Images by Alex Boerner (Lightstalkers) http://www.lightstalkers.org/alexboerner Alex Boerner graduated from the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN in 1998 with a degree in Entrepreneurship. He learned about photography from the people he met while working as a photographer for the college newspaper, The Aquin, and while learning how to print b&w photos in the school's photo lab. A year after graduation he was hired as a staff photographer for the N'West Iowa REVIEW, a small weekly paper with big photo play in Sheldon, IA. After nearly two years in Iowa, and a year back in Minneapolis, MN, Alex moved to Vero Beach, FL for an internship at the Vero Beach Press Journal, one of the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers that covers three counties and about 70 miles along Florida's east coast. A series of short moves brought him 40 more miles south to Stuart, FL, where he currently lives and works as a staff photographer with the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. en-us Ramani Preston, 10, center, and her sister Telia Guthrie, 6, left, joined their mother Tanisha Leonard, right, and Melissa Clemon, left, at the entrance to Banner Lake Park after attending a nightly vigil conducted at the corner of Date Street and Lantana Avenue, where sixteen-year-old Dewayne Bernard Mitchell III was beaten to death with a baseball bat at 2 am a week earlier. "It's easy for kids to get into trouble, but it's hard as hell for them to get out of it," said Clemon, who admitted to getting into trouble earlier in life. Both women stressed the importance of the availability of positive activities in which children can get involved as a method to keep them out of trouble. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80520/081207-banner-lake086_small.jpg' /><br />Ramani Preston, 10, center, and her sister Telia Guthrie, 6, left, joined their mother Tanisha Leonard, right, and Melissa Clemon, left, at the entrance to Banner Lake Park after attending a nightly vigil conducted at the corner of Date Street and Lantana Avenue, where sixteen-year-old Dewayne Bernard Mitchell III was beaten to death with a baseball bat at 2 am a week earlier. "It's easy for kids to get into trouble, but it's hard as hell for them to get out of it," said Clemon, who admitted to getting into trouble earlier in life. Both women stressed the importance of the availability of positive activities in which children can get involved as a method to keep them out of trouble.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80520'>Ramani Preston, 10, center, and her sister Telia Guthrie, 6, left, joined their mother Tanisha Leonard, right, and Melissa Clemon, left, at the entrance to Banner Lake Park after attending a nightly vigil conducted at the corner of Date Street and Lantana Avenue, where sixteen-year-old Dewayne Bernard Mitchell III was beaten to death with a baseball bat at 2 am a week earlier. "It's easy for kids to get into trouble, but it's hard as hell for them to get out of it," said Clemon, who admitted to getting into trouble earlier in life. Both women stressed the importance of the availability of positive activities in which children can get involved as a method to keep them out of trouble.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80520 South Fork senior, Petrona Pascual, makes her way past an old maintenence shed while running the course at the South Fork Open Cross Country meet Wednesday afternoon behind the high school in Stuart, FL. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80523/090705-SF-Cross-Country289_small.jpg' /><br />South Fork senior, Petrona Pascual, makes her way past an old maintenence shed while running the course at the South Fork Open Cross Country meet Wednesday afternoon behind the high school in Stuart, FL.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80523'>South Fork senior, Petrona Pascual, makes her way past an old maintenence shed while running the course at the South Fork Open Cross Country meet Wednesday afternoon behind the high school in Stuart, FL.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80523 Bright sun prompted Jocelyn Walker, center, of Oak Harbor, to use a Bush/Cheney placard as a sun shade while talking to friends Cindy Vannoy, left, of Grand Harbor, and Bette Lathrop, right, of Oak Harbor, Wednesday afternoon at a Republican rally at the Grand Harbor Country Club featuring former First Lady Barbara Bush. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80532/ab-barbara-bush-02_small.jpg' /><br />Bright sun prompted Jocelyn Walker, center, of Oak Harbor, to use a Bush/Cheney placard as a sun shade while talking to friends Cindy Vannoy, left, of Grand Harbor, and Bette Lathrop, right, of Oak Harbor, Wednesday afternoon at a Republican rally at the Grand Harbor Country Club featuring former First Lady Barbara Bush. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80532'>Bright sun prompted Jocelyn Walker, center, of Oak Harbor, to use a Bush/Cheney placard as a sun shade while talking to friends Cindy Vannoy, left, of Grand Harbor, and Bette Lathrop, right, of Oak Harbor, Wednesday afternoon at a Republican rally at the Grand Harbor Country Club featuring former First Lady Barbara Bush. </a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80532 Sweet Pea, left, Rusty, top, and Rudy. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80535/biggardogs_small.jpg' /><br />Sweet Pea, left, Rusty, top, and Rudy.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80535'>Sweet Pea, left, Rusty, top, and Rudy.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80535 Buck. Port St. Lucie, FL. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80538/buck046_small.jpg' /><br />Buck. Port St. Lucie, FL.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80538'>Buck. Port St. Lucie, FL.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80538 A small aircraft flies through the mouth of the tyranosaur sculpture that greets mini-golfers on the course at the Monterey Pointe Golf & Practice Center along Monterey Road in Stuart, FL. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80541/dino_small.jpg' /><br />A small aircraft flies through the mouth of the tyranosaur sculpture that greets mini-golfers on the course at the Monterey Pointe Golf & Practice Center along Monterey Road in Stuart, FL.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80541'>A small aircraft flies through the mouth of the tyranosaur sculpture that greets mini-golfers on the course at the Monterey Pointe Golf & Practice Center along Monterey Road in Stuart, FL.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80541 Fancy Bastard show. The L-Cove Bar. Minnesota City, MN. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80544/fancybastard_small.jpg' /><br />Fancy Bastard show. The L-Cove Bar. Minnesota City, MN.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80544'>Fancy Bastard show. The L-Cove Bar. Minnesota City, MN.</a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80544 Jesper Parnevik warms up in the practice area of the Champion Course at PGA National amidst the crowds while preparing for the final round of the Honda Classic Sunday morning in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80547/HC-Su-collage-01-ab-copy_small.jpg' /><br />Jesper Parnevik warms up in the practice area of the Champion Course at PGA National amidst the crowds while preparing for the final round of the Honda Classic Sunday morning in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80547'>Jesper Parnevik warms up in the practice area of the Champion Course at PGA National amidst the crowds while preparing for the final round of the Honda Classic Sunday morning in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. </a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80547 Easter Sunday at the Church of God in Christ, No. 2: Word of Fire. Fort Pierce, FL. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80550/roderick-easter567_small.jpg' /><br />Easter Sunday at the Church of God in Christ, No. 2: Word of Fire. Fort Pierce, FL. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80550'>Easter Sunday at the Church of God in Christ, No. 2: Word of Fire. Fort Pierce, FL. </a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80550 Humberto Silva, 72, left, is currently living with longtime friend Angie Pape, right, and her family, as he deals with his health problems without medical insurance. Silva, though not a U.S. citizen, is taking steps to become naturalized. He has been paying into social security for over 35 years and only received his first check in March 2004 after leaving his job in 2001 because of health problems. <img src='http://s3.amazonaws.com/lightstalkers/images/80556/Uninsured_small.jpg' /><br />Humberto Silva, 72, left, is currently living with longtime friend Angie Pape, right, and her family, as he deals with his health problems without medical insurance. Silva, though not a U.S. citizen, is taking steps to become naturalized. He has been paying into social security for over 35 years and only received his first check in March 2004 after leaving his job in 2001 because of health problems. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80556'>Humberto Silva, 72, left, is currently living with longtime friend Angie Pape, right, and her family, as he deals with his health problems without medical insurance. Silva, though not a U.S. citizen, is taking steps to become naturalized. He has been paying into social security for over 35 years and only received his first check in March 2004 after leaving his job in 2001 because of health problems. </a> Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:41:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/80556