The new year is in full swing and I have been shooting like a mad-man. Graduations, basketball and lots of snow related assignments. Check out a sampling of what I have been up to below, as usual, click an image to enter the slideshow for the best viewing…
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Ken Herron, a long-time volunteer with Coconino County Search and Rescue, stands in front of a snowcat being used to make a trail in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl to help direct backcountry skiers toward the main road.
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Long-time Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteers Ken Herron, left, and Art Pundt, right, ride in a snowcat along Forest Road 522 with the goal of creating a trail that backcountry skiers can use to find their way back to the main road and prevent becoming lost.
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Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteer Art Pundt walks toward a broken snowcat track which became separated from the machine after running over a large rock in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl.
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Coconino County Search and Rescue volunteer Art Pundt radios into headquarters after his snowcat was damaged by a large rock while on a routine mission in the forest below Arizona Snowbowl.
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Rene Coggins (1) of Northern Arizona University passes the ball during game action Saturday.
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Coconino High School’s Brett McGowan (25) looks for a shot during game action against Ironwood Wednesday.
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Spencer Timberlake (4) of Northland Preparatory Academy drives for the basket during game action Thursday against Yuma in the Pepsi Holiday Tournament.
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Flagstaff High School’s Bridger Hershey (23) moves the ball during game action against Saguaro Saturday.
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Flagstaff High School’s Mitch Thompson (24) jumps for a layup during game action against Saguaro Saturday.
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Flagstaff High School student Ben Vining conducts the school orchestra during rehearsals for their winter concert.
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Students listen as Northern Arizona University President Rita Cheng makes an address during commencement at the Walkup Skydome Friday morning.
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A large fir tree trimmed with ornaments made by fourth graders at the San Francisco de Asis School stands in the common room of the Riordan Mansion. The historic home will be decorated for Christmas as it would have been 100-years-ago through January 4, 2016 with tours begining on the hour Thursdays through Mondays.
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Jim David is the Arizona Daily Sun Citizen of the Year for 2015.
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Sally Veazey has been named the Arizona Daily Sun Citizen of the Year for 2015.
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Thousands of people crowd into the Wing Mountain Snow Play area Tuesday afternoon.
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Anthony Castro and his son Alexander Castro, 7, disappear in a blanket of snow as they sled down the hill at Wing Mountain Snow Play Area Saturday morning.
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Karen Carswell with the US Forest Service cleans up piles of broken and discarded sleds inside the Fort Valley Experimental Forest which is closed to the public.
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A forest service pickup truck full of broken and discarded sleds left along the side of Fort Valley Road.
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Wing Mountain Snow Play Area provides dumpsters and trash receptacles for snow players to discard of their broken sleds and other trash.
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It took me a while to get it together, but here is the second part of my “Best of 2015” post. Check out the previous post for images of sports, presented here are more news related images from the past year. I would like to put together one more as a “Best of Personal Work” but I will need to get a scanner as I shot almost exclusively film when not at work…Find me in person and I will let you dig through my box of prints if that appeals to you. In the mean time, please enjoy a selection of my favorite images from the past year. As always the best way to view the images is to click on the first one and enter slideshow mode…
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Tom Carter walks past a partially-full cattle tank near his Parks, Ariz. home Friday afternoon. Some residents use the pools of standing water to gauge the state of the shallow water-bearing zones underground that feed many of the domestic wells in the area. These groundwater zones respond quickly to climate events, drying out during periods of drought and recharging with snowmelt or major rainfall.
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Susanne Severeid, who came all the way from Oregon to attend Saturday night’s candle vigil to honor Kayla Muller, lights a small candle inside the NAU Campus Ministry building.
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Arizona State Governor Doug Ducey gives a talk during the Coconino County Republican Committee Lincoln Day Dinner at the DoubleTree Hilton in Flagstaff Tuesday evening.
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Poet’s Pen organizer Molly Wood sits at the Wine Loft in downtown Flagstaff, which hosts her popular weekly event.
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Zoe Rucker, 10, touches a static charged ball which causes her hair to stand on end during the second-annual Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration at the Skydome Wednesday evening.
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Kayci Cook Collins, Superintendent of Flagstaff Area National Monuments, stands in the former living quarters of the Cliffs Ranger Station at Walnut Canyon National Monument. The monument is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary in July.
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Kaleb Lightfood, left, and Rowan Mitchell St-John, right, dig through the stacks of comic books at Cab Comics during Free Comic Book Day celebrations Saturday.
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Beverly Thomas of Flagstaff uses a small broom to sweep off the head stones of military services members in preparation for Memorial Day ceremonies to be held at Citizens Cemetery in Flagstaff Monday.
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Lynn Nemeth, Executive DIrector of the Arboretum at Flagstaff, stands in a green house with a Horsetail Milkweed plant, one of several varieties being planted in hopes of helping to restore declining Monarch butterfly populations. Monarchs lay their eggs on Milkweed and it is the only plant that their larvae eat making it extremely critical for the species.
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Howard McAnly, a volunteer at the Flagstaff Family Food Center, waits for customers to arrive to collect their donated food boxes.
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A firefighter with the Coconino National Forest stands in clouds of smoke monitoring burning grass at a managed fire near Mormon Lake Wednesday afternoon.
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Father and son wait for the action to begin at the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo Thursday.
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Vivian Descheny weaves a Navajo rug on a loom at the Museum of Northern Arizona during the 66th annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture Saturday. The two day event continues Sunday.
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Inside the new Science and Health building looking north from the second-floor.
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Climbers stop near the top of Snowbowl Road for a quick selfie during the annual Climb to Conquer Cancer Saturday morning.
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Mark Richardson uses a pressure washer to clean the floor of the 4-H Club rabbit barn ahead of the Coconino County Fair.
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Alma Angelina Aispuro spins a pot on a pottery wheel in her home studio during the 18th annual Flagstaff Open Studios Saturday afternoon. During the two day event, which continues Sunday, many area artists open their studios and homes to the public offering demonstrations and selling their art.
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A kayak trip down the Verde River near Clarkdale requires two portages to get over Brewer’s Tunnel Diversion Dam, historically used by United Verde Copper Company to divert river water for industrial use.
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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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Members of the Northern Arizona University Community Music and Dance Academy preform at Ardrey Auditorium ahead of the Flagstaff Festival of Science Shoemaker Keynote Presentation Friday evening.
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Metal sculpture artist Tom Williams stands in the workshop of his Williams, Ariz. home.
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A speaker addresses the gathered crowd at a candlelight vigil on the Northern Arizona University campus Friday night following a shooting that left one student dead and three others hospitalized earlier that day.
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Nicholas Prato, center, one of the victims of last week’s shooting incident that took place at Northern Arizona University, stands with fellow fraternity members during a walk and gathering Tuesday afternoon to honor the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting on the NAU campus.
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Michelle Deal and her son Tristin Deal, 11, embrace in their Flagstaff home after having a bag of toys delivered by Officer Ryan Forsman from the Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive.
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Karen Carswell with the US Forest Service cleans up piles of broken and discarded sleds inside the Fort Valley Experimental Forest which is closed to the public.
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Flagstaff drummer Sam Neely
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Local band Tow’rs sits at the counter of the Grand Canyon Cafe.
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Sky Black (center) and the Mural Mice stand at the center of their new mural The Sound of Flight.
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Not exactly sure where the last month went, didn’t get a chance to post, but was quite busy. Here is a brief overview of some of the assignments I worked on, there were more, but they aren’t here…
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Mourners gathered at the Northern Arizona University campus for a candlelight vigil Friday night following a shooting that left one student dead and three others hospitalized earlier that day.
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A speaker addresses the gathered crowd at a candlelight vigil on the Northern Arizona University campus Friday night following a shooting that left one student dead and three others hospitalized earlier that day.
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Mourners light candles during a candlelight vigil held at Northern Arizona University Friday night in honor of the victims of a shooting earlier that day that left one student dead and three others in the hospital.
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Several thousand people participated in a walk and gathering through the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. to honor the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting.
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Nicholas Prato, center, one of the victims of last week’s shooting incident that took place at Northern Arizona University, stands with fellow fraternity members during a walk and gathering Tuesday afternoon to honor the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting on the NAU campus.
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A student holds an NAU Strong sign during a walk and gathering Tuesday afternoon to honor the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz.
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Crowds of people make their way toward downtown Flagstaff Saturday morning to the annual Tequila Sunrise party.
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Matt Broadhead works the counter at Primo’s, which was open early Saturday morning serving breakfast burritos and hotdogs for Tequila Sunrise participants.
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Participants discuss gun violence during a Hot Topics Cafe gathering hosted by NAU’s Philosophy in the Public Interest Thursday evening.
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A view of room 305 at the Hotel Monte Vista in downtown Flagstaff. The room is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a grandmother who sits in her rocking chair.
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Northland Preparatory Academy’s Taylor Yarbrough (44) digs the ball during game action Thursday against Barry Goldwater High School.
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Northland Preparatory Academy’s Delaney Page (7) throws the ball back into play during Thursday afternoon’s game against Chino Valley.
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Northland Preparatory Academy’s Brianna Hovis (11) slides in front of a Chino Valley player during game action Thursday.
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Northern Arizona University wide receiver Elijah Marks (3) catches the ball in the end zone for a touchdown against Weber State Saturday.
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The Flagstaff High School Eagles football team celebrates after winning the city title game against Coconino High Friday night.
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Flagstaff High School’s Austin Rhoda (40) dives through the Coconino defense for a touchdown during Friday night’s city title game at the Walkup Skydome.
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Fireworks ignite as the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks take the field in the Walkup Skydome for their final home game of the season against Northern Colorado Friday.
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Northern Arizona University’s Kendyl Taylor (13) flies over a Northern Colorado Player Friday.
Quite a long week at the paper, late nights and diverse assignments. The Flagstaff Festival of Science kicked off this week, an annual Bluegrass fest went down, I saw sports and toured an artist studio…
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Members of the Northern Arizona University Community Music and Dance Academy preform at Ardrey Auditorium ahead of the Flagstaff Festival of Science Shoemaker Keynote Presentation Friday evening.
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Members of the Northern Arizona University Community Music and Dance Academy preform at Ardrey Auditorium ahead of the Flagstaff Festival of Science Shoemaker Keynote Presentation Friday evening.
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Metal sculpture artist Tom Williams stands in the workshop of his Williams, Ariz. home.
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Electric grinders, clamps and other tools hang above a workbench at metal artist Tom Williams’ studio.
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Rita Greenwell, left, plays a ukulele while Andy Shirk, right, plays his upright bass in the campground of the annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival. For many participants, the campground is a major highlight of the festival, with professional and amateur musicians playing impromptu sets together late into the evening.
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Members of the band John Reischman and The Jaybirds preform on the main stage at the annual Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass and Acoustic Music Festival. The three day event continues Sunday at the Pepsi Amphitheater.
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Ella Bundy, 3, looks through a microscope with some help from her mother Elaina Bundy inside the Coconino Community College booth at Science in the Park, which is part of the Flagstaff Festival of Science, Saturday afternoon.
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Marco Amabile, 4, stomps on a large foot pump, launching a paper rocket he made at The Wonder Factory’s booth during Science in the Park Saturday afternoon.
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Adrian Nixt (19) of Northern Arizona University maneuvers around a North Dakota State player Friday.
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Northern Arizona University’s Mei-Te Coco (2) kicks a goal for NAU’s fist score against North Dakota State Friday.
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Northland Preparatory Academy’s Myka Becenti (5) sets the ball for teammate McKael Barnes (9) to hit Thursday evening.
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McKael Barnes (9) of Northland Prep jumps to defend against a Kingman High Player during game action Thursday evening.
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140 girls from 19 schools line up to start the Four Corners Cross Country Invitational at Buffalo Park Saturday morning.
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Davis Boggess of Flagstaff High School runs against a Mingus runner toward the finish at the Four Corners Cross Country Invitational Saturday. Boggess finished first for Flag High and sixth overall with a time of 16:53.4.
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Here are a few snaps from a few assignments I have done over the last few months. I will continue working on keeping weekly, but at least monthly updates of my exploits…
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A participant in the Terrain Racing Mud Run Obstacle Race makes his way through one of many obstacles along the course at Fort Tuthill County Park Saturday. Runners could choose either a 5k or 10k course that features up to 20 obstacles ranging from mud pits and monkey bars to rope ladders and walls to climb.
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A participant in the Terrain Racing Mud Run Obstacle Race crawls under a barricade through a pit filled with muddy water Saturday.
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Bicyclists take off from the starting line for the 15th annual Pepsi-Cola Century Ride to benefit Flagstaff Medical Center’s Taylor House Saturday morning.
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Gretchen Hall throws a large wooden pole end-over-end during the caber toss competition at the annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival held at Foxglenn Park Saturday. The tow-day event continues Sunday.
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Caleb Lachowski, 9, left, is knocked off balance by Samuel Stuart, 13, right, while participating in a balance beam pillow fight at the Arizona Highland Celtic Festival Saturday.
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Wendy Beaver of the Celtic Re-enactment Organization for Fellowship and Trades shows Chase Muench, 7, how to use an Inkle Loom to weave a small belt during the 18th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival Saturday.
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Connor Lachowski, 7, throws handfuls of cooked oatmeal at a large target in the Celtic Kids Corner area of the annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival Saturday. The two-day event continues Sunday at Foxglenn Park in Flagstaff.
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Players from the Northern Arizona High School Rugby Club, play an exhibition game Saturday at the 18th annual Arizona Highland Celtic Festival.
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A large trash pile occupies an empty lot in Flagstaff. Although the city has bulk trash collection days each month, some residents illegally dump their bulk items behind businesses or residential areas, others simply miss the days or are unaware of where and how to leave bulk items causing large piles of trash to sit near the curb until the next bulk collection day the following month.
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West Flag Little Leagues Nick Lopez slides into home during game action against Winslow Friday.
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The WFLL Red Sox and Giants shake hands after the final game of the championship Saturday afternoon.
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A Guardian Air helicopter prepares to land in a field on McMillan Mesa before a ceremony Monday afternoon to dedicate a pair of commemorative benches installed along the FUTS trail near Turquoise Drive. The benches and an accompanying plaque are a memorial for the two medical helicopters that crashed near the area in 2008.
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Smoke from a managed fire operation being conducted by the Coconino National Forest rises over a field near Mormon Lake.
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A firefighter with the Coconino National Forest sits near large power lines while monitoring a managed fire operation near Mormon Lake Wednesday afternoon.
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Children and counselors sit under a giant rainbow parachute at the Flagstaff Athletic Club Summer Day Camp Tuesday afternoon.
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Ambreal Selestewa, 7, waters her family’s plot with her mother Kylene Selestewa at the Bonito Street Community Garden Monday afternoon.
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Howard McAnly, a volunteer at the Flagstaff Family Food Center, waits for customers to arrive to collect their donated food boxes.
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Bicyclists in colorful costumes ride through the Thorpe neighborhood during the annual Hullabaloo bicycle parade Saturday morning.
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This wasn’t a very busy week in news (at least around Flagstaff) This did however, provide the opportunity to take a little more time with the couple of assignments I did have  and produce short photo essays to accompany them (rather and the more typical one off photo). First off, I looked at the Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive. Then on Christmas day, went around with a reporter and talked to people that were traveling by various means over the holiday. Both were interesting ways to spend a day, links to the original stories are here and here…Click the first image to enter the slide show and see captions…
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Basketball season is heating up even as the temperatures around Flagstaff drop. With three high schools (six teams) and NAU (two teams), basketball is pretty much non-stop. As such, I have included quite a few shots of that…I also took a tour of a new lumber mill that has opened in Williams, Ariz. (about 30 min. west of Flagstaff). Newpac Fibre is bringing industry jobs to the area, which was formerly a logging king. The photo essay follows basketball…
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Some photo-j favorites from the last few weeks…Some feature/events a few sports and a larger photo essay about plastic bags in Flagstaff…You know the drill, click a photo to enter the slide show and see more info. I will post stuff from the last week, later this week…
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