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#1: Candidate signs line city hall
Candidate signs line the entrance to Kemah City Hall on Saturday.
May 13, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#2: O’Connell graduates 31 seniors
Members of O’Connell College Preparatory School’s Class of 2012 received their diplomas during its commencement in the Davidson Ballroom at The Tremont House in Galveston on Saturday. Seniors enter the ballroom.
May 20, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#3: Nurses don throwback uniforms
Mainland Medical Center nurses celebrated National Nurses Week by dressing in traditional all-white formal uniforms. Pictured are Jeanette Sims, 17 years as a nurse; Mary Ann Jones, 12; Monica Hinojosa, six; Olivia Valdez, one; and Marva Hamilton, one.
May 15, 2012 - Health | E-mail this photo

#4: Iron Shark goes up at pleasure pier
Crews hoist sections of the Iron Shark ride into place April 21 on the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. The roller coaster is one of 16 amusement rides going in on the pier schueduled to open this summer.
May 18, 2012 - Bulletin Board | E-mail this photo

#5: Young angler shows off trout
John Botello and his daughter Skyler, 13, with a big trout she caught at the South Jetty fishing with Capt. Jeff Farris.
May 20, 2012 - Fishing | E-mail this photo

#6: Aggies graduate
Jessica Malone, a marine biology graduate, put a quote from “Finding Nemo” on her mortar board for Saturday’s Texas A&M University at Galveston commencement ceremony at the Galveston Island Convention Center.
May 13, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#7: Family loses house to fire
League City safety officer John Park works a fire at 713 Bayou Crest Drive in Dickinson on Friday afternoon. The homeowner, who was transported to the University of Texas Medical Branch, arrived home to find his house full of smoke.
May 19, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#8: Aggies graduate
Patrick Naylon, a marine systems engineering graduate, added an offshore oil rig to his mortar board for the Texas A&M University at Galveston Commencement ceremony Saturday at the Galveston Island Convention Center.
May 13, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#9: Yaga's hosts wild game cook-off
Cat Cessac, with Team Foos, mops sauce on chicken thighs Saturday during the 16th annual Wild Game and BBQ Cook-off at Pier 21 in Galveston.
May 20, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo

#10: Aggies graduate
Ensign Jacqueline Zimny and her fellow cadets are commissioned into the U.S. Navy and the Merchant Marines on Saturday during the Texas A&M University at Galveston Commencement ceremony at the Galveston Island Convention Center.
May 13, 2012 - News | E-mail this photo