http://www.augustfrank.net/about-1 daily 0.75 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496155142842-FANPP7EIWQHH8A8JVFKE/image-asset.jpeg About Photo by Kaylee Domzalski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1492193386565-0LZ3TLCN9EZJKLGLU577/image-asset.jpeg About Shooting eagles in Cordova, Alaska. Photo by Dan Morrison. http://www.augustfrank.net/finding-a-castle daily 0.75 2016-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1477675216865-2WO0M88I2EHEEX4SVSUS/Screen+Shot+2016-10-28+at+10.20.02+AM.png Finding a Castle http://www.augustfrank.net/sportssingles daily 0.75 2019-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1633733966749-PVFGIGLQATZ968ZMWOQM/210827+af+fb+gra+mos_Trib2.JPG Sports Singles Moscow wide receiver Leon Hutton goes into the air as he tries to avoid Grangeville players framed against the setting sun in Grangeville on Friday night, August 27, 2021. Moscow defeated Grangeville 16-8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1676425490392-87I75NLERAG2DHY5Z7CB/220604+af+NAIA+so+lc_9.JPG Sports Singles Southeastern head coach Adrian Dinkel reacts as he gets dowsed in a Gatorade bath following Southeastern’s 11-5 victory over Lewis-Clark State to win the NAIA World Series at Harris Field in Lewiston on Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496770247578-7J4YMDH034JLVC8PMQDO/2016NCAAChampionships_Day3_004.JPG Sports Singles Wis.-Milwaukee's Brett Pozolinski clears the bar in the high jump competition. Pozolinski placed tenth with a final height of 2.14m at the 2016 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553190385921-XL9NJWRS5HENYTXV3IFS/022419-spt-StateWrestlingGalleryaf-007.JPG Sports Singles Rhonda Kraus hugs her son Josh after his victory to take the state title at the Wyoming State Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at the Casper Events Center. Kraus has ovarian cancer and wasn't expected to make it to Christmas. "Just being here means a lot," Kraus' daughter Kassandra said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674401244-03UMZRZFC87PI00AW7VG/220304+af+bbb+kam+gra_LEAD.JPG Sports Singles Kamiah David Kludt lets out a yell as his teammates surround him as the team celebrates their 42-40 victory over Grace during round two of the Idaho High School boys state basketball tournament at Vallivue High School on Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751673454327-DKTAB5EDG4IL0KWVACVC/221104+af+fb+kam+bc_3.JPG Sports Singles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674505824-7Q8MHNQCCIJE04I5EJL2/220525+af+NAIA+Kids+Clinic_11.JPG Sports Singles Kids line up along the fence next to a Georgia Gwinett player at the NAIA World Series Kids Clinic on Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1633728122762-887T0R8QL17BEI8UXK70/210710+af+Bull+riding_LEAD.JPG Sports Singles Jed Jones looks to escape after being bucked off as his bull sets sight on him in the Challenge of Champions Bull Riding at the Lewiston Roundup grounds on Saturday, July 10, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579654833995-9KDVQUH05S1LB23YF1DJ/AugustFrank_poy_Portfolio_Singles_001.JPG Sports Singles The Gillette Roughriders baseball team high-knees it back and forth across the field for warmups on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1520633670843-DHMLKMW054TN0047IZST/_MG_4183.jpg Sports Singles Brandon Carrillo grimaces as he tries to keep his arm in place and his opponent at bay. Arm wrestlers descended on the Rodeo Steak House and Grill in Junction City for competition in the World Armwrestling League. Competitors locked hands and the first to push the others knuckles down past the barrier was the winner of the match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496849324268-MP1MZ5JS25O8EJTJOOKF/AugustFrank_SpringfieldVs.Thurston_001.jpg Sports Singles The Millers' linebacker Loudin Gariott (#24) holds his head after his team suffered a loss to Thurston High School. Springfield lost to Thurston 39-36 in the last game of the season. For seniors on the team like Gariott the last game is made even more emotional due to the chance his high school team will be the last football team he plays for.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674165530-LRIZ8X4FV2M4HFYIU4CK/250527+af+NAIA+sou+gg_9.JPG Sports Singles Southeastern pitcher Aaron Robertson throws a pitch against Georgia Gwinnett in Game 13 of the NAIA World Series Tuesday at Harris Field in Lewiston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674344122-JINWYPSAFGQN4DJJKFO3/240324+af+wbb+wsu+sac_16.jpg Sports Singles Washington State center Bella Murekatete reacts as Washington State makes a basket against Santa Clara during a quarter of a second round game of the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament at Beasley Coliseum Sunday in Pullman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1535565440277-JRIKF0FGW8OXXRIX4X7J/SPAC_5418702527_LARPing.JPG Sports Singles Conner Torrey keeps an eye on his opponent Seth Hurney as they practice LARPing, in the field nearby Eldrige Park in Lebanon, N.H. The two compete in the LARPing organization known as Realms and use bamboo-core weapons for increased speed and competitiveness. Hurney has bee active in LARPing since elementary school where he would go to his friend Robert Disbrow's house to either play video games or practice LARPing in the back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674262986-J8FATH9A6OH0NP4ZWQ1B/230602+af+NAIA+lc+we_24.jpg Sports Singles Lewis-Clark State players react following their loss to Westmont in the championship game of the NAIA World Series Friday at Harris Field in Lewiston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751672881365-4FD71QYVFL1CYUMCG6I7/240831+af+fb+WSU+PSU_1.JPG Sports Singles Washington State wide receiver Kris Hutson makes a diving catch in the end zone against Portland State during a quarter of a nonconference game at Gesa Field in Pullman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731439252-58HS8POJ0R7XTLCOTEQ5/AugustFrank_poy_Charlotte.JPG Sports Singles Charlotte Marasco shares a laugh with Sharon Jones, not pictured, as she takes pads out towards the field for football practice on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Marasco is the only girl on the Campbell County Football team and plays with Junior Varsity. Marasco has done marching band, volleyball, basketball, softball, track and field and cheerleading. She is now nearing the end of her first season of football. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579718077622-G80G06PHJXJIS0D4DUSH/122919-fro-YearinPhotos-064.JPG Sports Singles The Bolts' Blaine Allen is lifted into the air by the Camels' Mason Dykes after catching a pass in Friday's playoff game. The Bolts defeated the Camels 24-20. The Bolts, ranked at number one with an undefeated season, received an unexpected challenge from their cross-town rivals who they previously defeated 51-14 earlier in the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751673636882-1S83NMXNGQUDOQW6F978/230909+af+fb+wsu+wis_LEAD.JPG Sports Singles Washington State Cougars quarterback Cameron Ward (1) celebrates as fans rush the field following the Cougars 31-22 win over Wisconsin Saturday in Pullman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751674810306-SHHMB8Z5EUTCNCSCKX5C/250528+af+NAIA+lsu+sou_18.JPG Sports Singles LSU Shreveport Ryan Davenport puts on his shoes after the team defeated Southeastern 10-0 as a Cookie Monster sits in their dugout following Game 15 of the NAIA World Series Wednesday at Harris Field in Lewiston. Their teammate Draven Zeigler eats milk and cookies before every game leading to head coach Brad Neffendorf’s son to nickname him Cookie Monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1676425538469-0UORI89YYO2RQOJ7G0V1/Big+Picture+-+Head+to+Head.JPG Sports Singles Lewiston’s Brenden Thill (right) grapples with Moscow’s Paul Dixon in the 195 pound match of a wrestling duel Wednesday at Lewiston. http://www.augustfrank.net/photovideo-work daily 1.0 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751672364775-TUQWEDN00EZ3ZR2PLGOH/211113+af+Vet+Day+Parade_8V2.jpg Photo/video work - Moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675511183-HVNPV892W79R02CMEEQW/210827+af+fb+gra+mos_Trib2.JPG Photo/video work - Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751838254607-DANBD3VK4EMQJFTV1TO5/BOP_HomelessStory_1.JPG Photo/video work - Life in Limbo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496772165340-3ZPHWTJIEXC65JM513IA/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_001.JPG Photo/video work - Reasons for Redemption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751672558419-VEXQHS18WZ6O4JEUNGRT/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-011.JPG Photo/video work - No Place Like Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496772263418-GRXNS62AA0WVMJ84IWPC/JR_AF_001.JPG Photo/video work - Perseverance Personified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254943373-8874E2USOJ6P5YDEOVX0/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-001.jpg Photo/video work - A Day at the Games https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496779253191-8R83E4PUCE1IQMW420EX/FindingCastle_thumbnail+copy.jpg Photo/video work - Finding a Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189805420-ICJSM2GDSFFP1U938BYJ/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_01.JPG Photo/video work - Living with choices https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1536159138845-B33GWNTEO82QAJ7NDWMQ/20160715_OrcaLodge_Fisherman_YellowEyedRockfishAF005.jpg Photo/video work - Critters http://www.augustfrank.net/perseverance-personified daily 0.75 2018-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777164657-XTQV6NEFXMLZ64VS7SAF/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0001.JPG Perseverance Personified The sun rises above the South Eugene Eugene High School track, a light dusting of frost covers the grass in the early morning, and John Robert steadily grinds away at his workout with his head down. Roberts has been a para-athlete since he was 12 years old. His racing team has taken him to such places as the worlds championships in New Zealand to the Olympic games in Rio. The South Eugene Track is both a nearby place to train and a reminder of his time attending South Eugene High School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777162772-ZTEURFESTIJ2RLOH5FO7/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0002.JPG Perseverance Personified John sits in his chair at his workplace on Thursday, Nov. 10. Five months ago on an average workday in June, John's phone rang. It was the USA Paralympic coach. “You’re going to get to represent your country,” the coach told him. John immediately calls his mom and dad. It was the realization of a goal he had been working towards for twenty years. “It was sort of a tearful moment, and something that I’ll never forget,” John said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777225803-9M4FXTCQC4XMY6AGINDQ/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0003.JPG Perseverance Personified John sits in the middle of the apartment that he shares with his younger brother talking on the phone with his CPA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777211162-291IL1TJ3YVA2SKGTAYM/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0004.JPG Perseverance Personified https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777213584-SUI70RE9J78YVLDH3QLM/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0005.JPG Perseverance Personified As the sun dips below the horizon, porch lights come on, and dark clouds form overhead John continues his training, pushing the wheels of his bike around the South Eugene Track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777217221-F6H9QSPHKZ3LZ8AQECPA/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0006.JPG Perseverance Personified The Lila Peer Support Club is filled with people doing arts, playing cards, or using the computer on midday Friday. John has been working there as a mental health peer for six years. "You're gonna come across people that need encouragement or just help navigating the mental health world or just any kind of a social service system thats in place. and whatever kind of tool I can give people to help navigate those things whether it be positive reinforcement or whatever it is, they can get to where they want to go." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777220251-APE7UNBAQQ976W1K9L6E/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0007.JPG Perseverance Personified John assists a frequenter of the Lila Support Club, Michael, in getting his paperwork together for a passport. Michael hopes to be able to travel around the States and hopefully abroad after that. "I grew up in like a mid-western town where there weren't that many opportunities for people with disabilities, and then moving to Oregon kind of changed my whole outlook on life and just thinking about life beyond my disability," John said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1499108707506-6E4DXBIUO3WW8ADB93SR/JR_april10Workout_AF_013.JPG Perseverance Personified John rounds the corner of the South Eugene High School track. When he attended South Eugene as a student he would race around the track. Now as an adult he still prefers to train on the track, sometimes alongside current South Eugene students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777235088-VINRWWEFXLVXT3VIZ6Z6/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0008.JPG Perseverance Personified Parathletes use specialized gloves that are rough along the palm side to push the bars of their rear wheel forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777238155-B1AMFKPPQSK0B0BLET5W/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0010.JPG Perseverance Personified John's girlfriend Kiesha looks on at him during their Valentines Day dinner. The two have been together for nine months now. The first time he asked her out she said no, but when he came back several years later more mature she saw that and said yes. Kiesha describes how their families breathed a sigh of relief, having known it was inevitable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777242417-S0CN9VNNPXHOOWNXWO95/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0012.JPG Perseverance Personified John's apartment is free of most of the trophies and medals he has accumulated over the years, most of them sitting in storage at his parents home. One thing he has kept is his credentials badge from his first world championships team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496777246643-NKHFUJUGTSDNLOOB9IN3/PerseverancePersonified_WebSelection_0013.JPG Perseverance Personified The sun soon disappears completely and the South Eugene track is drenched in darkness and a steady beat of rain begins to fall. John continues to train for 20 more minutes. “I wasn’t the most talented athlete and I wasn’t the best athlete. But I’m just the kind of person that just puts his head down and grinds." http://www.augustfrank.net/reasons-for-redemption daily 0.75 2018-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775643941-Y05BBQXOSSUV5ROR3G0V/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0001.JPG Reasons for Redemption https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775700209-9UCOXYSKGG0MJWGP3QGK/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0002.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah cuts Suzanna's nails before topping them with polish. Sarah counts Suzanna as her primary motivation for overcoming addiction. “She was like a new chance to be a parent and prove to the world and to myself that I really was meant to be a mother,” Sarah said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775711791-S1UN558N9CNL0HFO2Z58/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0003.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah vacuums the room that she’s devoted to her new cat, a pet she said that helps her stay away from smoking, as Suzanna begins swinging one of the cat toys wildly. "Don't hit me or the cat with that," Sarah says in a worn but stern voice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1520035325053-9Y7YGUE1RJ801CF7OD7K/UniversityofOregon_Frank_August_story4.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah reads to Suzanna before bed, acting out faces to match the story. While the learning curve was steep, she now knows she was meant to be a mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775748257-4FF30N63MNQIGLIB5QEY/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0004.JPG Reasons for Redemption Suzanna bursts into a fit, sparking Sarah’s commitment to provide emotional support. “I should have already been there with my other two,” she said of her teenage children who now live in her mother’s custody. “But I’m an addict.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775805957-NDAGKLYEVFGZ1PRGYSK7/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0005.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah temporarily turns off the TV to get Suzanna to take a bite. Each night, Sarah and Suzanna eat dinner on a small plastic folding table. The two have lived in their Eugene apartment since Sarah completed the sponsor's program about 8 months ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775796929-QOC1ARKSO1FQ1ZKO8KIY/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0006.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah's prison release card sits out of site atop her refrigerator which she forgot about amidst the daily tasks work, school, and taking care of her daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775869448-8VAOJGT82JP6APAA8ID8/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0007.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah sits in a digital design class at Lane Community College, where she enrolled last year after completing her final GED test in the Sponsors program. In pursuing a degree in multimedia and graphic art design, she sees a path forward. Sarah earned a 4.1 grade point average in her first term, and is looking to transfer to the University of Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775810604-JSKBQSE5BYQ4BX9FVC7A/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0008.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah walks down the hallway while performing housekeeping duties for Willamette Family Inc. The treatment facility provides a space for people to detox. Serving the patients is a motivating, stabilizing force in Sarah’s life, and it’s helpful for those overcoming addiction to interact with someone who has been in the same shoes, she said. “I can say: If I can do it, you can do it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775833667-AIM6APEHCJMZWKYOUSQ9/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0009.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah takes a break from work to phone her mother. Sarah said their relationship, now on the mend, is scarred with years of personal hurt stemming from drug addiction, theft and betrayal of trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775844346-21CKTENTLE78MITT7MUD/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0010.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah, and her three children, Suzanna, 2, Jillian, 13 (left), and Lukas, 16 (middle), walk towards the Marcola Christian Church to attend service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775895627-VX957ASCUUXP87S1NQ65/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0011.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah sits in the Marcola Christian Church with her cousin Violet Gott. Sarah called Violet after turning herself in, and they began attending Springfield’s Celebrate Recovery meetings together. Sarah and Violet share a history of using drugs dating back to their teenage years. Today, the two share faith, a force that drives their commitment to recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775923266-5SWR5GY29EQQCQMSFCBI/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0012.JPG Reasons for Redemption At two years old, Suzanna is too young to remember Sarah’s life before she found stability. But for Lukas and Jillian the memories remain. Lukas and Jillian live in the custody of Sarah’s mother, but Sarah is determined to be their rock— “Someone that’s immovable and will always be there,” she said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1496775917311-QG1N92RRP1D7XQY4WV0G/ReasonsforRedemption_FinalWeb_0013.JPG Reasons for Redemption Sarah and Suzanna quiet the apartment before dinner. “The purpose of a tragedy is that there’s something to be learned,” she said. “There’s kind of glory in your troubles. You have to be thankful for your troubles. I’m thankful for mine.” http://www.augustfrank.net/wildlife daily 0.75 2019-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675670232-X3UD8Q5SEEGFGA51R371/Big+Picture+-+Rainbow+Mallards.JPG Critters Mallard ducks fly through the air as a rainbow forms over the Lewiston Clarkston Valley Wednesday in Lewiston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1499992294097-CT57M8GDI2D0VIAW10V2/20160716_CA_HartneyBay_Eagle_AF015.JPG Critters The American Bald Eagle's eyes are yellow in color. The eagle however has a second eyelid called the nictitating membrane. The membrane will slide across the eagle's eye ever three or four seconds, helping to remove dust and debris from eyes. The eagle is able to see through the membrane due to it's translucence ensuring the eagle keeps it's vision sharp in flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1499992442525-2JUI40PAYTOOV7213I4V/20160721_PowerCreek_Bear_AFUCKINGBEAR_InaTree_AF022V3Cropped.jpg Critters A mother black bear rests in a tree with her two cubs nearby. A black bear has excellent balance and will climb a tree for safety, to get to beehives, to survey the area, or to nap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675894329-QAM3IKC2GS41TZKXS4XE/_DSC4865.jpg Critters A barn owl sits in a tree in Lewiston, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1502920352080-W696F1IUJO0MFMP2R79U/cr.heron08.0804.JPG Critters A great blue heron breaks the surface of the Willamette River near the Alton Baker Park duck ponds in Eugene. The usually still stalkers can be found along the banks of the Willamette, Amazon Creek, and Delta Ponds feeding on fish, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, small mammals and other birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675723798-ZPR4XBAZKWGOC8R1WYZ3/240703+af+CLO_6.JPG Critters An osprey shakes its head around while sitting on a treetop looking over West Evans Ponds in Clarkston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1503119055882-BAJOF4WDRUQQ9F6P6RZ8/cr.Dragonfly.08XX.JPG Critters A dragonfly defends the stick it has set claim to as another dragonfly tries to land on it in the Golden Gardens Park in Eugene on Friday, August 11, 2017. (August Frank/The Register-Guard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1499992297251-V9P0JW0YUPEAA9KX8975/20160715_OrcaLodge_Fisherman_YellowEyedRockfishAF005.JPG Critters The eyes of a freshly caught yelloweye rockfish shine in sharp contrast to the fishes bright orange body. The yelloweye can live 114 to 120 years old, making it one of the worlds longest living fish species. As they grow, their color changes from red in youth, to bright orange in adulthood, to yellow in old age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1499992307675-PT8VIYZWY5DER5U2GI83/20160719_CA_Eagle_FishCleaningstation_AF007.jpg Critters An eagle sets it's sights on a landing point nearby the fish cleaning station in Cordova Alaska. The eagle can reach speeds of up to 40 mph while cruising and 100 mph in a dive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675802603-IFLW6O6DQ1G51AH17QKW/240103+af+CLO.sf+Saw+whet.JPG Critters A northern saw-whet owl snoozes the day away Wednesday in a tree in Lewiston. The nocturnal species is one of the smallest owls in the world and will species their days camouflaged within the foliage of trees. The owls can detect prey with great accuracy due to their asymmetrical ears with the right being located high and facing upward and left being low and facing down. Along with boreal owls, the saw-whet have the most asymmetrical ears of all owls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751675837956-TSUNKEKXPV970PW86OM6/231003+af+CLO.sf+Spidey+work.JPG Critters A spider stays hard at work crafting a web in some above some bushes Tuesday on Main Street in Lewiston. http://www.augustfrank.net/video daily 0.75 2017-12-20 http://www.augustfrank.net/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2019-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921280824-QG68C3468RXICCSTEFUH/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-001.JPG New Page Members of the Pfeil and Mitchell family with Ukrainian orphans staying with the families through the Host Ukraine Orphan Initiative come together for a prayer before dinner on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The Pfeil family have six kids of their own, and are trying to adopt five Ukrainian orphans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921273621-4K9KTXWWB25R2UUG1KQ1/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-002.JPG New Page Jackie McAdams hugs Vika, 8, at the arrival of the Host Ukraine orphans on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. 23 orphans arrived at the Gillette airport, that would be staying with 10 host families for four weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921282265-FHO8IHRPOYVQLLVI1OE1/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-003.JPG New Page Sergey, 16, and Tanya, 15, write letters at Robert and Janelle Pfeil's workplace while Rayden Pfeil, 2, takes a nap on the couch. With the Pfeil's other kids at school during the day after the holiday breaks, the Ukraine orphans are left to entertain themselves through video games and other means while Robert and Janelle work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921302169-JYP4S5ICR1JKT4D30X4U/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-004.JPG New Page Talon Pfeil watches her brother Sasha crack peanut shells over the trash can on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. "When they're here, we get so close to them. I don't want to see them leave," Talon says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921307903-U5Y96442YBJPL531OKP2/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-006.JPG New Page Natalia, 11, rolls backwards across the floor after an attempted sneak up on Derrick Mitchell on the piano, as Leila Pfeil, 9, looks on, during a family get-together on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Derrick and his wife are looking to adopt three kids, in addition to the six they already have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921512884-SOCZ24BOAQSG8YOOP4KB/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-005.JPG New Page Tanya hugs Robert Pfeil at the Campbell County Airport on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Around her wrist is a friendship bracelet give to her by Talon. Talon gave each of her Ukrainian siblings a bracelet to remember her as they prepared to make the flight back to Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921312009-MPL1G5MXJV94O8TTMBWL/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-007.JPG New Page Robert Pfeil pours feed for the cows into individual containers while Sergey, at left, looks on. Feeding the cows on the Pfeil's property is a daily task the orphans regularly take part in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921332636-72FOO1RD0KCTLV8FGLNB/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-008.JPG New Page Tanya lifts up Rayden as the families prepare a dinner of pigs in blankets, hot dogs and pasta salad. Adoption is a two-way street, both the families and orphans need to say yes. Some of the orphans are more skeptical, having been through the process only to be told no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921327782-XHZKL2D15YFEBMRMWMQQ/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-009.JPG New Page Derrick Mitchell spins Natalia around during a family get-together on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. After Derrick's youngest graduated high school he and his wife thought they were done. "Now we're getting ready to do it all over again," Derrick says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921340700-QVOFH86KSSW35AK2V5ND/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-010.JPG New Page Talon hugs Sasha, left, and Misha tight on the day of the orphans return trip. Talon spent the morning of the return trip, and the wait at the airport, holding her brothers tightly. Not wanting to see them leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921348570-F3IRTZ0CRXXBGCBQISTF/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-011.JPG New Page Derrick and Michelle Mitchell say their goodbyes to Natalia from the other side of the security checkpoint. The next four week trip for Host Ukraine isn't until the Summer. Many of the families are committed to fully adopting the orphans before then, a process that takes an average of nine to 12 months and three trips to the Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921356285-8SWRG5GXDV483LQOUZDO/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-012.JPG New Page Natalia plays a dance game on the Xbox Kinect during a get-together with the Pfeil family on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The four weeks begin with smiles and end with tears. If all goes well and both parties say yes, soon the orphans will be able to call Gillette their homes. http://www.augustfrank.net/finding-home daily 0.75 2019-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921803797-S6QXW17T77GIBJE1PIRS/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-001.JPG No Place Like Home Members of the Pfeil and Mitchell family with Ukrainian orphans staying with the families through the Host Ukraine Orphan Initiative come together for a prayer before dinner on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The Pfeil family have six kids of their own, and are trying to adopt five Ukrainian orphans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921812052-U3H1YI8LFBVG82BYSVME/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-002.JPG No Place Like Home Jackie McAdams hugs Vika, 8, at the arrival of the Host Ukraine orphans on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. 23 orphans arrived at the Gillette airport, that would be staying with 10 host families for four weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921835426-BOSF7GR9J03F0QBY7B3T/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-003.JPG No Place Like Home Sergey, 16, and Tanya, 15, write letters at Robert and Janelle Pfeil's workplace while Rayden Pfeil, 2, takes a nap on the couch. With the Pfeil's other kids at school during the day after the holiday breaks, the Ukraine orphans are left to entertain themselves through video games and other means while Robert and Janelle work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921841018-M3PPRSVU6B31AU5KF54E/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-004.JPG No Place Like Home Talon Pfeil watches her brother Sasha crack peanut shells over the trash can on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. "When they're here, we get so close to them. I don't want to see them leave," Talon says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921799296-TVIH2K4N7CCQ6693078K/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-005.JPG No Place Like Home Tanya hugs Robert Pfeil at the Campbell County Airport on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Around her wrist is a friendship bracelet give to her by Talon. Talon gave each of her Ukrainian siblings a bracelet to remember her as they prepared to make the flight back to Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921851642-X4Z0DXC5ZXAGQPULXH7G/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-006.JPG No Place Like Home Natalia, 11, rolls backwards across the floor after an attempted sneak up on Derrick Mitchell on the piano, as Leila Pfeil, 9, looks on, during a family get-together on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Derrick and his wife are looking to adopt three kids, in addition to the six they already have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921849192-B728AS1Z5XNHVOPOQXDL/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-007.JPG No Place Like Home Robert Pfeil pours feed for the cows into individual containers while Sergey, at left, looks on. Feeding the cows on the Pfeil's property is a daily task the orphans regularly take part in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921855411-B6LJH0MINZAALHLFSAUF/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-008.JPG No Place Like Home Tanya lifts up Rayden as the families prepare a dinner of pigs in blankets, hot dogs and pasta salad. Adoption is a two-way street, both the families and orphans need to say yes. Some of the orphans are more skeptical, having been through the process only to be told no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921856945-VSFPYFPEN9VOH5EGKLKO/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-009.JPG No Place Like Home Derrick Mitchell spins Natalia around during a family get-together on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. After Derrick's youngest graduated high school he and his wife thought they were done. "Now we're getting ready to do it all over again," Derrick says. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921862826-5IGXL78M1XSYQTI4WKZ9/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-010.JPG No Place Like Home Talon hugs Sasha, left, and Misha tight on the day of the orphans return trip. Talon spent the morning of the return trip, and the wait at the airport, holding her brothers tightly. Not wanting to see them leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921862492-IXD04O26SBZD9Q4ALY8M/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-011.JPG No Place Like Home Derrick and Michelle Mitchell say their goodbyes to Natalia from the other side of the security checkpoint. The next four week trip for Host Ukraine isn't until the Summer. Many of the families are committed to fully adopting the orphans before then, a process that takes an average of nine to 12 months and three trips to the Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1549921865821-9K70C4Y881L2I1FGIF2W/020319-fro-UkraineOrphans-012.JPG No Place Like Home Natalia plays a dance game on the Xbox Kinect during a get-together with the Pfeil family on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. The four weeks begin with smiles and end with tears. If all goes well and both parties say yes, soon the orphans will be able to call Gillette their homes. http://www.augustfrank.net/living-with-choices daily 0.75 2019-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189349273-3CTW630309ILZ0SKPGZ7/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_01.JPG Living with choices Andrea Elliot reaches out to her "street son" Jeff Stone during the evening at their mobile home on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Quarters in the home are tight, with one bed on the ground floor, another bed up top behind them, a table and chair opposite the bed and a small kitchen with stove and sink at the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189336265-9IMRAF0ISZ3A5OGFF0N3/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_02.JPG Living with choices Andrea takes a rest on her trip to the soup kitchen. Andrea and her family will walk five miles daily to the kitchen and back to their home. Because the mobile home doesn't have gas in the tank it is permanently parked for the foreseeable future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189343865-FN4LN98RXMG7WGIAIZAZ/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_03.JPG Living with choices Andrea's husband, Dan Pittman, holds up the ashes of his "street daughter" April in a small jar. Dan was ready to end his life, when April started telling him her life story. Afterwards Dan made the decision to work towards getting her life back on track instead of ending his. "She gave me a reason to push," he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189366004-1X5CEE1JKCAYUGF7FXYJ/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_04.JPG Living with choices Andrea and Jeff cross second street on their walk to the Gillette Soup Kitchen on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Andre usually tries to avoid the main roads on their walks and stays vigilant of cars. They have seen a number of people, including two of Dan's street daughters, die by collision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189382903-5P16AUANH6ILK83KDLZA/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_05.JPG Living with choices Andrea and Jeff exit their mobile home for a trip to Flying J's to get water. The family hopes to be able to travel from place to place after their home is repaired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189382499-UDMQVNJEITSCF7XDQRT6/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_06.JPG Living with choices Andrea receives a tray of food at the Gillette Soup Kitchen. The meal is their one hot meal of the day. Resources offered by the Council of Community Services like the soup kitchen have been a great help to Andrea and her family. "There is hope out there," Andrea said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189395586-WCFDAUHEVDSVNAVU88I4/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_07.JPG Living with choices Andrea makes her way down West Second Street on her walk back to their mobile home. Despite their situation, the family doesn't think of themselves as unfortunate, and would prefer people helped those less fortunate then them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189397424-89PWWRCDK2W946071Q4A/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_08.JPG Living with choices Dan Pittman's mug was gifted to him by two of his "street daughters." Dan, who wished not to be photographed, describes himself as the brains of their family's operation. He possess the know how to keep their mobile home repaired from years of mechanical experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189407046-LRR4WP4TQ9JD1Y9RMMKX/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_09.JPG Living with choices Jeff lifts the curtains of their home. During the recent cold that hit Gillette they ended up with ice on their windows and inch thick. The family relies one a heater and propane tanks to keep them and the mobile home warm during the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189416690-I3R8C0WA84BM1BQMCI2Y/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_10.JPG Living with choices Andrea shares a laugh with her family in their home on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. While their situation is less than ideal, they are happy to have each other in their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189417854-CM4ZY9FA41N0RK59BVJF/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_11.JPG Living with choices Jeff plays with their dog at home. The family has a dog and cat, who are therapy animals for Andrea and Dan. They would ideally like to get a third for Jeff, but perhaps not a bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1553189422144-T18HG6GW33K8Y5ZLUKK2/PSES_5418702527_HomelessTwo_12.JPG Living with choices Andrea Elliot makes her way through the heavy snow towards West Second Street after a meal at the Gillette Soup Kitchen on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. While their current situation is difficult, the family has big plans for how they will renovate their camper and where they will travel. http://www.augustfrank.net/a-day-at-the-games daily 0.75 2019-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254719101-0HED46DFIFDRCISOP71H/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-001.jpg A Day at the Games Brothers Levi, left, and Lucas Kyle, both 12, compare their muscles ahead of the Special Olympic Area Games on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the Rec Center. The brother said they enjoyed basketball, swimming, soccer and bowling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254715409-45ZW22CFN8WK1TJG2IXB/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-002.jpg A Day at the Games Russell Robb surges forward as he competes in the track and field portion of the Special Olympics Area Games on Friday, April 12, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254722784-5IJ2KR1Y0L3SWMZUZDVO/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-003.jpg A Day at the Games Special Olympic athletes yell out their readiness for the second day of the Area Games and tell their DJ she'd have to start running now to beat them during the Hawaiian themed evening dance on Thursday, April 11, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254729683-PZ1V7UPFRD4W4M5HKLE1/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-005.jpg A Day at the Games Jeff Mock receives a high five from his timekeeper Livia Castellanos after his race in wheelchair obstacle at the Rec Center on Friday, April 12, 2019. Mock was also one of two athletes to compete in weightlifting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254734029-ETMSXGOS16VSU9K7SY4V/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-006.jpg A Day at the Games Lucas Kyle, 12, reaches for the end of the pool as he and his brother Levi, to his right, compete in the aquatics portion of the Special Olympics Area Games on Friday, April 12, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254735515-DTV6XLBQ8JSVZZ33SI3E/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-007.jpg A Day at the Games Billy Buckey is helped to his feet by rival players Amber Trieber and Jackson Ventling, (18) during the basketball competition of the Special Olympics Area Games on Thursday, April 11, 2019. For many of the athletes competing the family and camaraderie aspect is far more important than winning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254740680-JWYAPWB9AHQV4BWJQLHJ/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-009.jpg A Day at the Games The home team Gillette Thunder prepare to take the court on Thursday, April 11, 2019, for day one of the Special Olympic Area Games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254745960-R5ZUE3X35Z0BTN271MUA/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-010.jpg A Day at the Games Billy Buckey goes up for the basket at the Special Olympics Area Games on Thursday, April 11 2019, at the Rec Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1559254757649-M88V86MMXVWNW0JH4JTB/041219-fro-SpecialOlympicsStoryaf-012.jpg A Day at the Games Vincent Roop dances with Braxtayn Hendryx at the Special Olympics Area Games Hawaiian themed dance on Thursday evening, April 11, 2019. http://www.augustfrank.net/classicwyomingrodeo daily 0.75 2020-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731583407-FPQDHFNQKJU469OOE5SB/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_001.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Riley Little spins her horse around as she prepares to charge into the arena for the goat tying competition of the Wyoming State High School Finals on Friday, June 7, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731586517-JR0FNDX0NQ26ZPJERIBT/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_002.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Sunny Welsh and Ava Ritthaler, 6, hold their hats down amidst strong winds threatening to steal them away. Rain clouds loomed in the distance on Friday evening, June 7, 2019, but the rodeo was spared some wetness in exchange for dust in the eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731594788-J95R9B362XYUIZF96TKG/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_003.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Ben Kukowski's horse is reflected in his glasses as he sits in the chute and prepares for his ride in the saddle bronc competition on Friday, June 7, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731600260-LJHNI9FQO2QZ60ASJAYN/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_004.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Kayson Dory gets an up-close view of his horses hooves upon being thrown off in the saddle bronc competition on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Once an athletes is thrown off a horse or bull, if they don't get away from the bucking animal soon they are risking serious injury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731618745-XMBL4MUE7DJ6YCCTDYV7/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_005.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Wyatt Phelps sits atop a fence messing with his number amidst a sea of iron fencing designed to keep the animals in before competition on Friday, June 8, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731619422-6A52RTH5DAWE7BIGDCK6/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_006.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Drake Amundson, of Wheatland, gets his hand caught and is dragged under the hooves of his horse during the bareback competition of the Wyoming State Rodeo High School Finals on Saturday, June 8, 2019. EMS crews attended to Amundson who was able to stand up and walk out of the arena to the applause of the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731630276-PT6XJ4W82FQGE7OV9CFJ/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_007.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Cowboys young and old remove cover and bow their head for the traditional pre-rodeo prayer on Saturday, June 8, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731638728-4LNGSL4UL6UO5K8VM37I/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_008.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Kagen Baker tests the stirrups of his saddle as if he was riding his bucking horse ahead of competition in saddle bronc on Friday, June 7, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731645075-JC4I3Y09KYMADFBLCJL5/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_009.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Donny Proffit tapes up his wrist ahead of the bareback competition on Friday, June 7, 2019. The tape holds things together and keeps the cowboys from pulling a muscle. Proffit’s tattoo reads “be strong and courageous for in that you may be successful wherever you go.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731655245-9E4OCPHE0D1UIQXAPQNC/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_010.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Jase Longwell's bucking horse emerges from the chute as he begins his ride in the saddle bronc competition on Saturday, June 8, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731660703-BN8N6HWZE05DS8R0N7EM/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_011.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Coy Thar grimaces as his lasso misses the calf's head in the tie down calf roping competition on Thursday, June 6, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1579731675686-TVNV77PHAOQGPJSP40G5/PSES_5418702527_WyoRodeo_012.JPG A Classic Wyoming Rodeo Kaycee Thomas walks her horse along the fencing beside the central arena on Friday evening, June 7, 2019. http://www.augustfrank.net/moments-1-1 daily 0.75 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751668906251-HS1H7IAW98B4O9XDXC2L/211113+af+Vet+Day+Parade_8V2.jpg Moments A girl dances down Main Street with the Nez Perce Tribal Veterans in the Veterans Day Parade on Main Street in Lewiston, Idaho, on Saturday, November 13, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669013736-CXO3ALIB9AOXY80FSJ81/200704+af+CLO+102+Martha+Engledow_2.jpeg Moments A birthday crown sits on Martha Engledow's head for her 102nd birthday on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Lewiston, Idaho. Because of COVID restrictions family drove past her in a parade to wish her a happy birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669055246-2WS2B483WAMJCXK1P3NC/200704+af+CLO+Fireworks_2.jpg Moments Ryan Severson lets out a yell as he is hit in the back with a firework, at his own request to attempt to dodge them, fired by Skylar Mael behind Lincoln Middle School in Clarkston on the Fourth of July in Clarkston, Wa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669119875-71EGOP8CRSKHCWY4ZSV7/240725+af+River+Fire_3.JPG Moments People evacuate their horse as the the River Fire moves through the wheat fields Thursday, July 25, 2024, as seen from the top of Culdesac, Idaho. The fire, ignited by lightning strikes the previous day, blew up in high winds leading to evacuation orders for multiple small communities as firefighters rushed to save homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669203453-9WSDKWMZVT7Z80RZ6GWP/240201+af+CLO.sf+Wind+through+the+hair.JPG Moments Atticus Bowen, 9, tilts his head back letting his hair fly as he swings with siblings Charlotte Bowen, 3, counter clockwise from right, Tennyson Bowen, 12, Isleik Bowen, 5, as father Michael Bowen pushes them Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at Swallows Park in Clarkston, Wa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669249615-7NYM0Z1XU14A2Q92RVLE/230614+af+Fire+Training_8.JPG Moments Andrew Chiavaras, assistant fire chief is reflected in a windows as a fire roars up inside during a live fire training Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Pullman, Wa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669382064-WOUG609DN8S64HI88RKW/221129+af+CLO.sf+snow+angels.JPG Moments Kids from Montessori Children’s home Eliza Johnson, top, Alyvia Brower, from left, Lena Stedman, and Ellie Bezzerides make snow angels at Pioneer Park on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 in Lewiston, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669385692-L0N499GTW3EFS1CYIS2D/20180620-vn-iceforum-af-0250.jpg Moments Pam Kneisel reacts to an account, told by Vermont Congressman Peter Welch, of what children of gone through in the wake of the recent President Trump immigration initiative that separates parents from their children at a community forum at the Thetford Hill Congressional Church, in Thetford, Vt., on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669603960-9XJLMSWF75VL1WLYDE9X/Big+Picture+-+Roundup+sundown.jpg Moments Flag bearers ride around a dusty arena off to the side of the main arena at the 88th Lewiston Roundup ahead of the first night of competition, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, as the sun sets in Lewiston, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669797445-PYL1JP00JP56NKU88ONQ/241217+af+Normal+Hill+Fire_2.JPG Moments Lewiston Firefighter Tim McFarland helps a cat he pulled from a burning house get oxygen Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street in Lewiston, Idaho. McFarland said he went around to the front of the house to get a tool and saw movement in the window which he discovered to be the cat when he reached in the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669837319-RL14IU0W5BTAU9TUPAZ6/240510+af+Northern+Lights_2.jpg Moments Kaylee Brewster takes photos of the aurora borealis filling the night sky on May 10, 2024, on the Palouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669850760-Y2ZA1YW9NB4H4QG0RRG1/POIL_5418702527_Hawks_01.JPG Moments Special Olympic Upper Valley Hawks athlete Rose Kerrigan, of White River Junction, Vt., swims through the water at CCBA's Witherell Recreation Center in Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 for a portrait. When it comes to important moments, Kerrigan thinks back to the bronze medal she won in the 100 meters in swimming. The medal was important not because it was her first, she said, but because her family was there to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669861940-QHWKXWGY7MFRN000YQG8/220421+af+Ewing+Verdict_3.JPG Moments Demetri Ewing stands in an elevator as the doors begin to close after being found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Nez Perce County courthouse in Lewiston, Idaho. The 17-year-old Ewing was charged with first-degree murder after the shooting death of Samuel Johns on Jan. 8, 2021. Ewing’s father, Clyde Ewing, also faces a first-degree murder charge. Ewing was charged as an adult even though he was 16 at the time of the murder and could face up to life in prison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669883646-15ESR2N0C3D287VDYGN7/Big+Picture+-+One+last+ride.JPG Moments Tom Hayes is carried in horse drawn carriage to his final resting place in the Orofino Cemetery on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Tom, 41, died on July 21 in a helicopter crash while assisting firefighters in the Moose Fire, near Salmon, Idaho. His father, Tim Hayes, said he always had a smile on his face. His mother, Becky Hovey, will remember Tom for joking a lot to cheer people up in tough situations. “He’d start cracking jokes and made everything light-hearted,” she said. “He wanted to do it all, and he did,” Tim Hayes said. “He thought the World of his friends, and his friends thought the world of him and he will be greatly missed.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669888233-OSHM4BVR45POE760RFQM/SAM+-+Asotin+Class+Return_MAIN.JPG Moments Skye Mackintosh, 18, pulls her mask back up after taking a drink as she sits at her desk in the Asotin High School library which has been converted into a classroom due to its large size making social distancing easy on the first day of in-person classes for the school on Tuesday, March 11, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751669964434-S037RR7W2W4SOFIONFGF/Vac_AugustFrank_CMYK_0005.jpg Moments Dade Mitchell receives his last of six vaccinations from head of the North Eugene Medical Clinic Tricia Schroffner on exclusion day, the deadline for children to be vaccinated or risk being sent home from school, on Feb. 15, 2017, in Eugene, Ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670172062-JULZAP5A1GTBHK87ZOPA/240426+af+CLO.sf+Horseback+in+the+hills.JPG Moments Horseback riders move along a trail nearby Community Park Friday, April 26, 2024, in the Lewiston Orchards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670229796-S8VJZ3SEPWQW7XMA9F4B/Big+Picture+-+Swarmed+with+Fall.JPG Moments Paxley Jensen grins as leaves thrown in the air fall down around her Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, outside Children's House Montessori School at Pioneer Park in Lewiston, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670244802-HQ3UN5EEMQKG7JI75FKC/POIL_5418702527_PanchosEyes.JPG Moments Pancho Carrasco stands for a portrait on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Gillette, Wyo. Carrasco used to have trouble reading and seeing without squinting, thanks to money that the Council of Community Services received from United Way, they were able to afford for him to have eye surgery and purchase glasses. "They helped me," Carrasco said. "If they didn't help me, how would I get the operation on my eyes? They set everything up with the operation. My life is so much better. I can see, I can read." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670340328-5H2QV67L8PU37EPEHTAD/Big+Picture+-+COVID+safe+steer.JPG Moments Keeley Nielson, 17, fits a mask over her steer Montague as she preps him for the 4-H Livestock Auction at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 in Lewiston, Idaho. This year will be Nielson’s 12th and last year doing 4-H as she gets ready to head off to college. Nielson said it is kinda sad because 4-H is her favorite thing to do, but will be looking to become an FFA advisor in college to continue to be part of 4-H and FFA activities. Nielson began 4-H with goats before moving onto sheep and then beef with her first steer the previous year, named Cuddles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670344207-03C6MIAXELKH5Z8PLQZ0/SPNW_5418702527_FireRecovery.jpeg Moments Grae O'Toole walks down the steps of her former apartment with the second of three armfuls of items that survived a recent fire, on Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Woodstock, N.H. O'Toole was woken by the smoke alarms on Monday morning and dialed 911. Among the items she was able to retrieve were her birth certificate, passport, social security card and journal. "This is what 28 years comes too," Lea O'Toole said as they laid out the items on the ground, "a little pile in the parking lot." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751670429522-V33E0M10NXVD6M5JW8YI/Big+Picture+-+Moonlight.JPG Moments The first full moon of 2023, called the wolf moon, shines through the lights at the Winter Spirit Holiday Light Display Friday night, Jan. 6, 2023, in Lewiston, Idaho. http://www.augustfrank.net/lifeinlimbo daily 0.75 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837288245-2NV5MLPM5VD6H5YRY3N7/BOP_HomelessStory_1.JPG Life in Limbo Rikki Nail-Hart holds two sticks as she and other residents of a homeless camp behind Walmart work on packing up their belongings before moving to a new location Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Clarkston. Homeless residents that had been staying at a nearby park were invited to move into the area that was thought at the time to be a city right of way in late 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837315379-SHG9P8QFWTOJSK01JO17/BOP_HomelessStory_2.JPG Life in Limbo Nancy Caskey holds pizza crust up for her dog Moose as Scott Darrington looks on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the homeless camp in Clarkston. Several residents, including Darrington, become the de facto leaders of the group that watched out for others and worked to get the camp supplies it needed. Although the Lewiston Clarkston Valley has no homeless shelters, organizations Quality Behavior Health, Elves for the Homeless LCV, and various volunteers would help camp residents with food donations, warm clothes, and giving residents rides to appointments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837339419-67TCA36XA5JYSNEB81QH/BOP_HomelessStory_3.JPG Life in Limbo A hand reaches out from a tent at the Clarkston Homeless camp on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837366806-SAPXOHWGGDEFT2OWDHJH/BOP_HomelessStory_4.JPG Life in Limbo A resident walks through the homeless camp on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in the aftermath of late night snowstorm that covered the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. Among the camp’s biggest needs was warm clothes, propane, and material to burn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837411650-1RATOOO7J917X7O24G23/BOP_HomelessStory_5.JPG Life in Limbo Scott Darrington holds his dog Big Pimpin tight within his jacket as he gets ready for a doctors appointment Friday, Jan. 12, in Clarkston. Darrington, who has a deformed heart and experiences seizures, will turn 47 this week. He said he was given three to five years to live, and April will mark the start of year three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837439026-FSRBJ0KW63IBXVRRJ5M2/BOP_HomelessStory_6.JPG Life in Limbo Evette Leroy embraces Tony West as they stand near the center of the homeless camp behind Walmart on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Clarkston. Since the city told homeless residents they could stay behind Walmart around 2 and a half months ago, the camp grew to around 70 people and many tents and constructions made by residents of pallets, sticks and tarps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837468388-YNXYPAXLCUECP4KZNH7I/BOP_HomelessStory_7.JPG Life in Limbo John “Cowboy” Parke confronts Steve Austin after the city council passes an ordinance that made camping near Walmart illegal and Mayor Monika Lawrence declared a “civil emergency.” While the council allowed no public comment at the emergency meeting, many in the overflow crowd demanded answers after learning the homeless camp in the port area will be cleared and anyone who remains will be considered a trespasser. The decision was triggered by the recent discovery that a stretch of right of way at the end of 10th Street is privately owned and not public property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837491670-ZH866T0MAR12UDRDZBHT/BOP_HomelessStory_8.JPG Life in Limbo Pastor Nick Hasselstrom, center top, and others place their hands on Walter, an older resident of the homeless camp, as they pray following a Sunday sermon by Hasselstrom at the camp, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Clarkston. Following the news that the camp would be cleared, volunteers from the community and residents began the process of packing up their belongings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837530170-ZZ1S37VBT4K4GOXN0AQ1/BOP_HomelessStory_9.JPG Life in Limbo John “Cowboy” Parke shakes hands with Clarkston Police Sgt. Bryon Denny as notices of trespass are served Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Clarkston. Following the city’s emergency ordinance, police gave residents until Monday, Feb. 12, to vacate the property, giving residents time to pack up their belongings and find a new placed to go. “I freaked out at the meeting, and I apologized to everybody for that,” Parke said. “But the whole community came together, and there’s a plan, there’s people working on getting a spot for us.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837564879-SI7G11L8C8P8YZVEDACN/BOP_HomelessStory_10.JPG Life in Limbo A camp resident walks through the camp with an American flag as residents work to gather up their belongings and move to a new area Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Clarkston. Efforts by volunteers and residents to clean up the camp moved late into the night. No arrests were made at the camp, according to Clarkston police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837590379-D3EKTQ5OL7EUSE2F8SRJ/BOP_HomelessStory_11.JPG Life in Limbo Members of the Clarkston Police Department, including Police Chief Joel Hastings, left of center, Clarkston Fire Department and Disaster Response work to clean up the homeless camp behind Walmart on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Clarkston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56bbb313f8baf3868b018cfe/1751837618681-9P1TH67AZOLDZ2Q87PKP/BOP_HomelessStory_12.JPG Life in Limbo A rainbow forms in the distance as residents of the homeless camp work to pack up their belongings Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Clarkston. “I think God is working here,” said Mary Egeland, one of the volunteers who helped camp residents move their belongings. “It’s (just) very hard to see through the yuck.”