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October 2, 2002 John L. White [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Helen Wynn, 69, and Candy Newsom, 57, enjoy the spoils of victory after their softball team, the Winston-Salem Wanna Bees, won the gold medal championship game at the North Carolina Senior Games State Finals held at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh. It was the first time that the team had ever competed in the tournament, which featured more than 450 men and women senior softball players from around the state, all over the age of 55. The Wanna Bees dominated their competition throughout the tournament, scoring 132 runs and only allowing 7 runs in six games. According to Wynn, "The only bad thing is that the national (tournament) isn't until next year and we're getting older every day. We want to play it tomorrow!"
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Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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