Old Soldier - Photo

(Above) Traverse City, Mich. - 05/28/2005 - The "Old Soldier" Civil War Monument soldier is guided onto its pedestal at the Grand Traverse County courthouse in Traverse City, Mich Saturday May 28, 2005 by Mark Spangler of Traverse City Light and Power. The monument will be rededicated Monday in a combination Memorial Day and rededication ceremony. The ceremonies will begin at noon the same time the ceremony took place 115-years-ago. (Lower) Members of the Karkadoulias family touch up the paint on the "Old Soldier" Civil War Monument. Karkadoulias family owns Karkadoulias Bronze Art in Cincinnati, Ohio, that restored the monument. From left Kathey Axiotes, Mercene Zalants, 13, her mother Anitsa Zalants, and Jamie Zalants, 7. Kathey Axiotes and Anitsa Zalants are the daughters of the owner Mercene Karkadoulias and Jamie Zalants and Mercene Zalants are granddaughters.

Centeral Defeats West - Photo

Traverse City, Mich. - 05/26/2005 - Traverse City Centeral's Danielle Reardon, left, battles Traverse City West's Anna Lammers for possession of the ball during their Thursday evening match up. TC Central defeated West 3-2.

Training Fire - Photo

Traverse City, Mich. - 05/26/2005 - Firefighter Jeremy Metcalf, of the Grand Traverse Fire Department station nine, pours water onto a training barn fire just off Three Mile Road near Traverse City, Mich., Thursday, May 26, 2005. The barn was donated to the fire department for training by Eastwood Custom Homes, Inc. and Bill and Toni Clous. According to the firefighters, the barn provided training that they can only receive on real fires.

Air Show - Photo

Traverse City, Mich. - 5/25/2005 - Sisters Alyssa, 10, from left, Rebeka, 8, and Samantha, 4, and their mother Terri Wilkinson, from Interlochen, Mich., watch as a U.S. Coast Guard HH-65B Dolphin helicopter from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., practices civilian diver deployment with members of the Wexford County Dive Team, Wednesday, May 25, 2005, on the West Grand Traverse Bay near downtown Traverse City, Mich.

Yard Work - Photo

Traverse City, Mich. – 04/23/2005 – (Lower) Kristin Robinson and Jeff Harrigan remove sod from a front yard on Washington Street. The sod is being removed so they can plant bushes and perennials in front of the house. Harrigan owns the company Rand Jeffery Landscaping that is doing the work. (Top) A worms view of Jeff Harrigan removeing sod from the lawn.

Soccer Dog - Photo

Traverse City, Mich. - 05/23/2005 - Max, a five-month-old border collie gets a workout with Keegan Kenny, 7, and Trey Zelinski, 3. According to Max's owner Mark McLachlan, Max is an excellent soccer goalie and enjoys playing with the soccer ball.

New Links - Post

I have added a new set of links to the Blog “Military Photojournalist”. You can find it down the right side of the page. As a retired military photojournalist, I thought that theses men and women should have a link or two.

This week some time I will added another list of photo Blogs I like. There are some very good ones out there with a ton of useful information. One of the best maybe (note I said maybe) Mark M. Hancock’s PhotoJournalism Blog. Where, professional photojournalist discusses photojournalism and the eccentricities associated with gathering images for major U.S. daily newspapers.