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Kevin is back in the hospital

In January, I wrapped up a long term story about Kevin Ballantine, a Northern Illinois University student battling Leukemia.
Unfortunately, the narrative is not over for Kevin. A year later, he is back in the hospital.

Posted 25 July 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Story ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Cat licks dog

Henry loves Gracie.

Posted 22 July 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Personal § Story ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Kevin’s big adventure – Part 2

Like I said in Part 1, there is a happy ending to this story. Kevin’s Leukemia is in remission. But the absence of the symptoms is only the primer for many resulting positive actions.
Before he became ill, Kevin returned to his hometown of DeKalb mid-way through his education at Cornell University in New York. Kevin was unsure of his [...]

Posted 01 February 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Story ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Kevin’s big adventure – Part 1

If you’ve followed this blog for a while then you know that for the past 10 months I have been following Kevin Ballantine, a local college student with Leukemia. Last week the story had a happy ending: a healthy Kevin left for school at Cornell University in New York.
It’s been a long process, but I [...]

Posted 29 January 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , ,

My favorite photos from 2009

Nearly every image in this post had made its way onto this blog throughout the year. But now I post them here together as my favorite newspaper images I took in 2009 (in no particular order).
1) First day of kindergarten in Kirkland, Ill.

Posted 30 December 2009 † Beck Diefenbach § Feature § News § Sports § Story § portrait ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , ,