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Eleanor Smith-Bauer (left) toasts to a new member on the boat. At 99-years-old, Smith-Bauer is the oldest member of the Oakland Women's Rowing Club and rows on Lake Merritt every week.

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When her husband died eight years ago, Janet Rogers, 68, decided she was not going to remarry. But like many widows her age, she began to date after a while. On one particular night, she had an opportunity to go to the senior ball for seniors citizens put

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Two Teammates exchange the baton during a 4x100 relay at the indoor French Field House track at Ohio State University.

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Pollock Pines friends, Samantha Quinta, 8, Satina Anderson, 10, Natasha Anderson, 9, and Autumn Brown, 8, watch the Miss Teen Cameron Park during the Spectacular Spectacular celebration.

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Dressed their part in pink tights and black leotards, eight through nine-year-old girls practice their plies at the bar during a regular scheduled class at the El Dorado Hills Community Center.

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Two friends hug just after receiving their diplomas at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills.

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There are over 50 foil pieces in Donna Williamson's, hair. The 54-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident fills her roots blonde every five to six weeks, but at this appointment she indulges in a full weave, a dye process that uses a handful of color tones. Cons

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Sarah Ammerman, 20, keeps her hair long since people cannot tell if she is a woman when her hair is short. She enjoys dying it different colors and her favorite color combination is blue and green, mermaid colors her mother says

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Neelam Singh, 30, from Delhi, India usually has traditional long black hair, but when she cut it short most people didnÕt recognize her and her good friend was Òso distraughtÓ that they didnÕt talk for a while.

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A newly formed family of three: Mary Jo and Jeff WinkenwerderÕs welcome their first child, Evan, just after his birth at OÕBleness Memorial Hospital.

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Amy Tirimacco, 21, and Brian Hughes, 23, clown around on the dance floor at the Court Street bar, Pawpurss. Ohio UniversityÕs school pride has nothing to do with football. Instead it is about the alcohol. The schoolÕs alcohol and party reputation makes n

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Liana Flores, 28, is a single mother of three whose ages are 6, 4, and 18 months. Flores is financially dependent on government aid, a small private teaching job, and the help of a small rural community. She has two bachelorsÕ degrees, one in early child

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Undergraduate students Anita Tobin and Tammie Imel hug in the middle of the street well into the Saturday night drink scene in Athens, Ohio. The Princeton Review ranked Ohio University the number two party school in 2006, which is based on a 70-question s

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Jennifer Bee, 28, from Columbus, Ohio undergoes a facial every month where her esthetician sloughs off dead skin cells, massages her face and extracts clogged pores. ItÕs a five-year old habit that costs between $60 to $150 each appointment. ÒThe outcome