Brooke Kemper guides her horse, Thanks for the Memories, through a course on her family farm near Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Jeremy Martin runs past his A's teammates holding his gold medal after winning the North Roanoke Minor League Championship game against the Pirates.
Kristi Glakus believes God played a major factor in her being titled Miss Virginia 2005 and feels very blessed to have the opportunity.
Grant Gustin, 15 practices dance moves before the beginning of the Miss Virginia 2005 Pageant at the Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday, 25 2005.
Gloria Baker lifts her head towards the sky while praying before the beginning of Sunday church service in the William Fleming High School auditorium.
Virginia National Guardsmen and Roanoke Police attempt to arrest a role-playing rioter. The officers and guardsmen were participating in a full-speed civil disturbance training exercise that �got a little more out of hand then we expected,� said an officer. Guardsmen and role-playing rioters both sustained several injuries during the full-speed drill.
Roger Bolling drinks through a straw offered by his brother-in-law, Farley Bomar. Bolling, now weighing less than 90 pounds, lost all use of his arms and legs after suffering several strokes in the past year.
The lights of night are some of the most beautiful gifts our world has to offer. We are blessed to be surrounded by them every night. �In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.� -Aaron Rose The Empire State building peeks from the horizon through the walls of a New Jersey Transit terminal.
Elizabeth �Lizzy� Hall, 11, is the oldest of seven children, living with her family at a Holiday Inn in Salem, Virginia. Her parents, Chuck and Mary Hall, have moved the family around for Chuck Hall�s masonry work and whenever they felt God�s call. Lizzy has been a mother figure to her siblings, changing her first diaper when she was 5. But she dreams of a future that is very different from that of her parents, and is proud of the makeup and platform heels she wears. �Some boys think I look 13,� Lizzy says. Lizzie bends her knees as she strains to support her youngest sister Gracie, 2, in her arms. 'The first time we came here, he thought we were going to stay for a few days, and we stayed for a few months,' Lizzy said of her father.
Chuck and Mary Hall exchange a kiss after reading scripture together before Mr. Hall leaves for a day of masonry work. Lizzy�s parents base their decisions on when and where the family will move next on where Chuck Hall can get work and on messages they say they receive from God. He is spiritually counseling a man who is supposed to be painting the family van. But because the man has procrastinated on the job, the family�s anticipated departure date has been repeatedly delayed and kept the family living in the hotel for the past three months.
Lizzy�s sister, Deborah, watches as Lizzy hands over a $20 bill to her mother in a Burger King drive-thru in Salem to pay for hamburgers for the family. Lizzy said that her parents sometimes have to borrow money from her but they always pay her back.
In the hotel room kitchen, Lizzy�s mother kneels down on the air mattress Lizzy shares with her youngest sister, Gracie, to say their prayers. 'Gracie's always telling me every night, 'play Mommy!'' Lizzy said.