Photos of the week for June 1, 2012

St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic School Literature teacher Cindy Stahl wishes seventh grader Kaelyn Bender good luck during the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. next week. The students and staff of the school made Bender a scrapbook of good luck notes and wished her a special send-off. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 1/26

Emma Mitchell, 4, gets some advice from mother Heyde Mitchell before the Bike the Fort ride, part of the Fort 4 Fitness Spring Cycle, Saturday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 2/26

Riders in the 35 and 45 mile loops head back to the city, passing corn fields on North River Road. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 3/26

Racers take the first corner onto Calhoun Street in the category 4 criterion race, Saturday in downtown Fort Wayne. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 4/26

Racers take the corner onto Calhoun Street from Wayne Street in the category 4 criterion race, Saturday in downtown Fort Wayne. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 5/26

Northside pool hit full capacity Sunday afternoon as temperature went above 90 degrees. Sunday was the second day the pool was open for the season. Photo by Cathie Rowand 6/26

Emily Freise, 10, and her friend Jennifer Meyer, 12, take their pet horses to the concession stand during the Carroll - Huntington North regional softball game at Carroll High School, Tuesday. Freise's big sister Erica is a freshman on the Huntington North team. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 7/26

Funeral for Sgt. JaBraun Knox at the World War II Museum in Auburn Indiana on May 29, 2012. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 8/26

The Indiana Patriot Guard and the American Legion Riders lined up in front of the World War II Museum in Auburn Indiana to honor Sgt. JaBraun Knox on Tuesday May 29, 2012. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 9/26

American Legion Rider Bruce Cecil with his daughter Brayah Cecil, 11, during the funeral for Sgt. JaBraun Knox at the World War II Museum in Auburn Indiana. Brayah, a fifth grader at Garrett Middle School said that just a couple of weeks ago Sgt. JaBraun Knox spoke to her class about his job in the military and now here she attends his funeral on Tuesday. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 10/26

The Indiana Patriot Guard and the American Legion Riders lined up in front of the World War II Museum in Auburn Indiana to honor of Sgt. JaBraun Knox on Tuesday May 29, 2012 before the start of the funeral. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 11/26

Courtney Knox, wife of Sgt. JaBraun Knox, middle, along with family and friends during the funeral at the World War II Museum in Auburn Indiana on Tuesday May 29, 2012. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 12/26

Bob Brewer leaves this shot short of the chains as he plays disk golf on the par-3 course at Shoaff Park with son Forrest Brewer and friend Kevin Gerbers, Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 13/26

Carroll shortstop Emily Catanzarite fields a bouncer as Alyssa Grabner of Huntington North advances behind her, 1st inning, Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 14/26

Huntington North centerfielder Alyssa Hiple can't catch a liner from Carroll's Jacqueline Phipps, 2nd inning, Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 15/26

Portrait of Kathy Schaffer Wednesday afternoon at Parkview North. Schaffer is a breast cancer survivor and leader of the Lymphedema Support Group. Kathy Schaffer was the first-ever winner of the Cancer Care Award in 2009. Photo by Swikar Patel. 16/26

North Side High School Music Teacher Edward King was named the 2012 Fort Wayne Community Schools Teacher of the Year. King has taught music for 39 years to students. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 17/26

The Martin Luther King Jr. sign going up on the bridge on Clinton St. on Wednesday May 30, 2012. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 18/26

Portrait of Mike Royal Wednesday afternoon at his new music club the Yellow Bird at 1130 East State Blvd. The Yellow Bird will open its doors this Saturday June 2nd and Royal commented that the reason he deicded to open his own music club was that he "always felt that there needed to be a spot that was about the music first." Photo by Swikar Patel. 19/26

Franke Park Elementary School PreKindergartener Dahlia Kuku, 5, participates in the Sixth Annual Bubble Festival on Thursday at Study Elementary School. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 20/26

(from left to right) Portrait of North Side High School's Tyvon Kelley, Kersten Barnfield, Ed Benson and Mohammed Bangura Thursday afternoon. Photo by Swikar Patel. 21/26

Fort Wayne Parks Dept. Forestry Div. employee Derek Deit cuts down an Ash tree in the Hanna Homestead Park in Fort Wayne on Friday. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 22/26

Butler University bulldog mascots Blue II, left, and Blue III, were on hand to greet and drool on the young patients at Lutheran Children's Hospital, Friday. Photo by Samuel Hoffman 23/26

Mayor Tom Henry leads a group of media through a tour of the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge on Friday. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 24/26

Mayor Tom Henry leads a group of media through a tour of the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge on Friday. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 25/26

The new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge with details of words around the edge. Photo by Laura J. Gardner/The Journal Gazette 26/26
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