A farmer harvests a field of soy beans at sunset near State Hwy 123 outside of Alexander.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Top dog
Caroline Casler rests on top of the Civil War canon in Duncan Park with Sophie, her 2-year-old cockapoo while friend Marie Langdon helps keep them balanced. The girls, both eighth grade students at Our Savior School, were taking Sophie for an afternoon walk before attending the Routt Catholic homecoming game later that evening.
Tuned out
MacMurray College freshman William Lange, of Oak Forest, plays his guitar on campus between classes one afternoon in Jacksonville. October 1, 2011
Homecoming
Kloee Davis, 5, and her cousin, Rylan Rees, 2, watch floats in the 2011 JHS Homecoming Parade process down West State Street in Jacksonville. September 16, 2011
Building up a head of steam
Volunteer Jay Wahl operates the Crown Metal 24" gauge miniature steam locomotive at Praire Land Heritage Museum in Jacksonville. September 14, 2011
Taking a peek
Friends Augie Calloway (left) and Rick Smedly of Beardstown look through windows into the wheelhouse of the USS LST-325 while touring the ship in Meredosia. The vessel is 329 feet long and carried out many missions during World War II, including delivering troops and vehicles for the invasion of France. During wartime, it carried a crew of 100 enlisted men and 10 officers. The vessel was docked in Meredosia for two days this week. September 14, 2011
Grand opera
Randy Taapken, playing the villainous role Arthur Rutherford in “Only an Orphan Girl,” has his costume adjusted before dress rehearsal inside the historic Grand Opera House in Beardstown. The building was purchased by the Historic Preservation Foundation and later placed in the National Register of Historic Places. Parts of the walls are exposed and the roof still leaks. It will take many thousands of hours and millions of dollars to restore the building to its previous condition, but now the stage is at least usable. September 11, 2011
Letting her flag fly
Jacksonville High School freshman Maggie Kaylor lets the silk from her flag fly in the wind while listening to her instructor during marching band rehearsal at the JHS practice field. The band's performances this year will be themed to musician Michael Jackson. September 7, 2011
The big top
Eric Parra ties together parts of the main Carson and Barnes Circus tent at Prairie Land Heritage Museum in Jacksonville. The tent, which reaches a height of 50 feet, can accomodate up to 2,000 guests a show. The Jacksonville AMBUCS are hosting the circus as a fundraiser for the club to help support projects. September 7, 2011
Circus snack
Winchester Pre-K student Nathaniel Crook carefully hands an apple to Libby, a 44-year-old Asian elephant with the Carson and Barnes Circus, as the circus set up for shows that evening at Prairie Land Heritage Museum in Jacksonville. September 7, 2011
Paying their respects
Tiffany Barrow places a hand on her 6-year-old daughter, Demy Brown, while they watch the Illinois State Police and Illinois Patriot Guard escort Army Sgt. Andrew R. Tobin's casket down Morton Avenue in Jacksonville. Tobin, 24, died Aug. 24 in Kandahar Province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. Barrow said she wanted to pay her respects after personally serving two year with the Army. September 3, 2011
Honoring a fallen soldier
Sandy Suttles places her right hand over her heart while watching the Illinois State Police and Illinois Patriot Guard escort Army Sgt. Andrew R. Tobin's casket into the Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Jacksonville. Tobin, 24, died Aug. 24 in Kandahar Province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. Suttles said she had two nephews who served both in Iraq and Afghanistan. September 3, 2011
Fun run
Royal treat
A Monarch butterfly drinks nectar from a zinnia in the garden of Mary Reilly along College Avenue in Jacksonville. September 2, 2011
Brooks Memorial
Walter Sanders holds his 4-month-old daughter, Sem'Jah, while children and other community members sign a poster celebrating the life of Isaiah Brooks, who died in a fire on North Fayette Street. On what would have been his sixth birthday, about 100 of the boy’s family, friends and neighbors attended a memorial for Isaiah and his mother who was critically injured trying to save him. Don Hennessey-Renken, brother of Eva Brooks, said his sister is awake off and on and was able to write on a piece of paper that she tried to save her son and added, “too hot.” August 30, 2011
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