Post-Dispatch photos: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Date: 6/13/2012 Album ID: 1486634
Photos by Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Photographs by staff photographers
Troy Buchanan's Emily Crane is the 2011 all-metro softball player of the year.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Homebrewers Chip Stone (left) and Andrew Meyer are pictured in a portrait at Meyer's home on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Brentwood. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford, elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Traffic is restricted at Hampton Avenue and Arthur Avenue on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in St. Louis. Crews were trying to shut off the water before attempting repair, said one worker. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford, elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Attorney Bob Pedroli (left) and his client Keith Randell both point to the area of the body where Randell was shot during a press conference in downtown Clayton on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Randell was shot in the chest by another motorist during a traffic incident but, based upon the Missouri Castle Law, the St. Charles County prosecutor did not press charges. Randell and his attorney are pushing for a review of the incident.
Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
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A least tern flies over Ellis Bay near the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary Thursday, June 7, 2012, looking for food. The birds' main source of food is a small fish called a shiner.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Forester Chris Hopfinger, 34, prepares to dock at the man-made nesting area for the interior least terns Thursday, June 7, 2012, in Ellis Bay near the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton. Hopfinger works for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Hopfinger and marine biologist Ben McGuire were doing a survey of the nesting area.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Forester Chris Hopfinger ,34, (left) watches as wildlife biologist Ben McGuire, 26, surveys the man-made least tern nesting area Thursday, June 7, 2012, in Ellis Bay near West Alton. McGuire was looking for new nests and more eggs. Both men work for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Least interior least tern decoys were placed on the floating barges in Ellis Bay in the Mississippi River to attract the birds to the nesting area. Also, a call box continually put out the song of the interior least tern to make them feel at home.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Three interior least tern eggs lie in a shallow sand nest on the floating barges Thursday, June 7, 2012, in Ellis Bay in West Alton.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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An interior least tern begins descends onto the man-made nesting area in Ellis Bay near the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary. The nesting area is made from two barges strapped together.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Zoe Madigan and Yang Wang lounge while loading up on caffeine to jump start  their work day Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at the Starbuck's in University City.  The couple are working are creating the software for an i-phone application. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Jaydon Williams,13, measures 40 mL of 2% methylcellulose solution as part of his lab exercise to make calamine lotion Friday, June 8, 2012, at the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis.  Johnson was one of 30 students selected from McKinley Classical Junior Academy to participate in the inaugural summer program to educate St. Louis city schools students to the pharmacy profession by using hands-on lab experiences in compounding medicine. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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McKinley Classical Junior Academy students watch a demonstration on how to make calamine lotion before making their own Friday, June 8, 2012, at the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis. Thirty students selected from McKinley Classical Junior Academy participated in the inaugural summer program to introduce St. Louis city middle school students to the pharmacy profession. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Khalil Johnson,12, and Kate Cooper,12, show off their freshly made bottles of calamine lotion Friday, June 8, 2012, at the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis. Johnson and Cooper were part of  30 students selected from McKinley Classical Junior Academy to participate in the pilot program to introduce St. Louis City middle school student to the to the profession of pharmacy. I had only seen pharmacists working behind a counter.  I didn't know much about the profession before this week, said Johnson.  Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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A detail of Jaydon Williams,13,  making calamine lotion Friday, June 8, 2012, at the College of Pharmacy in St. Louis. During a lab exercise students learned how to make the lotion by compounding solutions.  Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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A bicyclist rides by a rest stop overlooking Interstate 370 along the Boschert Greenway. It has been extended from New Town to the Katy Trail in St. Charles.
(Photo by Harry Jackson Jr., harry.jackson@post-dispatch.com)
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Becky Rothman poses in front of a banner in the Manchester store on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. That store and the company's four other locations have closed. Photo by Kavita Kumar, Kkumar@post-dispatch.com
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Dea Hoover made these hot cakes from a family recipe handed down from her grandmother.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Dea Hoover majkes hot cakes from a family recipe handed down from her grandmother.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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