True Hero

Elijah, two-years-old, entertains himself after a breakfast honoring area heroes who were nominated for performing selfless acts in the community in 2008. Elijah was present in honor of his aunt, Crystal Titus, of Waterloo, who resuscitated him after Elijah fell into a pond on July 4, 2008.
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Crystal Titus, back center, is applauded for her efforts in saving the life of her nephew, Elijah, front center, on July 4, 2008, after he fell into a pond and was found breathless. Titus was honored, along with eight other recipients in the Cedar Valley for their heroic efforts in the community and in the lives around them, at a breakfast at the Pipac Centre in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, March 26, 2009.
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Elijah, 2, center, is surrounded by his shocked and concerned family after his aunt, Crystal Titus, center, resuscitates him following his fall into a nearby pond on July 4, 2008. Titus was honored at a breakfast for, "Heroes Among Us" at the Pipac Centre in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, March 26, 2009, for her efforts.
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At the Horse Sale

An Amish man waits with his horse before the horse is hitched to a wagon for the horse driving at the Waverly Horse Sale in Waverly, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

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A horse is driven by an Amish man at the Waverly Horse Sale in Waverly, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

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Gordon Bulloch of Cedar City, Utah, loads a newly aquired wagon onto his truck bed at the Waverly Horse Sale in Waverly, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009.

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18 Heats

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I got bored.

Track & Field Championships

Dike-New Hartford's David Weber, center, and Eddyville-Blakesburg's Jacob Batterson, right, run in the 60 Meter Dash preliminary round at the 2009 A.D. Dickinson Iowa High School Indoor Track and Field Championships at the UNI-dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, March 23, 2009.

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Cedar Falls' Kyle Bernard, left, and Hudson's Channing Puls, right, compete in the finals of the 60 Meter Hurdles at the 2009 A.D. Dickinson Iowa High School Indoor Track and Field Championships at the UNI-dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, March 23, 2009.

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Waterloo West's Josh Diehm competes in the High Jump at the 2009 A.D. Dickinson Iowa High School Indoor Track and Field Championships at the UNI-dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, March 23, 2009.

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All About the Berries

A Cedar Waxwing pauses on a branch of berries along University Avenue in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Sunday, March 22, 2009.

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Track Season-Boys

Cedar Falls' Josh Fristo competes in the Long Jump competition at the MVC Men's Indoor Track Meet at the UNI-dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
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Track Season-Girls

Cedar Falls' Megan Hartmann competes in the third heat of the 60 Meter Hurdles at the MVC Women's Indoor Track Meet at the UNI-dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, March 16, 2009.
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Waterloo vs Sioux City

Sioux City's Chase Drake, left, and Waterloo's Ben Miller, right, work to gain control of the puck in Waterloo, Iowa, on Friday, March 13, 2009.
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St. Baldrick's Day

Hunter Peterson, right, a six-year-old cancer survivor from Cedar Falls, shaves the head of Dan Peck, left, also of Cedar Falls in honor of St. Baldrick's Day, a fund raiser for kid's cancer research. Over $9000 were raised by Rabo AgriFinance and Texas Roadhouse for the event and eight volunteers were shaved by Hunter at Rabo AgriFinance in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Friday, March 13, 2009.
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Family Night for Marine Recruits

Xavier Klimek, 10, left, Gabriel Fernandez, 6, center, and Landon Fernandez, 2, right are occupied with games as they attend the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Substation Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids Family Night event with their parents, for the parents and family members of new Marine recruits in the Northeast Iowa area, at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa, on Thursday, March 12, 2009.
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Drill Instructor Sergeant Gregory Widmar, center, instructs new Marine recruits in a boot camp simulation given for parents and family members at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Substation Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids Family Night event held at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa, on Thursday, March 12, 2009 .
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Culture Fest

Majda Hasic, 11, left, watches as Samajda Hasic, 10, right, pedals a stationary bike that generates electricity at an Electric and Engineering Technology booth at Culture Fest '09, held at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, Iowa, Thursday, March 5, 2009.

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Northern Iowa vs Wichita State

Northern Iowa's Lizzie Boeck, right, takes the ball to the net as Wichita's Ashley Gladden, left front, and Daria Frazier, left back, defend in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Northern Iowa won the game 80-48.
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Morning Collision

Officials work at the scene of a two-vehicle accident occurring in the west-bound lane of Highway 218 near the Highway 58 overpass in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Thursday, March 5, 2009.
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State Duals

Belle Plaine's Zakk Buch, back, wrestles Nashua-Plainfield's Brice Dietz, front, in the 103 pound weight class in the division 1A semifinals of the State Dual Tournament at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Buch pinned Dietz in 3:34.

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Don Bosco's Bart Reiter, left, and Manson Northwest Webster's Skyler Rice, right, wrestle in the 135 pound weight class in the State Dual Tournament at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. Reiter pinned Rice in 1:28.

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