Photos for July 2011

Sweets left-fielder Scott Gottschling hauls in a foul ball before running into the fence Saturday ... July 31, 2011	Sweets pitcher Tim Culligan (28) pitches against the Kelowna Falcons Saturday evening. July 31, 2011	Sweets shortstop Alex Stanford (24) zeroes in on a ground ball his direction during the ... July 31, 2011
Sweets catcher Kevin Hawk lunges for a throw to force out Kelowna Falcon runner Victor ... July 31, 2011	Sweets left-fielder Scott Gottschling slams into the fence in foul territory after coming up with ... July 31, 2011	Sweets right-fielder James Campbell (20) reaches down to come up with a ball bouncing into ... July 31, 2011
Sweets second baseman Kalani Brackenridge (6) fields a hopping ground ball early during their Saturday ... July 31, 2011	Center fielder Andrew Mendenhall (9) fields a pop-fly his direction as the Kelowna batter looks ... July 31, 2011	Walla Walla Sweets first baseman Austin Heaps (29) grabs a catch in foul territory near ... July 31, 2011
Sweets right-fielder James Campbell (20) reaches down to come up with a ball bouncing into ... July 31, 2011	Sweets third baseman Zach Wentz (11) gloves a grounder his direction during the Sweets' game ... July 31, 2011	Walla Walla's Emily Baumgart hits a approach shot at the walla walla country during the ... July 30, 2011
Tyler Salsbury, the overall winner in the boys 14-17 year old division at the WGJA ... July 30, 2011	Golden girl Susie Aldrich poses in the YMCA pool with her four gold medals. July 30, 2011	Senior super swimmer Suzie Aldrich does the backstroke in the YMCA pool. Aldrich recently won ... July 30, 2011
Looking out toward the Sharpstein Elementary School playground, Karen Wolf, executive director of Camp Fire ... July 30, 2011	A number of traditional cyclists were drawn to the velomobiles with numerous questions. Velomobiles are ... July 30, 2011	Hasse Hoejland, not pictured, noted traditional cycles will always beat them off the start, but ... July 30, 2011
Hasse Hoejland of Denmark heads into a parking spot on Main Street in his velomobile, ... July 30, 2011	Betty's Diner sign mimics the classic record style of the 1950's. July 30, 2011	Imbert Mathee July 30, 2011
A new arched doorway will lead Coppei Coffee customers to seating in what owner Imbert ... July 30, 2011	Bart Baxter clowns with a cardboard cutout of actress Marilyn Monroe next to a working ... July 30, 2011	Charles Smith poses with vintage pinball machines that will be available for customers at the ... July 30, 2011
Photo detail July 30, 2011	Air National Guard Lt. Col John Klatt gives Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reporter Andy Porter an ... July 29, 2011	A B-29 called "Maid in the Shade" does a low pass over the Pasco airport ... July 29, 2011
Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Klatt flies over Pasco thursday mid-day during a media ... July 29, 2011	The Walla Walla Sweets revs themselves up during the middle of the eighth inning of ... July 29, 2011	Sweet Lou moves his onion's fist along with the beat during the Sweets' eighth-inning rally ... July 29, 2011
Jessica Huntsman blasts out of the sand on the 14th green at the Walla Walla ... July 29, 2011	Allie Keppel and Peter DeGrasse perform during a rehersal for the first Walla Walla Summer ... July 28, 2011	Student dancers show their moves during a rehersal for the first Walla Walla Summer Dance ... July 28, 2011
Student dancers show their moves during a rehersal for the first Walla Walla Summer Dance ... July 28, 2011	Artistic director John Passafiume talks with dancers prior to a rehersal for the first-ever Walla ... July 28, 2011	Allie Keppel and Peter DeGrasse perform during a rehersal for the first Walla Walla Summer ... July 28, 2011
Dancers stretch before a rehersal Saturday to advance the first Walla Walla Summer Dance Festival. ... July 28, 2011	Peter DeGrasse and Allie Keppel talk with audience members Saturday after a rehersal for the ... July 28, 2011	Sweets left-fielder Scott Gottschling (No. 12) fields a blooped ball just beyond the reach of ... July 28, 2011
Sweets pitcher Jacob Overbay pitches a srong game against the Bend Elks Wednesday evening. July 28, 2011	Top: Sweets pitcher Jacob Overbay (No. 19) grimaces after missing a pop-fly catch just off ... July 28, 2011	Walla Walla's Emily Baumgart wins the 12-13 year old girls divison long ball drive with ... July 27, 2011
8-11 year old golfers compete in the 2011 WJGA horse race at the Vets memorial ... July 27, 2011	Sun-ripening wheat matures in a field off Lower Waitsburg Road just before dusk. A cooler, ... July 26, 2011	Sitting around the table with his dissection team, Oscar Zaheed Serrano, 6, plays with his ... July 26, 2011
Fingers work around a fish as Assumption Catholic School science camp participants work to dissect ... July 26, 2011	Dissection teammate Patrick Jones, 8, over his shoulder, James Adams, 8, sticks his tongue out ... July 26, 2011	Growers Ed Leahy, left, Jay Nowogrosky, Curtis Coombs and Ron Filan. The four are among ... July 25, 2011
Garbanzo beans ripening in the field. These beans, unlike previous harvests, will not be dried ... July 25, 2011	A harvester reaps fresh garbanzo beans from a field north of Spring Creek Road Friday. ... July 25, 2011	SLIDING UNDER THE TAG---The ball smacks into the glove of Hermiston's Jay Hindeman in a ... July 23, 2011
A BALL TO THE BACK---Lead-off batter Jay Zamora grimaces as he takes a ball to ... July 23, 2011	RUNDOWN SHOCK---Walla Walla's Ali Buentello glances over his shoulder at a fast-approaching Zeke Demos of ... July 23, 2011	BAD HOP---A Hermiston hit takes a bad hop in the infield dirt and Walla Walla's ... July 23, 2011
The welcome sun melts into the horizon Thursday evening as wheat moves slowly toward maturity. ... July 23, 2011	After eating breakfast Miguel Angel Morales volunteers to wash dishes in the Christian Aid Center ... July 23, 2011	Fresh cooked eggs steam into a serving container in the Christian Aid Center kitchen Wednesday ... July 23, 2011
Inside one of the pantrys at the Christian Aid Center, Jason Wickland describes the rennovations ... July 23, 2011	Photo detail July 23, 2011	Photo detail July 23, 2011
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Nick Jaggar (left) and Mike Needham (right) stabilize the base for one of sculptor Bernard ... July 22, 2011	Light passes from one celestial body to another as sculptor Bernard Hosey's 8-foot sphere named ... July 22, 2011	Like a celestial body from the sky, Sculptor Bernard Hosey (left) carefully lowers his steel ... July 22, 2011
Sculptor Bernard Hosey unchains "Round and Roud," one of his 8-foot spheres that weighs roughly ... July 22, 2011	College Place native Chad Eggers helps keep the AMA Motocross Monster Energy Team Tedder rolling, ... July 22, 2011	College Place native Chad Eggers strips down the AMA motocross bike of Monster Energy sponsored ... July 22, 2011
AMA Motocross Team Tedder mechanic Chad Eggers pressure washes the race bike of Myles Tedder ... July 22, 2011	Donna Tisher, Compost Facility Operator at the Sanitary Landfill, adds water to a freshly turned ... July 21, 2011	Compost Facility Operator Donna Tisher shows Green Park Summer Academy Students how temperatures within the ... July 21, 2011
As fellow candidates Barlow Corkrum, left, and Michael Fredrickson watch, Richard Monacelli makes is opening ... July 20, 2011	Kevin Hawk shows the prize to the umpire as he held on for the bare-handed ... July 20, 2011	A long-handled shovel helps when stuck in a snowbank — in July. July 20, 2011
The snowdrift appears around a curve on the one-lane road. July 20, 2011	The setting sun gives a special light to the Tiger Canyon walls. July 20, 2011	Snow and a fallen tree recently blocked FR 64 heading south from FR 65. July 20, 2011
Scarlet gia adds color along the Tiger Canyon Road. July 20, 2011	Nora observes efforts to free her ride from a snowbank. July 20, 2011	Nora the Schnauzer checks out tire tricks from her previously trapped ride. July 20, 2011
Darlene and Nora the Schnuzer prepare to rest while their ride remains stuck. July 20, 2011	Table Rock and a lookout tower are visible from atop the snowdrift. July 20, 2011	A deer keeps a sharp lookout on the steep Tiger Canyon walls. July 20, 2011
Good samaritans (from left) Robert Mercado Sr., Bobby Mercado and Brandon Mercado arrive just in ... July 20, 2011	Wild flowers grow along Tiger Canyon Road. July 20, 2011	Sweets pitcher Cory Mack delivers a Mack Attack with a strike against visiting Portland Tuesday ... July 20, 2011
Walla Walla Sweets second baseman Kalani Brackenridge keeps the ball in front of him as ... July 20, 2011	Sweets catcher Kevin Hawk hands the out — literally — to Portland's Michael Hopp with ... July 20, 2011	Portland's Hopp agonizes over the close out at home on the tag by Hawk to ... July 20, 2011
Walla Walla's Kalani Brackenridge lost his hat and the ball but kept his cool to ... July 20, 2011	Hailey Pearce July 19, 2011	Walla Walla Bears shortstop Mike Pontarolo (left) and second baseman Victor Mata jump in tandem ... July 19, 2011
Bears baserunner Morgan Maddess slides into third base against the Apple Valley Packers. July 19, 2011	Bears' left-fielder Nick Poolman (1) attempts to track down a long drive near the third ... July 19, 2011	Bears' base runner Victor Mata (26) looks to his third base coach as he steams ... July 19, 2011
Walla Walla Bears' pitcher Jake Campeau (25) steps off the mound to field a high ... July 19, 2011	Walla Walla Bears' base runner Aaron Flippo (2) sends dust flying as he slides back ... July 19, 2011	Walla Walla Bears' third baseman Jake Jimenez (11) zeroes in on a ground ball his ... July 19, 2011
Walla Walla Bears pitcher Jake Campeau hurls a ball toward the plate Monday against the ... July 19, 2011	Bears' first baseman Ryan James (23) reaches to his left attempting to come up with ... July 19, 2011	Judges Ron Kingsley (left) and Joyce Plyter score the second-place-winning carving by Jacob Lucas on ... July 18, 2011
Kevin Strauslin of Eugene works on his quick-carve entry, while his finished main entry sits ... July 18, 2011	Sweets player Kevin Williams (right) tags out Kitsap Bluejacket Evan Potter. July 18, 2011	Putting his best foot forward, Reid Reininger, 13, steps through a series of moves during ... July 17, 2011
After returning to first base on a long fly out to the outfield, Sweets baserunner ... July 17, 2011	Sweets third baseman Kalani Brackenridge (left) tags Kitsap baserunner Evan Potter (No. 40) as he ... July 17, 2011	Flashing a smile mid-kick, Reid Reininger spars with a fellow black belt during a workout ... July 17, 2011
Reid Reininger's embroidered black belt hangs tied at his waist with his name and information ... July 17, 2011	Dan McCaffree of Roundup, Mont., checks on his apple cobbler, made Friday at the chuck ... July 16, 2011	Smoke and heat waft around a hanging coffee pot, as contestants and eaters mingle after ... July 16, 2011
Art Russell of Moses Lake relaxes at a chuck wagon camp after the cook-off. July 16, 2011	A participant hefts a heavy pot at the chuck wagon cook-off at the Columbia County ... July 16, 2011	Russ Anderson and Gina Deschamps, from Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, drive a mule team toward ... July 16, 2011
Surveying the scene at the Dayton Fairgrounds, Elly Bageant, 2, keeps a serious face while ... July 16, 2011	Suited up for a performance, Bunny sports a cardplayer's mark on her bridle while being ... July 16, 2011	Frances Hathaway, from Corvallis, Ore., greets a donkey while holding on to her mule Rachel ... July 16, 2011
The entrance to the hospital will also get a facelift. July 16, 2011	An architect's rendition of Walla Walla General Hospital's future lobby includes warm earthy tones that ... July 16, 2011	Carrying a blooming onion that mirrors his blooming dreadlocks, Jordan VanDyke cannot hide his excitement ... July 16, 2011
Jeff Dunn (left) and Evan Korbuszewski (right) prepare blooming onions with Walla Walla Sweet Onions ... July 16, 2011	Surrounded by bags full of colossal and jumbo Walla Walla Sweet Onions, Mike Schmitt, of ... July 16, 2011	Nevaeh Newman, 3, tosses a sweet onion toward a collapsible hoop, racking up the points ... July 16, 2011
A lone kayaker paddles through the colors of Bennington Lake early Friday morning after the ... July 15, 2011	Walla Walla's Ryan Baumgart chips from the fringe of the green on Walla Walla Country ... July 15, 2011	Paul Jones works on his logfrog creation Saturday morning during the Logs to Frogs Chainsaw ... July 14, 2011
Bonnie Bunning, executive director of the Washington State Redistricting Commission, outlines the history and work ... July 14, 2011	After diving toward the bag to keep Bellingham Bells baserunner Kyle Schepel on third, Sweets ... July 14, 2011	Walla Walla Sweets baserunner Alex Stanford dives around the tag of Bellingham's Kai Hatch (for ... July 14, 2011
Walla Walla Sweets shortstop Kevin Williams (right) lunges toward second base just ahead of Bellingham ... July 14, 2011	Heat shimmers off a pea field on Foster Road, rippling a worker and the irrigation ... July 13, 2011	Ruby, a cross between a mammoth red Jack and a Belgian draft mare, is one ... July 13, 2011
After running from authorities near the corner of Ninth Avenue and Rose Street Tuesday afternoon, ... July 12, 2011	U-B FILE PHOTO: Demolition of the Blue Mountain Mall in Walla Walla halted in its ... July 12, 2011	Weeds crack through the asphalt of the Blue Mountain Mall parking lot and appear to ... July 12, 2011
One of the Blue Mountain Mall's new, wild tenants checks out the spacious, open-air view ... July 12, 2011	Waitsburg/Walla Walla County team captain T.J. Scott (right) and Dayton/Columbia County team captain Kim Lyonnais ... July 12, 2011	Larry Olson swings out of a ditch during the first Touchet Valley Ryder Cup Golf ... July 12, 2011
A Highland bagpiper pipes in cool shade beneath trees Saturday morning at the Caledonian Games ... July 11, 2011	A series of yellow lane dividers mark the "dash" to the top of a hill ... July 11, 2011	Blue Ridge Elementary summer school teacher Tina Brennan enthusiastically leads students in a vote-by-clapping as ... July 9, 2011
Armando Vega, a 5th grader at the start of fall classes in 2011, relaxes with ... July 9, 2011	Bridging the lines between song and dance, Nikki Hessner of Spokane is framed by the ... July 9, 2011	Duncan Anderson, 68, of Kent, Wash., wields a handmade battle axe he made and likes ... July 9, 2011
Photo detail July 9, 2011	Maise Bensel, 3, gets a big hand from Erik Lynde's big hand to help keep ... July 9, 2011	Jason Wynn collects video that will be used to help determine the winner of the ... July 8, 2011
Downtown Walla Walla Foundation events and public relations manager Jennifer Dilworth Northam escorts Nikki Wynn ... July 8, 2011	Tourism Walla Walla Executive Director Michael Davidson welcomes Jason and Nikki Wynn on Thursday at ... July 8, 2011	After Walla Walla Pacific's Mason Knowles fires the ball to first, he pumps his fist ... July 8, 2011
Walla Walla Pacific's Mason Knowles fires the ball to first in a second-inning out against ... July 8, 2011	Walla Walla Valley's 10-11 pitcher Carter Davis fields a sharply hit ball to the side ... July 8, 2011	Water bottles promoting the new WallaWallaDeals.com website are lined up at the Union-Bulletin's front office. ... July 7, 2011
The ball flies past Asotin's Josh Wilkinson as Walla Walla Pacific 9-10's Anthony Senne slides ... July 7, 2011	Taylor Hamada admires his champion medal after helping his team to win the 9-10 state ... July 7, 2011	Moments after the final out of Walla Walla Pacific's 9-10 year old victory over Asotin ... July 7, 2011
Walla Walla's Chase Phipps and Anthony Senne both go for the ball. Senne gets Phipps' ... July 7, 2011	Walla Walla Pacific 9-10's Anthony Senne fires the ball over a ducking Chase Phipps for ... July 7, 2011	Curled around the stamen of a flower, a green in color sweat bee collects pollen ... July 6, 2011
Runners can complete with paddles on the water, as well as trails, at the recent ... July 6, 2011	Puddles remain on some trails, although Nora the Schnauzer isn't able to join the runners. July 6, 2011	The Walla Walla Xplosion ‘00 10U softball team celebrates the end of its season with ... July 6, 2011
Nora joins some campers seeking solitude at the camp. July 6, 2011	Toenails painted blue inside her golfing sandals, a tee flies as Dunovant drives during a ... July 6, 2011	Dona Dunovant puts on the Walla Walla Country Club golf course. July 6, 2011
At home, Dunovant spends time with her family, two high school-aged children, over dinner almost ... July 6, 2011	Dona Dunovant heads out the door to rehearse for "Hairspray." July 6, 2011	During the evening, Dunovant takes the stage as Motormouth Maybelle for the summer musical Hairspray. July 6, 2011
Summer break is here, but mid-morning is normally spent in class at Walla Walla Community ... July 6, 2011	First thing in the morning, Dona Dunovant sends off the Horizon Air flight. July 6, 2011	Dunovant heads away from the Horizon flight. July 6, 2011
Dona Dunovant heads down to the stage for the WWCC summer musical, "Hairspray." July 6, 2011	Photo detail July 5, 2011	Photo detail July 5, 2011
Photo detail July 5, 2011	A raccoon is caught by a nighttime surveillance camera as it avoids traps set to ... July 5, 2011	A group of older men gather in front of a collection of much older cars. July 2, 2011
A very tall Warren Iverson of Lewiston takes care not to hit his head while ... July 2, 2011	An old John Deere tractor is caught in the reflection of Packard's rear fender. July 2, 2011	Al Colton at the wheel of his 1933 Chrysler Imperial. July 2, 2011
Mike Hon of Boise backs up his vehicle. July 2, 2011	A flying swan makes a regal hood ornament for a Packard that took part in ... July 2, 2011	Al Harper walked his two dogs under grey clouds in the east across the Blue ... July 2, 2011
Ralph Van Deurs competes Friday in The Burger Hut's first 'Blair Burger Challenge” in Milton-Freewater. ... July 2, 2011	Van Deurs accomplished the mission. He got his $15 entry fee back, a T-shirt and ... July 2, 2011	A line of Confederate soldiers dissolves into musket fire from a Civil War battle re-enactment ... July 2, 2011
Re-enactor Michael Luther of the Confederate's 7th Tennessee Infantry plugs both ears just prior to ... July 2, 2011	Union cannon fire, above, erupts on Confederate forces during a Civil War battle re-enactment at ... July 2, 2011	Cap gun muskets wait in the shade while Civil War Boot Camp re-enactors explain fighting ... July 2, 2011
A lady watches Union Troops from the background at this year's Civil War anniversary celebration ... July 2, 2011	Weapons are discussed when Union and Confederate renactment forces appeared at this year's Civil War ... July 2, 2011	A re-enactment by Union and Confederate forces was part of this year's Civil War anniversary ... July 2, 2011
A Union soldier is shown during a re-enactment by Union and Confederate forces for the ... July 2, 2011	A chaplain is shown, one of the Union troops participating in this year's Civil War ... July 2, 2011	A re-enactment by Union and Confederate forces was part of this year's Civil War anniversary ... July 2, 2011
A re-enactment by Union and Confederate forces was part of this year's Civil War anniversary ... July 2, 2011	The Union's 3rd Michigan Infantry's Kristen Hair bugles in the start of a new old ... July 2, 2011	Civil War re-enactor David Hair is with the Union's 3rd Michigan Infantry and one of ... July 2, 2011
Replica artifacts were on hand for kids to see at the Civil War Boot Camp. July 2, 2011	Working together before the mock war, Union and Confederate re-enactors run through cannon-firing procedure prior ... July 2, 2011	A wounded Union soldier rests his saber on his shoulder as he moves through the ... July 2, 2011
Civil War Boot Camp participant Peter Vrieling charges Union troops during a mock battle at ... July 2, 2011	With a bubble gum bubble from the soldier in the center bursting the illusion of ... July 2, 2011	A modern-day digital camera renders 'dead” Union re-enactors and a lone, surviving Confederate soldier in ... July 2, 2011
Swimmers enjoy the Natatorium shortly after its completion. July 2, 2011	An advertisement from an August 1936 edition of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin touts the 'fresh ... July 2, 2011	The D. M. Smith Natatorium is shown under construction in 1917. July 2, 2011
Children crowd the D. M. Smith Natatorium on a hot summer day in Walla Walla ... July 2, 2011	Walla Walla's Kevin Williams makes a tag on Cowlitz's Brent Graham for an out, but ... July 1, 2011	Rafael Villagomez rolls primer onto the interior walls of a house while other coworkers for ... July 1, 2011
From near the top of a ladder, Franky Amparo, of Bowen Painting, paints the eaves ... July 1, 2011

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