
Rockford’s Kyle Short hugs Maddy Veitenheimer while celebrating after beating Okemos in a boys’ basketball Class A quarterfinal game Tuesday, March 20, at Lansing Eastern High School.

Washington State Representative Kelli Linville, right, kisses her father Martin Kuljis on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at her childhood home in Fairhaven. After 17 years in office, Linville lost to Vincent Buys by just 149 votes in this year’s election.

Tyler Bowers is introduced on opening night of the AMA Arenacross series at Van Andel Arena Friday, Jan. 6, in Grand Rapids.

Carla and Don Soules along with their three sons Ben, Jon and Donny, not all pictured, show their support as they commemorate Memorial Day during the annual parade down Division Street Wednesday, May 30, at Veterans Park in Grand Rapids.

Henry Rafael, 10, leads a pack of students through tall grass to a pond where they watched their duck boxes be installed Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Millennium Park in Grand Rapids. Kent County Parks Foundation and Kent County Parks partnered with Sibley Elementary School and the local chapter of Ducks Unlimited to educate the importance of conservation. The Loop after-school program at the school built the duck boxes, which protect baby ducks from being attacked by predators until they are ready to fly. Forest Hills Northern High School shop students cut the wood for the elementary school students to use.

Scott Rigsby, a double amputee, begins a run with the Grandville TrailDawgs, which consist of 6th graders from Grand View and Century Park, Friday, April 27, at Grand View Elementary School. Rigsby is the first double amputee to complete the Hawaii Ironman.

Tim Peraino and Erin Babson get married Friday, Sept. 2, at Englehart Branch Library in Lowell. The couple, who loves books, decided to have a book-themed wedding and therefore tie the knot in the library.

Adele Garcia is kissed by her daughters Annalecia, 5, left, and Alesandra, 11, right, in their backyard Tuesday, May 8, in Allegan. Adele is an army veteran, who served from 1998-2006, and a purple heart recipient.

Sehome High School senior Austin Fish is The Bellingham Herald’s All-Whatcom County Boys’ Swimmer of the Year. He was photographed at Arne Hanna Aquatic Center on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, in Bellingham.

