Archive | September, 2008

The Jets And The Sharks? Nope, The Mounties And The War Eagles.

The Mounties and the War Eagles will play each other for the first time this coming Friday night. Members of the community concerned that students from the two schools develop a healthy rivalry put together an event for the kids this past weekend. Both schools’ bands marched up to the stage in downtown Rogers. Then, [...]

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A Pleasant Surprise

Often, I don’t really notice performances when I photograph them because, well, I’m busy photographing them. But last night 17-year-old Savannah LeAnn Wilbur of Bentonville yanked my brain away from my work with her voice. Wilbur was a contestant in the Miss Bentonville High School Pageant. I was shooting finalists in the contest during the [...]

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As The Mole Climbs

Today was one of those days where I got to do something fun as part of my job. Our reporter John Henley was doing a story on how Rogers officials are looking at projections for next year’s budget and what effect those projections will have on potential raises for city employees. Turns out the fire [...]

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For the Love of the Game

On Sunday I had no assignments to shoot so I was cruising the streets of Washington and Benton Counties just to see what was going on. In downtown Rogers I passed by Maple Grove Park and saw some guys playing a pick up game of basketball. The court has four goals, one set oriented north-south [...]

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Deluged

Last night’s Bentonville High School football game versus Fort Zumwalt, Mo., High School was hit with a heavy downpour during the first quarter that felt like Hurricane Ike had decided to skip its arrival in South Texas and head straight to Northwest Arkansas. In the 12 years I’ve been shooting high school football I’ve never [...]

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Birth Of A Mother

I have spent the past nine months working on a project that has become very dear to me. On a daily assignment for The Morning News I met Jenny Voth, co-director of a maternity home in Elm Springs called Compassion House. After spending only a few minutes inside their home, I knew this would be [...]

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Video: Birth Of A Mother

Birth of a Mother

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