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Preacher lives homeless for a week

The Rev. Rodger McDaniel took an interesting route to start his retirement. After retiring, he walked across town and checked himself into COMEA House, the local homeless shelter. McDaniel, the preacher at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church, wanted to get out of his comfort zone to start the new year so he lived as a homeless person in Cheyenne for a week. At the end of the week, he walked from the shelter across town to his church to deliver a sermon to his congregation.

The Rev. Rodger McDaniel walks from the Laramie County Public Library to COMEA House on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. McDaniel, the preacher at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church, spent a week living as a homeless person in Cheyenne after retiring from his position in former Gov. Dave Freudenthal's administration. His idea to become homeless for a week came from a series of sermons telling his congregation to get out of their comfort zones.
The Rev. Rodger McDaniel walks from the Laramie County Public Library to COMEA House on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. McDaniel, the preacher at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church, spent a week living as a homeless person in Cheyenne after retiring from his position in former Gov. Dave Freudenthal's administration. His idea to become homeless for a week came from a series of sermons telling his congregation to get out of their comfort zones.
The Rev. Rodger McDaniel hugs a member of his congregation after a sermon on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church. McDaniel, who retired from a government position, lived homeless for a week as he transitioned into retirement.
The Rev. Rodger McDaniel hugs a member of his congregation after a sermon on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church. McDaniel, who retired from a government position, lived homeless for a week as he transitioned into retirement.

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Fun on the frozen lake

Today the feature hunting began. I spent a few hours at the beginning of my shift driving around some of the local parks looking for some “wild art” – a feature photo that doesn’t go with a story. I spotted a few fishermen on a frozen lake, and took several frames of them although the shots didn’t really pan out like I had expected. As I was getting ready to leave, I spotted a guy grabbing a sled out of the back of his car and asked him if he minded if I tagged along and snapped a few photos. He ended up pulling his son around for a while on the sled as I snapped away.

David Norby, right, pulls his son, Cameron, across a frozen Sloan Lake on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Cheyenne. Despite temperatures in the high 30s Wednesday, several people made their way onto the lake for fishing and sledding.
David Norby, right, pulls his son, Cameron, across a frozen Sloan Lake on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Cheyenne. Despite temperatures in the high 30s Wednesday, several people made their way onto the lake for fishing and sledding.

Cheyenne painter Carleen Williams

I’m back in the saddle. Maybe it’s more accurate to say I’m in a new saddle. Today was my first official day of work at the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. After a whirlwind of a week including a two-day move from Peoria to Cheyenne, it is finally time to get back to picture making. My first assignment was a portrait of Carleen Williams, a 97-year-old artist who has painted some 5,000 pictures. I shot a few looks of her in front of her paintings before she asked that I come down to her basement to see more of her paintings. I immediately liked a corner where several of her paintings were sitting on the floor.

Painter Carleen Williams, age 97, poses with a small portion of her paintings on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in her Cheyenne home. Williams, a native of Lincoln, Neb., started painting when she was bed stricken with asthma as a small child. From her bed, she started sketching people. "Each day when the doctor would come, I'd have a new picture," she said.
Painter Carleen Williams, age 97, poses with a small portion of her paintings on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, in her Cheyenne home. Williams, a native of Lincoln, Neb., started painting when she was bed stricken with asthma as a small child. From her bed, she started sketching people. "Each day when the doctor would come, I'd have a new picture," she said.

Adios Peoria

Today is my last day as an intern. Next week, I start my first full-time job as a staff photographer at the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This internship has been a great learning opportunity, but now I’m excited to be heading west soon for my next adventure. Before I leave, I thought I’d take a look back at a few of my favorite images from my internship in Peoria.

Ongina reacts as a man stuffs money down her bra during a drag performance of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at the Peoria Pride Festival on the Riverfront.
Ongina reacts as a man stuffs money down her bra during a drag performance of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, at the Peoria Pride Festival on the Riverfront. (James Brosher/Peoria Journal-Star)
Marion English looks skyward as she tracks the flight path of her balloon as it sails southwest over the Interstate 74 bridge during a launch as part of the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. English was on hand to remember her 19-year-old niece Jasmine Brittine who was fatally shot on March 21, 2010.
Marion English looks skyward as she tracks the flight path of her balloon as it sails southwest over the Interstate 74 bridge during a launch as part of the National Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, at the RiverPlex. English was on hand to remember her 19-year-old niece Jasmine Brittine who was fatally shot on March 21, 2010. (James Brosher/Peoria Journal-Star)
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