http://www.andyabeyta.com/projects daily 0.75 2015-01-12 http://www.andyabeyta.com/portrait daily 0.75 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564796916891-M286H1WRHPQ4C7VKYS9S/Portraits-001.jpg Portrait Lucas ‘Coco Starr’ Burtrum of Rock Island at Pridefest in downtown Davenport, Saturday, June 29, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564796916891-M286H1WRHPQ4C7VKYS9S/Portraits-001.jpg Portrait Lucas ‘Coco Starr’ Burtrum of Rock Island at Pridefest in downtown Davenport, Saturday, June 29, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274128264-O2BGUMKFWXWS4W17CZ9N/Portraits_001.jpg Portrait Yucca Valley running back and defensive powerhouse Myles Harper, 2023 Football MVP, poses for a photo at Yucca Valley High School in Yucca Valley, Calif., Tuesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711948002882-R3GU2QE1VK04KGS83S3H/Portraits_002.jpg Portrait St. Ambrose freshman Grace Johanns poses for a photo in the pool in Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday. Johanns is legally blind and has been swimming competitively since she was in 5th grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564796918041-5DK0YKWAOC6JZ4D1CFVM/Portraits-002.jpg Portrait Owner of Eugene Skydivers, Urban Moore, of Creswell Ore., stands in front of one of the three 50's Cessnas his company owns at the Creswell Airport. At age 65, Moore still skydives multiple times a day during the jump season and teaches new jumpers looking to get their jump licenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274279661-Y20AAKEPQ2V8I3WH8POM/Portraits_008.jpg Portrait Liz De Ruyter of Orange County poses for a photo as the wind blows and the sun begins to set during Stagecoach country music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274130043-8RSWGSLIOWGY4A4ZEYLY/Portraits_004.jpg Portrait Honored artist and board member Phillip K. Smith III takes a moment to himself in a corner of his gallery, "Phillip K. Smith III: Light + Change," during the 2023 Art Party at the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday. http://www.andyabeyta.com/sports daily 0.75 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607655751408-CLAU6L8O9L9Z8X7C0MKG/Sports_005.JPG Sports Purdue Boilermakers safety Navon Mosley (27) is stiff armed by Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Nico Ragaini (89) during the second quarter of their game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607655751408-CLAU6L8O9L9Z8X7C0MKG/Sports_005.JPG Sports Purdue Boilermakers safety Navon Mosley (27) is stiff armed by Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Nico Ragaini (89) during the second quarter of their game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711943187703-HUREMJE6UBJLNJN2XXZQ/image-asset.jpeg Sports Elise Mertens serves to Naomi Osaka during round three at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711947740000-FOH0ZNUEK188D0C5C57P/Sports_002.jpg Sports Joel Diaz Jr. (right) connects a head shot to Mercito Gesta during their lightweight fight at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., Thursday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1656477560484-PDW46H1PQZ3920NB48S6/image-asset.jpeg Sports North Linn's Tate Haughenbury (30) shoots as he’s struck by South Winneshiek's Trey Kriener (23) during the fourth quarter of their 1A quarterfinal game at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564798016315-I1HUAHUYUUN4JRQ06LM5/Sports-003.jpg Sports Bettendorf sophomore Voyen Adamson walks off the mat after losing his 126 weight match to Assumption senior Sean Casey during their dual in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Wednesday. Bettendorf won the dual 36-35 on criteria after a tie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274605128-DH0G5D3NCJN8UWPB1X04/Sports_001.jpg Sports Coachella Valley forward Luke Henman (10) takes the ice before their game at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702340356092-PY9HZT5WKG9FIFK8TOA8/Singles_010.jpg Sports Iowa Hawkeyes wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette (6) makes a catch in the end zone while under coverage by Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive back Coney Durr (16) during the second quarter of their game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564798030068-3UPVKKL4LLTFE2JT4XID/Sports-007.jpg Sports Assumption's Seth Adrain is slammed to the mat by Washington's Karlton Skubal, who was later disqualifed, during the final round of the IHSAA Dual Team Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday. Assumption won third place in the 2A division, defeating Washington 40-25. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607655759767-DC9MBFA7PE9FB9GJQ4FB/Sports_008.JPG Sports Wilton’s Carly Puffer (21) jumps to try and block during their Class 2A state semifinal match of the IGHSAU state volleyball tournament at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702340406808-MH7XUH5L1256RGDAFA3I/Singles_012.jpg Sports Kaleb Vandersee climbs out of his number 69 Pontiac as it is engulfed in flames during the enduro race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Medical staff immediately tended to Vandersee who got out of the vehicle under his own power before collapsing in the grass. He was transported to the hospital by ambulance minutes later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711947785290-QX6CX4ZDKS8R5AZ0GV8Z/Sports_006.jpg Sports Dixie’s Jaxon Barben (13) reaches up for a catch as he’s hit by Palm Desert's Miles Burdette (13) during the second quarter of their game at Palm Desert High School in Palm Desert, Calif., Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274717799-G50FJFN7V2BXDFWFAJBD/Sports_011.jpg Sports Unity Christian's Anna De Haan (18) celebrates a point with her teammates during Unity Christian vs Mediapolis Class 2A quarterfinal-round state volleyball action played Wednesday, at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702274881618-DGIED47KCAJLIIQ0C56S/Sports_013.jpg Sports Shadow Hills' Manny Quintero (59) gestures up to the camera with one finger to the sky after winning their game at Shadow Hills High School in Indio, Calif., Friday. http://www.andyabeyta.com/singles daily 1.0 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1654478913544-EBO06U6L17VBB1IO49HT/image-asset.jpeg Singles Passing motorists stop to help the driver of a tractor trailer after it was overturned laying down on the side of Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids on Monday. Two men worked to remove the windshield and the woman, a registered nurse, made her way into the cab to check on the driver who had no apparent injuries. The woman then took the driver to her car to sit with her and wait for an ambulance to arrive as 140 mph derecho winds continued through the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1654478913544-EBO06U6L17VBB1IO49HT/image-asset.jpeg Singles Passing motorists stop to help the driver of a tractor trailer after it was overturned laying down on the side of Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids on Monday. Two men worked to remove the windshield and the woman, a registered nurse, made her way into the cab to check on the driver who had no apparent injuries. The woman then took the driver to her car to sit with her and wait for an ambulance to arrive as 140 mph derecho winds continued through the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702273257298-0UE08WIB0HOIALZ7LU8C/Singles_001.jpg Singles La Quinta homecoming court members Andres Dominguez, 17, and Jaydyn Leon, 17, wave to the crowd as they’re driven out in a parade of low riders during halftime at La Quinta High School in La Quinta, Calif., Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702273256627-0WWK0LS34L9MAM7MFR6L/Singles_002.jpg Singles A firefighter walks down Gillman Springs Road while working to contain the Rabbit Fire in Moreno Valley, Calif., Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711942649818-N1EFIMZ3E9BIMB8YK9QG/image-asset.jpeg Singles Assisted living coordinator and registered nurse Jaclyn Craig embraces administrator Kim Bergen-Jackson moments after receiving her vaccination from pharmacist Kyle Erkel, her former neighbor, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City on Tuesday. Craig is 34 weeks pregnant with her new daughter, Cora Jean Craig, and says she is hopeful about the new vaccine. After getting the vaccine herself she left with Erkel to head upstairs and begin vaccinating residents on the second floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711942828513-79P2M5JZOV657AW65OYT/Singles_005.jpg Singles Protestors gather at the Cedar Rapids police station after marching around SE Cedar Rapids on Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1656023893252-HX2BM9AP48MM96F1Z502/Singles_010.JPG Singles Steve Lawrence of Central City stands in his front yard to spray RAGBRAI riders with water to cool them down as his bare-eyed cockatoo, Leuchen, rests on his shoulder in Central City on Thursday. Lawrence took the day off work and had a few friends over to watch riders pass by and help them however he could on their journey across the state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702273649765-ZGTI6UP8JRLGITH2YDR0/Singles_007.jpg Singles A fallowed field (left) is seen alongside a field of alfalfa separated by an irrigation canal on Debra Keenan's farmland in Ripley, Calif., Wednesday. The state’s fallow program pays farmers to not work their fields in order to conserve water from the Colorado River as the drought continues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711942933048-QSBCDXB6ZE1025OARJ4N/Singles_008.jpg Singles Fans watch a game from behind home plate as a batter awaits a pitch at Prospect Meadows in Marion on Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702273947198-30949KO7Q3IXEW3DS8IV/Singles_013.jpg Singles Leigh Ann More of Bellevue, Washington, shows off her light-up disco ball earrings during the Modernism Week Opening Night Party at Indian Canyons Country Club in Palm Springs, Calif., Thursday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1711943018572-6YZUP0BIGI6PN5BRI2KH/Singles_010.jpg Singles Kathy Nigro poses with a photo of her son, Michael Vasquez, at her home in Menifee, Calif., Wednesday. Vasquez died in jail on May 26 of 2022 in the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. http://www.andyabeyta.com/iowa-decides daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564807738376-DO2JL289XPPX4B93S7K4/Election2020-001.jpg Iowa Decides Sen. Cory Booker kneels alongside an attendee sitting in the back row just before he's introduced during a campaign event at the RiverCenter in Davenport, Sunday, March 17, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564807738376-DO2JL289XPPX4B93S7K4/Election2020-001.jpg Iowa Decides Sen. Cory Booker kneels alongside an attendee sitting in the back row just before he's introduced during a campaign event at the RiverCenter in Davenport, Sunday, March 17, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662609423-ZQE1YMF5ZCP5A4NXUPWB/Election2020_003.JPG Iowa Decides Former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential hopeful, takes questions from local media backstage during a bus tour stop at the Usher’s Ferry lodge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662615915-AIYIBS9PSNTLUAZ7EGXA/Election2020_006.JPG Iowa Decides California Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democratic presidential hopeful, is introduced by Iowa State Rep. Phyllis Thede during a town hall at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa, Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662600628-8GGNS0WKSANXI8LGP1XI/Election2020_004.JPG Iowa Decides Sen. Cory Booker kneels alongside an attendee sitting in the back row just before he's introduced during a campaign event at the RiverCenter in Davenport, Iowa, Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662593861-QJGMOXVOO39RJ922NU50/Election2020_002.JPG Iowa Decides Marc Kover of Washington, Iowa, stands outside of the RED Berry Café in Muscatine, Iowa, with a sign in support of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand after seeing her speak, Wednesday. Kover is a registered republican who is says he'll consider supporting a Democratic candidate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662594474-26AXV9J3D2BG01LRX1PW/Election2020_001.JPG Iowa Decides Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders takes his podium during the Caucus Concert event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662614680-VXPJ0PWT1H4MGSB1VMHV/Election2020_005.JPG Iowa Decides Saoirse Hermann-Wickham, 9, of West Liberty holds a sign in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren while dressed as Lady Liberty at the precinct two caucus site at the community center in West Liberty, Iowa, Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662621930-7854QC9KGUOU61MJM1TI/Election2020_007.JPG Iowa Decides Pieter Breitner of Coralville sits in the front row while waiting to hear Sen. Elizabeth Warren speak during a town hall at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, Iowa, Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662621190-DZM352TG4ZLIUYOC359Q/Election2020_008.JPG Iowa Decides Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang stands behind the crowd as he’s introduced by his wife, Evelyn Yang, during a campaign event at Cafe Dodici in Washington, Iowa, Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662628441-FJZPRIOBI1E3SHWA1GO7/Election2020_009.JPG Iowa Decides Lila MacInnis-Baumert, 9, of Iowa City holds up a sign she made earlier in the morning at the kitchen table while waiting to be let in the room to see Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a community event at the Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662632010-J64N3FGY0PJC4HXPEGGI/Election2020_010.JPG Iowa Decides Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) cheers to the crowd as he exits the stage after speaking during the Teamsters Presidential Candidate Forum at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662637711-J64ERRJ43UTKLDIHCFRV/Election2020_011.JPG Iowa Decides South Bend Indiana mayor Pete Buttigeig reaches to turn off a fan after almost hitting his head while speaking during a meet and greet at Brew in the Village in Davenport, Iowa, Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662642947-52GCY83UBZZ2ZSD4I6KB/Election2020_012.JPG Iowa Decides David Kutter of Cedar Rapids stands by his vehicle wearing a Joe Biden mask while waiting to hear former second lady Jill Biden speak during a drive-in rally at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662644491-MBJC3Y47HEVBK5WOY2OR/Election2020_013.JPG Iowa Decides A playlist is seen playing before the arrival of U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a Democratic presidential hopeful, at her Solon, Iowa, Coffee and Toffee House Party, Tuesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662647746-EOF0JO1XN502KOA3ZENQ/Election2020_014.JPG Iowa Decides Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Rep. John Delaney walks along Windsor Drive NE to knock on doors in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday. While walking down the street someone in the neighborhood yelled, “Trump 2020,” from afar to the candidate. Delaney simply shrugged upon realizing what the voice had yelled and moved on to the next house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662658799-CWUQ2ZKL9KGT4FD13P5D/Election2020_015.JPG Iowa Decides Keith Anthony Sikora of Los Angeles stands wearing a Sen. Bernie Sanders jumpsuit as he listens to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez give a speech in support of the Sanders campaign at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, field office on Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662657044-NVWL2TRTOV3NODBLA5GS/Election2020_016.JPG Iowa Decides Seen from a detached garage, presidential hopeful Cory Booker speaks to gathered democrats at a backyard party in Muscatine, Iowa, Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662668745-CNM2X39IDX6URD6FZMMZ/Election2020_019.JPG Iowa Decides Sara Sedlacek of West Liberty sits and listens to proceedings before deciding who to align with at the precinct two caucus site at the community center in West Liberty, Iowa, Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1654630286239-9T89NP4DIHAP4PK31JDR/IowaDecides_018.JPG Iowa Decides Democratic Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks during a town hall at Uptown Snug in Marion, Iowa, Sunday. candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks during a town hall at Uptown Snug in Marion, Iowa, Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662665432-KNM9SI600AEK99SVBWQU/Election2020_018.JPG Iowa Decides Vietnam veteran Mike Martin of Davenport wipes a tear from his eye as Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks about her experiences working with the late Sen. John McCain during a meet and greet at Hickory Garden Family Restaurant in Davenport, Iowa, Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1654630295351-6T2Y53IEYRO09K1FAFD1/IowaDecides_020b.jpg Iowa Decides President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1654630019089-6M74O0KTQY9L79TVEX5M/IowaDecides_021.JPG Iowa Decides Leonard and Mary Ann Verdeck of Cedar Rapids sit waiting for Republican Party Presidential Nominee Donald Trump to arrive at the McGrath Amphitheater in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607662668737-2YQJM2G9NGKOQMIO21L3/Election2020_020.JPG Iowa Decides Former second lady Jill Biden waits on stage to speak during a drive-in rally at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday. http://www.andyabeyta.com/about daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/880d4afd-a6cb-41e8-a01c-4b383a780eaf/Abeyta_Andy.jpg About Photo by: Meg McLaughlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1384730071228-O1U5SYM1WZLMO53TVDGB/final8small.jpg About http://www.andyabeyta.com/resume daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/5d1b6cc5-46b6-43b5-bcf4-4f1c79bbfa6f/2025011_Resume_Online.png Résumé - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.andyabeyta.com/election2016 daily 0.75 2019-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564815456982-MJDC91OYPDQ07H1I3OU0/102816-TRUMP-003.jpg Election 2016 Leonard and Mary Ann Verdeck of Cedar Rapids sit waiting for Republican Party Presidential Nominee Donald Trump to arrive at the McGrath Amphitheater in Cedar Rapids, Friday, October 28, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564815568747-S8Z17AN3NJ65ZV6QUO7B/20160313_TRUMP12.JPG Election 2016 Donald Trump waves back to the crowd before getting in a car to be driven to his plane after holding a rally at the Synergy Flight Center in Bloomington Sunday, March, 12, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622128616-XZQM4CIKQHNOF1I6X3EM/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley shakes hands and meets guests after speaking at Backpocket Brewing in Coralville, Illinois, Saturday Jan. 23, 2016. The former Maryland governor made a stop as a part of "O'Malley Unplugged: The New Leadership Tour" with only nine days left until the Iowa Caucus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1525335596027-Y91C40HHDG70133MG4FZ/062117-TRUMP-019.jpg Election 2016 Supporters file in to hear President Donald Trump speak at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622193284-LL99A81ICF8VBCHC3EAR/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Sen. Ted Cruz speaks to a crowd packed in the Depot Express gas station in Van Horne, Iowa, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. The presidential hopeful made a stop at the Depot Express gas station to give a speech and answer questions with gathered community members and supporters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622406800-7JM52AB6ZTB55IHLCYDZ/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's famous pins are accompanied by a Hillary Clinton pin as she speaks at the Hillary for Iowa office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sunday Jan. 17, 2016. Albright spoke to the crowded room about her close ties with the Clintons after serving as the first female U.S. Secretary of State while President Bill Clinton was in office. She used the opportunity to speak about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's policies and to answer questions on her behalf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1525335352198-093CX5T71Z9BRZIEJZHX/090516-HILLARY-CLINTON-009.jpg Election 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes photos with supporters and shakes hands after speaking at the 49th annual Salute to Labor Chicken Fry at Illiniwek Park in Hampton, Illinois, Monday, September 5, 2016. The presidential hopeful returned to the event for the second consecutive year after campaigning in both Pennsylvania and Ohio earlier in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622425430-77057CUGHBDQ9LKS1571/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Caroline Cruz, 7, appears on stage with mother, Heidi, and father, presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, as he delivers a victor speech at the Iowa State Fair Elwell Center in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622168976-UPW4Q7CF9O6ETUEK1085/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Volunteer Mark Rovinski of Springfield, Pennsylvania tosses a bacon treat for his yellow lab, Halley, before an event for presidential candidate Jeb Bush at the campaign's Cedar Rapids, Iowa, field office, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. The former Florida Governor made the stop in Cedar Rapids to deliver a brief speech and meet potential caucus goes the day before the Iowa Caucus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622039659-HLT2Q9TJV4IFIDUD2L7J/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 AJ Rabinowitz of Ocean County, New Jersey, cheers as presidential hopeful Ted Cruz is announced as winner of the Iowa caucus at the Iowa State Fair Elwell Center in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564815781500-03XO6C8PBNLY9MVNY246/110416-BERNIE-SANDERS-003.jpg Election 2016 Sen. Bernie Sanders walks up to take the stage outside Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Friday, November 4, 2016. The Hillary Clinton campaign held the Davenport Stronger Together Rally with Senator Bernie Sanders to encourage Iowans to vote early and support Clinton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622150924-36QUUVAV1B5EG99B3SVL/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Attendees gather at barricade for a chance to meet presidential hopeful Donald Trump after his rally at the Veterans Memorial building in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. Trump held the rally in Cedar Rapids just a few days after a recent GOP Republican debate and used the chance to talk about the debate as well as his hopes and ideas for the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622306111-45BQZ0J4956H234CE91S/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Linn-Mar junior Angel Trachta, 16, takes a selfie behind presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders after a campaign stop at Strawberry Hill Elementary in Anamosa, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop in Anamosa to hold a forum on racial justice and prison reform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1525335654455-0PN999OMYZKJ4424OLPB/20160313_TRUMP03.JPG Election 2016 Donald Trump rally attendees wait in line next to a collection of discarded drinks, umbrellas, signs, and other items not to be allowed into the rally at the Synergy Flight Center in Bloomington, Illinois, Sunday, March, 12, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622255563-VV66NTA0ZVA4AHJQ5ILY/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Mary Larew of Iowa City, Iowa, holds a sign in protest of Sen. Marco Rubio outside the Mediacom Outdoor Club in Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The republican presidential hopeful made a stop in Iowa City for a meet and greet after visiting Des Moines and Ames earlier in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622109425-M4NL8PEHJA51KT21IKUG/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Former President Bill Clinton speaks to a crowd of 450 guests at Northwest Junior High School in Coralville, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Clinton held an organizing event to campaign on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with just 17 days left before the Iowa Caucus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1525335702412-R1B5SZX2A2KVCCIVUI0X/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Attendees wait in line outside the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids to hear President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1564815830210-N59WBRG3B0KW7PIQOOXW/062117-TRUMP-066.jpg Election 2016 President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign rally at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622527398-IY4UZG8OCI87R90YJ5FI/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal engages with members of the audience at the Shores Event Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 1, 2015. The Louisiana governor made a stop in Cedar Rapids to speak to a crowd of over 70 people and take questions from the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1460622071893-9BLW2SGH6IJX8ELWOVO9/image-asset.jpeg Election 2016 Sen. Marco Rubio stands behind a curtain preparing to speak while Iowa State Rep. Bobby Kaufmann presents him to the crowd at the Mediacom Outdoor Club in Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. The republican presidential hopeful made a stop in Iowa City for a meet and greet after visiting Des Moines, Iowa, and Ames, Iowa, earlier in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1525335544182-P3PE5XOP7LL6IQZ849OV/110416-BERNIE-SANDERS-017.jpg Election 2016 Sen. Bernie Sanders is seen speaking from behind a press riser outside Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Friday, November 4, 2016. The Hillary Clinton campaign held the Davenport, Iowa, Stronger Together Rally with Senator Bernie Sanders to encourage Iowans to vote early and support Clinton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1461221079179-ELYNC10O33G0XREJUL0Y/CaucusFourFaces.jpg Election 2016 http://www.andyabeyta.com/church-in-the-pandemic daily 0.75 2022-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578094888-BPSO39AERS3NQINMDU6L/StJude_001.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy, pastor of St. Jude’s Catholic church, says a prayer on the sidewalk nearest the corner of Heritage Specialty Care he believes houses the coronavirus infected residents in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday. Rev. Murphy began praying outside of the facility five days a week for both the residents and the staff in the facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578094243-5TRUUNQG78DCT2BRARSN/StJude_002.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy prays the rosary while walking around the facility on Thursday. Early on in the coronavirus crisis, Murphy felt drawn to begin praying for the residents and staff. The church is just down the street from the facility and has a number of ties to it, including having parishioners who reside there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578099012-1AJZAETM5O4BCW0R2E0A/StJude_003.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy prays with Jason Miller of Robins, Iowa, after hearing a confession in his driveway at the St. Jude rectory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday. “It’s not necessarily about being in a church, in the confessional or any of that,” Miller explained, “You are still talking with a man of God who is going to give you the same guidance and encouragement,” he continued. “Even though churches are shut down … to me, they’re essential — having that connection to a church and a priest is essential.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578100061-QRNRVMDIQ2K5WFFAG7XV/StJude_004.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy gets his laptop ready to live-stream mass at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday. St. Jude hasn’t previously relied on recording or streaming mass, so Murphy improvised by placing his laptop on a small table before the altar and connecting his laptop to his phone for internet, since there is no wireless signal in the sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578105895-4OOEQHRKP9UPLR30B1LV/StJude_005.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy walks out of the sanctuary back to his office before recording mass at St. Jude’s Catholic Church on Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578107628-1ASOX5F1KUWPYPVZSMX2/StJude_006.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy leads mass as it is live-streamed at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578111346-1PQE1WLV1JGO1H9GIXBT/StJude_007.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy sings to himself during his private morning mass at the St. Jude rectory in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Murphy explained that with the lack of a public mass for his congregation, his private masses as home have become even more important in his practices of faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578114384-W3MA399OCVOOD8TGFXV5/StJude_008.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy prepares communion for himself during his private morning mass at the St. Jude rectory in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578119085-N03QZTYVASW4YQ175TKH/StJude_009.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy talks with Eva Hutchins, 7, as her older sister, Lizzie, 10, does a cartwheel in the lobby at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The Hutchins’ five daughters had been homeschooling and had not left the house much since the coronavirus pandemic began. They were especially excited to visit the church, a familiar and happy place for them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578119310-DEXDAUIJXVTWJFZ8GJU7/StJude_010.JPG Church in the Pandemic Parishioner Mardean Cook works through a section of pews sanitizing the various surfaces in the church while volunteering after the evening mass at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The church opened up for its first mass since St. Patrick’s Day with a variety of changes and precautions taken to keep parishioners and church staff safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578123948-OEBJ7CMCYH8RDFPW6F5B/StJude_011.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy chats with Tricia Hoffman-Simanek while her kids Thatcher, 9, and Beckett, 7, wait to go back in the church for mass at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1607578126078-UQ554F5W13YM4TUQNILE/StJude_012.JPG Church in the Pandemic Rev. Mark Murphy begins mass at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1608007153400-GXVHAOQHTJNBDV1MZGMT/PRIEST_PDFs.jpg Church in the Pandemic http://www.andyabeyta.com/bob-and-carmen daily 0.75 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/aca8e763-6257-42d4-885f-f00101c7ebb8/BobCarmen_WebEdit_010.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Karen sits on her bed in her newly-finished room in her daughter Carmen’s trailer. When Bob and Carmen began repairs on Carmen’s trailer they first prioritized getting the bedroom finished and livable for Karen, who hadn’t had her own bed from the day of the derecho until late January when her room was ready for her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1bcd0ffe-5f59-4664-94ef-cdc353bd50b8/20210206_BobCarmen_WebEdit_004.jpg Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob flips through a folder of saved receipts from all the materials and tools he and Carmen have purchased so far while taking a break in his living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/e28725b0-0e0d-4db5-ad68-6429da094505/20200820_BobCarmen_WebEdit_001.jpg Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out A Dodge Dakota pickup truck owned by Bob Chittick’s son, Nathan Miller, is seen crushed by a fallen tree alongside Carmen Baker’s trailer at Edgewood Forest mobile home park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday. After getting tarps in place and clearing enough debris to walk around both Carmen and Bob’s homes they carefully removed the the tree from atop the truck without allowing it to roll and cause further damage to Carmen’s home. The truck was sold off for parts but wasn’t able to be salvaged as a whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/fec21680-32e2-4ac0-9268-2999b2091e59/20210207_BobCarmen_WebEdit_003.jpg Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob and Carmen sit in Bob’s living room late at night after finishing up a couple hours of work on Carmen’s place. The couple of four years own side-by-side mobile homes both affected by the derecho in August of 2020. Carmen’s trailer was immediately rendered uninhabitable with roof and water damage throughout. Carmen and her mother, Karen, moved in with Bob and his 12-year-old son, Creslin. The plan was to get Carmen’s trailer fully repaired before moving on to addressing a new roof and other repairs on Bob’s side. Carmen and Bob’s mobile homes, built in 1971 and 1969 respectively, aren’t eligible for homeowners insurance meaning they were largely on their own to finance repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/99e5d97a-fc9a-423f-a621-50a2e9204a0f/BobCarmen_WebEdit_009.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob carries trim boards while he and Carmen make their weekly trip to Menards in Cedar Rapids on a Saturday off from work. Bob and Carmen both took out personal loans and received FEMA money to get started with tools and materials needed after the derecho but quickly found themselves paying out of pocket for their repairs after that money ran out in December of 2020. It became a weekly ritual, usually on Fridays, to go to the bank and cash paychecks before heading to Menards. With a shopping list in hand they would buy whatever materials they could to keep them working for the week. With various materials being in short supply they occasionally would have to switch between projects in Carmen’s home while waiting for more materials to come back in stock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/59abc830-de91-4411-8d33-1a50cb17bfea/BobCarmen_WebEdit_016.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out 12-year-old Creslin uses a hair dryer to help dry off a couch as his dad, Bob, sets up a propane heater to help the process along. Lacking other means of storage, Carmen’s furniture had to be stored covered by tarps next to her home to keep them as safe as possible from the elements. A few items were lost to water damage but the couch and accompanying recliner were saved with a bit of work from a propane heater and hair dryer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/3dc9c0c3-e9b6-418c-9946-369497e3067b/BobCarmen_WebEdit_020.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Grandkids Oliver, 6, and Lily Layne, 3, play in the back of grandpa Bob’s truck while the rest of the family works to move furniture into Carmen’s completed mobile home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/2eed1fc3-6ad8-45d8-a28a-726e2b0ef761/BobCarmen_WebEdit_015.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob Pleiness cuts down a trim board while re-finishing a window in Carmen’s home while Creslin, 12, sits atop a ladder on the deck to watch him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1fde0a46-a3b1-4c98-9f88-baa57f7b0ce3/BobCarmen_WebEdit_019.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Grandkids Oliver, 6, and Lily Layne, 3, play together on a recliner moments after it is set down for the first time in Carmen’s newly-repaired mobile home. “Beat my goal of getting at least one of our homes done before the one-year anniversary,” Bob said, “now it’s time to start my mobile home.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/6c6b028b-d3f1-4346-96dc-ab2d320c920f/BobCarmen_WebEdit_005.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob walks into the living room late into a night of repair work to take one more look at what further progress needs to be made re-framing the ceiling of Carmen’s trailer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/4fae4e94-1c5b-4db5-ac20-5f67198f82e0/BobCarmen_WebEdit_012.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out 12-year-old Creslin Chittick, Bob’s son, laces up his shoes before getting his bike ready to ride on the deck between his dad and Carmen’s trailers. While Creslin would pitch in help by grabbing tools and materials for his dad when asked, he also spent his fair share of time while repairs were underway running and riding around the mobile home park with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/4f31d90a-0fd7-4f34-b2df-0d8cec8786dc/BobCarmen_WebEdit_006.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Karen gets ready for bed with a few pillows and blankets in her spot on Bob Chittick’s couch in his living room. While her bedroom in Carmen’s trailer had been completed a few weeks earlier, without insulation in much of the rest of the mobile home some nights she would opt for the couch she had already been sleeping on from the day of the derecho up until late January. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/b1443409-b174-4ac3-9328-b6f1dd1cc117/BobCarmen_WebEdit_018.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Carmen walks ahead of her partner, Bob, to take a look at progress made after a day of work on her home at Edgewood Forest mobile home park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/14ec95a6-0a1a-4c9a-9f51-e777827668c7/BobCarmen_WebEdit_011.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Carmen peeks out the side door of Bob’s home while he gets ready to move a salvaged staircase into place with help from volunteers on a Saturday off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/88f637cc-2c22-447c-b7c4-ce871718cd64/BobCarmen_WebEdit_008.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Carmen passes screws and tools to Bob as he works to repair framing to the ceiling of her bathroom late at night. Initially, Bob and Carmen both looked for contractors to do the bulk of the work but after a few contractors stood them up as winter drew near, they decided to take over and do the work themselves. Bob, frequently with Carmen’s help, would put in at least an hour of work each night after working his second job as a dinner-shift cook at a local restaurant. With limited days off between both of their work schedules progress, especially in the winter, could be slow but never came to a halt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/186dab60-3ccf-44ce-920f-533acfa1e524/20200820_BobCarmen_WebEdit_002.jpg Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Carmen Baker stands in front of her trailer as her mom, Karen Quinnell, extinguishes a cigarette on the front steps in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. Carmen and Bob’s families, like their neighbors, were left without power for a full month and were without internet or cable access for about two months. While volunteer help was available in many parts of town, a number of residents believed that property managers on multiple occasions prevented crews from coming in for the tree removal assistance needed for utility work early on in the recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/2ab6b528-911b-4df6-a0f6-7de47ba2cdb0/BobCarmen_WebEdit_007.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob's red Chevrolet pickup truck sits in the same parking spot his son’s truck was crushed in by a tree amid the derecho damage nearly six months earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/a43ed28f-dedb-42c4-bd17-2b037a6b434f/BobCarmen_WebEdit_014.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob marks out a spare piece of 2x4-inch lumber while working on framing a bedroom in Carmen’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/aa63f059-29fd-47a4-9e8e-25f1292179bc/BobCarmen_WebEdit_013.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob crawls beneath the floor level of Carmen’s mobile home while working to re-frame the damaged floor in one of the bedrooms with help from volunteer Bob Pleiness of Fairfax, Iowa. Pleiness met Chittick while both of them were helping out a neighbor in the mobile home park who also had severe home damage. Pleiness, a retired tooling engineer, came by at least once a week for a day’s work during much of the project. Arriving with his own set of tools, plenty of experience and a smile on his face each day, Pleiness was a major help in getting Carmen’s home back together and plans to continue helping with Bob’s home. A number of other volunteers, church groups and notably the local non-profit Matthew 25 contributed to the project as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/0badaebb-a141-4f26-bdf2-8fdab349a3ac/BobCarmen_WebEdit_017.JPG Bob and Carmen - Make it stand out Bob lifts one end of a couch that had been stored outside since the derecho as he and Carmen begin moving furniture back into her completed mobile home. http://www.andyabeyta.com/coachella-valley-derby-girls daily 0.75 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275398237-95CT571C7ANKQNMQ4BEF/RollerDerby_001.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Ginny Broderick (left) blocks against Sherrie Gaumer during a drill at Brehm Park Family Recreation Center in Yucca Valley, Calif., Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275404830-C58EAEEP6HF63BVWF97P/RollerDerby_003.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Becca Lopez runs through a toe stop workout with teammates at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center in Palm Springs, Calif., Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275410232-R4GJ2RKXRN536IO96F9M/RollerDerby_006.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Victoria Villarreal works to get through blockers during practice at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center in Palm Springs, Calif., Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275411971-OKLAYNDJX17E641M9TAJ/RollerDerby_007.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Cheyenne Hall puts on her skates and pads gear to get ready for practice while watching teammate Dawn Jones test out new gear at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center in Palm Springs, Calif., Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275412583-CSUZ64MVBS7SI5YRNJT6/RollerDerby_008.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Ginny Borderick skates through blockers while on a jam at the James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center in Palm Springs, Calif., Wednesday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275417221-XL66F3LMZ7WLZYPRJN9D/RollerDerby_009.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Teammates sit on a bench together after a failed skating test at the Desert Sports Center in Palm Desert, Calif., Saturday. The team was hoping the facility may work out to host a home game but the surface turned out to be much too soft for their skates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275417829-898KUDNEN2C88HJ5FUXX/RollerDerby_010.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Teammates enjoy coffee and breakfast together after practice at Frontier Café in Yucca Valley, Calif., Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275420907-WZ6EYPFSEK4E0V5ML889/RollerDerby_012.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Ginny Broderick kneels down to help re-lace teammate Amanda Dela Rosa’s skates during practice at Brehm Park Family Recreation Center in Yucca Valley, Calif., Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275404604-EHU43P2EKFV4MVW0UJ4K/RollerDerby_004.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Skaters take laps to warm up before their practice at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, Calif., Monday. The team was practicing for the first time in their new home venue where they would soon be hosting their homecoming game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702275398716-O55Z1GITQY0BJ8BD4B9D/RollerDerby_002.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Skaters run through footwork drills lead by assistant coach Rebecca Ruffing during their first practice at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, Calif., Monday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702276292077-AUKGJCBBJE3ZB2V2O9BA/RollerDerby_013.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Scenes from the Coachella Valley Derby Girls' homecoming bout at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday. The team was preparing for what was only their second-ever home bout in the 10 years since the team was formed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702276295981-Z5EPECYT0RMPZ7SK2FNN/RollerDerby_014.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Victoria Villarreal skates through a tunnel of players from their opponent, Infinity Roller Derby, after their homecoming bout at the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday. Coachella Valley lost the game 213-189 but called it a success after filling up the hangar with hundreds of cheering fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52893217e4b097297873dedc/1702276304903-P5XLZ7K6AIHVEQXU03IG/RollerDerby_015.jpg Coachella Valley Derby Girls Teammates Casey Zaparinuk-Cathcart (left) and Veronica Sumi dance and celebrate at the team’s afterparty at Henry’s Bar and Grill in Cathedral City, Calif., Saturday.