Monthly Archives: June 2013

All the world …

6-30 Jessica Hoyt Dance

Matt Weintritt/The Huntsville Item

The pointed toes of Jessica Hoyt, a dance student at Studio C in Huntsville, cast a subtle shadow on the light floor of the studio as she follows the instruction of Christy Waites. Waites owns and instructs at Studio C, she previously performed with the Houston Ballet Company and The Woodlands Ballet Company.

500th Texas execution

5-26 500th TX execution protest

 

Matt Weintritt/The Huntsville Item

Jean Wilkins Dember, right, protests the execution of Kimberly McCarthy on Wednesday outside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit, where the death chamber is located. McCarthy became the 500th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982. The 52-year-old was also the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. – See more at: http://itemonline.com/local/x479821338/Woman-executed-for-1997-slaying#sthash.J2luBVTA.dpuf

Late update

A few new photos have been added to my Press Work gallery. Have a look.
5-19 P.J. longboarding

 

Matt Weintritt/The Huntsville Item

P.J. Clinton of the Sam Houston State University longboarding club carves around a corner on Rainbow Drive in Riverside. The club hosted its second annual Sam Houston Seasonal race and slide jam on Saturday, May 18. The event drew a crowd of almost 200 including over 80 racers from various places around Texas.