Jeffrey Thompson

Personalities

Model Kayla Weitekamp protects herself from the elements during a fashion photography session in Springfield, Ill.
  
Stefan Kavan relaxes in the grass while waiting for a senior portrait photo session in New Prague, Minn. Kavan, who is autistic, is a senior at New Prague High School where is involved in choir and the Knowledge Bowl team.
   
Arthur Kase prepares to disassemble a temporary fence for his sheep outside of Hartsburg, Mo. Kase has been raising sheep on his farm for more than a decade.
     
  
Judy Koskie waits for the processing of Deputy Christopher Dewey following his funeral in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Deputy Dewey was fatally shot while on duty.
   
Springfield High School graduate Steve Dixson is the only player to ever win the scoring title of the City Tournament three years in a row.
  
Illinois high school football portraits
     
  
Jim Allen, 67, cleans his apple crop after finishing the harvest at his rural Hartsburg, Missouri home. Allen began growing apples more than 20 years ago and he claims that, today, with more than 40 trees and six different apple varieties, his hobby has become a little out of hand.
  
  
Madison Dempsey, 8, of Shakopee waits to enter the sanctuary at St. Mark's Church in Shakopee, Minn. as Dempsey and others performed The Passion of Jesus In Music, Word & Light. After a fire destroyed much of the church, St. Mark's has finished renovation and reopened to public.
     
  
A farmer works the land outside of Lake Crystal, Minn.
   
Ramsey International Fine Arts Center fourth-grader Derek Parshall waited backstage before performing with the Minnesota Orchestra.