Have you ever wondered who makes up the staff at the Arizona Daily Sun? No? Well I was asked to photograph the news room staff for an award ceremony, below is almost everyone. Stereotypes about the auto repair industry being male dominated? One young lady is helping to break that apart, see photo below. Local residents are upset about a possible gravel mine being built, and I was able to attend the Coconino County Fair for the first time ever last weekend, pretty good stuff, pretty diverse weekend.
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- The newsroom staff of the Arizona Daily Sun standing near the onsite printing press. There should be two or three more, including myself, but not everyone could make it and someone had to take the photo.
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- Ashley Palmer, 16, stands in a work bay at Planet Dodge where she works on vehicles one day per week. Palmer is the first participant in a new apprenticeship program between Coconino High School and Planet Dodge in Flagstaff.
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- Rows of food vendors at the Coconino County Fair. The fair continues at the Fort Tuthill County Fair Grounds through Monday.
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- Nathan Riggs, 3, from Leupp, waves to his parents as he flies past on a carnival ride at the Coconino County Fair Friday morning.
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- A show pig sticks it’s snout through a pen at a 4-H Club barn at the Coconino County Fair Friday.
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- Rebekah Lilly, 12, and Tyler Morgan, 13, wait for their turn to show their 4-H Club pigs at the Coconino County Fair Friday morning. The annual fair continues at the Fort Tuthill County Fair Grounds through Monday.
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- Rainbow Trout swim in a giant tank at the Trout Unlimited booth at the Coconino County Fair.
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- Derian Chatter, 7, sinks a line into a giant fish tank with the help of Steve La Falce at the Trout Unlimited booth at the Coconino County Fair Friday morning. The annual fair continues at the Fort Tuthill County Fair Grounds through Monday.
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- Honey bees on display at the Coconino County Fair. The fair continues at the Fort Tuthill County Fair Grounds through Monday.
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- A large chunk of basalt sits in a forested area near Parks, Ariz. on the site of a proposed gravel mine. The sale of the land for mining is opposed by many area residents.
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- Parks, Ariz. resident Bruce Johnson stands near a core sample hole drilled in the forest near his home by FNF Construction based in Tempe. Area residents are concerned about the use of land near their homes for a proposed gravel mine and are undertaking efforts to stop the land sale.
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- Deep ruts in the ground left by large drilling machines lead the way through the forest to several core sample holes drilled in the area of a proposed gravel mine near Parks, Ariz.
Taylor Mahoney Photography 
You have such an eye for making the newspaper photos really capture a story. They are much more that just pictures. Don’t know how you do it, must have gotten it from your mother.