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Ok, I agree, it has been to long. Since September, I’ve been busy as the staffer at the Havre Daily News. At the paper, as the only staff photographer and photo editor, I regularly post my work on their Facebook page and in galleries on their website. I thought I’d drop a few pics here though.
Blog Post 8/23/12
Sheridan Balyeat tees off during the 2012 Lima Area Women’s Match Play Golf Tournament at Shawnee Country Club Sunday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Joshua Ream gets emotional during the sentencing of his father, James Ream. James was convicted of murdering his brother Ronald Ream. Joshua spoke out during the hearing for the harsh sentencing of his father. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 8/4/12 Another Week
Desiree Phelps, 7 of Upper Sandusky, holds an umbrella over Stephanie Myers, 11, Saturday, August 4 at Square Fair. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Angie Wilker scolds a Brown Swiss while walking it Tuesday, July 31 at the Auglaize County Fair in Wapakoneta. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Alan Kingsbery cycles near his Market St. home. Kingsbery was a cyclist in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Lindsay Brown – The Lima News
Jaxon Peck, 3, and Mikayla Kinser, 7, talk on a carnival ride at the Celina Lake Festival the afternoon of Saturday, July 28. The festival featured bed races, water skiing, amphibian boats, a craft show, a tractor pull and 5K run. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 7/25/12: Summer Heat
I want to show you some of my photos from the past month. Let’s start with some wet and wild fun: a youth swim meet, a busy pools on 100+ degree day and a slip-n-slide in a yard on a feature run.
Sydni Turner, of Wapakoneta, prepares for the girls 15 and over 50 meter backstroke during the final day of the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL) Championship Swim Meet at the Bluffton Community Pool. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Hunter Lautzenheiser, 11 of Hendersonville, Tennessee, jumps off the high dive at the City of Wapakoneta WaterPark. Lautzenheiser camped at the KOA with his family for the holiday. The pool has averaged 1300-1500 visitors a day throughout the week and have had above average attendance all summer. Lindsay Brown – The Lima News
Kierstyn Neumeier (right), of Wapakoneta, swims the girls 13-14 50 meter backstroke during the final day of the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL) Championship Swim Meet at the Bluffton Community Pool. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Alexis White, of Bluffton, swims in the girls 8 and under 50 meter freestyle during the final day of the Western Ohio Aquatic League (WOAL) Championship Swim Meet at the Bluffton Community Pool. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Logan Market, 5, plays on a slip n’ slide between his parents’ house and grandparents’ house on Jenny Place Wednesday July 11th. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
I’ve been shooting tons of festivals for the Lima News. Here is a selection of photos from Ottawa’s Rythm and Rib Festival and Wapakoneta’s Summer Moon Festival.
Rusty Wright holds onto the bed as his City of Wapakoneta runs through the finish line of the bed races during the Wapakoneta Summer Moon Festival. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Melissa Koenig yells as she is squirted with a water gun as her Auglaize Acres team makes the bed during the bed races at the Wapakoneta’s Summer Moon Festival. The bed race had four stages: bed making, thawing a tee shirt, “elephant march” and passing a buttered sausage. In the elephant march, one teammate put a stocking with a tennis ball in it on his/her face and knocked over bottles. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Adam Ream, of Columbus Grove, races to eat during the rib eating contest at Saturday July 21′s Rhythm & Rib Fest at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Airyan Davis, 2, screams as she spins in a carnival ride with her sister, Alexis Davis, 11, at the Wapakoneta Summer Moon Festival. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Finally, some clowns (not at a circus) and an elephant (at the circus).
Viola, the elephant, poses during Saturday’s 2 p.m. Carson and Barnes circus. The circus will have 2 and 5 p.m. performances Sunday at the Allen County Fairgrounds. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Caroline Volbert and Alyssa White smile as they see the van carrying Sgt. Steven Kenworthy on the afternoon of Saturday July 14. Kenworthy returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan alongside a 125 motorcycle escort by the Chained Eagles of Ohio, and greeted by his family with hundreds of Kewpee burgers. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Steve Kenworthy hugs his son Sgt. Steven Kenworthy to welcome him home from a tour of duty in Afghanistan on the afternoon of Saturday July 14. Kenworthy was driven home alongside a 125 motorcycle escort by the Chained Eagles of Ohio, and greeted by his family with hundreds of Kewpee burgers. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 6/29: Favorite Assignment
So after a calendar year of working at daily newspapers, I finally hit spot news. A windy storm in northwest Ohio. Check it out!
Friday’s storm flattens the 40′ by 60′ tent set up for Matt Luebrecht’s 40th birthday party tomorrow afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Dark storm clouds roll in over a corn field in Fort Jennings. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Matt Luebrecht hugs wife Terry Luebrecht Friday evening after the storm flattened the 40′ by 60′ tent set up for Matt’s 40th birthday party. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
A swing dangles tied up in Dennis Luebrecht’s yard in Fort Jennings. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Noel Ebling cleans up after Friday’s storm with a chain saw as Noah Ebling carries leaves. The Ebling family helped Columbus Grove neighbor Scott Vance clear his yard. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 6/28/12
Chloe Morris, 3, struggles to stay on her feet at youth roller hockey Wednesday night. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blue Star Mothers Majorie Bryan 83, laughs as she prepares to skydive with the Rangers All-Veteran Parachute team Saturday morning at the Allen County Airport. Lindsay Brown/Lima News
(Left to right) Shemya Hall, 11, Jemiel Hall, 8, and Shemil Hall, 9 pose for a portrait at their home Wednesday evening. Jemiel had returned from a hospital in Dayton hours before. He nearly drowned at a hotel pool Saturday, but was saved by his sister, Shemya. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 6/20/12 : Firefighters
Cesar Loiz, of the University of Northwestern Ohio, slides in safely to second during the Thursday June 7 exhibition game at Lima Locos Stadium against the American Legion Post 96 team. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Emily Skinner get in position during the Saturday June 16 Lima Area Soap Box Derby near Faurot Park. Over 30 riders competed in two categories. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Henry “The Pitbull” Rife, of Van Wert, jumps 12 cars on a four-wheeler during Saturday’s Rally in the Corn at the Van Wert Fairgrounds. Rife will attempt to earn his 39th world record Sunday by jumping 14 cars, weather-permitting. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Volunteer firemen from teams throughout northwest Ohio compete in the water ball competition in downtown Delphos during the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemens Association’s 138th annual convention. Water ball is type of fireman reverse tug of war, where teams use hoses to push a ball along a string toward their opponents Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
A rainbow appears in the mist during water ball at the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemens Association’s 138th annual convention in Delphos. Water ball is type of fireman reverse tug of war, where teams use hoses to push a ball along a string toward their opponents. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
The Ottoville Volunteer Fire Department competes in water ball at the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemens Association’s 138th annual convention in Delphos. Water ball is type of fireman reverse tug of war, where teams use hoses to push a ball along a string toward their opponents. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Mackenzie Carter, 1, looks at her dad Andy Carter after he competed in water ball at the Northwestern Ohio Volunteer Firemens Association’s 138th annual convention in Delphos. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 5/28/12: Sweet Summertime
Haley King, a junior, lays ejected from a car during a mock texting accident at Perry High School. The scenario was designed to show students the danger of distracted driving and included the local police and fire departments. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Donovan Kyle Clark, of Sidney, Ohio, gives a peace sign to the crowd while walking to his seat during the Commencement Ceremony at Bluffton University’s Salzman Stadium. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Central Catholic’s Corey O’Dowd looks back at Bloom-Carroll’s Josh Gabbard as O’Dowd as O’Dowd runs back to second during the regional baseball tournament division III game at Elida. O’Dowd avoided Gabbard and made it back safely to second. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Louise Sheridan, of Fowler, Ohio, paints at Faurot Park during a Plein Air Painting workshop taught by Michael Chesley Johnson. Plein air is a French term for painting landscapes while outside in the open air. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Chase Villa (center), 7, helps Brandon Villa (right), 9, down from the Chalkboard Chuck monster truck after Chase signed his name. Chalkboard Chuck and other monster trucks from as far away as Australia were on display at the 2012 4-Wheel Jamboree at the Allen County Fairgrounds. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Perry’s no. 24 Brey Buettner pitches during a Wednesday evening game against Allen East. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Larry Oechsle, of Van Wert, fishes in Lake Cody for bass on a Saturday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
First grader Te’ja Kelly, 7, takes a turn shaving music teacher Paul Eckert’s head. Eckert got his head and goatee shaved during an assembly at Quest Academy to reward his students for a year of good behavior. Quest Academy is part of the Phillippian Missionary Baptist Church on 8th Street. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Ken Whitney helps Brayden Barnett, 8, with a fingerprinting exercise during the Lima Police Department’s 125th Anniversary Celebration at the Allen County Museum. Whitney, who retired from the LPD in January, said, “Fingerprinting is an art and science” of his 20 years fingerprinting. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
