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Rilee Skeen identifies a liquid during training in cleaning up chemical spills Wednesday, July 27, 2011.

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Ashlie Ecker keeps cool with help from her daughter Zoie, 2, as they cool off at the fountains at Lincoln Park Tuesday. (Aug. 2, 2011)

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Koi Johnson throws the Turbo Javelin during the 300g Bantam girls competition Friday at Cessna Stadium. (July 29, 2011)

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The Wingnuts' Jorge Delgado, center, hugs catcher Edwin Bellorin, left, and pitcher Josh Dew after they won a no-hitter against Shreveport-Bossier at LD Stadium Wednesday. (July 12, 2011)

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Greg Harper, center, joins other Hawker Beechcraft machinists as they hold a rally at the Pumphouse in Old Town Friday. They will be voting on a new contract next week. (July 29, 2011)

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This American flag was salvaged from a house fire at 3rd and Washington on Friday. (July 8, 2011)

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Kansas Cannon catcher Jordan Ollenberger drops a foul ball against Colorado in the 12th inning Saturday in the first game of the NBC World Series at LD Stadium. (July 30, 2011)

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Kenneth Bolden has some watermelon under a shade tree at Fairmount Park Monday, July 11, 2011.

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Valerie and Doug Herrman hug before being led away after being sentenced to prison time in Butler County District Court Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. The Herrmans, now in their mid-50s, pleaded guilty in June to felony theft by continuing to take adoption subsidy payments for Adam's care. The Herrmans pleaded guilty to essentially stealing $15,488 in adoption subsidies over about a two- year period. Valerie Herrman received a maximum sentence of seven months while husband Doug received a maximum sentence of 9 months.

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The building at Broadway and Douglas in downtown Wichita that used to be the home of the historic Dockum Drug Store is now going to be renovated into a 190 room, four-star hotel. (July 14, 2011)

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A gas station north of the Global Propane where propane tanks exploded on Tuesday near Rose Hill (August 3, 2011)

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A combine cuts wheat near Haysville as a line of severe thunderstorms moves through the metro area Thursday night. (June 9, 2011)

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Emily Mechler and Josh Sassanella star in Music Theatre of Wichita's production of "Xanadu." The show runs July 20-24. (July 13, 2011)

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A Riverside resident stands out in the rain to enjoy the first significant rainstorm the area has seen in weeks. (August 3, 2011)

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Festival goers watch the fireworks show on the banks of the Arkansas River in downtown Saturday. (June 11, 2011)

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Wichita State University graduate Dustin Garza after sinking an impressive putt on the 17th hole at Crestview Country Club. He and his partner Wichita Country Club Pro Cary Cozby won the Scholfield Hyundai Shootout during the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. (June 13, 2011)

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Jonathon Blank gets a hug from his twin brother Linden after he arrived at Mid-Continent Airport last Friday. Blank was home on leave from Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where he undergoing rehabilitation. (July 15, 2011)

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Wingnuts' pitcher Jared Simon gets congratulated by catcher Edwin Bellorin after finishing off Shreveport-Bossier 6-2 at LD Stadium Tuesday. (June 10, 2011)

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Longtime friends Brandon Barnes and Jonathon Blank, center, pose with friends while shooting guns on a friend's property in Augusta Sunday. (July 17, 2011)

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Devastation is still apparent three weeks after an EF5 tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. (June 14, 2011)

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A skateboarder enjoys himself at the Weightless Skate Fiesta Saturday at the Downtown Wichita Skate Park. (June 25, 2011)

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With the NBC tournament going on, a storm can be seen in the distance, southwest of Wichita on Tuesday night. (Aug. 9, 2011)

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Grace Waters of Wichita watches a herd of longhorn cattle move down Douglas during a parade for the Kansas 150 Festival on Saturday in downtown Wichita. (Oct. 8, 2011)

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Wichita firefighters battle a blaze at High Point East Apartments, 9400 E. Lincoln. Multiple fire units were called to the fire near Lincoln and Webb Road and quickly moved into a defensive mode to get the flames under control before firefighters could enter the building. (Aug. 25, 2011)

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Linden Blank served two tours in Iraq and spent a lot of time in the very hostile Anbar Province. (Dec. 8, 2011)

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KU Medical School -- Wichita Assistant Professor Eli Brumfield, lower left, directs a team of Wichita and Johns Hopkins trainers during a simulated cardiac arrest on an infant high-tech mannequin at the Johns Hopkins Simulation Center in Baltimore, Maryland Thursday, June 23, 2011.

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Lightning can be seen over Riverside as storms move through south-central Kansas on Tuesday night. (Aug. 9, 2011)

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Bailee Thomas, 11, cheers at the finish line for the Prairie Fire Marathon underneath an umbrella. (October 9, 2011)

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Wichita firefighters battle a blaze at High Point East Apartments, 9400 E. Lincoln Thursdsy, Aug. 25, 2011. Multiple fire units were called to the fire near Lincoln and Webb road and quickly moved into a defensive mode to get the flames under control before firefighters could enter the building.

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Kansas State head basketball coach Frank Martin scowls at a player during the first half against West Virginia on Thursday night in Wichita, Kan. (Dec. 8, 2011)

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Gail Makovec touches the box with over 8, 200 documents about Father Kapaun for good luck following a Mass and Closing Ceremony for the Beautification and Canonization of Father Kapaun at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception Friday. Makovec, who is from Pilsen (the same town as Father Kapaun) was part of the original Father Kapaun Committee. (July 1, 2011)

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Kenai's Jordan Mills (29) and Nevada's hris Fitzpatrick (31) join the Dancing Batboy B. Boy McCoy for a little dance during the semi-final game Friday in the NBC Tournament at LD Stadium. (Aug. 12, 2011)

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Tesha Florence, with her children Jerry, 5, left, and Robert, 3, pose for a photograph in their Inter-Faith Villa Apartment. She said Operation Holiday helped her family get through the Holiday season last year.

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Randy Edens portrays Buffalo Bill at Cowtown Tuesday. Edens will be organizing a gunfight re-enactor competition this weekend at Cowtown. It will be part of a bigger living history weekend at Cowtown. (Aug. 30, 2011)

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A house fire at 3rd and Washington on Friday was already burning heavily when firefighters arrived. (July 8, 2011)

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The Santa Barbara Foresters dogpile on the mound after defeating the Kenai Oilers 1-0 in the championship game Saturday at the NBC World Series at LD Stadium. (Aug. 13, 2011)

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Kapaun's Rachael Baldwin, left, and Elizabeth Pringle celebrate after defeating Bishop Carroll's Anne Feldkamp and Paige Lauer in the 5A No 1 doubles championship at Goddard High Saturday. (Oct. 15, 2011)

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Eureka Scales sits at her home in Northeast Wichita just blocks away from where her daughter Jaquilla disappeared 10 years ago. (Sept. 1, 2011)

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Buffalo on the Z-Bar ranch near Medicine Lodge

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K-State Wildcats head coach Bill Snyder comforts his quarterback Colin Klein after a narrow loss to #3 OSU(November 5, 2011)

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Thomas Nichols works on the restoration project of Kansas in Miniature at Exploration Place. Nichols, the creator of the exhibit, will spend a month cleaning and refurbishing the entire exhibit. Funds for the work come from a $50,000 grant from Koch Industries. (Aug. 18, 2011)

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A deer chases a fawn away from its mother in a wheat field near Manhattan. (Oct. 26, 2011)

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A female driver crashed into Dave's Discount Liquor at 9th and Grove around 3 p.m. on June 15, 2011. She was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and nobody inside was injured. The Wichita Police Department is investigating all possibilities.

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Members of the East High swim team celebrate the opening of the new pool facility at the school by simultaneously jumping in. The pool was paid for from funds provided by a bond that was passed by voters a few years ago. (Sept. 23, 2011)

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Bryan Griffin paddles down the Little Arkansas river during the cool of the morning Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. The kayaker said he takes to the river about once a week and starts around dawn to beat the heat.

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Wichita State's Ehimen Orukpe is fouled by Emporia State's Antonio DeMaria in the first half Tuesday night at Charles Koch Arena. (Nov. 8, 2011)

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A system of thunderstorms passes through downtown Wichita around 11 a.m. Thursday. (June 16, 2011)

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Residents console each other after a fire was put out at the Mennonite Apartment Building at 1435 Minneapolis Saturday. (Sept. 3, 2011)

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Conway Springs and Garden Plain compete under a setting sun Friday night in Conway Springs. (Sept. 23, 2011)

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Gary's Chris Carrara, left, and Brian Kolb collide while chasing a pop fly against Wichita in the 6th inning at LD Stadium Friday night. (Aug. 19, 2011)

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A combine harvests a sorghum field near Manhattan, Kan., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Fall colors in Kansas are reaching their peak this week. (Oct. 26, 2011)

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The Lord's Diner executive director Wendy Glick sits down with one of her buddies, Lucki, during dinner Tuesday at the Lord's Diner. (June 21, 2011)

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Kansas State's Chris Harper celebrates after catching a 34 yard touchdown pass to win the game against Eastern Kentucky Manhattan on Saturday. (Sept. 3, 2011)

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Stormie Young breaks down in tears while talking to Judge Ben Burgess about her son Friday during the sentencing of Shawn Blackburn for the second-degree reckless murder of 10-month old Karsyn Young.

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Dr. DillingerÕs of Dr. Dillinger's Freaks and Floozies leads a large group of people in an attempt to break a Guiness World Record for the most people simultaneously eating fire in a public place. The event was held on Douglas during the Downtown Chili Cookoff. (Sept. 24, 2011)

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The Iron Eagle Acrobatic Team entertain the crowd at the Wichita Flight Festival at Jabara Airport Saturday. (Aug. 20, 2011)

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Korean War Air Force veteran T.D. Smith salutes the American flag as the colors are posted during the Derby Area Veterans Memorial Walk of Freedom Dedication Ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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Barry Grissom, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, discusses the case against James Bobby Butler, a Texas man who was sentenced Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in federal court on felony charges of conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and obstruction of justice related to the illegal sale of guided deer hunts in southern Kansas. Over a hundred illegal trophy mounts with evidence tags were on display during the press conference. (June 21, 2011)

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Wichita Parks and Recreation Department worker Luke Fulton sprays aquatic herbicide into the weeds growing in the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita, Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2011

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Brothers, Arthur Brown and Bryce Brown have traveled a long road together and will be on the field together for the first time since Arthur's senior year at East High. Bryce ultimately left the Wildcats early in the season. (Aug. 5, 2011)

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Wichita State University dancers performed at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University during the "See Miro Go!" festivities. A few hundred people watched the removal of the first panel of the Joan Miro piece "Personnages Oiseaux." Russell-Marti Conservation Services will spend the next five years restoring the piece. (September 27, 2011)

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Pilot Greg Shelton and wingwalker Ashley Battles entertain the crowd at the Wichita Flight Festival at jabara Airport Sarurday. They carry out stunts with their 1943 Super Stearman doing barrel rolls, dives and steep climbs at 155 mph. (Aug. 20, 2011)

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Fourteen-month old Claire Phillips shows her patriotism during the Derby Area Veterans Memorial Walk of Freedom Dedication Ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.

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Barry Grissom, U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas, discusses the case against James Bobby Butler, a Texas man who was sentenced Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in federal court on felony charges of conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and obstruction of justice related to the illegal sale of guided deer hunts in southern Kansas. Over a hundred illegal trophy mounts with evidence tags were on display during the press conference.

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Harold Lindeblad, 93, takes advantage of the break in temperatures to water his Riverside lawn Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.

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Phoune Guinn runs with her 4-year-old daughter, Hope, during the last 100 yards of the Prairie Fire Half-Marathon. (October 9, 2011)

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Kent Shockley drives in front of the crowd gathered at the Wichita Flight Festival at Jabara Airport. The modified Peterbuilt semi with three Pratt and Whitney jet engines.(August 21, 2011)

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K-State Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein (7) comes up short on quarterback sneak in the 4th overtime Saturday in Manhattan. (November 12, 2011)

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George Coba from Miami, Fla., hugs an old roommate during the 50th anniversary of the Mariana Home Peter Pan Reunion Thursday. Cuban refugees boys lived there 50 years ago when they escaped from Cuba with the help of the ir parents and the CIA. (June 23, 2011)

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Hutchinson's #6 Aritz Garcia flies over Seattle's #12 Derek Jennings while completing a double-play in the first inning of the NBC tournament. (Aug 8, 2011)

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Collegiate's William Short catches a touchdown pass in the first quarter Friday night against Maize South. (Oct. 7, 2011)

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Dorena Black tries to beat the 108 degree weather by cooling off at the Hyatt's water fountain Wednesday. (Aug. 24, 2011)

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K-State Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein (7) celebrates his third touchdown of the evening Saturday against Texas A&M on a two yard run. Klein had 5 touchdowns on the evening including the winning drive in the 4th overtime.(November 12, 2011)

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John Arma, Jr. sits on his porch at 1006 S. Emporia, decorated to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Wichita District Attorney Nola Foulston gives an interview at her home in Eastborough Wednesday. Foulston has decided not to run again for District Attorney. (Sept. 14, 2011)

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Joshua Clark, a second grader at Pleasant Valley Elementary, receives a hug and a kiss from his dad, Joshua Clark, after the elder Clark surprised his son at the school on Wednesday. Sgt. Joshua Clark has spent the last four months in Afghanistan. (Sept. 16, 2011)

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Hazmat officers check out the chemicals found in a stolen car in the parking lot of the Walmart on west Kellogg Tuesday. (Sept. 20, 2011) Police were investigating it as a possible mobile meth lab

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WPD traffic officer Brian Safris tickets a driver who ran a red light Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2011, at Broadway and Lewis in downtown Wichita.

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Jean King had just purchased her dream home in Coffeyville four years ago when a flood and oil spill devasted the neighborhood she lived in. Jean and her sister decided they would stay and rebuild in the east side of Coffeyville that is now nothing more than empty streets and lots. (Sept. 22, 2011)

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Two hundred head of cattle are driven down a dirt road near Freeport last Wednesday. The 150th Anniversary Kansas Cattle Drive is scheduled to end in Ellsworth in late September. (Sept. 7, 2011)

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Amelia Earhart Elementary School students in Goddard dressed themselves in red, white and blue to form a human flag to mark the 10th anniversary of the 911 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Students at the school did the same thing in 2002 to mark the first anniversary of the attacks. (Sept 7, 2011)

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Derby resident Woody Austin gets excited after he chipped into the hole during a chipoff on the 18th hole during the Scholfield Hyundai Shootout at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. His team finished second. (June 13, 2011)

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Participants in Drums Across Kansas, featuring eight elite drum and bugle corps from around the country, take a water break Monday, July 18, 2011, in Valley Center while practicing for Tuesday night's performance at Cessna Stadium.

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Linden Blank carries his brother Jonathon to another room on his first day back home last Friday while visiting with their father Matthew. (June 15, 2011)

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Friends University Ballet's Production of the Nutcracker. (December 9, 2011)

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Gary Muellers barn just south of Durham, Ks. lit for the holidays.

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