Abby Gardner, 5, listens to the 3rd Annual Bells on the Hill Celebration, at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, in Rochester, NY, on December 16, 2012. The church bells played a variety of Christmas carols and seasonal music.
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Penny Carter (right) volunteers making calls on behalf of the Louise Slaughter campaign, in Rochester, NY, November 6, 2012. Carter pulled her jacket over her head to help block out the noise in the crowded call center. Carter noted, “I’m following in fine tradition, my mother was a Suffragette.”
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Team roping horseback riders await their turn at the Wrangler Team Roping Championship, at Lucky U Arena, Worden, MT, August 11, 2013. Team roping is a rodeo event that features a pair of riders, a “header,” who ropes the head of a calf, and “heeler,” who ties its legs.
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Matthew Kelly, 12, takes a moment between bouts in the semi-finals of foil divison of The Rochester Fencing Club Challenge, in Rochester, NY, on January 26th, 2013. Kelly went on to win 5th place in the foil divison overall.
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Jockey Charlie Amaro leaves the track after a horse race on 1st Racing Day, at the Fingerlakes Racetrack and Casino, Farmington, NY, on April 20, 2013.
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Pastor Matthew Nickoloff, of the South Wedge Mission, contemplates how to reassemble the baptismal font, at the Peace Lutheran Church, Rochester, NY, on February 13, 2013. Taking the estimated 200 pound marble head off of the pedestal proved easier than lifting it back on; "I want to make sure the font is here in case members of Peace Lutheran join us for service. I don't want things to change too rapidly for them," Nickoloff said.
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“Serpentessa,” a snake priestess, relaxes in hotel room with two of her boa constrictors, at the Rochester Erotic Arts Festival, Rochester, NY, April, 2013. Serpentessa traveled to the festival from New Paltz, NY, to perform a belly dance with her snakes and offer snake messages.
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Mary LaMacchia, student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, is crowned “Prom Queen” at the the 1st annual “Prom Dress Rugby,” at RIT, Henrietta, NY, April 28, 2013. The game raised money for the Alternative for Battered Women of Rochester Foundation.
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Reverand Jim Adams, of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, converses with his parishioners, in Geneva, NY, on October 6, 2012. Rev. Adams had just concluded his “blessing of the animals.”
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Andrew Ruckman rangled loose sheep that escaped from their handlers during a junior showmanship class, at the Knox County Fair, Mount Vernon, Ohio, on July 23rd. Ruckman went on to compete in the master showmanship class.
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