Photos: Gazette’s November Favorite News and Feature Photos

Jaylin Barton, 5, helps Sleep in Heavenly Peace volunteer Alicia Moyer of Cedar Rapids make the bed while brother Jackson, 4, plays under the top sheet on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Volunteers delivered 100 twin beds to families in need in the nonprofit's Mega Delivery Blitz on Saturday and Sunday. The local chapter built and delivered 160 beds in 2018, and so far has delivered all but 60 of the 444 beds built in 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Maggie Kpongo of Cedar Rapids votes as her daughter, Abigail Mwaluke, 3, plays among the voting booths at the precinct 32 polling place at Calvary Bapstist Church in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Kpongo, who grew up in Belgium, recently became a U.S. citizen and voted for the first time in this election. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Pat Goodwin of Iowa City puts her 'I Voted Today' sticker on her coat at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Roger Norfolk salutes during the singing of the National Anthem during Veterans Day services at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. Norfolk received this year's Veteran of the Year award, and is the Commander, 2nd District Department of Iowa American Legion and a member of the American Legion Riders of Iowa, Marion Chapter 298. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Charlotte Ruley, 3, wears a dress made of Leanne Ruley's wedding dress for her adoption proceedings during National Adoption Day celebrations at the Juvenile Justice Center in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Charlotte was adopted by Michael and Leanne Ruley of Marion, along with Clark Ruley, 5. November is National Adoption Month, and 13 children were adopted during the annual event. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Jose Robinson Palacios (center) shows his ankle, now free of his ankle monitor, after leaving his mandatory check-in appointment at the Homeland Security office in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Robinson Palacios, an Afro-Honduran refugee seeking asylum, was accompanied by former HUD Secretary and presidential candidate Julian Castro and interpreter Emily Sinnwell. During the check-in he requested that his ankle monitor be removed. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

It was my turn to photograph the annual Thanksgiving meal. It's not an award winner or anything. It's just a nice photo of people being people. Logan Nedrow talks to Freddie Pittman and his wife Linda during the Thanksgiving meal at the Fillmore Center overflow shelter in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

I loved the interaction between this former NFL player and the little girl. The pastor and members of the congregation were welcoming to me as I tried to be as unobtrusive as I could. Sad world we live in when I have to illustrate a story about a house of worship and it's plan to deal with an active shooter or some other disturbance. Thom (cq) Darden (center) a monitor for the congregation at Bethel AME Church visits with congregants before the Sunday worship service at Bethel AME Church in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. Darden, a former professional football player with the Cleveland Browns, and other monitors are positioned to intervene when called upon my greeters. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Deval Patrick greets a customer while ordering pastries, including a plate of kolaches, with Iowa Sen. Rob Hogg at Sykora Bakery in the Czech Village neighborhood of Cedar Rapids on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Patrick, who entered the race for Democrats' 2020 presidential nomination last week, toured areas that flooded in 2008. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Members of the Hawkeye Marching Band play the national anthem at an Iowa Hawkeyes football game with the Illinois Fighting Illini at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Photographing food and drink is a specialty all its own which I am not an expert. I like the reflection of the cups on the bar as well as the name of the restaurant on the wall in the background and upside-down on the glass.Peach aperol spritz with Aperol, Prosecco, peach and club soda at Bari Italian, 450 First St. SW, Suite 103, in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Jeremiah Sabourin, a hired helper on the farm, drives the grain cart as Jake Pedersen drives the harvester in West Branch on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A ball left behind by Paul Turenne of Winnipeg, Canada, reads 'Je t'aime Toujours' (I love you forever) — a note written for his late father at the Field of Dreams movie site in Dyersville, Iowa, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Water runs over the bottom of Price Creek through Amana on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Brandon Schulte of Cedar Rapids casts his lure from the shore after a trout release at Prairie Park Fishery in Cedar Rapids.on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. About 2,400 farm-raised trout were released into the lake, an annual effort that stocks the body of water for winter angling. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

This photo doesn't illustrate just how dark it was in Travis Allen's paint booth. Modern digital cameras are so much better at making images in low light. Allen is blind and works without any lights. As a journalist, it wouldn't be ethically right for him to turn on the lights for my benefit. I want to document the scene and his environment how he uses it. For the gear heads, it was shot at 1/80th of a second at F3.2 using an ISO of 10,000. Artist Travis Allen uses a piece of filter material as a scrim to create a fog effect as he works one a cemetery background that he will use as a background for a spider sculpture he is working on at his home/studio in Lisbon, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

University of Iowa junior Austin Roberts of Williamsburg, Iowa, sits at the front of the student section before the game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

The trumpet is made using parts of brass shell casings similar to the rifle used in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were killed in 2018. I also photographed details of the lead pipe which is made from the brass bodies of the shell casings. I didn't notice that the finger buttons are made by the head and rim of the casings. Bryan Powell of Iowa City, Iowa, a doctoral student of the University of Iowa plays a trumpet from the Instrument of Hope project during a technical rehearsal for the Revival Theatre Company's production of 'Oklahoma' at Sinclair Auditorium at Coe College in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. The trumpet, provided by Shine MSD, is partially made from brass shell casings cut up and pieced together. The organization, made up of Parkland students and their parents whose mission is to promote healing through the arts, sends the instrument touring the country. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

An oak leaf is covered with frost as the sun rises outside Strawberry Hill Elementary School in Anamosa on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Caleb Bartlett, 9, of Boone laughs as he falls into a pile of leaves from a tarp carried by his cousins at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Kaitlyn Bohan, owner of Fiber and Vessel, uploads photos to her website ahead of the launch of her winter collection at her home in Coralville on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Bohan makes her own jewelry in the apartment she shares with her husband and their dog, Goose. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

I enjoyed spending time at Bauman's, even though there weren't any customers that came into the store while I was there. Olivia told me that some women had just left just before I arrived. 'That's the story of my life,' I told her. The unique revolving display cabinets house even more merchandise in the already packed store. With the closing of Irwin's in Marion several years ago, Bauman's is one of the few places in the area that offers full service men's clothing. Olivia Randall arranges shoes on display in the front display window at Bauman's, 124 First St. SW, in Mount Vernon, Iowa, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. The store has been providing premier men's clothing since 1909. Olivia and Josh Randall took over the long-running men's clothing store from the previous owner Mike Smith in July. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Volunteer Jennifer Leavy of Cedar Rapids sets up a cot at the overflow shelter at the Fillmore Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. The winter overflow shelter, operated by Willis Dady Homeless Services, will open Friday at 6 pm in the space previously occupied by Child & Youth Development Services. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Laura Adams of Waterloo pushes her daughter Josie Adams, 2, on a swing on the Greenhill Park Place to Play Playground in Cedar Falls on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. The accessible playground is easier for Adams to navigate in her wheelchair or with her cane. Adams has become an advocate for disability rights while recovering from rare complications following the birth of her daughter in Dec. 2015. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

I was using a new (to me) electronic flash and a transmitter that lets me use a shutter speed faster than the maximum that the camera is designed to use when using flash. I shot some frames where the two men were looking into the camera. Those photos were okay. I like the feel of this one better. I took it while the they were talking to the reporter who was just to my right. I like this frame because they're mimicking the giant statue. Stone carver J.B. Barnhouse (left) and Harvest Preserve Foundation owner Doug Paul stand next to the sculpture 'Man on a Bench' at the preserve in Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Paul plans to move the sculpture along Scott Boulevard after agreeing on a land swap with ACT. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

This was a simple, one light portrait. I usually just augment the ambient light that is already there and use flash to fill in the shadows. We had a discussion in the newsroom about the hat that Markeece was wearing. We ended up going with this frame since the hat added to the overall feel of the business. Markeece Johnson CEO of Finer Streetwear Collection at his shop in Iowa City, Iowa, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Wayne Montford of Cedar Rapids places clothes into a dryer at Clean Laundry in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)