Xavier's Tools

My best friend's boyfriend is a mechanic at a Honda dealership. He was gracious enough to let me come in to the garage and be a huge distraction.















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The verdict is in...

Reactions at the Indiana County Court House after the Foley Trial verdict.

"An Indiana County Court jury this evening convicted state trooper Kevin Foley of first degree murder in the April 13, 2006, slashing death of Blairsville dentist John Yelenic."





031809 Indiana Gazette

Lets go to prison!

The Indiana County Jail is relocating! During the transfer process, the old jail was open for tours given by detention officers.







031409 Indiana Gazette

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Contestants in the Wee Laddies and Lassies Leprechaun Look-a-Like contest gather in front of Spaghetti Benders prior to the St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday March 14.

031409 Indiana Gazette

The Sound of Music

Leechburg's high school musical this year is The Sound of Music. I was sent to a rehearsal to get some promo shots.







"I am sixteen, going on seventeen..."





030909 Valley News Dispatch

Waiting for an assignment to begin

Anyone familiar with Philadelphia Street knows these lights...







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Midterm

Aleks Alexseev, a gradute student from Russia, quietly finishes his midterm exam at Stapleton Library on a Saturday afternoon.



022809 Indiana Gazette

A Trip to Torrance

Some friends and I took a drive down to Blairsville to visit the Old Torrance State Mental Institution Staff Quarters. I did some quick Google searching and learned that the institution was built in 1919 by Mrs. Torrance-the wife of the founder of the town. In the 1960's, the PA Department of Health shut it down due to patient overflow... but according to sources, it was shut down due to patient cruelty.





























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