Richmond, Virginia

Fathers of the Year Awards

Jefferson Hotel

Michael Robinson, one of two Richmond area men selected as Father of the Year for 2008 with his family prior to ceremonies at the Jefferson Hotel.

Debra Gibbs, right, greets friends in the Rotunda of the Jefferson Hotel during a reception for her husband, Randy, who was one of two men named Father of the Year for 2008.

Michael Robinson during his acceptance speech as Father of the Year for 2008. The event was held at the Jefferson Hotel by the Father's Day Council as a benefit for the American Diabetes Association.

Randy Gibbs accepts his award for Father of the Year from his daughter, Carter Miller.

Mary Carrington Miller, 3, congratulates her grandfather, Randy Gibbs, after he was honored as Father of the Year.

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Dianne and Wayne at play.

Team Kid graduates with their coaches at Cambridge church.

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Dan Huelen renders brilliant system solutions over lunch at SuCasa.

Chapel service on Monument Avenue.

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Videographers Kelly and Chris, driven by deadline, the drive doesn't work.

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Shawn Smith (guitar) entertains fellow members of Henrico Fire Co. 13 Chris Ray (left) and Charles Robinson (right), and Henrico police office Amber Shovlin outside the firehouse at dusk.

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Greek Festival

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathredral

Dancers from the Byzantio Hellenic Dance Troupe.

Dancers perform in different age groups ... 

... from the very young ...

... on through ...

... adult.

Good friends — the Jarrars, Banghams and Laytons — enjoy an afternoon at the festival.

Jeanine with her mother.

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The Stevens twins, Emily and Wayne, visit Copperas Creek.

Emily and her new buddy, Sadie.

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Sergeant Gary Borges, Richmond Police Department, along Hamilton Street.

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Dusk along Copperas Creek: grass mown, fresh mulch, shrubs trim ...

... new flowers ... a yard at peace ... or poised to spring into chaos.

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My friend Nic, owner of Su Casa, a great Mexican restaurant with a Greek flare and home of the best salsa in Richmond.

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Sadie nudging Dianne and assuming her stop-whatever-you're-doing-and-pay-attention-to-me repose.

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Memorial Day on Copperas Lane.

Margaret and Dianne share an outing and a banana split lunch.

Wayne and Amy at an afternoon cookout.

Wayne and Emily are twins and share a language only between each other.

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Annual picnic at Cambridge church.

Joyce makes a friend.

Malika misses one.

Steve finds the shade.

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Angel waiting on her grandmom.

Remnants of Short Pump's past remain, hidden by the strip malls, shopping centers and high-density housing that now dominate the once rural landscape.

Yet forest rills ...

... and tree-lined lanes ...

... can still be found.

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Resting after an evening swim at the Short Pump fountain.

Obviously, the Short Pump ducks can't read.

An old timer, still on the road.

Short Pump, Virginia

Spring in Virginia is honeysuckle and songbirds.

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Don Martin and Bill Bangham near the geographic center of Virginia.

Flagged trees left from a clear cut near Appomattox, Virginia.

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IronWorks discussions on digital asset management.

Sunset reflected in the trees along Copperas Lane.

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Kathy Sawyer, right, notarizes a document required for the child Shawn Hendricks and his wife are adopting from Bolivia.

Ricky changes out the pump that lifts a 2-1/2 ton kugel and allows the globe to float on a column of water near Monument Avenue. It only requires 30 pounds of water pressure to raise the ball from it's pedestal.

Gayton, Virginia

Madison awaits her baptism Sunday morning at Cambridge church.

Madison's father, Shawn, is baptized in the same service with his daughter.

A family arrives for Sunday services at Cambridge church.