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Chaos into Order

Sunday, July 8, 2007, 6th Avenue in Tacoma, Wash., held an event called "Art on the Ave" to feature performance art, art-making, music, and promote the local art scene. Lloyd Herman, 71, read aloud three different speeches by former Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter all about peace. Herman performed as part of "Chaos into Order," a performance art group promoting an overall message of peace and order. He orates beneath a sculpture of crumpled newspapers sewn onto ribbon, which was made Sunday at the event. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Mariner's Manager Mike Hargrove's farewell

Mike Hargrove resigns as general manager of the Seattle Mariners on the morning of Sunday, July 1, 2007. Bench coach John McLaren will replace Hargrove. Hargrove started his career with the Mariners with a win, and he ended it with a win against the Toronto Jays in Safeco field. Players say goodbye to Hargrove at the end of the game, as Hargrove congratulates Jose Guillen, left, for the game-winning hit. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

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Ken Griffey Jr. comes back to Seattle

An AP photographer takes a picture of Griffey's oldest son Trey. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

Ezra Meeker Impersonator

Ray Egan, 72, starting performing re-enactments of several people from the Oregon Trail 20 years ago. He poses for a portrait as Ezra Meeker, who has been hailed as the father of the Oregon Trail, near his home in Steilacoom, Wash., which is where Meeker actually lived for about six years. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

At the Farmer's Market

Dagmar Peterson, 36, does henna at the downtown Tacoma Farmer's Market on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She has built up a loyal clientele who make special trips to the market specifically to see her. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune

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Lainey Parker, 9 mos., keeps dry at the Farmer's Market in Downtown Tacoma, Wash., on Thursday, June 28, 2007. She is at the market with her father John, 42, of Sumner, Wash. Alison Yin/The News Tribune



From left, Steve Nebel, Susan Gilmour, Kristi Nebel and David Gilmour stand regularly at the entrance to the Farmer's Market in downtown Tacoma with signs and homemade puppets to protest the war in Iraq. They are part of United for Peace of Pierce County which nonviolently opposes the reliance on unilateral military actions rather than cooperative diplomacy. UFPPC collectively protests against the Iraq war, and endorses that the U.N. should take the lead in the Iraq war. Alison Yin/The News Tribune

The Ice Cream Kids

Bair Drug & Hardware Store in Steilacoom, Wash., has been around since 1895. In addition to offering a full lunch, the store also serves locally made ice cream by Olympic Mountain Ice Cream. Megan DeWeese, 5, enjoys her cone of blackberry cream ice cream while her younger brother, Dustin, 3, watches from afar. Alison Yin/The Tacoma News Tribune

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Wolverines Football Squad in L.A.

On Friday, December 22, 2006, the 2006-07 University of Michigan football squad arrived at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif., in anticipation of the Rose Bowl New Year's game. Andre Criswell, right, gets off the bus upon arriving at the hotel after a long travel day.

Head coach Lloyd Carr meets with the press for a brief interview upon arriving at the hotel.

Tyrone Jordan II, left, takes a bite from Brandent Englemon's hamburger while waiting in the hotel lobby.

Head coach Lloyd Carr (right) talks with Alan Branch (left) during stretching before practice.

Quarterback Chad Henne (7) with running back Mike Hart (20).



On Sunday, December 24, 2006, the 2006-07 University of Michigan football squad practiced at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in preparation for the Rose Bowl game.

All photos by Alison Yin/special to The Detroit News