Recent Work (7/17/13)

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post.

The last couple of weeks have found me doing all kinds of assignments.

I flew around with a teenager trying to get his pilots license. I spent part of an afternoon covering the PDGA Amateur & Junior Disc Golf World Championships. Hung out with some kids and robots. Covered Emporia's first-ever Twinkies Festival. And that's just to name a few.

Oh, and I also happened upon a family on a cross-country road trip while feature hunting.

I'll keep my comments to a minimum up here and let you just enjoy some photos.

Here are some of my favorites from the last couple of weeks. Thanks for looking.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Ruth Miller, a personal trainer, works with a client Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Emporia Fitness.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tucker Lee, 16, of Emporia, goes through his pre-flight routine, before taking off in a Cherokee 180 with instructor, Dan Dewald Wednesday, July 3, 2013, from Coffey County Airport.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tucker Lee, 16, of Emporia, flies a Cherokee 180 with instructor, Dan Dewald Wednesday, July 3, 2013, after taking off from Coffey County Airport.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tucker Lee, 16, of Emporia, goes through his pre-flight routine, before taking off in a Cherokee 180 with instrucor, Dan Dewald Wednesday, July 3, 2013, from Coffey County Airport.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tucker Lee, 16, of Emporia, flies a Cherokee 180 with instrucor, Dan Dewald over Melvern Lake Wednesday, July 3, 2013, after taking off from Coffey County Airport.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Tucker Lee, 16, of Emporia, goes through his pre-flight routine, before taking off in a Cherokee 180 with instructor, Dan Dewald Wednesday, July 3, 2013, from Coffey County Airport.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Drew Cook, from left, Becky Cook, Leah Cook, 12, and Madlyn Cook, 9, all of Willow Spring, N.C., eat lunch Monday, July 8, 2013, at Do-B's in Emporia, Kan. The Cooks are part-way through a cross-country road trip starting in Willow Spring, N.C., and ending at the Grand Canyon, Drew said. They chose to eat lunch at Do-B's after doing a Google search for places to eat, Drew explained, and they thought they would take a chance and try Do-B's. 

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Larry Grossman, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., winds up for a throw at Jones Park Thursday, July 4, 2013, while playing a practice round for the upcoming 2013 PDGA Amateur & Junior Disc Golf World Championships.

 Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Brad Ramsay, of Lincoln, Neb., putts on the first hole of the Emporia Municipal Golf Course's disc golf course Wednesday, July 10, 2013, during the PDGA Amateur & Junior Disc Golf World Championships.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | From left, Dave Wehrenberg, of Roxboro, N.C., Billy Swanson, of Tulsa, Okla., Brad Ramsay, of Lincoln, Neb., and Kevin Ellis, of Oklahoma City, Okla., discuss strategy before playing the third hole of the Emporia Municipal Golf Course's disc golf course Wednesday, July 10, 2013, during the PDGA Amateur & Junior Disc Golf World Championships.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Rick Carson, of Emporia, plays the piano Thursday night, July 11, 2013, Emporia Main Street's Midnight Madness.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Noah Ray, 12, of Emporia, (left) reacts after placing second in his heat of a Twinkie eating contest Monday, July 15, 2013, during the first ever Twinkies Festival outside the Flinthills Mall.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Zander Keosybounheuang, 7, of Emporia, participates in a Twinkie eating contest Monday, July 15, 2013, during the first ever Twinkies Festival outside the Flinthills Mall.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Olivia Tuttle, 7, of Emporia, raises her hands after completing her heat of a Twinkie eating contest in first place Monday, July 15, 2013, during the first ever Twinkies Festival outside the Flinthills Mall.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Chris Magnuson, of Wichita, receives a deep-fried Twinkie at the Little Red Caboose Funnel Cake stand Monday, July 15, 2013, during the first ever Twinkies Festival outside the Flinthills Mall.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Thayne Schmidt, 7, of Olpe, uses a remote-controlled robot to pick up aluminum foil "Mercury rocks" Tuesday, July 16, 2013, during the Mining Robots event put on by the Emporia State University Elementary Science Education students at the Emporia Public Library.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | Cooper Legako, 4, of Emporia, peaks through a window to see the DEPCO LLC's autonomic robot named NAO Tuesday, July 16, 2013, during the Mining Robots event put on by the Emporia State University Elementary Science Education students at the Emporia Public Library.

Joe Ahlquist/Gazette | DEPCO LLC's autonomic robot named NAO Tuesday, July 16, 2013, during the Mining Robots event put on by the Emporia State University Elementary Science Education students at the Emporia Public Library.