A young cowboy watches wanglers warm up before Ethan's Rodeo at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Mendon on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Ethan's Rodeo continues Saturday with a petting zoo, rodeo and performance by Liz Bentley. EthanÕs Rodeo is named in memory of Ethan Weiman, a young cowboy who fought neuroblastoma. Proceeds from the annual rodeos fund ongoing research of the disease.
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Burt Reef and Paul Woelfel work to cut a "cookie" from the Lincoln Tree at 1444 Maine, the former Baker House, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. The giant black oak tree fell in the 2015 windstorm but was standing tall and proud when Abraham Lincoln came to Quincy in 1858 for one of his famous political debates with Stephen A. Douglas. The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County plans to date the tree and display it at some point.
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Kelly Terwelp, right, carries her son Dawson, far right, while walking with her first grader daughter Hailey, light blue, during a "Welcome Back" walk for the first day of school at Blessed Sacrament School on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Members of the Blessed Sacrament parish, school staff, parents and students were welcomed back to applause and music from the Quincy University band.
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Danny Gieker and Blake Rupp, of Rupp Masonary, work on the facade of the Washington Theater on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The theater, which was built in 1924, is under renovation.
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LaPries Smith, left, and Keon Smith, right, who will be in 2nd grade and Kindergarten respectively, walk into Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School with their grandmother, Joyce Mayfield on the first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Schools in Illinois and Missouri started their 2019-2020 school year today.
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From left, friends Jan Smith, Tammy Guthrie, Kay Welsh, Janet White and Becky Smith look through photos while celebrating White's future move to Florida at Washington Park on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The ladies estimated they have been friends for 50 years, meeting in Chapin, Ill., through work and church. "We've been with one another through the good, the bad and the ugly. And there was a lot of ugly,' Welsh said of their friendship.
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Jan Cory, of the Regional Office of Education, and Marla Willard, of West Central Children Care Connection, chat after the Community Foundation grant presentation ceremony at Legacy Theater in Carthage on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The foundation gifted $124,000 in grants to local nonprofits.
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Early Childhood Center special education paraeducators Amanda Schuering, left, and Stephanie Beswick reunite with a hug after the summer prior to the Quincy Public Schools Kickoff at Quincy Junior High School on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. QPS Superintendent Roy Webb kicked off the 2019-20 year by gathering school staff in the Morrison theater.
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Julie Ginos, far left, takes a photo of her daughter Evelyn Ginos, far right, and her 1st grade teacher Stacey Reichert during Meet the Teacher Night at Denman School on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Students and parents had the opportunity to meet their teachers for the year and see the new school.
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Friends Esmae Erd, 5, and Jordyn Brink, 6, play a game during Toddler Time at the Quincy Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Toddler Time is held in the Kids Corner every Tuesday and offers time and space to dance, read and play.
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