Skydiving Outtakes
The Gazette has a monthly segment called “Coffeetown” where the paper profiles a randomly selected town within the circulation area with a couple of stories and photographs, and then invites the town to lunch with Gazette Employees. This month’s coffeetown was Brooklyn, IA. While shooting locals gardening, I saw people jumping out of planes. I went to investigate. (Photographs copyrighted Chris Mackler / The Gazette).
Corey Coleman, of Cedar Falls, receives final skydiving instructions from instructor Matt Yount (of Des Moines) before jumping out of the plane in a tandem skydive on Sunday, May 10, 2009. Skydive Iowa, located at 1922 Highway 6 in Brooklyn, Iowa is one of only a few airports that is skydiver owned. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
Corey Coleman, of Cedar Falls, jumps with instructor Matt Yount (of Des Moines) in a tandem skydive.
Aerial view of Brooklyn, Iowa on Sunday, May 10, 2009. (Chris Mackler/The Gazette).
First Couple of Weeks in Cedar Rapids
If you didn’t already know, I’ve accepted an internship at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Here are a few images from my first couple of weeks:
Tornado Clean Up
(From left) Dustin Lange (14), Ryan Recker (15) and Stefon Brandt (15), all students at Alburnett High School, help clean up a tornado’s aftermath in Alburnett on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. A tornado struck the area on Sunday, causing no injuries, but downing large trees and destroying at least three large campers. Two Alburnett High School teachers, Linda Franck and Vicki Meadows, organized the student clean because many students were affected by the storm.
Josh Langhoff (16), Ryan Young (16), and Sam MacDonald (13), all students at Alburnett High School, help clean up a tornado’s aftermath in Alburnett on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
Same-Sex Marriage
Patty Glass (left) and Rita Wall embrace one another while waiting for marriage license paperwork to be filed at the County recorder office located in Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids on Monday, April 27, 2009. The couple has been together for almost one year. Said Wall, “I’m so proud to be an Iowan today.” Monday marked the first day that same-sex couples could fill out a marriage license application in the state of Iowa.
Hawkeye Downs
(From left) Jarrett Dulin (7), Taylor Christiansan (6) and Mckenna Dulin (8) “race” toy cars in the grandstand at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids on Friday, May 1, 2009. There were many children in attendance as Friday marked Kirkwood Kids night.
