Ramon Harris of the Mad Ants dunks against Maine, 2nd quarter, Friday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 1/19
About 25 Occupy Fort Wayne members and supporters gather in front of the Federal Building on Harrison Street Friday to hold a funeral for the Bill of Rights. They were protesting parts of the National Defense Authorization Act. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 2/19
Mayumi Carboni teaches Beginners II Japanese to non-Japanese-speaking students in the Japanese Saturday School at IPFW. Photo by Cathie Rowand 3/19
Japanese Saturday School 1st grade teacher Kei Quinn works with Erica Cho, 7. Japanese-speaking children go to school on Saturday to learn to read and write in Japanese. Photo by Cathie Rowand 4/19
Canterbury senior Nevil Parikh checks the alignment of the tower he and teammate Ryan Byer created for the Science Olympiad, hosted by IPFW, Saturday. Parikh's tower supported the maximum of 15 kilograms. Nine teams from area schools competed in more than 20 events. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 5/19
Ireh Son, 4, and her father Yungnam Son enjoy the sledding at Shoaff Park, Saturday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 6/19
Second graders in the Japanese school at IPFW Kai Stollmeyer, right, throws a snowball at Ryo Ishizeki who had his eye on another target during a break from their studies. Photo by Cathie Rowand 7/19
Sydney Bull of Carroll swims the breaststroke leg of the 200 yard individual medley at the sectionals at South Side, Saturday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 8/19
A snowman tries to hang on in the forty degree weather Monday on Alabama Avenue. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 9/19
"Stay away from hot stuff," chanted First Presbyterian Daycare Ministries preschoolers Jayden Rannels, left, and Emilly DeLong, right, along with others during a session with St. Joseph Regional Burn and Wound Center nurses Rosie Johnson and Pat Skilbred. Both taught the children ways to avoid hot surfaces and showed pictures of examples of hot stuff. They even had their arms wrapped with medical gauze to show them what they would do if they got burned. Photo by Laura Gardner.
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St. Joseph Regional Burn and Wound Center nurse Pat Skilbred (right) bandages up First Presbyterian Daycare Ministries preschooler Dylan Bowers, 5, while Kaitlinn Decker, 5, (middle) and Ayle Taylor, 5, (left) look on. The students learned about ways to avoid getting burned by hot objects. The students chanted "stay away from hot stuff," as nurse Pat Skilbred and Rosie Johnson showed pictures of common household objects that could be hot and dangerous to the touch. Then the students pretended they were burned on their arms and the nurses used medical gauze to bandage them up. Photo by Laura Gardner.
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Eva Teeters pins a corsage on Alice Zimmerman ,who will be celebrating her 104th birthday this year, during a centenarian celebraton at Lutheran Life Villages. Zimmerman was among the 11 residents at Lutheran Life Villages are celebrating being a 100 or more years old. Photo by Cathie Rowand 12/19
Carrie Shappell, head coach for the Leo Ladies Basketball team hugs player Keanna Gary after defeating the Garrett Ladies basketball team Tuesday night during the Sectional tournament at Garrett. Photo by Michelle Davies 13/19
Tom Osborn, right, explains to Bunche Montessori Early Childhood Center students who Miss Virginia was in the warehouse at Miss Virginia's Mission House, Tuesday. The students dropped by to deliver goods they collected during their January food drive. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 14/19
This bronze sculpture is by Tuck Langland is titled Dawn. This sculpture, among other art pieces, will be part of the Valentine's Show at the Castle Gallery from February 11 through March 3, 2012. Photo by Laura Gardner. 15/19
Carson Waltke, 2, checks out a jet ski with his dad Chad on Thursday during the Fort Wayne Boat Show & Sale. "Nice motor," he said while passing a boat with his dad. Chad says that Carson is really into boats, just like him. Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 16/19
Kyle Fillman, rear, and Norwell teammate Garrett Bucher both reach for a rebound against Homestead, 1st quarter, Thursday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 17/19
David Vogel of Norwell, top, lands on Homestead's Daymon Osborn as he tries to shoot, 3rd quarter, Thursday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 18/19
Josey Refner, 6, has a little fun with her grandpa Don Aiken as they look at themselves in one of the optical illusion mirrors at Science Central on Thursday. Josey, along with her grandpa and grandma Joanne, checked out the different science areas together. This was their first trip. Josey thought the mirror exhibit was pretty cool, she said.
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