Latest photos by Caroline Boyer

VFW Post 6401 members (from left) Seth Jenkins and Pete Gomez salute the flag, held ... May 21, 2013	Scouts help Lt. Col. James Holley of the VFW feed one of the larger flags ... May 21, 2013	Pat Donahue, right, leader for Troop 61, adds another flag to the fire during the ... May 21, 2013
Lt. Col. James Holley, far right, of Bonner Springs VFW Post 6401 helps Scout George ... May 21, 2013	Pete Jenkins of Bonner Springs plays taps during the flag retirement ceremony. May 21, 2013	Arlin Prothe, a leader for Troop 105 from Paola, salutes during the flag ceremony. May 21, 2013
Members of Lawrence's Troop 61 salute during the flag retirement ceremony. From left to right ... May 21, 2013	Michael Klingele, troop leader for Bonner Springs Boy Scout Troop 149, left, helps Lawrence Scout ... May 21, 2013	John Claxton, Bonner Springs EMS department chief, demonstrates the new automated cots the department received ... May 15, 2013
Charlotte Thomas, 2, of Kansas City, Kan., plays with her monkey balloon animal. May 1, 2013	Jillian Gibson, 4, of Shawnee holds her balloon flower. May 1, 2013	Penelope Kiser, 2, of Edwardsville checks out her pink balloon motorcycle with her mom, Kelly ... May 1, 2013
Gene Hernandez makes a balloon Spiderman for a child a Tuesday's Storytime at the Bonner ... May 1, 2013	Allysa Streit, Elijah Johnson and Lucy Burns (from left) watch in rapt attention as Hernandez ... May 1, 2013	Sawyer Golder, 3, of Basehor, prepares to sheath his balloon sword inside his balloon holster. May 1, 2013
Marcia Harrington, right, presents retiring Mayor Clausie Smith with the pink top hat and vest ... April 24, 2013	Linda Self of the Shawnee Garden Club checks out the terrarium entries at the flower ... April 17, 2013	With the theme "Extra-Terrestrial," even an alien robot was featured in one of the entries. April 17, 2013
Flona Frank takes photos of each entry against a back drop. The club planned to ... April 17, 2013	Avery Fox looks at a fairy garden entry with her mother, Erin Fox, and sister, ... April 17, 2013