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UCO: Zachary English, 8, stands in the bed of a 1945 Ford fire truck during the LibertyFest car show on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond, Okla., Saturday, June 26, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

There have been some nice pictures hitting Merlin in the last week. I wanted to get a few published here, just in case either of you had missed them. Bryan Terry is putting on a clinic on proper use of a 50mm @ 1.4 (above). Our interns Miranda Grubbs and Mitchell Alcala are turning in some good work, and Jim Beckel got a classic summer-time feature. As always you can look at galleries of our pictures here.

Drag Queen Roxie Hart performs in platform heels during the Oklahoma City Pride Parade on Sunday, June 27, 2010. Photo by John Clanton, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

OU: Adrian Peterson high fives campers after a scrimmage at the Adrian Peterson Football Camp on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Okla. Friday, June 25, 2010. Photo by Miranda Grubbs, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

CAR RECOVERY / RECOVER / FLASH FLOODS / TORRENTIAL RAIN / FLOOD / FLOODING / AFTERMATH: Robert Channler of Car Cab Wrecker Service wades through the river after checking the vehicals VIN number. Cars were found in the Oklahoma River on Thursday June 17th, 2010. Photo by Mitchell Alcala. ORG XMIT: KOD

Nicole Blakley, left, and Blake Masterson of Oklahoma City watch the sunset at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

CHILD / CHILDREN / KIDS / WATER ACTIVITIES / HOT WEATHER: Jerrod Williams, Jr., 2, is lifted into the air by his mother as a water-filled bucket is dumped onto him at at a spray park in Douglass Park, NE 10 and Carverdale. Williams and other children enjoyed the cool refreshment of the water at the spray park on the first day of summer, June 21, 2010. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD

-John Clanton