Havre Daily News
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
Blog Post 5/03/12
Bill and Gina Gephart meet during their lunch breaks to eat fruit together in Faurot Park Wednesday afternoon. The couple’s 9-year wedding anniversary is tomorrow and they have five children between 12 and 17 years old. Bill works at Benjamin Steel and Gina works for Progressive Insurance. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Central Catholic’s Cassy Clark squints while sliding into third during Thursday evening’s game at Spencerville. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
A construction helicopter works moves pieces of stairs, steel beams and other materials at the Lima Ford Engine Plant on Bible Road just after dawn Sunday morning. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Jack Parker, of Lima, tills a field Sunday afternoon near the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park. Parker’s plow is powered by his six Belgian work horses ranging in age from 3 to 13 and weighing up to 2,000 pounds. The Area Horses in Harness Club hosted a demonstration on the 13 acres they farm exclusively with horses and antique tractors. Parker said of the group, “I enjoy horses. I enjoy farming. So I put those two hobbies together.” Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Calvin Dunkin, of Lima, watches a modified race from a tow truck inside the race loop Friday night at the Limaland Motorsports Park on Dutch Hollow Road. Friday was the opening night of the track’s summer season and races are scheduled for upcoming Fridays throughout the summer. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 4/19/12 : Cows, Playgrounds and Portraits
Corey Deepe, 15, feeds a baby cow on his grandparents farm in Leipsic Thursday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Corey Deepe (left), 15, and Kevin Gable (right), 20, fill bottles of milk to feed baby cows on the family farm in Leipsic Thursday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Autumn Miller, 4, climbs the playground at Robb Park Wednesday afternoon in Lima. Lindsay Brown - The Lima News
Lillian Johns, 5, relaxes on the monkey bars in the Ottawa Metro Park playground Sunday afternoon as Jakob Burkholder and Justice Johns climb up the slide. The group came to the park for a five mile bike ride in the warm weather. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Ottawa-Glandorf catcher, Casey Schroeder, poses for portraits and action shots during practice Wednesday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Shawnee short stop, Shelby Lucas, poses for portraits during practice Wednesday afternoon. Lucas is returning to play this season after recovering from four leg surguries. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Ioana Wang (right), 1, hands Mike Wang a band-aid as Susan Wang looks on at their Spring Street home Wednesday March 14. Mike and Susan are trained mimes. Lindsay Brown - The Lima News
Blog Post 3/03/12
Elida no. 25 Aric Thompson and other players and fans watches Thompson's 3-point-shot heads toward the net during Friday night's boys sectional division II basketball tournament game against Wapakoneta at Lima Senior. Thompson's 3-pointer put Elida ahead 37-34 late in the fourth quarter. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Kelly Barnes, Toledo-native and pitcher on the Bluffton University baseball team, smiles as he gets a new haircut in the Commons dinning hall Wednesday afternoon. Barnes and dozens of other Bluffton University baseball players get their heads shaved to raise money for St. Baldrick's. St. Baldrick's is a charity that funds research for cures to childhood cancer. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Estee Arend lays her hand on the cleat print that represents her brother who died five years ago bus accident that took the lives of five Bluffton University students and two others. A crowd circles the memorial on the Bluffton campus for a Rememberance Service at Friday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Braedan Gallagher laughs as a chunk of Mark Hadaya's hair falls to the ground. Hadaya and dozens of other Bluffton University baseball players get their heads shaved to raise money for childhood cancer with St. Baldrick's charity Wednesday afternoon at the Commons cafeteria at Bluffton University. Gallagher's 5-year-old brother is a two-time cancer survivor. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 2/19/12 Vigil
Chris Yohe watches yellow balloons float into the sky at a memorial for his brother, Matthew, Sunday evening at Ottawa-Glandorf High School. Matthew, 18, took his own life last Friday at his home in Ottawa. Friends and family gathered in remembrance of his life and to raise money for a suicide prevention hotline. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
- Patrick and Faye Yohe watch yellow balloons float into the sky at a memorial for their son, Matthew, Sunday evening at Ottawa-Glandorf High School. Matthew, 18, took his own life last Friday at his home in Ottawa. Friends and family gathered in remembrance of his life and to raise money for a suicide prevention hotline. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Friends also are raising money in Yohe’s memory for a teen suicide prevention help line, To Write Love on her Arms. Contributions may be made directly to To Write Love On Her Arms at http://twloha.com or TWLOHA, P.O. Box 2203, Melbourne, FL 32902.
Blog Post 2/11/12
OK I have been slacking on blog posts. So this is hearty chunk of photo to chew on.
- Columbus Grove, Ohio. 2/11/12. Allen East’s Colt Lovejoy (top) and Bluffton’s Zach Cozadd look on to the referee at the Columbus Grove Invitational Saturday afternoon. Lovejoy won the 152 pound weight class. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Ada, Ohio. 1/21/12. Andrew Warren, Ohio Northern University freshman and Delta Sigma Phi, rushes out of an ONU pond Saturday afternoon. The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity hosted the plunge to raise money for March of Dimes. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima, Ohio. 2/8/12. Diana Coppler (center) looks on as Major Richard Shade explains the situation Thursday evening. Human remains were discovered during demolition and the remains are assumed to be of Coppler's grandchild Nicholle Coppler who disappeared at the age of 14 in 1999. Lindsay Brown - The Lima News
Lima, Ohio. 2/4/12. Stacey Sherrick takes cues Saturday afternoon during the filming of The Girl in the Red Dress, a Shawnee High School production. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima, Ohio. 1/12/12. The Lima City Schools school board stands up to clap for Karel Oxley, who announced her resignation at the Thursday night meeting. Oxley tries to sway the board and crowd to stop cheering for her. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima, Ohio. 1/21/12. Michael Schulte pulls daughter Brianna, 4, at Faurot Park Saturday afternoon. After Friday night's snow, dozens of local youth and families went sledding and snowboarding. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima, Ohio. 2/10/12. Students look on as Mark Mohr, Johnny Appleseed Metro Park naturalist, brings out a barred owl at Unity Elementary School during a birds of prey demonstration Friday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Toledo, Ohio. 1/20/12. Mike Calle, vice president and assistant general manager of Toledo's Hollywood Casino, gives the media a tour of the Maumee River front construction site Friday morning. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 1/8/12 Bridal Show
Nonnie Joice chats backstage at the Lima Bride show Sunday afternoon before the Don Johnson showcase Sunday afternoon at the Civic Center. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Jenny Lehman, of Archibold, waits backstage in a wedding gown by Emmy's Bridal in Minster. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Drake Miller pouts as his father tries to get him into his tuxedo for Sunday's Lima Bride fashion show. His father promised to buy him a video game later to sway him to get dressed. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 1/6/12
Father Mark Hodges leads St. Stephen Orthodox Church's annual blessing of Bresler Reservoir. After years of icy blessings, the group gathered in fifty degree weather Friday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Sisters (left to right) Jayda, Jazmine and Jainiece Burkholder throw leaves into the air after raking them into a pile Sunday in Lima. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Chad Phillips murder defendant looks emotional after reading a letter to the judge at his sentencing at the Van Wert Common Pleas court Thursday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Children race each other on an inflatable at the Lima Family YMCA New Year's Eve Family Fun Night event Saturday night. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Horses graze in the sunshine Sunday afternoon off of Eastown road. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 12/28/11 Swimming
Great light is what a photojournalist lives for and after shooting a month indoors and in pitch blackness, this swimming meet was the fuel I needed to get through winter.
Swimmers compete at the Lima Area Coaches Association 2011 Holiday Invitational Thursday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Senior's Summer Miller competes in the 200 meter individual medley at the Lima Area Coaches Association 2011 Holiday Invitational Thursday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 12/15/11 The Christmas Season
Blackbirds in downtown Lima Friday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Kevin Martin, Lima Police chief, helps Anthony Reynolds, 7, try on new shoes at Saturday morning's Shop with a Cop. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
December 7 game between Otterbein and Ohio Northern University. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Keaton Catlett, 4, (left) and Kalen, 8, meet Santa in Delphos Thursday evening. Last Friday, the pair and mother, Kelly, were heading to meet Friday when Keaton was hit by a car. After an ambulance ride and short hospital visit, Keaton was well enough to finally meet Santa in downtown Delphos. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Family members and friends affected by Chad Phillips murder are emotional during his sentencing at the Van Wert Common Pleas Court Thursday evening. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Elida's no. 21 Reggie McAdams loses his balance driving to the rim during the first quarter of Friday's game against Spencerville. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 12/02/11 Long Overdue
McKenna Hemmert, 4, helps put whipped cream onto pumpkin pies at the Jerry Lewis McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Dinner Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center in Lima. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Bath senior no. 21 Nate Heffner struggles for the ball during Friday's game against Lima Central Catholic at Elida. Bath won 46-44. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Seagulls fly over Grand Lake-St. Marys Friday afternoon. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Workers clean up debris from a wreck on SR-117 on the east side of Lima around noon Wednesday. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 11/25 Playoffs and Black Friday
A Hicksville player takes a water break during Ohio High School Athletic Association playoff football against Coldwater at the Lima Stadium Friday night.
After last night, I would recommend any photographer to shoot Black Friday. It’s hours of features, moments, pure chaos: all for the taking. Here’s some of what I shot.
Customers at Allentown Wal-Mart rush to get video games and Wii controllers Thursday night after being unwrapped for sale at 10 p.m. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Sara Orahood drinks coffee in line up at Toys-R-Us Thursday night waiting for the doors to open at 9 p.m. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Kohl's store employees listen to manager Valerie Fox before the midnight opening for Black Friday. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
rove sits with friends Ashlie Valenti (left) and Kayla Agnew (right) in the Allentown Wal-Mart Thursday night before the Black Friday sale. Wal-Mart Black Friday sales began at 10 p.m. Thursday night with the unwrapping of key sales throughout the store. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Mike Fuerst, Lima Sears store manager, fields phone calls while getting change for his employees Black Friday. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 11/12
High-five from the waterboy.
Melinda and John Nixon smile and look at each other after the final vote tally was tabulated Tuesday night. John Nixon won city council president re-election. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Cortney Moore holds up her flag for the entrance of veterans to Thursday's Veterans' day assembly at Wapakoneta Middle School. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 11/06/11
Make-A-Wish
Hunter Neice, 14, from Findlay, poses as he gets out of a tank Saturday morning. Make-A-Wish and Lima's Joint Systems Manufacturing Center collaborated to give five local children the opportunity to ride in tanks. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Make-A-Wish participant Ethan McDougle, 4, of Columbus Grove, tries on his new operators uniform and goggles as his sister, Brianna, looks on. Saturday morning Make-A-Wish and Lima's Joint Systems Manufacturing Center collaborated to give five local children the opportunity to ride in tanks. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Central Catholic sophomore Kalito Lasenby walks off the field after a Liberty Benton touchdown during Friday's playoff matchup at the Lima Stadium. Lima Central Catholic was upset by Liberty Benton. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Racers start Sunday's YMCA Kewpee 10K, the first Lima 10K since the 1980s. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Blog Post 11/04/11
Quentrell Hall does street acrobatics for Little Caesar's in this week's Tell Me About it. Lindsay Brown/The Lima News
Lima Central Catholic's cheers didn't lead them to a playoff win Wednesday against Clear Fork.
