Dan Wood, right, leans on his tractor’s tire while laughing at a comment made by Mark Spingler shortly before competing in the Elbridge Community Day antique tractor pull at Seymour Park in Elbridge, New York.

 

Syracuse University student Greg Klotz, center, cheers on the Syracuse men's basketball team during the first quarter of play against Siena College at the Carrier Dome.

 

Bull Fighter, Will Nerithew, of Stevensville, TX, left, distracts a bull away from Allen Holdridge, of Weedsport, NY.

 

Daniel Mast hangs a welcome sign on the outside of a house expansion after working on it's interior in Locke, NY. Mast, a member of the Summerhill Amish Community who does building and remodeling, was hired to work on the house over a year ago but was denied a worker's permit until recently because of no workers compensation insurance.

 

California Sea Lion, Julie, poses during a portrait session at the Niagara Falls Aquarium in New York.

 

Syracuse Crunch's Adam Pineault (far left) attempts to get the puck from under Toronto's Josef Doumedienne during the second period of the game at the Onondaga County War Memorial. Doumedienne had collided with Crunch's Alexandre Picard (21) moments before.

 

Cayuga County Sheriff Deputies Corey Colton, left, and Mike Lupo try to comfort the estranged wife of Floyd Hunter while escorting her away from the scene of a murder-suicide in the town of Cato. Hunter, 52, shot and killed his 18-year-old son, Michael, and then called 911 to confess before fatally shooting himself.

 

Jay Dietershagen is a bartender at Al's Wine & Wiskey Lounge on S. Clinton Street in Syracuse.

 

Cpt. Mick Senus, of Camillus, greets his wife Barbara and sons George (5) and Michael after returning from Afghanistan to Hancock Field Air National Guard Base with members of the 27th Infantry Brigade combat team.

 

Steven DeWall Jr., 3, hugs his puppy Freckles as sister Kristine, 2, looks on. The pair spent the day barbecuing with family at Joy Dairy Farm in Montezuma.

 

Ruan Hill (back left), Joan Hill, Magdhi Hill, 9, (front left), and Hashim Hill stand outside their house on West Calthrop Ave in Syracuse. The Hills have spent the past three years retoring this house which was in shambles when they bought it.

 

Members of the 222nd military police unit from Auburn and Hornell to begin the day's training at Fort Dix, NJ. They have been training and waiting deployment to Afghanistan.

 

Participants in the 16th annual Robin Skiff Pittard Memorial Slalom test out the racing slope before the start of competition at the Skaneateles Family Ski Center.

 

A graphic illustration previewing the Auburn Maroon varsity football team’s upcoming New York State championship game. The image is a composite of four portraits.

 

Moravia’s Adam O’Brien (7) celebrates with Dustin Lefave (20) after scoring the winning run to beat Marathon 3-2 at Ettinger Field. Running out to join them is teammate Mike Drake (5).

 

Mechanical team leader Don Dennis (left) and Roller Operator Tom Adessa pause for a quick word while working in the rolling mill department at the Nucor Steel Plant in Auburn, New York.

 

Richard Osorio,7, and Richardmarie Osorio,5, of Syracuse play with leggos during free time at the Spanish Action League Youth Center in Syracuse. They are part of the program called Nuestro Futuro (Our Future) at the center.

 

Kaiti Walker, 15, of Moravia, looks behind her as thunderstorms roll in to the Cayuga County Fair in Weedsport, New York. Walker was waiting to compete in the Open Road Hack competition with her horse AP Doc Cindy. The event was postponed due to the storm.

 

Figherfighters from around Cayuga County work to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a home at 2629 Fleming-Scipio Town Line Road in Fleming, New York.

 

 

 

 

 

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