Africa

A local woman walks down the road carrying a basket of bananas on her head in Moshi, Tanzania Saturday, February 24, 2007. (photo by Tammy McKinley)

Web Worms

Pears are covered in web worm webs at home in Bevil Oaks in Beaumont, TX, Thursday, June 28, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Travel

A river cuts through the landscape as the sun sets over Niarobi, Africa Friday, February 23, 2007. (photo by Tammy McKinley)

Pleasure Island Fishing

David Garcia cast his fishing net into Sabine Lake at Miracle Beach on Pleasure Island in Port Arthur, TX, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Inventor

Kurt Ploeger poses with the base plate of a roof vent he invented that should increase air flow efficiency and reduce mold and mildew at his home in Beaumont, TX, Thursday, June 21, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Equestrian

Candice Schober jumps her horse, Iggy during training at the Rancho Allegre in Beaumont, TX, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Amtrak Stop

Denett Volle sits on the concrete platform that serves as the depot as she waits for the train at the Amtrak stop in Beaumont, TX Wednesday, June 6, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Reunion

Vina Francis, Herbert High School class of 1943 cheers prior to the Herbert High School Alumni Association 8th Mass Reunion parade at Odom Middle School in Beaumont, TX Thursday, June 14, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Elephant

An elephant walks very close to the safari jeep at the Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania, Africa, Saturday, March 3, 2007. (photo by Tammy McKinley)

Fallen Soldier

Paul Moreno attempts to comfort his wife, Susan Moreno as she clings to a photo of her son, Sgt. First Class, John Michael Hennen at her home in Vinton, LA Tuesday, June 19, 2007. Hennen who was deployed as a member of the Joint Force Headquarter in LA with the embedded training team unit in the 256 Brigade Alpha Company 3-156 Infantry Battalion was killed Sunday in Afghanistan. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

B.B. King

B.B. King's band performs at the Frances Ann Lutcher Theater in Orange, TX, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

B.B. King

B.B. King performs at the Frances Ann Lutcher Theater in Orange, TX, Tuesday, June 19, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Africa

A Springland Inn employee leaves the property at dawn in Moshi, Tanzania, Africa Saturday, February 24, 2007. (photo by Tammy McKinley)

Pill Mill Bust

A Beaumont Police Department undercover narcotics agent looks through the door of the Triangle Medical Clinic in Beaumont, TX Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Several suspected "pill mills" were raided in Jefferson and Orange Counties Wednesday. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

TB Patient

An Acadian Ambulance employee walks around the ambulance where TB patient, LeMone Reginald Yowman is believed to be in at the Police Department in Port Arthur, TX Thursday, June 14, 2007 prior to being transported to San Antonio for medical confinement. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn performs at the Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX Friday, June 15, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

JIBB

Jibb performs during the Magic 102.5 Juneteenth Celebration concert at the Ford Arena in Beaumont, TX Saturday, June 16, 2007. (Beaumont Enterprise, Tammy McKinley)

East Rift Valley Ridge in Tanzania, Africa

The sun rises over the East Rift Valley Ridge.