Abigail Pheiffer Photojournalism http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com Abigail Pheiffer is a photojournalist living in Connecticut. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:58:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Connor Ohnesorge, left, and Alex Kay, center, students from Christian Fellowship School in Columbia, practice writing the alphabet with quill pens in the log schoolhouse. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=853 Valerie Altizer works with her husband, Tim, to take measurements on the Lawless farmstead property while Cheyenne Ericksen plays in the background. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=851 Just a few blocks north of Main Street, Tootsie, QT and Moonie roam Richard Hodge’s 60 acres of land where a horse barn was built in 1972. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=849 Johnny Whitaker, who played Tom Sawyer in the 1970s movie, signs a T-shirt on the back of a Country Store employee, Emily Vesser, and a tray of mugs for other store workers. In 2007, the town celebrated the 35th anniversary of the filming of “Tom Sawyer” in Arrow Rock. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=847 A bobbin lace pillow used to create handmade lace is bathed in sunlight inside the J.P. Sites House. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=844 Tom Hall, left, a medical doctor in the Kansas City area and president of the Friends of Arrow Rock, disputes an earlier comment by Gale Carlson, employed by the Department of Health and Human Services, during a presentation of health research related to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=841 Cara Mitchell, a Columbia resident, and Dan Patterson, a Lee’s Summit resident, kiss outside of the State Historic Site building, a few blocks south of where the Craft Festival is taking place on Main Street. http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=838 The Editing Gallery http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=795 Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=793 Luke Pickett, 18 months, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, will receive a donated umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant in China to attempt to improve his muscular and speech development. Cerebral palsy is not one of the approximately 70 conditions approved by the Food and Drug Administration for cord blood stem cell transplant treatment in the U.S. With the help of their friends and community, the Picketts raised roughly $30,000 for the cost of the procedure and travel expenses. Photo Editor: Ryan Gibbons; Photographer: Samantha Clemens http://www.pheifferphotojournalism.com/?p=791