Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Vol. 45, No. 36
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Get Back to School!
DANA ANDRESON PHOTO Leslie Cholowsky Staff Reporter
When Viking photographer Dana Andreson’s youngest daughter Jorja started school 12 years ago, her first day of school photo featured her dad, David, tossing her out the door. The Andreson’s have a family tradition of taking and sharing very off-thewall humorous photos from the first day of school. Since that first day of Grade 1 for Jorja, we’ve had the privilege of sharing these photos with our readers. Dana took this year’s photo last week as Jorja starts Grade 12 this year, and says she decided to return to the
beginning. Also in the back of the truck, cowering in fear is Dana’s granddaughter, Paisley Merta, who coincidentally is starting her school journey in Grade 1 this year. We are grateful to Dana for sharing her family’s journey, and their sense of humour over the past 12 years. Oh, and don’t worry! No Jorjas were hurt in the making of these photos! What the first photo doesn’t show is a giant gymnastics mat, and this year’s photo allows Jorja to show off her gymnastic skills, while staying completely safe. We will let Dana keep her photography secrets to herself.
...12 years earlier