite news photographs that I&#8217;ve taken in 2012. They are in no particular order. Catch me on another day and I&#8217;ll probably have different photos as my favorites.&#8212;Jim Slosiarek This is just a tender moment between daughter and mother as Leah Schwenker, 6, puts her hand on her mother Keri&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_503878" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/roosevelt-school-closing-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-503878"><img class="size-full wp-image-503878" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0531_IOW_ROOSEVELT0398.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I was covering a school talent show as part of a project on Roosevelt&#039;s last week before closing for good, and the teachers performed a surprise dance at the end of the show. I loved this little girl&#039;s enthusiasm, and this photo helped bring a cheerful tone to an academic story. Roosevelt Elementary School kindergartner Meay Mohamed dances as teachers perform a surprise routine during the fifth and sixth grade talent show Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the school in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503879" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/freedom-festival-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-503879"><img class="size-full wp-image-503879" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0705_IOW_FREEDOMFEST0206.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa was in the middle of a heatwave and drought in July, so the misting fans were a popular spot to cool down during Freedom Festival. The evening light illuminating the mist caught my eye, and I camped out nearby waiting for the right moment. Maureen Pauly-Hubbard of Madison, Wisc., a Green Iowa AmeriCorps member, cools off in front of a misting fan before the Freedom Festival fireworks on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503880" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/romney-dubuque-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-503880"><img class="size-full wp-image-503880" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0548.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Saturday before the presidential election, I was covering rallies for both Obama and Romney. Some similarities are inevitable at campaign events like these, even when the degree of access is pretty different, and this is one of the pairings I put together after covering the two rallies. Left: Audience members hold up giant letters spelling &quot;VOTE&quot;  at a campaign rally for President Barack Obama&#039;s reelection at Washington Park on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Dubuque. Right: From left, Logan Drake, Mimi Buckardt, Jan Hemmer and Paul Hemmer, all of Dubuque, applaud Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a campaign event at Dubuque Regional Airport on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Dubuque. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are some of my favorite news photographs that I&#8217;ve taken in 2012. They are in no particular order. Catch me on another day and I&#8217;ll probably have different photos as my favorites.&#8212;Jim Slosiarek</p><div id="attachment_507276" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/favorite-news-photo-2012/" rel="attachment wp-att-507276"><img class="size-full wp-image-507276" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webFAVORITENEWSPHOTO2012.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="609" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Teachers amaze me at the lengths they will go to connect with their students and make learning fun for them. &quot;When I saw Taylor Elementary School third grade teacher Sarah Lucas-Carr (left) put on a crazy jack o&#039; lantern hat as she facilitated a group book discussion, I knew something interesting would happen,&quot; said The Gazette-KCRG visual journalist Jim Slosiarek. I like the juxtaposition of Lucas-Carr&#039;s expression of anticipation and the concentration on Jodie Hernandez&#039;s face as Lucas-Carr encourages Jodie to find the correct passage in a book to answer a question during class at the school Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506659" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/linn-county-fair/" rel="attachment wp-att-506659"><img class="size-full wp-image-506659" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webbestnewspicsFAIR.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="643" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I was assigned to photograph the first day of the Linn County Fair in Central City, Iowa. Normally, I roam the livestock barns in the hopes of getting a shot of a young 4H&#039;er snoozing on his or her prize-winning cow. But, being that it was the first day, there weren&#039;t any entrants in the livestock barns yet. I thought I could make a nice picture from some of the other 4H judging. I was looking for an expressive judge. When I saw Mary Esther Pullin of Waterloo, Iowa, react after tasting a pie baked by Ella Whitham, 11, of Central City I knew I had what I was looking for. Pullin has been a 4H judge for over 30 years. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)</p></div><div id="attachment_506660" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/summer-youth-program/" rel="attachment wp-att-506660"><img class="size-full wp-image-506660" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webbestnewspicsPROGRAM.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="661" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It&#039;s about the late afternoon light and the contrast in running styles that draws me to this picture of Aden Abram (left), 10, and Versean Akins, 12, both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as they race during a summer youth program at Johnson Elementary School of the Arts on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Aden just looks so smooth in his running style and the fact that I captured both of them in mid-stride, off the ground helps. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)</p></div><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl><dt><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/soldier-memorial-michael-ristau-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-506661"><img class="size-full wp-image-506661" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webbestnewspicsMEMORIAL.jpg" alt="" width="407" height="980" /></a></dt><dd></dd></dl></div><p>This is just a tender moment between daughter and mother as Leah Schwenker, 6, puts her hand on her mother Keri&#8217;s hand as Keri holds it over her heart during a memorial service for U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Ristau on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in Cascade, Iowa. Ristau, a Cascade native, was killed July 13 in Qalat, Zabul province, Afghanistan when the vehicle he was traveling in was attacked by an improvised explosive device. He served in Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507400" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/president-barack-obama-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-507400"><img class="size-full wp-image-507400" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News01.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="697" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A young spectator peers through the barricade to the podium as President Barack Obama speaks at Johnson Hall at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, July 10 2012. Generally after the caucus we get one campaign stop from each party&#039;s presidential candidate before the election. This year was a lot different with numerous visits to our coverage area from the candidates. I was embedded with the traveling close pool on this day and I don&#039;t think anyone else caught this kid peeking up at the President. It&#039;s a challenge to find a unique photo when you cover an event shoulder to shoulder with a pack of other journalists and everyone taking nearly identical photos from nearly identical angles. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507405" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/zach-yezek/" rel="attachment wp-att-507405"><img class="size-full wp-image-507405" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News02.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="615" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Conductor Zach Yezek completes a Certification of Brake Test form as an Iowa Northern Railway Company train heads from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Iowa Northern gave me great access for this story about the importance of railroads for commerce in Iowa. There is a moodiness captured by photographing the train at night that would not have been present if I had shot during the day. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507408" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/last-day-of-p-3-retirees-bingo-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-507408"><img class="size-full wp-image-507408" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/News03.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="578" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Members of local P-3 Retirees Inc, (from left) Ilene Powell, Marvin Krotz and chairman of the board Jessie Taken, embrace as the final numbers are called in the last bingo game at the non-profit&#039;s building in SE Cedar Rapids on Thursday, September 13, 2012. This was a rare occasion when I had the time to cover an event from before it began until after it was over. I think this sums up the connection people had to the event and the bonds that had formed over the years. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_507483" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/jerome-power-murder-trial-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-507483"><img class="size-full wp-image-507483" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8094181-las-jerome-power-murder-trial-12_18_2012-16.31.30.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="777" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">From the first day of Jerome Power&#039;s first degree murder trial I had a feeling this was going to be different then any trial I had covered before. Mr. Power was initially very agitated about having his photo taken and then he held up a sign for the camera blaming another man for the crime. As the trial proceeded I kept a close eye on him waiting for his next outburst. I was rewarded for my patience when he poured a glass of water over the head of his defense counsel Steve Addington as the jury was leaving the courtroom following closing arguments Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 at the Linn County District Courthouse in Cedar Rapids. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507482" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/wayland-tornado-damage-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-507482"><img class="size-full wp-image-507482" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7497324-las-wayland-tornado-damage-05_04_2012-01.59.35.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This was an amazing night and it was awesome to see neighbors come out at nearly midnight during a storm to help rescue turkeys from a barn destroyed by a tornado south of Wayland, Iowa Thursday, May 3, 2012. The photo was taken by shooing a 30 second exposure on a tripod to catch the lightning in the background and the motion of all of the volunteers working. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507481" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/obama-visits-iowa-city-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-507481"><img class="size-full wp-image-507481" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7477704-las-obama-visits-iowa-city-04_25_2012-16.57.25.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="640" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I have photographed several presidents and candidates since joining the staff at The Gazette but this picture of President Barack Obama greeting invited guests at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids before traveling to Iowa City to give speech about the rising costs of higher education Wednesday, April 25, 2012 is one of my favorites. The composition of the frame works perfectly with Air Force One as the backdrop and President Obama separated from everything else in his own space in the middle that makes him stand out. (Brian Ray/Pool Photo)</p></div><div id="attachment_507480" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/university-of-iowa-opl-gopro-flight/" rel="attachment wp-att-507480"><img class="size-full wp-image-507480" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7278390-las-university-of-iowa-opl-gopro-flight-02_16_2012-12.27.14.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="551" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This photo was taken by a GoPro camera i mounted on the wing of one of the University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory&#039;s two Czech L-29 DelfÃ­n jets as they flew over Iowa City Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. While not a traditional photo I could not be happier with the results. (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/30/2012-photos-of-the-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0531_IOW_ROOSEVELT0398.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>2012 sports photos of the year</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:16:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=503943</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_503946" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/state-wrestling-championships-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-503946"><img class="size-full wp-image-503946" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0219_SPO_FINALS_35.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="683" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Even without seeing his face, Cade Jones&#039; excitement can be felt through his gesture and is reflected by his coaches&#039; reactions. West Branch&#039;s Cade Jones celebrates his victory over Caleb Ciavarelli of Clarksville in the 195 pound Class 1A state championship match at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Saturday, February 18, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503947" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 763px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/3a-boys-soccer-quarterfinal-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-503947"><img class="size-large wp-image-503947" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0601_SPO_3ASOCCER1879-753x1024.jpg" alt="" width="753" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">While covering the first day of the state soccer tournament, I shot thousands upon thousands of photos photos from six games without checking the images on the back of the camera. Even with a camera that shoots 10 frames per second, it&#039;s rare to get a photo of the moment of impact from a header, so this photo jumped out at me while editing after the game. West Des Moines Valley&#039;s Matthew Olson (23, right) is hit in the face as he and Iowa City High&#039;s Fernando Pacheco (10) jump for the ball in the first period of their Class 3A quarterfinal game at the state soccer tournament on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines. Norwalk won a shootout.(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503948" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/jefferson-softball-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-503948"><img class="size-full wp-image-503948" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0711_SPO_JEFFSOFTBALL0089.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This photo breaks the rules of good sports action: there’s barely a face, no conflict with the opposing team and she was well past the base. But the uncertainty in the frame actually tells the story of the game, and I couldn&#039;t resist the sweet evening light. Cedar Rapids Jefferson&#039;s Rachel Sedlacek (1) slides into third base in the first inning of their regional playoff game against Davenport West at Jefferson on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. Jefferson lost 1-2. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507309" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 839px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/favorite-sports-photo-2012/" rel="attachment wp-att-507309"><img class="size-full wp-image-507309" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webSPORTSFAVORITESSTATETRACK.jpg" alt="" width="829" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I knew captured a nice moment when Lisbon&#039;s Conner Smock (right) got a hug from his father Dan after Conner won the class 1A 3200 meter run during the 2012 Iowa High School State Track and Field Meet at Drake Stadium on Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa, said The Gazette-KCRG visual journalist Jim Slosiarek. Sometimes the reaction in sports photography is more compelling than the action. I like the bit of sunlight on Dan Smock&#039;s face as well as his expression. Smock won by .02 of a second at 9:37:06. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507311" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/4a-state-girls-basketball-iowa-city-west-waukee-19/" rel="attachment wp-att-507311"><img class="size-full wp-image-507311" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webbestsportspicsCHAMPS.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="848" /></a> The expression on City West&#8217;s Shelly Stumpff&#8217;s (center) face says it all as she cheers during the celebration of winning the class 4A championship after defeating Ankeny at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday, March. 3, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. West won in overtime. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG-TV9)</dt></dl></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl><dt><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/state-softball-3a-championship-solon-ballard/" rel="attachment wp-att-507312"><img class="size-full wp-image-507312" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webbestsportspicsSOLON.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This is a good illustration of staying with the action and not taking your eye from the viewfinder after the play is over. I like the expectant look as the face of Ballard&#039;s Brooke Mallon (left) as she looks at the home plate umpire for the call after she tags out Solon&#039;s Taylor Nearad for the final out during the seventh inning of their class 3A championship game at the 2012 Iowa Girls State Softball Tournament at Harlan Rogers Sports Complex on Friday, July 20, 2012, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Ballard won, 5-4. (SourceMedia Group News/Jim Slosiarek)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507391" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/2012-state-volleyball-tournament-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-507391"><img class="size-full wp-image-507391" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Sports03.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="625" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dike-New Hartford celebrates after the Wolverines defeated Western Christian for the Class 2A championship at the 2012 State Volleyball Tournament at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Generally I prefer sports photos with a clean background and cropped the peak action or reaction. I liked the chaos of this image and the fact there are our or five distinct moments taking place within the image.(Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507393" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 760px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/linn-mar-at-cedar-rapids-xavier-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-507393"><img class="size-full wp-image-507393" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Sports011.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Matt Nelson hauls in a pass in the endzone over Andrew Gassman of Linn-Mar for a two point conversion during the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, October 19, 2012. Light, or more precisely the lack there of, is something you battle when photographing high school football. The haze from the rain and the direction the receiver is facing turned this into an image where the light worked in my favor. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_507395" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/devon-jacobus-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-507395"><img class="size-large wp-image-507395" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Sports021-1024x652.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="652" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Devon Jacobus reacts as he is nearly hit with a pitch during the first game of a double header against Cedar Rapids Xavier at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, June 25, 2012. I like the anticipation on his face, he&#039;s is expecting to get hit and he is expecting it to hurt. I shot a lot of frames of batters at a lot of games just to occasionally capture an image like this. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_507475" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/2012-sports-favorite/" rel="attachment wp-att-507475"><img class="size-full wp-image-507475" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8094172-las-2012-sports-favorite-12_18_2012-15.55.32.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="742" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I have always had fun photographing Iowa Wrestling Head Coach Tom Brands during matches. His desire to win is second to none and his intensity always makes for great photos. In this photo Brands jumps in the air as Iowa&#039;s Nick Moore scores a take down and near fall points on Minnesota&#039;s Alec Ortiz during their 157 pound match in their dual meet Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Moore won the match by a score of 11 to 2 and Iowa won the meet 19-17. (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)</p></div><div id="attachment_507471" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/class-2a-championship-xavier-vs-north-scott/" rel="attachment wp-att-507471"><img class="size-full wp-image-507471" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7586094-las-class-2a-championship-xavier-vs-north-scott-06_09_2012-16.18.37.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="687" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Good celebration photos are all about faces and the face of Xavier&#039;s Kayla Armstrong tells it all as she celebrates with the rest of the team following their victory over North Scott in the 2012 Iowa Girls High School Class 2A State Soccer Championship Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Muscatine Soccer Complex in Muscatine. Xavier won the game 3-1 to claim the state title. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507472" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/7663312-las-07_10_2012-21-31-33/" rel="attachment wp-att-507472"><img class="size-full wp-image-507472" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7663312-las-07_10_2012-21.31.33.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="664" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I could not believe my eyes when as I pressed the shutter button the hair of Iowa City West&#039;s Shelly Stumpff (11) twisted into her face while throwing out a Cedar Rapids Prairie base runner during their Class 5A Regional Final Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Iowa City West. West won the game 6-0 to advance to the State Softball Tournament. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507474" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/black-and-gold-blowout-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-507474"><img class="size-full wp-image-507474" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7946628-las-black-and-gold-blowout-10_19_2012-21.48.25.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="758" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I love the reactions of the rest of the team as Iowa senior Eric May dunks the ball during the slam dunk contest at the Black and Gold Blowout Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_507473" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 724px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/2012-jdc-round-4-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-507473"><img class="size-large wp-image-507473" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/7673417-las-2012-jdc-round-4-07_15_2012-18.37.52-714x1024.jpg" alt="" width="714" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I have been following Cedar Raids native Zach Johnson at the John Deere Classic for the last eight years and it was really exciting to see him celebrate after sinking a birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win this year&#039;s tournament Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/29/2012-sports-photos-of-the-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0219_SPO_FINALS_35.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Dec. 16-22</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:38:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=505506</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_505509" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/uni-iowa-state-womens-basketball-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-505509"><img class="size-large wp-image-505509" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1218_SPO_UNIWBBALL0806-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">UNI&#039;s Jacqui Kalin (10, left) drives to the basket against Iowa State&#039;s Brynn Williamson (22) in the second half of their game at the McLeod Center on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Cedar Falls. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_505510" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/uni-iowa-state-womens-basketball-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-505510"><img class="size-full wp-image-505510" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1218_SPO_UNIWBBALL1019.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="665" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa State&#039;s Chelsea Poppens (33) keeps the ball from UNI&#039;s Jen Keitel (42) and Brooke Brown (22) in the second half of their game at the McLeod Center on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Cedar Falls. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_505511" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 758px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/washington-regina-girls-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-505511"><img class="size-large wp-image-505511" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1219_SPO_GIRLSBBALL0263-748x1024.jpg" alt="" width="748" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Madison Kramer (20, left) looks to pass around Iowa City Regina&#039;s Gabby Dutchik (13) in the first half of their game at Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_505513" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/iowa-city-high-west-girls-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-505513"><img class="size-large wp-image-505513" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1222_SPO_ICGIRLSBBALL0026-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City High&#039;s Sam Blowers (13, from left), Courtney Joens (31) and Haley Lorenzen (45) surround Iowa City West&#039;s Ally Disterhoft (2, center) as she attempts a basket in the first half of their game at Iowa City West High on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_505512" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 692px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/iowa-city-high-west-boys-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-505512"><img class="size-large wp-image-505512" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1222_SPO_ICBOYSBBALL0598-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="682" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s David DiLeo (34, left) and Jeremy Morgan (20) surround Iowa City High&#039;s Malin Craig (15) under the basket in the first half of their game at Iowa City West High on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506544" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/iowa-wbb-vs-missouri-state-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-506544"><img class="size-full wp-image-506544" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1220_SPO_IAMBBVSSCSTATE01.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="731" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes forward Aaron White (30) pulls down a rebound over South Carolina State Bulldogs forward Darryl Palmer (30) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506545" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 853px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/iowa-wbb-vs-missouri-state-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-506545"><img class="size-large wp-image-506545" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1220_SPO_IAMBBVSSCSTATE20-843x1024.jpg" alt="" width="843" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes center Gabriel Olaseni (0) blocks a shot by South Carolina State Bulldogs forward Dominique Youmans (21) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506546" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 804px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/iowa-wbb-vs-missouri-state-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-506546"><img class="size-large wp-image-506546" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1220_SPO_IAWBBVSMISSOURISTATE08-794x1024.jpg" alt="" width="794" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes guard Theairra Taylor (23) drives around Missouri State Bears guard Mikala McGhee (32) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506651" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/boys-swimming-cedar-rapids-washington-linn-mar-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-506651"><img class="size-full wp-image-506651" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webBOYSSWIMMINGCRWASHLINNMAR0312.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="580" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar&#039;s Duggan Trenary swims the 100-yard butterfly during their dual swim meet against Cedar Rapids Washington at Coe College on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_506650" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 651px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/boys-swimming-cedar-rapids-washington-linn-mar/" rel="attachment wp-att-506650"><img class="size-full wp-image-506650" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/webBOYSSWIMMINGCRWASHLINNMAR0009.jpg" alt="" width="641" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Ryo Ueno swims the backstroke to lead of the 200-yard medley relay during their dual swim meet against Linn-Mar at Coe College on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/26/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-16-22/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1218_SPO_UNIWBBALL0806.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Dec. 9-15</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:30:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=502845</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; KCRG-TV9 Sports Director John Campbell is congratulated by anchor Bruce Aune after Campbell completes his last newscast at KCRG&#8217;s studio in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 14, 2012. Campbell retired after over 33 years with KCRG. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9) &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_502849" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/girls-basketball-washington-kennedy-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-502849"><img class="size-full wp-image-502849" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1215_SPO_WASHGBBALL0541.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Stephanie Botkin (40) rebounds the ball in the first half of their game against Cedar Rapids Washington at Kennedy on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_502846" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/cornell-wrestling-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-502846"><img class="size-full wp-image-502846" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1213_SPO_CORNELLWRESTLING0031.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="625" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cornell wrestler Brent Hamm (right) rubs his brother Andrew Hamm&#039;s head after Andrew surprised his family during Military Appreciation Night before the Cornell wrestling match against Augustana at Cornell&#039;s Multi-Sport Center on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Mount Vernon. Andrew Hamm was returning from serving with the Army in Guantanamo Bay. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_502847" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/cornell-wrestling-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-502847"><img class="size-full wp-image-502847" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1213_SPO_CORNELLWRESTLING0439.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="654" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Augustana&#039;s Torey Welch (bottom) holds Cornell&#039;s Bryce Lightner in a headlock in their 165-pound bout at Cornell&#039;s Multi-Sport Center on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503716" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/iowa-city-west-linn-mar-wrestling/" rel="attachment wp-att-503716"><img class="size-full wp-image-503716" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SPOTW383.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar&#039;s Johnny Clymer wrestles Iowa City West&#039;s Jasmine Bailey during their 113 lbs. match of their dual at Iowa City West High School on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Clymer won. 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(Jim Slosiarek/Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_503718" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/battle-of-waterloo-wrestling/" rel="attachment wp-att-503718"><img class="size-full wp-image-503718" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SPOTW1232.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="485" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">West Delaware&#039;s Patric Woods (left) reaches for the leg of Cedar Rapids Prairie&#039;s Sam Uthoff during their 106 lbs. match of their championship bracket dual at the 2012 Battle of Waterloo wrestling tournament at Young Arena on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in Waterloo, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><dl><dt><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/john-campbell-and-bruce-aune-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-503746"><img class="size-large wp-image-503746" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Campbell_01-1024x718.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="718" /></a></dt><dd>KCRG-TV9 Sports Director John Campbell is congratulated by anchor Bruce Aune after Campbell completes his last newscast at KCRG&#8217;s studio in Cedar Rapids on Friday, December 14, 2012. Campbell retired after over 33 years with KCRG. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</dd><dd></dd><dd><div id="attachment_503769" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/big-four-classic-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-503769"><img class="size-large wp-image-503769" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8089028-LAS-Big-Four-Classic-12_15_2012-18.13.281-1024x759.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="759" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Mike Gesell (10) battles for a loose ball against Northern Iowa&#039;s Chip Rank (4) and Matt Bohannon (5) during their game in the Big Four Classic Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_503770" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 922px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/big-four-classic-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-503770"><img class="size-large wp-image-503770" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8088987-LAS-Big-Four-Classic-12_15_2012-17.47.281-912x1024.jpg" alt="" width="912" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Devyn Marble (4) blocks a shot by Northern Iowa&#039;s Anthony James (52) during their game in the Big Four Classic Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div></dd></dl><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"></div></div><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/18/sports-photos-of-the-week-dec-9-15/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1213_SPO_CORNELLWRESTLING0031.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Nov 25 &#8211; Dec 1</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/03/sports-photos-of-the-week-nov-25-dec-1/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/12/03/sports-photos-of-the-week-nov-25-dec-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:54:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=496783</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_496787" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/03/sports-photos-of-the-week-nov-25-dec-1/cornell-coe-mens-college-basketball-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-496787"><img class="size-full wp-image-496787" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1129_SPO_MENSBBALL0794.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cornell students throw toilet paper onto the court after the Cornell men&#039;s first point in the basketball game against Coe at the Small Multi-Sports Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Nob. 28, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_496786" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/12/03/sports-photos-of-the-week-nov-25-dec-1/iowa-city-high-washington-girls-basketball/" rel="attachment wp-att-496786"><img class="size-full wp-image-496786" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1128_SPO_GIRLSBBALL0451.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Dani Franklin (32, left) and Abby Herb (2) try to block a shot by Iowa City High&#039;s Kiera Washpun (5) in the first half of their game at Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. 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(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_487920" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/12/we-may-have-great-cameras/iowa-purdue-football-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-487920"><img src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1111_SPO_IOWAFB1236.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" class="size-full wp-image-487920" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Christian Kirksey (20) closes in as Purdue Boilermakers tight end Crosby Wright (82) misses a pass in the second half of their game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/11/12/we-may-have-great-cameras/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_OBAMA0908.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Obamney</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:59:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=484671</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; While covering presidential candidates is nothing new to most photographers working in a swing state, we don&#8217;t usually cover both candidates in one day. So, this Saturday&#8217;s rallies in Dubuque were a unique challenge to photograph each candidate in a balanced way for both the print edition and online galleries. &#8221;Obamney&#8221; seemed a fitting name [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_484685" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-484685"><img class="size-full wp-image-484685" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0548.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Obama and Romney supporters rally at campaign events for the presidential candidates on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Dubuque. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While covering presidential candidates is nothing new to most photographers working in a swing state, we don&#8217;t usually cover both candidates in one day. So, this Saturday&#8217;s rallies in Dubuque were a unique challenge to photograph each candidate in a balanced way for both the print edition and online galleries. &#8221;Obamney&#8221; seemed a fitting name for the day&#8217;s adventures, and I took to calling the local media work area &#8220;Obamneyville.&#8221; Some similarities are inevitable at campaign events like these, even when the degree of access is pretty different, so I&#8217;ve put together a series of diptychs from the day&#8217;s coverage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/obama-dubuque-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-484677"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484677" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_OBAMA0785.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-484680"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484680" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0329.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_484681" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-484681"><img class="size-full wp-image-484681" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0352.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Left, John Mellencamp (center) performs at the Obama rally. Right, Richard Petty, NASCAR team owner and retired driver , sits with Sen. Chuck Grassley (left) and Ann Romney.</p></div><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-484679"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484679" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0123.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="735" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-484686"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484686" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0566.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-484684"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484684" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0521.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="316" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/obama-dubuque-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-484678"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484678" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_OBAMA0830.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-484682"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484682" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0446.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/romney-dubuque-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-484683"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-484683" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_ROMNEY0515.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="327" /></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/11/05/obamney/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1104_IOW_OBAMA0785.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Oct. 21-27</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:33:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=480544</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_480546" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/iowa-northwestern-football-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-480546"><img class="size-full wp-image-480546" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1028_SPO_IOWANUFB0463.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="708" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Keenan Davis (6) reacts after missing a pass in the first half of Iowa&#039;s 28-17against Northwestern at Ryan Field on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Evanston, Ill. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_480550" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/first-round-football-playoffs-iowa-city-high-at-cedar-rapids-xav/" rel="attachment wp-att-480550"><img class="size-full wp-image-480550" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/REGVB_10.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="915" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City High&#039;s Michaela Nelson (7) and Mickey Hansche (14) celebrate their victory over Iowa City West during a Class 5A regional volleyball match at Iowa City High in Iowa City on Thursday, October 25, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_480551" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/reese-thompsongaetano-tarantino-ben-perez-and-nate-neuhaus/" rel="attachment wp-att-480551"><img class="size-full wp-image-480551" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/COEFOOTB_05.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="698" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Reese Thompson of Wartburg looses his grip on the ball as he is surrounded by Coe&#039;s Gaetano Tarantino (10), Ben Perez (38) and Nate Neuhaus (59) during the first half at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, October 27, 2012. Coe recovered the fumble. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_480552" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/first-round-football-playoffs-iowa-city-high-at-cedar-rapids-xav-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-480552"><img class="size-full wp-image-480552" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_01.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="670" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Brendan Miller hauls in a pass on the one yard line in front of De&#039;Airius Salibi of Iowa City High during the first half of a first round Class 4A playoff game at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/27/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-21-27/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1025_SPO_ICWESTFB0510.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Obama from the front row (and the back)</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:35:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=480258</guid> <description><![CDATA[Living in Iowa has its perks. Depending on who you ask, Presidential election season is certainly one of them. As a swing state, we see plenty of the candidates for the two years leading up to the election, followed by two years of quiet. Although I have yet to photograph Mitt Romney, I&#8217;ve covered visits [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Living in Iowa has its perks. Depending on who you ask, Presidential election season is certainly one of them. As a swing state, we see plenty of the candidates for the two years leading up to the election, followed by two years of quiet. Although I have yet to photograph Mitt Romney, I&#8217;ve covered visits by Obama three times in 2012 alone (four times if you count staking out his hotel one night waiting for the motorcade, but I don&#8217;t.). To give you a taste of what it&#8217;s like to cover a Presidential campaign visit, I thought I&#8217;d share photos from two recent visits, with two very different perspectives.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First things first, we spend anywhere from five to 50 minutes waiting for the Secret Service to clear our bags, get our credential and claim a work area. In Iowa City last month, that was a table with power for my laptop, which spent most of the day wrapped in a poncho to protect it from the rain. In Mount Vernon, it was a coveted end seat on the bleachers so I could file continuously through the day. After settling in, I quickly file the photos I shot of the line outside, and start looking for features of the growing audience inside.</p><div id="attachment_480267" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-cornell-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-480267"><img class="size-full wp-image-480267" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1018_IOW_OBAMA0032.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">An Obama campaign volunteer holds a sign reminding people to vote at an early voting location before President Barack Obama&#039;s campaign event at the Small Multi-Sport Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mount Vernon.  (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480260" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-480260"><img class="size-full wp-image-480260" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0037.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jerry W. Frajman of Cedar Rapids uses his jacket as protection from the rain while waiting for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to arrive for a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480268" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-cornell-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-480268"><img class="size-full wp-image-480268" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1018_IOW_OBAMA0036.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kathy Patience of Iowa City (left) and Tracy Hufford of Solon fan themselves with folders, a reference to Mitt Romney&#039;s &quot;binders full of women&quot; comment in Tuesday night&#039;s debate, before President Barack Obama&#039;s campaign event at the Small Multi-Sport Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480261" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-480261"><img class="size-full wp-image-480261" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0049.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Audience members hide from the rain while waiting for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to arrive for a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>After a few other speakers, the President arrives. There are risers for the media at the back of the audience and off to the side, which is the cut-away riser. Events are usually carefully staged with the photographers&#8217; risers in mind. Generally, this results in images like&#8230;</p><div id="attachment_480262" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-480262"><img class="size-full wp-image-480262" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0332.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 8,000 during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can see the back press riser to the right of the frame below. The image above was taken from the cut-away riser.</p><div id="attachment_480263" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-480263"><img class="size-full wp-image-480263" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0336.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 8,000 during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>The traveling press pool has access to the buffer area in front of the rest of the audience, and generally a few local press photographers are given special credentials to join them. For the Cornell College/Mount Vernon event, I was in that close pool. You can see what a difference it makes in the photos below, where you can compare photos from the close pool and the riser.</p><div id="attachment_480269" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-cornell-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-480269"><img class="size-full wp-image-480269" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1018_IOW_OBAMA0267.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama addresses supporters during a campaign event at the Small Multi-Sport Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480264" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-480264"><img class="size-full wp-image-480264" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0431.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 8,000 during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480271" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-cornell-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-480271"><img class="size-full wp-image-480271" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1018_IOW_OBAMA0694.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama waves to the crowd as he leaves the stage during a campaign event at the Small Multi-Sport Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480265" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-13/" rel="attachment wp-att-480265"><img class="size-full wp-image-480265" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0585.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">First Lady Michelle Obama (from left), President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden wave to the crowd during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>At the end of every event, the President walks along the rope line shaking hands. Close pool photographers are allowed on stage to photograph from behind, which can result in photos of reaction from the crowd, while photographing from the riser gets you plenty of cameras held overhead and hopefully a clean shot of his face.</p><div id="attachment_480266" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-iowa-city-14/" rel="attachment wp-att-480266"><img class="size-full wp-image-480266" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0654.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">President Barack Obama Vice President Joe Biden First Lady Michelle Obama Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_480270" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 487px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/obama-cornell-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-480270"><img class=" wp-image-480270 " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1018_IOW_OBAMA0347-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="477" height="717" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cornell College senior Cassie Barrett of Algonquin, Ill., reacts as she hugs President Barack Obama at his campaign event at the Small Multi-Sport Center at Cornell College on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/26/obama-from-the-front-row-and-the-back/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/0908_IOW_OBAMA0037.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Oct. 14-20</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:21:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=477394</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_477397" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/iowa-city-kennedy-prep-football-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-477397"><img class="size-full wp-image-477397" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1020_SPO_CITYKENNEDY0428.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="699" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Alexander Hillyer (28, left) fends off Iowa CIty High&#039;s Max Morris (32) in the first half of their game at Iowa City High on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_477396" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 882px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/iowa-city-kennedy-prep-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-477396"><img class="size-large wp-image-477396" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1020_SPO_CITYKENNEDY0140-872x1024.jpg" alt="" width="872" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Kennedy&#039;s Miles Moa (33, left) flips in the air over teammate Patrick Martin (9) in the first half of their game at Iowa City High on Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_477533" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-iowa-football-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-477533"><img class="size-full wp-image-477533" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/WEBPENNSTATEIOWAFOOTBALL0042.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="611" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Iowa Hawkeyes take the field for their NCAA college football game against Penn State at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek,/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_477535" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-iowa-football-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-477535"><img class="size-full wp-image-477535" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/webPENNSTATEIOWAFOOTBALL0734.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="709" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Tanner Miller (5) knocks away a pass intended for Penn State Nittany Lions tight end Matt Lehman (84) during the first half of their NCAA college football game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek,/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_477534" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 901px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-iowa-football-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-477534"><img class="size-full wp-image-477534" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/WEBPENNSTATEIOWAFOOTBALL0324.jpg" alt="" width="891" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Penn State Nittany Lions cornerback Adrian Amos (4) and linebacker Glenn Carson (40) knock away a pass intended for Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Keenan Davis (6) during the first half of their NCAA college football game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek,/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_477536" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-iowa-football-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-477536"><img class="size-full wp-image-477536" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/webPENNSTATEIOWAFOOTBALL1456.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="686" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes cornerback Micah Hyde (right) strips the ball at the goal line from Penn State Nittany Lions running back Zach Zwinak (28) during the second half of their NCAA college football game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek,/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_477962" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/linn-mar-at-cedar-rapids-xavier-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-477962"><img class="size-full wp-image-477962" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_05.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="583" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s David Kirpes (60), Logan Clarahan (46) and Matt Nelson (84) try to recover a ball fumbled by Linn-Mar&#039;s Zach Martins during the first quarter at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, October 19, 2012. The Saints recovered the ball on this play. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_477963" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-at-iowa-football-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-477963"><img class="size-full wp-image-477963" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_15.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="659" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Sean Draper breaks up a pass to Penn State Nittany Lions wide receiver Allen Robinson in the end zone during the fourth quarter at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, October 20, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_477966" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/penn-state-at-iowa-football-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-477966"><img class="size-full wp-image-477966" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sports01.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="864" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Penn State Nittany Lions safety Stephen Obeng-Agyapong (7) and linebacker Mike Hull (43) break up a pass intended for Iowa Hawkeyes tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz during a game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, October 20, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/22/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-14-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1020_SPO_CITYKENNEDY0140.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Oct 7-13</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=474429</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_474439" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/iowa-at-michigan-state-football-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-474439"><img class="size-full wp-image-474439" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_03.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michigan State Spartans safety Kurtis Drummond is brought down by Iowa Hawkeyes Zach Derby (85),Casey Kreiter (61), Micah Hyde (18), C.J. Fiedorowicz (86), Christian Kirksey (20) and James Morris at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing Michigan on Saturday, October 13, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_474575" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/iowa-at-michigan-state-football-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-474575"><img class="size-full wp-image-474575" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_022.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="677" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michigan State Spartans defensive end William Gholston falls into the end zone with Iowa Hawkeyes Weisman as Weisman scores a touchdown late in the fourth quarter at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing Michigan on Saturday, October 13, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><div id="attachment_474560" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/iowa-at-michigan-state-football-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-474560"><img class="size-full wp-image-474560" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FOOTBALL_131.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="667" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Christian Kirksey congratulates defensive back Greg Castillo after Castillo intercepted a Michigan State pass in overtime to win the game 19 to 16 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing Michigan on Saturday, October 13, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_474430" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 832px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/iowa-football-michigan-state-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-474430"><img class="size-large wp-image-474430" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1013_SPO_IOWAMICHST1262-822x1024.jpg" alt="" width="822" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Greg Castillo (2) intercepts a Michigan State pass in overtime for a 19-16 overtime win at Spartan Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in East Lansing, Mich. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_474433" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/washington-linn-mar-girls-swimming/" rel="attachment wp-att-474433"><img class="size-full wp-image-474433" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1010_SPO_SWIM0048.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar&#039;s Lauren Dalecky swims the breast stroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay in the Lions&#039; meet against Cedar Rapids Washington at Coe College on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. Dalecky&#039;s relay team won in 1:58.20. 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(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_474431" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 741px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/iowa-football-michigan-state-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-474431"><img class="size-large wp-image-474431" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1013_SPO_IOWAMICHST1588-731x1024.jpg" alt="" width="731" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michigan State Spartans wide receiver Keith Mumphery (25, center) bobbles a 37 yard pass from quarterback Andrew Maxwell (10) over Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Sean Draper (7, left) and defensive back Tanner Miller (5) in the fourth quarter of Iowa&#039;s 19-16 overtime win at Spartan Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, in East Lansing, Mich. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_474582" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1034px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/prwash/" rel="attachment wp-att-474582"><img class="size-large wp-image-474582" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1011_IOW_PRWASH_805-1024x645.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="645" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Prairie junior wide receiver Mitchell Dellamuth (7) and Washington senior running back Robert Jr. Miley (42) fight for a fumbled ball during the third quarter of the Prairie vs. Washington football game at Kingston Stadium on Thursday, October 11, 2012. Prairie came up with the ball. (Kyle Grillot/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_476088" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/efy-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-476088"><img class="size-full wp-image-476088" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1008_IOW_EFY_72.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="678" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Derek Sondag of Williamsburg crosses the finish line of the 20th annual Especially For You race on Sunday, October 6, 2012. (Kyle Grillot/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/14/sports-photos-of-the-week-oct-7-13/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1013_SPO_IOWAMICHST1262.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week : Sept 30 &#8211; Oct 6</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:51:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=466268</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_471012" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 950px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/iowa-city-high-at-iowa-city-west-volleyball/" rel="attachment wp-att-471012"><img class="size-full wp-image-471012" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SPIKE_01.jpg" alt="" width="940" height="741" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Laynie Whitehead (14), Hannah Fairfield (4) Lizzy Klemme (6), Ally Disterhoft (11) and Toni Martins (5) celebrate with the trophy after defeating Iowa City High in the annual Battle of the Spike at Iowa City West High School in Iowa City on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_471014" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 950px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/cedar-rapids-prairie-at-linn-mar-football-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-471014"><img class="size-full wp-image-471014" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_016.jpg" alt="" width="940" height="648" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn-Mar&#039;s Max Kritzman blocks for Ross Lembeck as Andrew Netolciky clings to his jersey during the first half of a game at Linn-Mar HIgh School in Marion on Friday, October 5, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_471184" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/cross-country-running-safety-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-471184"><img class="size-full wp-image-471184" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/webspotw01.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="674" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington varsity cross country runners run along 21st St. NE on their way to Noelridge Park on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_471286" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 853px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/city-high-vs-iowa-city-west/" rel="attachment wp-att-471286"><img class="size-large wp-image-471286" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1006_SPO_CITYHIGHVSWEST02-843x1024.jpg" alt="" width="843" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Reid Bonner (15) attempts to intercept a pass intended for Iowa City City High&#039;s Tony Perry (19) during the first half of their cross town rivalry game Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 at Iowa City West. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_471287" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/10/07/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-30-oct-6/city-high-vs-iowa-city-west-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-471287"><img class="size-full wp-image-471287" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1006_SPO_CITYHIGHVSWEST13.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="752" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Iowa City West High Trojans celebrate with &quot;The Boot&quot; following their victory over Iowa City City High in their cross town rivalry game Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 at Iowa City West. 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(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_467603" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 941px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/xavier-cedar-rapids-washington-football-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-467603"><img class="size-full wp-image-467603" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sotwwebz011.jpg" alt="" width="931" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Clayton Bjornsen (right) reaches for a pass as he is hit by Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Trey Sampson during the first half of their game at Kingston Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Bjornsen made the reception. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_467604" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 624px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/buena-vista-coe-volleyball-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-467604"><img class="size-full wp-image-467604" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sotwwebz021.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe&#039;s Tiffany Frey reacts to a point scored for the Kohawks during the first set of their match against Buena Vista at Coe College on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Coe won the first set, 25-22. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_467605" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/central-michigan-iowa-college-football-19/" rel="attachment wp-att-467605"><img class="size-full wp-image-467605" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sotwwebz031.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="725" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dubuque Wahlert&#039;s Greg Lange reacts as he watches his chip shot on the tenth green during the Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division meet at Hunters Ridge Golf Course on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in Marion, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_468064" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/waco-at-lisbon-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-468064"><img class="size-full wp-image-468064" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/spotwz04.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="678" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Lisbon&#039;s Alex Dean celebrates a Lions fumble recovery during the first half of their game against WACO at Lisbon High School on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Lisbon, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_467967" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/iowa-minnesota-football-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-467967"><img class="size-full wp-image-467967" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0930_SPO_IOWAFB0630.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="680" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive back Cedric Thompson (27) tackles Iowa Hawkeyes fullback Mark Weisman (45) in the first half of their game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, in Iowa City. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_468003" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 970px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/minnesota-at-iowa-football-15/" rel="attachment wp-att-468003"><img class="size-full wp-image-468003" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_014.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="750" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Tanner Miller intercepts a pass intended for Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver A.J. Barker during the first half at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, September 29, 2012. Originally called an incomplete pass, the play was ruled and interception upon review. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_468004" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 970px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/minnesota-at-iowa-football-16/" rel="attachment wp-att-468004"><img class="size-full wp-image-468004" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_033.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="601" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes offensive linesman James Ferentz is the first to reach Floyd of Rosedale to reclaim the trophy from the Minnesota bench after defeating the Golden Gophers at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, September 29, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/29/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-23-29-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sotwwebz011.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Lost in the archives</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/26/lost-in-the-archives/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/26/lost-in-the-archives/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:00:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=466286</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Fall signals the start of contest season for the Gazette photo staff. Iowa Newspaper Association and Inland Press both have early fall deadlines, so last week we laid out prints of our favorite photos from the year to choose our staff entries. It can be inspiring to see the work of my colleagues, but [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_466299" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/26/lost-in-the-archives/michele-bachmann-49/" rel="attachment wp-att-466299"><img class="size-full wp-image-466299" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0814_IOW_STRAWPOLL1589.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Republican Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann reacts to young fans in the front row as Bachmann exits her bus after she was announced as the winner of the 2011 Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group News)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fall signals the start of contest season for the Gazette photo staff. Iowa Newspaper Association and Inland Press both have early fall deadlines, so last week we laid out prints of our favorite photos from the year to choose our staff entries. It can be inspiring to see the work of my colleagues, but it&#8217;s occasionally frustrating too, to discover that a favorite photo was never printed. Only photos that have been published (either print or online, depending on the contest) are eligible, so until we started publishing galleries online with more frequency earlier this year, many of our photos languished in the archive. The photo above has only appeared once, as far as I can tell &#8212; <a href="http://lizmartin.blogspot.com/2011/08/straw-poll-bachmann.html">on my own oft-neglected blog</a> &#8211; but this image has stayed in my mind since last summer. Her expression and hands reaching toward the children below were just perfect.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/26/lost-in-the-archives/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0814_IOW_STRAWPOLL1589.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Sept 16-22</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:14:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=462483</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#38;nbsp]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_464608" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/iowa-central-michigan-football-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-464608"><img class="size-full wp-image-464608" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0923_SPO_IOWAFB1439.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Keenan Davis (6) misses a pass from James Vandenberg under pressure from Central Michigan Chippewas defensive back Jason Wilson (14) in the second half of their game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Iowa City. Central Michigan won 32-31 with a last-minute field goal after an on-side kick. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&amp;nbsp</p><div id="attachment_464609" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/iowa-central-michigan-football-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-464609"><img class="size-full wp-image-464609" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0923_SPO_IOWAFB1760.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="669" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back John Lowdermilk (37) loses control of the ball after a tackle by Central Michigan Chippewas defensive back Jason Wilson (14) in the final seconds of the second half of their game at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Iowa City. Central Michigan won 32-31 with a last-minute field goal after an on-side kick. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_464704" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 758px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/cedar-rapids-kennedy-at-cedar-rapids-xavier-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-464704"><img class="size-large wp-image-464704" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_02-748x1024.jpg" alt="" width="748" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Xavier&#039;s Craig Murtha tackles Alexander Hillyer of Cedar Rapids Kennedy during the first half at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, September 21, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_465329" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 784px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/kennedy-cr-washington-volleyball/" rel="attachment wp-att-465329"><img class="size-full wp-image-465329" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/washkennweb1.jpg" alt="" width="774" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Shanay Gonder (facing camera) celebrates a point with Aleena Hobbs during the third set of their match against Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Washington High School on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kennedy won the first set, 29-27. Washington won the second set, 25-16. Kennedy won the third set, 25-20. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_465330" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/central-michigan-iowa-college-football-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-465330"><img class="size-full wp-image-465330" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cmuiaweb11.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="708" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Central Michigan players celebrate the game winning field goal during the closing moments of the second half of their game against Iowa at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Central Michigan won, 32-31. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_465328" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 726px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/central-michigan-iowa-college-football-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-465328"><img class="size-full wp-image-465328" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/cmuisweb2.jpg" alt="" width="716" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Central Michigan Chippewas defensive back Jahleel Addae (4) looks skyward and kisses his hand after praying in celebration of the Chippewas&#039; win over the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Central Michigan won, 32-31. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/24/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-16-22-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0923_SPO_IOWAFB1439.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Moving day and frame grabs</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/18/moving-day-and-frame-grabs/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/18/moving-day-and-frame-grabs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:49:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=462445</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Last Friday, I spent part of the morning with Jenny Barnett as she moved into her new house. You can read Rick Smith&#8217;s story about the Wells Fargo grant and other area organizations that helped Barnett (and her daughter Ella) as she bought and built her first home on thegazette.com.  I was shooting video for KCRG [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_462478" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/18/moving-day-and-frame-grabs/affordable-housing-network-move-in-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-462478"><img class="size-full wp-image-462478" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/AHNI.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="623" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jenny Barnett moves a pink sheer canopy in her daughter Ella&#039;s room at their new house in Northwest Cedar Rapids on Friday, Sept. 15, 2012. Ella, 4, has said that she&#039;ll sleep in her own bed in the new house if she has the canopy. Barnett&#039;s house is one of five new houses in the area built for first-time home owners under a partnership between the Affordable Housing Network and other area partner organizations. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Last Friday, I spent part of the morning with Jenny Barnett as she moved into her new house. You can <a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/14/grant-used-for-flood-recovery-homebuilding/">read Rick Smith&#8217;s story </a>about the Wells Fargo grant and other area organizations that helped Barnett (and her daughter Ella) as she bought and built her first home <a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/14/grant-used-for-flood-recovery-homebuilding/">on thegazette.com</a>.  I was shooting video for KCRG and stills for the Gazette, using one camera body (we each have a Canon 1DMkIV), and had been hoping Jenny would hang the canopy that would complete Ella&#8217;s bedroom. In less than one second, she picked up the canopy and moved it a few feet, while I was shooting video. The frame grab from the video isn&#8217;t as clear (or as high-resolution) as a still photograph would have been, but I still like the moment. The photo below is a still frame showing the living room and kitchen.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_462477" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/18/moving-day-and-frame-grabs/affordable-housing-network-move-in-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-462477"><img class="size-full wp-image-462477" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0915_IOW_AHNIHOUSE00261.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jenny Barnett arranges pictures on a table in the living room of her new house in Northwest Cedar Rapids on Friday, Sept. 15, 2012. Barnett&#039;s house is one of five new houses in the area built for first-time home owners under a partnership between AHNI and other area partner organizations. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/18/moving-day-and-frame-grabs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0915_IOW_AHNIHOUSE00261.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Sept 9-15</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:42:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=456614</guid> <description><![CDATA[]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_461081" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/crfd-fire-bowl-iii/" rel="attachment wp-att-461081"><img class="size-full wp-image-461081" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/spowweb1.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="967" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Linn County Sheriff&#039;s Department deputy Jacob Sharpe (right) breaks up a pass intended for Cedar Rapids Fire Department&#039;s Kurt Kroemer during their game at the CRFD Fire Bowl III at Coe College on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Although the team from the sheriff&#039;s department was eliminated, they raised the most in donations. Twelve teams from eastern Iowa competed in the tournament. This year&#039;s event benefits the Folds of Honor Foundation, which raises money to help provide post-secondary education scholarships for children of fallen and wounded Iowa veterans. A tribute to the 81 Iowa service members who have fallen since 9/11 was also at the event. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_461756" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/kennedy-vs-xavier-volleyball/" rel="attachment wp-att-461756"><img class="size-full wp-image-461756" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0912_SPO_KENNEDYVSXAVIER03.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="740" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kennedy&#039;s Alexus Rogers (5) goes up for a block against Xavier&#039;s Kara Zwanziger (7) during their match Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_461757" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/iowa-vs-uni-college-football-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-461757"><img class="size-full wp-image-461757" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0916_SPO_IOWAVSUNI201216.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="772" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes running back Greg Garmon (4) fails to pull down a pass during the first half of their college football game against Northern Iowa Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_461759" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/iowa-vs-uni-college-football-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-461759"><img class="size-full wp-image-461759" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0916_SPO_IOWAVSUNI201225.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="824" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker James Morris (44) drives Northern Iowa Panthers wide receiver Chad Owens (19) to the ground during the second half of their college football game Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_462095" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 970px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/northern-iowa-at-iowa-football-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-462095"><img class="size-full wp-image-462095" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_03.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="1002" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes running back Damon Bullock leaps over Northern Iowa Panthers linebacker Jordan Gacke and Iowa&#039;s C.J. Fiedorowicz during the first half at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday , September 15, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_462110" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 970px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/northern-iowa-at-iowa-football-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-462110"><img class="size-full wp-image-462110" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_04.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="620" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes fullback Mark Weisman loses and then regains control of the ball after being tackled by Northern Iowa Panthers defensive back Wilmot Wellington during the first half at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday , September 15, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_462837" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/cedar-rapids-prairie-iowa-city-west-football-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-462837"><img class="size-full wp-image-462837" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wispweb2.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="881" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Anthony Batie (left) breaks up a pass intended for Cedar Rapids Prairie&#039;s Jarred Edmonds during the second half of their game at West High School on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa City West won, 58-27. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_462836" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/cedar-rapids-prairie-iowa-city-west-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-462836"><img class="size-full wp-image-462836" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wispweb1.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="806" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City West&#039;s Devin Raffensperger (left) flies through the air as he is brought down by Cedar Rapids Prairie&#039;s Coen Brown during the second half of their game at West High School on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa City West won, 58-27. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/17/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-9-15/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/spowweb1.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: Sept 2-8</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:06:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=456612</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_458342" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 750px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/coe-cornell-football-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-458342"><img class="size-large wp-image-458342" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_COECORNELL0925-740x1024.jpg" alt="" width="740" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe&#039;s Keaton Juergens (83, right) misses a pass as Cornell&#039;s Jeffrey Bollnow (14) tackles him in the first half of their game at Cornell on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_458340" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 655px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/coe-cornell-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-458340"><img class="size-large wp-image-458340" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_COECORNELL0276-645x1024.jpg" alt="" width="645" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe defensive lineman Nate Neuhaus (59) intercepts a Cornell pass in the first half of their game at Cornell on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_458341" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/coe-cornell-football-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-458341"><img class="size-full wp-image-458341" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_COECORNELL0303.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="636" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Coe defensive lineman Nate Neuhaus (59) celebrates with Dustin Elsbury (47) and Mitch Montgomery (92) after Neuhaus intercepted a Cornell pass in the first half of their game at Cornell on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Mount Vernon. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_458800" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/city-high-vs-waterloo-east/" rel="attachment wp-att-458800"><img class="size-full wp-image-458800" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0908_SPO_CITYHIGHVSWATERLOOEAST06.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="711" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City City High&#039;s Tyler Stika (11) knocks away a pass intended for Waterloo East&#039;s Timoz Buford (15) during their game Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 at Iowa City High School in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_458801" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/iowa-vs-iowa-state-fooball-2012-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-458801"><img class="size-full wp-image-458801" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_IAFBVSISU201205.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="677" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes defensive back Tanner Miller (5) nearly intercepts a pass intended for Iowa State Cyclones wide receiver Chris Young (15) during the first half of their college football game Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_458802" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 995px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/iowa-vs-iowa-state-fooball-2012-10/" rel="attachment wp-att-458802"><img class="size-full wp-image-458802" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_IAFBVSISU201215.jpg" alt="" width="985" height="729" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz (86) reacts after dropping a pass on third down during he second half of their college football game against Iowa State Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_459045" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1010px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/iowa-state-at-iowa-football-11/" rel="attachment wp-att-459045"><img class="size-full wp-image-459045" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_05.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="734" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes linebacker Christian Kirksey tackles Iowa State Cyclones wide receiver Aaron Horne during the first half Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, September 8, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter"><div id="attachment_459046" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 1010px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/iowa-state-at-iowa-football-12/" rel="attachment wp-att-459046"><img class="size-full wp-image-459046" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_23.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="823" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa Hawkeyes tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz reacts after dropping a pass doing the fourth quarter against Iowa State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, September 8, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><dl><dt></dt><dd></dd></dl></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/10/sports-photos-of-the-week-sept-2-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0909_SPO_COECORNELL0276.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Sports photos of the week: August 26 &#8211; September 1</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:01:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Cover Story]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sports Photos of the Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=455203</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#38;nbsp &#38;nbsp &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_455610" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-vs-northern-illinois-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-455610"><img class="size-full wp-image-455610" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0902_SPO_IOWANIU07refocus.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="725" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Damon Bullock (32) crosses into the end zone in front of Northern Illinois&#039; Dechane Durante (21) during the fourth quarter of their college football game Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Iowa won the game 18-17. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&amp;nbsp</p><div id="attachment_455419" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 947px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-northern-illinois-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-455419"><img class="size-large wp-image-455419" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0901_SPO_IOWANIU0803-937x1024.jpg" alt="" width="937" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Christian Kirksey (20, top), Carl Davis (71) and Micah Hyde (18) celebrate an Iowa recovery of a Northern Illinois fumble in the third quarter of Iowa&#039;s 18-17 win at Soldier Field on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Chicago. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&amp;nbsp</p><div id="attachment_455420" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-northern-illinois-football-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-455420"><img class="size-full wp-image-455420" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0901_SPO_IOWANIU1655.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa defenders Dominic Alvis (79, from left), James Morris (44) and Louis Trinca-Pasat (90) tackle Northern Illinois&#039; Jamal Womble (5) in the Iowa end zone, causing his helmet to fly off in the fourth quarter of Iowa&#039;s 18-17 win at Soldier Field on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in Chicago. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_455421" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/rinehart-100-archery-shoot/" rel="attachment wp-att-455421"><img class="size-full wp-image-455421" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/7804379-LAS-RINEHART-100-ARCHERY-SHOOT-08_25_2012-18.56.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="676" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rachel Lochner, 11, of Ely, Iowa, aims at a water-filled milk jug as she competes against Warren Williams, 12, of What Cheer, Iowa, to see who can drain water faster during the Hitaga Archery Club&#039;s Rinehart 100 3-D archery shoot at Camp Hitaga on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in , Iowa. The event, which started 11 years ago, is a fundraiser to provide scholarships for campers to attend the camp. The event draws about 450 archers from as far away as Wyoming. Archers shoot at 100 targets on the North American, African and novelty ranges. Targets include a 19-foot tall giraffe, a 13-foot tall elephant, dinosaurs and alien creatures. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)during the Hitaga Archery Club&#039;s Rinehart 100 3-D archery shoot at Camp Hitaga on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in , Iowa. The event, which started 11 years ago, is a fundraiser to provide scholarships for campers to attend the camp. The event draws about 450 archers from as far away as Wyoming. Archers shoot at 100 targets on the North American, African and novelty ranges. Targets include a 19-foot tall giraffe, a 13-foot tall elephant, dinosaurs and alien creatures. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_455433" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 778px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-city-high-kennedy-volleyball/" rel="attachment wp-att-455433"><img class="size-full wp-image-455433" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ICHIGHKENNEDYVOLLEYBALL.jpg" alt="" width="768" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa City High&#039;s Abby Saehler celebrates a point during the first game of their match against Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kennedy High School on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012, in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_455597" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 920px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/michael-lafferty-jared-kuehner/" rel="attachment wp-att-455597"><img class="size-full wp-image-455597" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/FOOTBALL_01.jpg" alt="" width="910" height="720" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Monmouth&#039;s Michael Lafferty tackles Jared Kuehner of Coe during the first half at Coe College in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, September 1, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_455604" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 807px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/cedar-rapids-washington-at-iowa-city-west-football/" rel="attachment wp-att-455604"><img class="size-large wp-image-455604" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0901_SPO_FOOTBALL_01-797x1024.jpg" alt="" width="797" height="1024" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedar Rapids Washington&#039;s Conner Vincent tackles Connor Greene of Iowa City West during the first half at Iowa City West in Iowa City on Friday, August 31, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)</p></div><div id="attachment_455611" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-vs-northern-illinois-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-455611"><img class="size-full wp-image-455611" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0902_SPO_IOWANIU16refocus.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="655" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Iowa&#039;s Mike Meyer (96) watches his 50-yard field goal sail through the uprights after falling down while making the kick against Northern Illinois during the second half of their college football game Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Iowa won the game 18-17. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)Jack McCaffery, youngest son of University of Iowa Head Men&#039;s Basketball coach Fran McCaffery, celebrates as he holds up a foul ball given to him by the man in the blue shirt behind him during Hawkeye Day with the Cubs Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><div id="attachment_455609" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 796px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/iowa-day-at-wrigley-field-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-455609"><img class="size-full wp-image-455609" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0901_SPO_IOWADAYATTHECUBS26refocus.jpg" alt="" width="786" height="980" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jack McCaffery, youngest son of University of Iowa Head Men&#039;s Basketball coach Fran McCaffery, celebrates as he holds up a foul ball given to him by the man in the blue shirt behind him during Hawkeye Day with the Cubs Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/09/02/sports-photos-of-the-week-august-26-september-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/0901_SPO_IOWANIU0803.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Survivors</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:30:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=448221</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#8220;Joan&#8221; and &#8220;Brigid&#8221; co-write a blog, Enemy In the Wire, on military sexual trauma, and shared their story with reporter Max Freud, as part of a story advancing last week&#8217;s free screening of The Invisible War. The film will be shown again at the Bijou at the University of Iowa Aug. 24-30. I encourage you to [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_448231" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-448231"><img class="size-full wp-image-448231" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0058.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">“You don’t tell. I broke the rules; I told,” Brigid said. “And that is why a lot of women don’t come forward — because it was your fault anyway. What did you expect when you put on those boots? What did you expect? You want to play in a man’s world, well, you’re going to have to play with the men.” (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&#8220;Joan&#8221; and &#8220;Brigid&#8221; co-write a blog,<a href="http://enemyinthewire.wordpress.com/"> Enemy In the Wire</a>, on military sexual trauma, and shared their story with reporter Max Freud, as part of a story advancing last week&#8217;s free screening of The Invisible War. The film will be shown again at the Bijou at the University of Iowa Aug. 24-30. I encourage you to <a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/09/local-vets-speak-out-on-military-sex-assault/">read Max&#8217;s story</a>, which also discusses the military&#8217;s response and support for victims.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_448230" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-448230"><img class="size-medium wp-image-448230" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0024-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>I knew a few days before the shoot that I was to photograph them without showing their faces. Some research in stock photo archives didn&#8217;t turn up anything particularly inspiring, because of the degree to which I needed to obscure their facial features. Our photo intern, Nikole Hanna, joined me in the studio for some test shots that I could show to Joan and Brigid before we started shooting. The photo at left had more light on Nikole&#8217;s face than I thought they would be comfortable with, but it was easy enough to kill that light. I was afraid we&#8217;d be left with plain silhouettes, but luckily the women arrived with black t-shirts printed with &#8220;SURVIVOR&#8221; and their military ribbons. We rigged up some snoots with foil and gaffers tape to light only their shirts, and Nikole and Max held black cards to block any light from spilling onto their faces. I played with backlighting, but that made their features too recognizable. Our Elinchroms were missing their reflectors and grids, so we got creative with more tape and clamps. (Usually we use the Speedotron studio lights, but I wanted the greater control offered by the Elinchroms.) It&#8217;s not always pretty behind the scenes&#8230; The top left photo shows the basic setup: a grid on the backdrop, and snoots for both of the women.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_448235" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-8/" rel="attachment wp-att-448235"><img class="size-full wp-image-448235" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0142.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did something unusual on this shoot: I showed Joan and Brigid the photos for approval. As a general rule, we don&#8217;t show subjects their photos or the story before it prints. This portrait was an exception to that rule, working with them as collaborators as well as subjects. Showing them Nikole&#8217;s test photos before we even began let them understand the concept and put them at ease that I wasn&#8217;t showing their faces. As I shot and adjusted lights, I would show them a frame so they could see what I was seeing from behind the camera, and this gave them a chance to express any concerns. While Max spoke with them after the shoot, I narrowed down a selection of images to show them once more. But even with all that we did to mask their identities, Brigid was recognized by some people, as she mentioned on their blog. I had hoped that wouldn&#8217;t happen, but the people closest to us can recognize even the smallest detail. I have so much admiration for Joan and Brigid, and I hope their story encourages survivors to reach out for help.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_448233" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 419px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-448233"><img class="wp-image-448233 " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0118-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="409" height="614" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Joan&quot; was sexually assaulted while serving in the military, and now co-writes a blog with &quot;Brigid&quot;, Enemy in the Wire. Photographed on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in the Gazette studio in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_448232" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 419px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-448232"><img class="wp-image-448232 " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0109-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="409" height="614" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Joan&quot; and &quot;Brigid&quot; have dog tags that read &quot;NOT INVISIBLE,&quot; part of the promotion for the documentary The Invisible War, which will be shown for free Friday, August 10, 2012 at 7:30pm at the Englert in Iowa City. The two women were both sexually assaulted while serving in the military, and now co-write a blog, Enemy in the Wire. Photographed on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in the Gazette studio in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_448234" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/military-sex-abuse-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-448234"><img class="size-full wp-image-448234" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0138.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&quot;Joan&quot; was sexually assaulted while serving in the military, and now co-writes a blog with &quot;Brigid&quot;, Enemy in the Wire. Photographed on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in the Gazette studio in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/16/survivors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0809_IOW_MILITARYSEXABUSE0024.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Drought-ful</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:18:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=444349</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Just after I visited Kevin Heiserman&#8217;s Rowley farm for a story on how the drought is affecting Iowa cattle farmers, new national cattle numbers were released showing the country&#8217;s cattle count at a four-decade low. The cows were a little skittish around the stranger with the camera, so I backed off for a few minutes [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_444355" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/midwest-drought-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-444355"><img class="size-full wp-image-444355" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED258.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A cow on Kevin Heiserman&#039;s Rowley farm feed on hay Wednesday afternoon, July 18, 2012, near Rowley, Iowa. Heiserman started feeding hay three weeks ago, several weeks earlier than he has in the past, due to the dry pasture. Widespread drought in the U.S. has forced ranchers to sell off animals, leading to the fewest cattle in at least four decades. (The Gazette-Liz Martin)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just after I visited Kevin Heiserman&#8217;s Rowley farm for<a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/07/20/drought-grain-prices-crushing-east-iowa-livestock-producers/"> a story</a> on how the drought is affecting Iowa cattle farmers, new national cattle numbers were released showing the country&#8217;s cattle count at <a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20120721/BUSINESS/207210330/Report-US-has-fewest-cattle-least-4-decades">a four-decade low</a>. The cows were a little skittish around the stranger with the camera, so I backed off for a few minutes until I could slowly approach again, positioning myself low to the ground near a mound of hay.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444352" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/midwest-drought-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-444352"><img class="size-full wp-image-444352" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED255.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kevin Heiserman of Rowley and his grandson Grady McEnany, 9, of Walker, unload hay to feed cattle on Heiserman&#039;s farm on Wednesday afternoon, July 18, 2012, near Rowley, Iowa. Heiserman started feeding hay three weeks ago, several weeks earlier than he has in the past, due to the dry pasture. Widespread drought in the U.S. has forced ranchers to sell off animals, leading to the fewest cattle in at least four decades. (The Gazette-Liz Martin)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444356" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/midwest-drought-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-444356"><img class="size-full wp-image-444356" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED259.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cows on Kevin Heiserman&#039;s Rowley farm feed on hay Wednesday afternoon, July 18, 2012, near Rowley, Iowa. Heiserman started feeding hay three weeks ago, several weeks earlier than he has in the past, due to the dry pasture. Widespread drought in the U.S. has forced ranchers to sell off animals, leading to the fewest cattle in at least four decades. (The Gazette-Liz Martin)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444354" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/midwest-drought-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-444354"><img class="size-full wp-image-444354" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED257.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A cow on Kevin Heiserman&#039;s Rowley farm feed on hay Wednesday afternoon, July 18, 2012, near Rowley, Iowa. Heiserman started feeding hay three weeks ago, several weeks earlier than he has in the past, due to the dry pasture. Widespread drought in the U.S. has forced ranchers to sell off animals, leading to the fewest cattle in at least four decades. (The Gazette-Liz Martin)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444353" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/midwest-drought-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-444353"><img class="size-full wp-image-444353" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED256.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Grady McEnany, 9, of Walker, unloads hay to feed cattle on his grandfather Kevin Heiserman&#039;s farm on Wednesday afternoon, July 18, 2012, near Rowley, Iowa. Heiserman started feeding hay three weeks ago, several weeks earlier than he has in the past, due to the dry pasture. Widespread drought in the U.S. has forced ranchers to sell off animals, leading to the fewest cattle in at least four decades. (The Gazette-Liz Martin)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/07/drought-ful/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/IACED255.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> <item><title>Never a wasted trip</title><link>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/</link> <comments>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Liz Martin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photos and Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reFocus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thegazette.com/?p=444306</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; A couple of weeks ago, I arrived  in Viola for a tour of the old school, which should soon be the home for the Stone City Art Institute and would be hosting Viola&#8217;s RAGBRAI stop. A mixup with our contact left us without inside access, so instead I wandered the grounds, which were still [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_444321" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-444321"><img class="size-full wp-image-444321" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0029.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Old desks sit outside the former Viola Elementary school building, which closed in 1998 and now belongs to the Stone City Art Foundation. Photographed Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A couple of weeks ago, I arrived  in Viola for a tour of the old school, which should soon be the home for the Stone City Art Institute and would be hosting Viola&#8217;s RAGBRAI stop. A mixup with our contact left us without inside access, so instead I wandered the grounds, which were still plenty interesting. Check out <a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/07/25/violas-ragbrai-event-to-launch-art-colonys-revival/">Steve Gravelle&#8217;s story </a>on the future plans for the historic school.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444323" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 489px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-444323"><img class=" wp-image-444323   " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0049-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="718" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Vines climb a fire escape at the former Viola Elementary school building, which closed in 1998 and now belongs to the Stone City Art Foundation. Photographed Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444324" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 489px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-7/" rel="attachment wp-att-444324"><img class=" wp-image-444324   " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0054-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="479" height="718" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A stone sign for the Viola Elementary school building is partially obscured by plywood. The school closed in 1998 and now belongs to the Stone City Art Foundation. Photographed Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444319" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-444319"><img class="size-full wp-image-444319" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0006.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Queen Anne&#039;s Lace grows at the former Viola Elementary school building on Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444320" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 487px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-444320"><img class=" wp-image-444320 " src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0015-682x1024.jpg" alt="" width="477" height="717" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Playground conduct rules are posted at the former Viola Elementary school building, which closed in 1998 and now belongs to the Stone City Art Foundation. Photographed Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div id="attachment_444322" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 990px"><a href="http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/stone-city-art-institute-5/" rel="attachment wp-att-444322"><img class="size-full wp-image-444322" src="http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0035.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A basketball hoop remains standing at the former Viola Elementary school building, which closed in 1998 and now belongs to the Stone City Art Foundation. Photographed Tuesday, July 24, 2012. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)</p></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://thegazette.com/2012/08/06/never-a-wasted-trip/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url='http://thegazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/0727_IOW_STONECITY0006.jpg' type='image/jpg' /> </item> </channel> </rss>
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