20050826 - Leader Justin Rose walks down the 15th fairway during the
second round of the Buick Championship at TPC at River Highlands in
Cromwell. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050825 - Dr. Vasant Khachane performs a new heart procedure
nicknamed "Mini Maze" on Bevan Dupre, of Cheshire, on Thursday at the
Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven. The procedure is a minimally
invasive surgery to control atrial fibrillation - a heart rhythm
disorder that can cause a stroke if left untreated. The surgeons will
insert an endoscopic camera through two small incisions on either side
of the patient's chest. Once the site of the problem is located, a
radio frequency clamp is deployed to destroy the cells causing the
irregularity and ultimately restoring normal heart rhythm and blood
flow. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050820 - Randall Hite, Eric Dunn, and Donald Jones (left to right),
all of Hartford, fish under the Founders Bridge on Saturday. While
they fished, the men listened to performances during Hartford's 2nd
annual Back to School Hip Hop Jam happening next to them at the
Riverfront Plaza. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050820 - This may not make Bobbi and David's wedding album. (Brian Cassella)
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20050819 - Winner Natalie Sheary jokes around with her father/caddie,
Michael Sheary, on the 17th green while held a several stroke lead in
the Connecticut Women's Golf Association amateur championship final
round Friday at Torrington Country Club in Goshen. (Brian Cassella /
The Hartford Courant)
20050818 - Anne Worcester, Pilot Pen tennis tournament director, with
her husband, Tom, and children Tommy, 10, and Victoria, 7, in their
New Canaan home. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050818 - Katie Bussolini, 4, of Bristol, goes for a ride on the
swings at Page Park in Bristol on Thursday afternoon. (Brian Cassella
/ The Hartford Courant)
20050818 - Yuleyka Velez, 7, and Taycha Figueroa, 16, of Hartford,
work together with others to paint a mural that depicts Hartford
through their eyes at the Martin Luther King Community Center on Van
Block Avenue in Hartford's South End. The project, which will consist of a mural
made up of 8 panels, is being completed under the direction of Betsy
LeBorious and artist Chet Kempczynski and will be hung in September.
(Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050817 - Soccer fans of the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago tailgate
outside Rentschler Field before Wednesday's World Cup qualifying
match. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050817 - Kids playing basketball outside an apartment complex along
Asylum Avenue in Hartford. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050814 - Gary Stirgwolt lifts his daughter Hazel, 10, up onto his
shoulders while her mom, Jane, watches in hopes that she could see a
way out of the corn maze at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry.
"All I see is corn," Hazel reported, and the Stirgwolts, of Salem,
Mass., continued to wander through for about half an hour altogether.
(Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050814 - Tina Kumar, 15, of West Hartford, gets some assistance from
Vijay Bishnoi (left) and her mom Shanta Kumar (right) in adjusting her
shalwar-kameez. Kumar wore the outfit to perform a dance with three
other girls as the group Mast-matiara, which means "carefree,
energetic girls," at the celebration of the 58th anniversary of
India's Independance Day held Sunday at the State Capitol. The event
included speeches by notable local Indian-Americans and Connecticut
political leaders and featured the raising of the Indian flag over the
State House. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050813 - Hollie Reno (in pink), of Manchester, shouts a command as the group of 16 women skydivers practice their disembarking from the plane Saturday at Ellington Airport. The group completed a formation skydive with all 16 women, breaking their own Connecticut state women's record of 12 set last year, in a jump organized to raise money for breast cancer research. They money will go with Reno to the Jump For The Cause event being held in Perris, California, from September 26 to October 1 this fall where 165 women from around the world will attempt the largest all-female freefall formation ever. They have already raised about $500,000 through the effort which will go to the City of Hope Breast Cancer Research & Treatment Program. Donations can be made through www.jumpforthecause.com/holliereno.html or by calling 818-781-1354. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
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20050812 - Chelsey Hussey (left), 9, and Casie Vigue (right), 9, both
of Lebanon, help Friday to wash nine horned dorset sheep the girls
were planning to show at the Lebanon Country Fair this weekend along
with friends Grace Schultz and Emily Vigue, both 11 and of Lebanon.
The fair kicked off Friday night and continues through the weekend at
the Lebanon Fairgrounds on Mack Road. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford
Courant)
20050812 - State troopers examine the scene of a two vehicle accident
on Route 66 Columbia on Friday afternoon. The accident was called in
just after noon and closed Route 66 in both directions for several
hours. The Acura Integra (pictured) collided with a Ford Ranger truck
that was thrown towards the woods to the left. Both drivers were
"life-starred" to Hartford Hospital. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford
Courant)
20050811 - Chris Pierson (right), of Pawcatuck, cruises past the
halfway point during the Corporate 5K Road Race on Thursday evening
through Hartford around Bushnell Park. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford
Courant)
20050810 - Aaron Turner, 16, of Manchester, bangs his head against the
ground in frustration while trying to complete a difficult manuever
Wednesday at Robertson Park in Manchester. "This kicker's gonna be the
death of me!" he shouted, before getting back up to try it again.
(Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050809 - Kids play catch against a sunset at Colt Park. (Brian
Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050807 - Keith Bellizzi, 35, a Newington native and cancer survivor,
relaxes in Coe Park with daughter, Sarah, 3, (atop his shoulders) and
other friends and family Sunday after riding 76 miles in the Tour of
Litchfield bike ride. The Bellizzis now live in Maryland. He is part
of Lance Armstrong's Tour of Hope crew. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford
Courant)
20050807 - Thom Brennan, 15, of Easton, CT, practices the trumpet
Sunday afternoon during the Litchfield Jazz Festival at the Goshen
Fairgrounds. Brennan was part of the Litchfield Jass Festival Summer
Institute, a 3-week residential program for music students that ended
with performances Sunday. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050806 - Bashir Mujavar wipes sweat from his brow just after a
cricket match Saturday while his grandson, Uzer Bhura, 1, also of East
Hartford, tries to hand him a bat in the Windsor Cricket Clubhouse.
Windsor won a tightly contested friendly against Bridgeport at Clover
Street School. The club was founded in 2002 and is mostly comprised of
men from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. For the first time, Asians in
Connecticut are growing at a faster rate than one of the states other
largest minority groups - blacks. Though they have yet to have a huge
political impact, they are starting in pockets to revise the ethnic
map of the state. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050805 - Thunderstorms approach the field during the first session
of football practice at UConn, ending the session after less than an
hour. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050805 - Rose authority Donna Fuss at the Elizabeth Park rose
garden. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050804 - New Britain baserunner Raymond Arroyo (left) reaches first
after Berlin first baseman Dan Baccaro misses the throw during their
game on Thursday in the Jaycee Courant senior division baseball
championship game at Beehive Field in New Britain. (Brian Cassella /
The Hartford Courant)
20050803 - Harry Sanders, 90, posts scores during the final day of the
Connecticut Open golf tournament Wednesday at the Country Club of
Waterbury. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
20050803 - Nick Cook tries to coax his ball into the hole while just
missing a birdie putt when it lipped out on the 14th green during the
final day of the Connecticut Open golf tournament Wednesday at the
Country Club of Waterbury. Cook eventually won a playoff over amateur
Brent Paladino in three holes. (Brian Cassella / The Hartford Courant)
