Keeping Busy

I haven't posted for a while, so here is a little bit of what I've been doing. Thanks for looking!

Adam Risse, of Evansdale, paints a tribute as part of the mural project that covers the ramps at the Cedar Falls Skate Park in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. The tribute is one of two at the park for fellow skaters, Jade Jones and Daniel Hernandez, who died in 2010.
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Waterloo West's Jon Litzkow, right, is congratulated by Boone's Nicholas Bassett, left, after competing against one another in the 400 Meter Wheelchair event at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21, 2011.
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Melany Garza, 8, left, and her sisters Jaraly Lopez, 5, center, and Clarissa Lopez, 4, right, try to keep cool by emptying and refilling their swimming pool at their home in Waterloo, Iowa on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.
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Davenport Assumption's Danielle Moore, left, tries to control the ball as Columbus' Regan McLaughlin, right, kicks the ball away in the second half of the semi-finals of the 2011 Iowa Girls' High School Soccer Championship game at the Muscatine Soccer Complex in Muscatine, Iowa on Friday, June 10, 2011. Columbus would fall to Davenport Assumption 1-0.
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Union's Kaley Grosse, left, and Kylie Powell, center, react after Union fell to Davenport assumption 3-1 in the 2011 Iowa Girls' High School Soccer Championship 1A finals at the Muscatine Soccer Complex in Muscatine, Iowa on Saturday, June 11, 2011.
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Cedar Falls celebrates as after winning first place in 4A boys at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, May 21, 2011.
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A squirrel prepares to eat a nut on the lawn of the South Hills golf course in Waterloo, Iowa on Thursday, May 12, 2011.
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North Fayette's Brady Feldman competes in the 2A boys Long Jump finals at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 19, 2011.
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Cedar Falls' Hannah Savage, left, takes the lead in the final stretch of the girls class 4A Distance Relay Medley final at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, May 20, 2011. Cedar Falls would win the event at 4:06.11.
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From left to right, Cedar Falls' Daianera Whitaker, Cassie Crotty, Hannah Savage, and Brianna King celebrate after winning the girls class 4A Distance Relay Medley final at the Iowa High School State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, May 20, 2011. Cedar Falls would win the event at 4:06.11.
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Cedar Falls' Sonja Przybylski lines up her ball at the fifth hole during the Metro girls golf meet at South Hills golf course in Waterloo, Iowa on Thursday, May 12, 2011.
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Officials work to distinguish a fire in a vacant house at 220 Hopkins Court in Waterloo, Iowa on Friday, May 6, 2011.
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the University of Northern Iowa commencement exercises for the graduating class of 2011 in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday, May 7, 2011.
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Audience members wait in their seats for the University of Northern Iowa commencement exercises for the graduating class of 2011 in the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday, May 7, 2011.

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State Representative Deborah Berry (D-Waterloo), front, takes her turn in placing a carnation on a monument in memory of one of the 48 workers in Iowa who died on the job over the past year, during the Annual Worker Memorial Day at the Black Hawk Labor Temple in Waterloo, Iowa on Thursday, April 28, 2011.
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Cedar Falls' Louis Redfern, right goes after the ball as doubles partner Brennan Ashwood, left, looks on as Cedar Falls plays against Iowa City West in the first round of the dual meet at the Robinson-Dresser Complex in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Saturday, April 23, 2011. Iowa City West won the first round of the dual meet.
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