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Wednesday January 1, 2014
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Photos by Greg Farrar
2013
BEST (UNSEEN) PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
Fred Butler (left) and Joe Forkner conclude their mayoral candidate forum Oct. 17 with a handshake and some laughter.
The Issaquah High School girls tennis team does homework and waits for transportation back to Issaquah after its April 16 game was delayed by rain puddles and a broken court squeegee broom at Redmond. The Eagles won the rescheduled match the next day.
Classic rock ‘n’ roll bands practice a set of music Sept. 30 at Amante Restaurant, in preparation for the Northwest All Star Salmon Jam in honor of David Harris at the Salmon Days Festival.
At right, Maria Volodkevich bolts toward the finish line with a scream of encouragement after the handoff from Kaylie Greninger during the state 4A track and field championships May 25 in Tacoma. With teammates Alex Daugherty and Dorie Dalzell, Skyline won third place in the 4-by-400 meter relay in school-record time.
Above, Todd Strange, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, recites the Stations of the Cross as he and several altar boys stop at each of the 14 events of Jesus’ crucifixion during the Good Friday Mass on March 29. Below middle, an angler casts his line at Beaver Lake April 27 on a quiet morning during the first day of fishing season.
At right, John Kugen adds a net full of 10-month-old coho fingerlings to the new visitors’ aquarium display Sept. 5 at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.
Above, a 5-inch-wide mushroom at the Cascade Business Park on Nov. 8 is part of a bumper crop of mushrooms and toadstools that grew in gardens and yards throughout the area after record-setting September rains.
Above, Rabbi Barry Farkash, of Chabad of the Central Cascades, lights candles on a menorah Nov. 30 in Issaquah Highlands at Blakely Hall during the annual neighborhood Hanukkah celebration. At left, Issaquah Parks & Recreation summer staff employees, and the youngsters they are chaperoning, enjoy the spraying of water Aug. 7 from Eastside Fire & Rescue’s Ladder 73A during Beat the Heat Splash Day.