Monday, August 30, 2010

Back to School preparations

Megan Heller, a first year teacher, sets up her kindergarten classroom at Green Bay Area Public School District's Early Learning Center in Green Bay, Wis., Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2010. Heller expects to have an English as a Second Language (Spanish) class of between 15 and 18 students.

Childrens books wait to be put in their places in Heller's classroom.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Domestic partner benefits

Dave Fowles, a Green Bay Public Works Department employee, spreads mulch at his home in Green Bay, Wis., Friday afternoon, Aug. 27, 2010. Because his domestic partner lacks health insurance, Fowles is asking City Hall for domestic partner benefits.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Green Bay Packers beat the Indianapolis Colts, 59-24

Covered the Packers last home preseason game at Lambeau Field last night. It was great to be back on the sidelines. The offense is doing admirably. The defense... it's anybody's guess at this point. Here are some of my best captures from the evening...

Green Bay Packers Morgan Burnett (42) breaks up a pass intended for Indianapolis Colts Pierre Garcon (85) in the first quarter of a preseason game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Green Bay Packers Mike Neal (96) gets a hand on Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) in the first quarter.

Green Bay Packers John Kuhn (30) gets tackled from all angles by Indianapolis Colts defenders in the first quarter.

Indianapolis Colts Joseph Addai (29 evades Green Bay Packers defenders Morgan Burnett (42) and Brady Poppinga (51) in the second quarter.

Green Bay Packers Nick Collins (36) and Morgan Burnett (42) celebrate Burnett's second quarter interception.

Green Bay Packers Jason Chery (13) breaks loose for a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Chery (13) does a "Lambeau Leap" after the touchdown.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) shake hands after the Packers defeated the Colts, 59-24.

And just for fun... if you look closely you can see a wet patch of his bodysuit over this guy's mouth where he's been drinking his beer through it... too funny...

A Green Bay Packers fan finds his seat before a preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Green Bay-area mosque

As national debate grows over a proposed mosque in New York, similar grumblings have taken place recently in Green Bay as a nearby Islamic society sought zoning approval for a new location for their place of worship in an empty building within the city limits. Myself and reporter Scott Williams spent the afternoon at the current Ashwaubenon location: a small, nondescript strip-mall suite.

As lots of attention had being given to opponents, our goal for the piece was to take people into a mosque, put a face to Islam in our community, and give them a voice of explanation through the video below.

Spilling out into the hallway, Muslim men listen to Imam Mohamed Zakarya give a sermon during prayer at Islamic Society of Wisconsin's Green Bay area mosque on Packerland Drive in Ashwaubenon, Wis., Friday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2010. The group looks forward to their new larger mosque on Velp Avenue in Green Bay as their current room cannot hold all those who come to pray.

Khadar Gedi and his son Amir, 2, of Green Bay listen to the Imam's sermon.

Muslim men chat outside after prayer.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Business portrait

FulfillNet president/CEO Kate Burgess poses for a portrait in her company's Ashwaubenon, Wis., distribution center with Under Armour point of purchase materials, Friday morning, Aug. 20, 2010.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Arrest

Surprisingly, this spot news shot's been held for a while to be used with a story on arrests... it's a "blast from the past" from late June...

Green Bay Police and medics look at dog-bite wounds on Calvin Bester, 25, of Green Bay, after he was arrested near the 100 blocks of South Quincy and Jackson Streets, after a chase in Green Bay, Wis., early Thursday evening, June 24, 2010. According to Police Capt. Bill Galvin, officers pursued Bester on foot through the neighborhood, as he pulled a screen from a window and entered a residence. He was apprehended a short time later by officers with the help of a police dog, Neo. Bester was charged with criminal trespassing and obstructing an officer.

Thursday, August 05, 2010

2010 National Scout Jamboree: Home

Boy Scout Nicholas Schommer, 12, of De Pere is welcomed home from the 2010 National Scout Jamboree (held at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va.) by his father Bob, mother Chris, and brother Nathan, 9, at St. John Lutheran Church in De Pere, Wis., Thursday evening, Aug. 5, 2010. This year's Jamboree celebrated 100 years of Scouting.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

2010 National Scout Jamboree: Day 10

Boy Scouts take refuge under a commissary tent in Subcamp 14 in the early morning hours before their departure from the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va., Wednesday morning, Aug. 4, 2010. Steady rain soaked many of the Scouts on a night they slept under the stars.

Sunday, August 01, 2010

2010 National Scout Jamboree: Day 7

The Rev. Stephen B. Salvador, National Catholic Committee on Scouting National Chaplain, welcomes thousands of Scouts to an outdoor Catholic Mass at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.

Knights of Columbus assemble at the arena before Catholic Mass.

Brig. Gen. Robert Nolan addresses Boy Scouts from Bay-Lakes Council during a special visit to their subcamp at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. Nolan is the commander of the Joint Task Force of the National Scout Jamboree.

Brig. Gen. Nolan, with LCDR Erik Thors, center, asks Frank J. Befay IV of Bay-Lakes Council's Jamboree Troop 1422 to sign a picture taken of he and Jonathan Odekirk laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery.

Brig. Gen. Nolan poses for a group picture with Boy Scouts from Bay-Lakes Council.

Brig. Gen. Nolan visits with Boy Scouts from the Bay-Lakes Council during a special visit to their subcamp.

Selected Hometown News Reporters (Boy Scout special correspondents) receive a safety briefing before taking a ride in New Jersey National Guard Black Hawk helicopters over the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.

Hometown News Reporter Michael Roberts, 14, of Appleton, Wis., and Jamboree Troop 1425, right, looks out of a New Jersey National Guard Black Hawk helicopter with Army public affairs officer Lt. Col. Kim Moros over the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va.

Pepito Estrada, 13, of Bentonville, Ark., and Jamboree Troop 2143 is all smiles as he and other Hometown News Reporters ride in New Jersey National Guard Black Hawk helicopters over the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.

A New Jersey National Guard Black Hawk helicopter carrying Hometown News Reporters flies over the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Bowling Green, Va., Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010.