Four Sports and an OWS Elkhart

Here are a just a few shots that I liked from the past few weeks.  Honestly I have been shooting more sports than anything lately so most of this post is sports.  I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

Central's Terell Street (21) tries to shoot a basket while Northridge's Sam Ahonen (14) tries to block the shot during Wednesday's game at Northside Middle School gym.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Notre Dame's Michael Floyd runs with the ball while attempting to avoid being tackled by Boston College's Steele Divitto, left, and Kevin Pierre-Louis, right, during the last home game of the season on Saturday, November 19.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Central's Shelby Mecklenburg swims the 50 Free against Washington during Thursday's meet at Central High School.  Mecklenburg won the heat with a time of 29.90.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Terri Clark, of Elkhart, participates in an Occupy Wall Street protest on the corner of Main Street and Franklin Street to celebrate the 2 month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests on Thursday at noon.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

A Good Week.

Overall this has been a pretty good week.  Whenever I had free time in between my normal daily assignments over the past few weeks I worked on two feature pieces about two women who painted their stories on elks for this project called Elk Art on Parade in Elkhart, In.  These two pieces ran on Thursday.  Then on Saturday I discovered that the pieces that I did for my capstone class at WKU about the Tea Party movement in Kentucky placed third in the Multimedia Projects section of CPOY, which was really cool for me because this is the first time I have placed in CPOY.  Today, was my day off and I spent the day hanging out at a coffee house in downtown Elkhart, and then I came home and working on my portfolio update for my website while I watched the newest Harry Potter movie.  It has been a pretty good week.  I have a few more photos that I would like to post but since they are on the computer that I use at work I will post them later in the week.  Until then, here are the two pieces that I produced this past week, a link to CPOY and a detail image from the coffee house.

Link to CPOY: http://www.cpoy.org/index.php?s=WinningImages


The Story Behind the Elk - Part 1:
Donielle Boal began playing flute when she was in elementary school and it has continued to play a major role in her life every since. The flute that she has been playing since she first learned how was made in Elkhart, In. After deciding to participate in CAPS Elk Art on Parade, she chose to paint her elk to show her love of her flute and the impact it has had on her life. To learn more about the CAPS Elk Art on Parade project please visit www.elkartonparade.com.

The Story Behind the Elk - Part 2:
Mary Masters is a descendant of Chief Pierre Moran of the Pokagon band of the Potawatomi and she painted the story of how her great-grandmother and great-grandfather married and their connection to Elkhart County. The elk was painted as part of the CAPS Elk Art on Parade project. To learn more about the CAPS Elk Art on Parade project please visit elkartonparade.com.

©2011 Delayna Earley and The Elkhart Truth

I wanted to end this with a HUGE congrats to all the CPOY winners, especially all the ones from WKU!

Mostly Football

So between high school football on Friday nights and Notre Dame football on Saturday, I have been shooting a lot of football over the past few weeks.  Most of this post is football but I have put a few others in too, just to break it up a little bit :-)

Memorial Charger Urston Smith celebrates after scoring a touchdown by catching a 32 yard pass thrown by Brody Rosenberg in the 2nd quarter of Friday's game against the Central Blazers in the first round of the IHSAA Class 5A sectional at Memorial High School.  The Chargers won the game 31-27.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Nathaniel Manthey, 16 of Elkhart, cleaned the veteran section headstones at Rice Cemetery as his Eagle Scout project.  Manthey received help from Danny Gobble, an area veteran, and Brian Thomas a city councilman from the 2nd District while completing the project.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Notre Dame's Cierre Wood evades being tackled by Navy's Chris Ferguson during the first half of Saturday's home game at Notre Dame Stadium.  (Truth Photo by Delayna Earley)

Notre Dame's Cierre Wood evades being tackled by Navy's David Sperry, left, Jonathan Web, middle, and Parrish Gaines, right, during the first half of Saturday's home game at Notre Dame Stadium.  (Truth Photo by Delayna Earley)

Notre Dame cheerleader Farah Tahmassebi performs during the Notre Dame v. Navy game on Saturday, October 29, 2011.  Farah is a graduate of Concord High School in Elkhart and is currently a junior cheerleader.  (Truth Photo by Delayna Earley)

Victoria Pendleton, second from right, holds a photograph of her mother, Veronica Pendleton, and her sister, Ariana Pendleton.  Ariana was killed in a shooting on October 22 on Dr. King Dr. which was one of the locations where the marchers stopped to sing and pray.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Timeira Ulmer, left, Adrianna Wilson, middle, and Isaiah Sanders, right, carry signs and walk in the front of the march against violence held on Wednesday evening in Elkhart.  The march began at Agape Missionary Baptist Church and was inspired by the recent homicides in the south side of Elkhart.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Concord Minutemen Taylor Miller tackles NorthWood Panthers Andrew Hahn during the first half of Friday's Class 4A sectional championship game at Andrews Field at NorthWood High School.  The Panthers won the game 26-13.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

NorthWood Panthers Andrew Hahn pushes through Concord Minutemen Taylor Miller, left, and Timothy Yoder, right, during Friday's Class 4A sectional championship game at Andrews Field at NorthWood High School.  The Panthers won the game 26-13.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)

Concord Minutemen Franko House lunges to tackle NorthWood Panther Andrew Hahn during Friday's Class 4A sectional championship game at Andrews Field at NorthWood High School.  The Panthers won the game 26-13.  (Truth Photo By Delayna Earley)