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  • People gather at Colonel Summers Park in Southeast Portland for the World Naked Bike Ride in June 2015.
  • Benjamin Picciolo, 4, holds a candle as he awaits the sunrise on the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the winter solstice.
  • The William Yoder family of Bonduel takes a break and watches a working dog demonstration, at the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days held at Clinton Farms in Waupaca County, Wis.
  • Dancers practice at The Jodi Peck Center, home of the Milwaukee Ballet.
  • Machio Childress, 7, is ecstatic to play in the water at a cool spot during a heat wave in Milwaukee, Wis. Designated cool spots throughout the city were set up by area fire departments by using a large sprinkler attached to a fire hydrant to provide relief from the heat.
  • Troy Saddy (left) poses for a photo with his sister, Rachell Saddy as their friend Josh Swan of Muskego gives her an impromptu lick. The trio were at Miller Park on Opening Day of the 2012 Milwaukee Brewers season.
  • Sean Bettis of Portland has a quick smoke before taking part in the 6th annual Santa Speedo Run in 2014.
  • {quote}I expected when I touched his coffin I would feel some sort of a connection,{quote} says Kristen Nelson, of the first time that she touched her husband Ricky's casket. {quote}The first time I touched it, I felt nothing, because he's not there. It's just an empty feeling knowing that he's not here with us at all.{quote}
  • Saharra Lane, 9, of Manawa, watches eagerly as her parents kiss upon the return of her father, Allen Lane, from Iraq. Allen served with the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery and was deployed for 14-months.
  • A bridal model makes a grand entrance during a wedding gown show in Milwaukee.
  • Roman Kotowski, Matt Peele and Chris Rich celebrate the opening of Oregon's first Chick-fil-A in Hillsboro.
  • The Haight family from Grand Ronde (left to right) Hemi, 4, her mother Kiri, and Tommy, 8, watch the movie. Moviegoers enjoy a night at the theater at the 99W Drive-In Theatre in Newburg, June 18, 2016. The theatre opened in August 1953 and continues operating under the third-generation owner, Brian Francis. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Staff
  • Greg Marx, 14, takes off the high dive at Sunset Beach in Kimberly, Wis.
  • Hundreds of people took to Lake Michigan at Bradford Beach, celebrating the new year by participating in the Polar Bear Plunge Milwaukee.
  • K. Paul (left) is pinned by Helen {quote}The Pole{quote} Paz in the championship match. A ladies-only arm wrestling tournament was held Friday night, April 22, 2016 at the Spare Room Restaurant & Lounge in Portland, raising funds for Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp For Girls. Over 35 competitors took the stage in the single-elimination tournament.Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Staff
  • The St. Johns Bridge in Portland is a steel suspension bridge crossing the Willamette River. The Gothic-styled bridge took 21-months to build and was dedicated in 1931.
  • {quote}God blessed me,{quote} says Corrine Miller as she sits a storage building where she had just spent the night after the City of Milwaukee, Wis. declared her home uninhabitable. {quote}I know he's gonna work this out,{quote} she continued the, although there's little chance she'll be able to return to her home. The city cited numerous safety issues which led to boarding Miller's home up, in addition to the home being foreclosed upon unless she can come up with thousands of dollars by the end of the month.
  • Photographers take pictures of the nameplate on guitar legend Les Paul's casket, before a public visitation held in Milwaukee.
  • As a sign of thanks for his efforts to locate and recover their brother's remains from Vietnam, Marilyn Neff presents Mariano {quote}Junior{quote} Guy (left) with the flags used at her brother Merlin's funeral services.
  • Andre Brown of Milwaukee, Wis. speaks at the Joint Committee on Finance's hearing in 2013. Brown is a case worker at Project REturn, which helps incarcerated persons learn soft skills for future employment, and has a fatherhood curriculum.
  • Fred A. Stickel was laid to rest on Friday, October 2, 2015. Stickel worked 34 years as the publisher of The Oregonian. His service was held at Saint Cecilia Catholic Church in Beaverton, followed by the interment and funeral mass at Finley-Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Portland.Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Staff
  • Icicles cling to the railings near the lighthouse on Lake Michigan during a cold snap.
  • Friends stay dry under the wing of Dan Nelson's 1961 Cessna 172 as lightning strikes and the storms hit the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
  • The Pyromaniac obstacle, one of 25 challenging events in the Rugged Maniac race in Portland.
  • John Sternkopf of Milwaukee, Wis. double checks his ballot after voting at the South Shore Park Pavilion.
  • Town of Menasha firefighters battle a stubborn early morning fire, attempting to extinguish the hot spots.
  • Kenny McClellan, grandfather to 13-month-old Christopher Thomas, Jr., (left) wipes his tears as his daughter Shantrina Freeman, 12, (center) is comforted by minister Gregory Lewis, (right) following a candlelight vigil held for Christopher Thomas, Jr. The toddler was placed in the home of his aunt Crystal Keith, by the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare. Signs of violent child abuse were not recognized by the caseworker, and Thomas died of injuries after a severe beating by his aunt.
  • Angela Virginia can't bring herself to say goodbye to her son and oldest child, Purvis, 12, at the conclusion of his funeral service. Purvis and a friend were missing for a month before their bodies were discovered in a pond at the park.
  • William Korinek checks out the back end of a mannequin he is going to purchase at a rummage sale. There were 70 mannequins available for purchase, part of the collection of a local salon owner who used them for trade shows.
  • Members of the Army Reserve's 395th Ordnance Company Spc. Chris Skokan, (center) and Sgt. Josh Knox, cheer as they are escorted through Appleton, Wis. The unit had been deployed 10-months ago in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  • Jalil Pugh, 16, (left) and Taquila Pugh, 19, comfort each other as they gather with marchers on Martin Luther King Jr Drive on Milwaukee to protest the death of their brother Derek Williams. Williams died in the back of a police car last year. About 100 people marched downtown and ended at the Milwaukee Police Headquarters, demanding the police chief step down and justice for Williams.
  • Terri Conn (center) is comforted by son Eric Wilber and clings to her daughter Tawny Wilber (right), as Tawny says her last goodbyes before deploying with the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion in Green Bay, Wis.
  • Town of Oneida fireman Terry Hock carries a calf to safety during an early morning fire at the Mark and Neda Ambrosius farm which destroyed the barn and killed most of the two-dozen cattle inside.
  • Peter Sotski, 4, (left) and friend Michael Diaz, 4, work with a light box in their classroom at the Center for Blind & Visually Impaired Children in Milwaukee, Wis. Both boys have very low vision and attend the center to learn the life skills necessary to navigate in a world they can't see.
  • The family of Julio Cruz reacts after hearing the 19-year-old's sentence--10 years in prison--for the death of his 6-month-old son in March. Cruz pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide and will serve 10 years in jail and an additional 5 years of probation.
  • The Taghon farm in Cornelius was founded in 1915 by Theophile Cappoen, and is now owned by Theophile's great-great-grandson Joe Finegan and his wife Jennifer. The farm recently qualified as a Century Farm and the Finegans will accept the award at the end of August.Kristyna Wentz-Graff / Staff
  • The Glencoe High School 2015 prom was held April 25, 2015 at the Emerald Ballroom at the Tiffany Center in Portland. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/Staff
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