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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. | Personal work<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students and band members, from left, Sydney Shovan, Eliza Meyers and Riley Winter prepare for their halftime performance during the first half of the Resorters' game against Valley Christian. As is tradition, students covered the town with toilet paper leading up to the big game. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand America’s role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghans’ lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students and band members, from left, Sydney Shovan, Eliza Meyers and Riley Winter prepare for their halftime performance during the first half of the Resorters' game against Valley Christian. As is tradition, students covered the town with toilet paper leading up to the big game. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
    zGreat Plains12
  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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"This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska.<br />
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Members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association hold their hats as Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger passes by during the opening ceremonies.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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"This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska.<br />
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Nebraska's Big Rodeo board member Mike Burnham and Jessa Reinwald, 3, share a saddle as they prepare to go through the Grand Entry during Nebraska's Big Rodeo. The rodeo owes much of its success to board members and other volunteers who give of their time and resources.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska. <br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Cambridge's Jack Perdue, at center, rests during halftime of Cambridge's game against Perkins County at Perkins County High School in Grant, Neb. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Cambridge won 33-7. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life and love in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan at St. Joseph Cemetery in York, Neb. Hunter, 21, died while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • “The Great Plains” is a collection of images examining life in what is often considered flyover land. |||<br />
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In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver and defensive back Logan Knepfel, at left, and senior Meghan Clemens prepare to take part in the Homecoming parade as part of the Homecoming Court before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A collection of life in the Great Plains.<br />
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Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. | Personal work<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • A tourist passes in front of a patch of light at Machu Picchu. | Personal work<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Barbershops and beauty salons are the heart of the Dominican community in the northern Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, often referred to as Little Santo Domingo. Having opened in the 1980s, Los Taxistas Barber Shop is an institution under the elevated 1 train. | On assignment for the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism workshop<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sweethearts Bryce Dibbern of Amherst, Neb., and Tylee Coffman of Dunning, Neb., perch on a fence to catch a view of the team roping during Nebraska's Big Rodeo on Saturday, July 27, 2013. "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," 2013 Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska. | On assignment for the Omaha World-HeraldBu<br />
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Chicago Freelance Documentary Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Olivia Salm shares a secret with her boyfriend Mitchel Jensen during the homecoming dance, which took place in the school's cafeteria.
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • More than 2,000 Iowans deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Red Bulls patch emblazoned on their shoulders carried honor and tradition unparalleled in the National Guard, but for Afghans, who saw the devil in the horned silhouette, it symbolized fear. <br />
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Stationed throughout Afghanistan, these soldiers saw more of the country than most Afghans will see in their lifetimes. Yet, the soldiers said that they came home with a hazier understanding of the conflict. They spoke of a struggle to understand Americaís role in the region. Deployment was dangerous, but no one could guarantee that the risk and sacrifice would have a lasting effect on the Afghansí lives.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nine-year-old McKayla McCarville stands in the staging area outside of the Burwell arena where the 85th annual Nebraska's Big Rodeo is held. McKayla's father, Kirk McCarville, brought her to the rodeo and McKayla said that she nervously watched him compete in the rodeo's wild horse race. "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," 2013 Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • East Chicago, Indiana
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  • Josefina Valdez and her fiance Julio Feliciano play basketball as the sun sets over Marktown.<br />
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Steel mills and oil refineries encircle Marktown, a northwest Indiana neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places. Built as an idyllic and self-sustaining community for mill workers 99 years ago, Marktown is now economically blighted and isolated.<br />
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To process a surge of tar sands oil from Alberta, British Petroleum (BP) expanded its Whiting refinery to the neighborhood’s northern boundary in 2013. BP demolished ten abandoned buildings in 2014, with plans to purchase and raze Marktown’s remaining homes and businesses. <br />
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Many homeowners — including some whose families have lived in the neighborhood for four or five generations — are rallying to save Marktown, though the refinery’s pollution plagues their health. They also worry about flare-ups — towers of flame and smoke that relieve pressure after a malfunction — which have recently blanketed the refinery in thick, black smoke.<br />
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Marktown is a liability for BP, and the firm has offered $4,545 to $30,000 for the properties. Many residents are holding out for more money. Most feel the destruction of their homes is inevitable.<br />
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More alarming than the impending removal of 50 remaining families is how the refinery pollutes the air and nearby Lake Michigan. Tar sands oil production is a particularly dirty process that creates petroleum coke, a sulfurous byproduct that can cause serious health effects if inhaled, including cancer.<br />
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  • The remains of the Cline Avenue bridge tower near the ArcelorMittal steel mill outside of Marktown. The bridge has seen two tragedies. In 1982, two sections of the unfinished Cline Avenue bridge collapsed, killing 14 construction workers and injuring 18 more. Following GPS instruction, a man drove off the ledge, falling 37 feet, in March of 2015. He survived, but his wife died in the crash. <br />
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Steel mills and oil refineries encircle Marktown, a northwest Indiana neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places. Built as an idyllic and self-sustaining community for mill workers 99 years ago, Marktown is now economically blighted and isolated.<br />
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To process a surge of tar sands oil from Alberta, British Petroleum (BP) expanded its Whiting refinery to the neighborhood’s northern boundary in 2013. BP demolished ten abandoned buildings in 2014, with plans to purchase and raze Marktown’s remaining homes and businesses. <br />
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Many homeowners — including some whose families have lived in the neighborhood for four or five generations — are rallying to save Marktown, though the refinery’s pollution plagues their health. They also worry about flare-ups — towers of flame and smoke that relieve pressure after a malfunction — which have recently blanketed the refinery in thick, black smoke.<br />
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Marktown is a liability for BP, and the firm has offered $4,545 to $30,000 for the properties. Many residents are holding out for more money. Most feel the destruction of their homes is inevitable.<br />
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More alarming than the impending removal of 50 remaining families is how the refinery pollutes the air and nearby Lake Michigan. Tar sands oil production is a particularly dirty process that creates petroleum coke, a sulfurous byproduct that can cause serious health effects if inhaled, including cancer.<br />
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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As a train passes, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah cheerleaders warm up the crowd before the Resorters' game against Maranatha Baptist in Watertown, Wisc. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 43-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • Scruffy, a Border Collie, yawns as it makes its way to another branding in the truck belonging to her owner, Joe Mundorf at the Burdick Ranch south of Wood Lake, Neb. The Burdick family, now with four generations working the land, credit their branding success to neighbors and hired hands. "We run a thousand cows," Ben Burdick said. "If you didn't have help, you couldn't operate." | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • A surplus of dry dust and ash is kicked up as a herd of bison react to the presence of employees of the Nature Conservancy who, along with help from volunteers and neighbors, cull 110 yearling and two-year-old bison at the Niobrara Valley Preserve, which is located 16 miles north of Johnstown, Neb. Traditionally, the herd is culled in late October, but the recent fires in the area have destroyed more than half of the grazing land, which provides feed. The culled bison will be sold to a feedlot. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • A beach mural brings Miami's Biscayne Bay to Wabash, Indiana, in the Olivette Room -- a tribute to Mark C. Honeywell, a native and benefactor of Wabash, Ind. The room is a replica of the after deck of Honeywell's yacht Olivette. Wabash, which currently has about 10,500 residents, is one of many small American towns trying to make a transition from an industrial past to a knowledge-based and creative economy. | On assignment for the Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • SORC official Aaron Olson walks past billowing smoke during the burnout contest in Arnold during the Sandhills Open Road Challenge. Competitors are given two opportunities to kick out as much smoke as possible, and the winner is decided by cheers from the crowd. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • Members of the Chicago Training Center, walk a boat away from the lake during the Crystal Lake Regatta. The Chicago Training Center, a non-profit in Chicago, has a free program designed to introduce low-income, minority youth to rowing, and since it was founded in 2007 it has gained a reputation for producing rowers who go on to compete at the NCAA level. | On assignment for the New York Times<br />
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  • Revelers dance among balloons at the Boo Goo dance party at the Slowdown in Omaha on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. Goo dance parties, originally started by members of Tilly and the Wall and The Faint in 2007, brought costumed music fans to the dance floor with mashed-up pop songs and live performances. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • "This may be a small town, but it's got a big rodeo, and it's got a really big heart," 2013 Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger said. In its 92nd year, the rodeo continues strong and serves as an economic stronghold for a small community in the Sandhills of Nebraska.<br />
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Members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association hold their hats as 2013 Miss Burwell Rodeo Olivia Hunsperger passes by during the opening ceremonies on Saturday, July 27, 2013. | On assignment for the Omaha World-HeraldBu<br />
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  • A calf escapes the rope of Paul Kenner as he and a crew of close to 70 workers corral and brand young calves at the Burdick Ranch south of Wood Lake, Neb., on April 21, 2012. Branding relies heavily on the ranching community. “We run a thousand cows,”€ rancher Ben Burdick said. “€œIf you didn’t have help, you couldn’t operate.” | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • American health care has failed Vi Lane. Twenty-six years ago, Lane sold her family's four businesses to pay a 2.5 million dollar hospital bill after the death of her husband Rod who was uninsured. With few resources, Lane, now 69, moved into a rented home near downtown Platte City and has recently taken in her pregnant and uninsured granddaughter Cyndi Perkins with her 18-month-old son Tommy Brown. Though health insurance woes continue to plague them, this unexpected family has brought a sense of cohesion and has filled Vi's home with love.<br />
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Vi Lane reaches out to her great-grandson Thomas Brown as they drive through Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Lane lost her family's four businesses after the death of her husband 22 years ago, and though the future continues to be unclear, she is grateful for the time with family. | Missouri Photo Workshop<br />
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  • During a two-week trip to the Dominican Republic, a dozen young students from Chicago -- a city deeply fractured along ethnic and socioeconomic lines -- developed an understanding of how racism, colonialism, gender inequality and poverty influence Dominicans’ lives. The students discussed how their own skin color is perceived in America, and they learned how nationality and ethnicity can affect how people understand the world. Despite the geographic and cultural differences that separate these students from their Dominican peers, they learned they had more in common than they would have guessed. <br />
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Village Leadership Academy student Eden Magana, at right, is introduced to a young girl near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa. | On assignment for Village Leadership<br />
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  • Cambridge's Jack Perdue, at center, rests during halftime of Cambridge's game against Perkins County at Perkins County High School in Grant, Neb. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Cambridge won 33-7. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah students and band members, from left, Sydney Shovan, Eliza Meyers and Riley Winter prepare for their halftime performance during the first half of the Resorters' game against Valley Christian. As is tradition, students covered the town with toilet paper leading up to the big game. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • In Wisconsin, the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah football team has enjoyed a new-found popularity since converting its 11-man team to 8-man. This resort town school joined a statewide trend toward this style of play, which allows small schools -- many of which are shrinking due to rural population decline -- to compete with each other on a level playing ground.<br />
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The community -- small thought it may be -- behind the school has wholeheartedly embraced the new style of play. "The student section is phenomenal," head coach Barry Feldman said. "Our players feel it. They hear it, and they see it. And it makes them play even harder." <br />
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Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah senior wide receiver and defensive back Logan Knepfel, at left, and senior Meghan Clemens prepare to take part in the Homecoming parade as part of the Homecoming Court before the Resorters' homecoming game against Valley Christian. Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah won 55-12 and finished the season undefeated.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains. | Personal Work<br />
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  • Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan on Friday, July 6, 2012, at St. Joseph Cemetery in York, Neb. Hunter, 21, died while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. | On assignment for the Omaha World-Herald<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Work in Progress: Elsie Eiler is the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska's smallest town. She has been the mayor, the bartender, the tax collector and the settler of disputes for the town's tavern since her husband's death more than a decade ago. The once-booming railroad town now reflects the century of American life it contained: books collect dust in the one-room schoolhouse, tourists discard an empty beer case in the tall grasses along main street and old photographs reveal a glimpse of the people of the Great Plains.<br />
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  • Notre Dame Leprechaun mascot John Doran leaps with joy during the Fighting Irish's 31-0 win over Michigan at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, in South Bend, Indiana. Doran wears Under Armour shoes, socks and undergarments, though his costume is custom made.<br />
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Notre Dame has historically been a traditional institution but has busted out in a big way this year with a huge contract with Under Armour. They're providing loud flashy uniforms, a whole new look for their product line and they're not even one of the top companies in sports apparel.<br />
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  • 8/10/14 6:50:22 PM -- Chicago, IL, U.S.A  -- Sherelle Smith, at left, kisses her fiancee Keela Taylor after a mock wedding ceremony at the booth for the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago for the Northalsted Market Days on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Smith and Taylor plan to get married in June of 2015. The festival took place in Chicago's Boystown, the nation's first municipally recognized gay village. The once primarily gay neighborhood on the city's North Side has turned become a more straight, family driven neighborhood in recent years. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah and his brother Muhammad Abdullah comb the hair of their 18-month-old nephew Eli Carmichael with their brother-in-law Micheal McPherson (cq) in their family's home in Bessemer, Ala., on Saturday, May 10, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West fans cheer on passing trollies carrying the team, family members and media in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West catcher, pitcher and infielder Brandon Green peaks through to see the crowd during a rally held in their honor at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Jackie Robinson West catcher and outfielder Darion Radcliff walks with teammates toward the first of two rallies held for the team in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The Little League National Champions started with a rally at their home ballpark, rode in a 13.5-mile parade and finished off with a rally at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Chicago Bulls College Preparatory students, from left, Chris Jackson, Ebelise Mathews, Sheanell Dotson and Victor Quezada practice a waltz during their sinfonietta orchestra class at their school in Chicago on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Owner Nick Kokonas poses for a portrait in the front dining room of his Chicago restaurant Alinea on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Sand covers a dead migratory bird along the shore of Lake Michigan in spring. The cause of the death is unknown, though much flora and fauna suffered after a malfunction at a BP refinery a month prior caused a crude oil spill of at least 15 barrels into the lake. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Designer Paul Pierce poses for a portrait in Motorola's Chicago offices on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Isaacs spearheaded the effort to produce the Motorola smartphone Moto X, which he is holding. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Fred Lorenzen, who will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January of 2015, poses for a portrait in his room at the Oak Brook Healthcare Center in Oak Brook, Illinois on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Boston University will likely study Lorenzen's brain after his death. Lorenzen, who suffers from dementia, will likely be the first driver to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy.<br />
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  • From left, Meg Lette finds a quiet moment as her sister Chelsea swings Sam, the baby of the family, during a family outing at Elmwood Park in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday, May 23, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Cyclists ride along a rural road between New Delhi and Agra, India on Jan. 27, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • The wedding party erupts in laughter as the bride Shail Mehta, at center, loses a traditional contest that predicts who will be dominant in the new marriage. The Indian-American wedding took place in in Ahmedabad on Feb. 1, 2014. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Rancher Randy Thompson owns land in Nebraska where TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline is proposed to cross. Thompson, who is a symbol of the opposition and one of the three landowner plaintiffs in Thompson v. Heineman, has had his likeness used on bumperstickers and t-shirt in the anti-pipeline slogan "I Stand with Randy" after he was arrested in Washington, D.C. for protesting the Keystone in 2013. | Chicago Freelance Photographer | Alyssa Schukar | Photojournalist
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  • Taylor Collins, 11, lifts her 5-year-old sister Chloie up to an ice cream truck so she can choose her dessert as their sister Gianna, 6, at left, watches in Marktown, an East Chicago neighborhood that is nestled next to an oil refinery.<br />
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  • Vi Lane carries her great-grandson Tommy to check the mail during an eight-hour stretch of babysitting while his mother works outside of their Platte City home on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • During an eight-hour stretch of babysitting her great-grandson while his mother works, Vi Lane rests as she watches television at home in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Eight months ago, Tommy's mother Cyndi Perkins moved into Lane's home shortly after finding out she was pregnant with her second child.<br />
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  • After a long day of babysitting her great-grandson, Vi Lane collapses into the arms of Cyndi Perkins, who is tired and withdrawn after working at Y Club, an after school activities program, on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Vi Lane spends time with her great-grandson Tommy Brown in their back yard in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Vi Lane spends time with her great-grandson Tommy Brown in their back yard in Platte City on Wednesday, September 24, 2014.<br />
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  • Hoping for an early bedtime, Cyndi Perkins helps her son Tommy Brown brush his teeth at her grandmother's home in Platte City on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.<br />
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  • Cindy Perkins takes a moment away from the demands of work and caring for Tommy to nap after work in Platte City on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Perkins makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance.<br />
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  • Tommy Brown eats burgers and fries for lunch at the Dairy Queen in Platte City with his aunt Jackie Perkins, left, and mother, Cyndi Perkins, on Friday, September. 26, 2014.<br />
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  • Cindy Perkins visits the Social Services Department to enroll in the Uninsured Women's Health Services program in preparation for the upcoming birth of her daughter in Platte City on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Perkins is uninsured and will have to travel 35 miles south to the Research Medical Center, which is the only hospital that will accept the health care that the program provides.<br />
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  • At home in Platte City, Tommy Brown looks outside for his grandmother Vi Lane on Tuesday, September 23, 2014.<br />
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  • At home in Platte City, Tommy Brown plays on the ground as his mother, Cyndi Perkins, at right, rests after a long day of running errands and working at Y Club, an after school activities program, on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Perkins makes $9.25 an hour but is not allowed to work more than 28 hours each week so that her employer isn't required to enroll her in health insurance.<br />
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