SPORTS: alphARace

Karlie LeRoy of Saginaw, center, finishes the rope climb as Rick Hodges, left, of Midland, catches his breath while watching Amir Malekadeli of Midland and other competitors climb rope during an obstacle on Saturday morning at the Alpha Race at City Forest in Midland.

FEATURE: Graduation in green

After running across the room in celebration, Dow High School graduate Hannah Martin, 18, center left, smiles as she embraces classmate and friend Hayden Gosen, 17, while other members of the 2012 Dow High School graduating class file into lines, fix their caps and prepare to receive their diplomas on Friday night at Dow High School. "It's truly surreal that graduation is already here," Martin said. "I'm dumbfounded that the time is actually here and we're all moving on."

FEATURE: 'Ingenuity of our ancestors'

Ginger Kruger of Midland, right, picks up an antique agricultural book while cleaning a log cabin with Joyce Wolfgang of Midland, who dusts with a feather duster to keep the displays at the Sanford Centennial Museum pristine Saturday morning in Sanford. "We know what a lot of the things in these displays do because we lived through using them with our parents and grandparents, but I bet generations of people come in here and have no idea," Kruger said. "It's amazing to think of the ingenuity of our ancestors and what they were able to do before we had all the electronics we have today." A smile gleams from the face of Ginger Kruger of Midland, back center, picks up a little brown jug to show other elderly volunteers as she contiued to dust with a feather duster, cleaning the displays at the Sanford Centennial Museum on Saturday morning in Sanford. "We know what a lot of the things in these displays do because we lived through using them with our parents and grandparents, but I bet generations of people come in here and have no idea," Kruger said. "It's amazing to think of the ingenuity of our ancestors and what they were able to do before we had all the electronics we have today."

FEATURE: Dow RunWalk

Alicia Mead of Gladwin, left, flashes a grin as her daughter Breanna Mead throws her hands up in celebration just steps away from completing the 5K run Saturday morning at the Midland Community Center's Dow RunWalk.

FEATURE: Playing Poseidon

Grand Haven resident Ari Davis, 23, left, watches as her boyfriend Zak Armstrong of Grand Rapids, 22, pretends to be Poseidon as he throws his arms up while the waves crash into the Grand Haven pier Tuesday evening, while another couple, Matt Bullard, 20, and Kasey Fought, 21, both of Allendale, stand close together for warmth as they stroll the boardwalk at Grand Haven State Park. "We wanted to watch the storm come in," Armstrong said. "The waves were rolling in and just sprayed up into me. It was pretty cool."

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FEATURE: Color Run

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Orange and blue paint powder flies through the air, landing on Traverse City senior Renee Rothgarber as she ducks her head but continues to throw more during a paint fight Thursday between Moore Hall and the IET Building during the Color Run, a two-mile fundraiser for Threads Fashion Show.



LEFT: A foot print lies dormant in a pile of orange paint Thursday between Moore Hall and the IET Building after the Color Run, a two-mile fundraiser for Threads Fashion Show. RIGHT: Manton junior Nick Viox smiles, his sunglasses, teeth and face plastered with spots of orange and blue paint powder from a powder fight Thursday afternoon after the Color Run, a two-mile fundraiser for Threads Fashion Show.

FRIENDS: Sean Proctor

FEATURE: St. Patrick's Day on Douglas Street

Commerce Township sophomore Alicia Potchynok, center, cheers as she and Grosss Pointe junior Craig Henderson see friends approaching the porch as the celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Saturday at Polo Village in Mount Pleasant.



Joseph Broaddus of Hazel Park, 25, and his girlfriend Ashley Macka of Berkley, 25, sleep in each other's arms in the trunk of their car at 4:30 p.m. after drinking since 9 a.m. Saturday on St. Patrick's Day on Douglas Street near High Street in Mount Pleasant.



Haslett junior Jay Twichell, far right, belts out country song lyrics as he props his foot up on a cooler while sharing a porch with seven other Central Michigan students Saturday at Douglas Street Apartments in Mount Pleasant.

FEATURE: Maple Syrup Day

Emma Burrell, 7, left, and her sister Sarah Burrell, 10, both of Midland, push hard as they work together to pump water for Finley Lake of Ohio, 4, who dips his hand into the gushing water from an old-fashioned water pump Saturday at Chippewa Nature Center during Maple Syrup Day, where more than 1,000 people toured facilities, made crafts and saw demonstrations and other activities.



Lily Newton, 2, left, and her sister Katelynn, 4, both of Midland, play around and atop a log fence with long walking sticks they found near the Sugarhouse dawning shamrock skirts and a green hat for St. Patrick's Day on Saturday at Chippewa Nature Center during Maple Syrup Day, were more than 1,000 people toured facilities, made crafts and saw demonstrations and other activities.