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Wednesday December 26, 2012
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Photos by Greg Farrar
2012
BEST (UNSEEN) PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
At top, a duck pauses on the lip of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery weir Sept. 28 to watch Chinook returning to spawn as the annual Salmon Days Festival approaches. Above, Joe Tonnemaker, Issaquah High School senior, throws Connor McCaw, of Woodinville, to the mat during their 145-pound match on 50th Anniversary Alumni Night Jan. 11. Tonnemaker won by a technical fall, giving the Eagles the final 54-24 margin of victory over the Falcons. Above, Kaitlyn Ochu, 4, of Maple Valley, slides down playground equipment at Squak Valley Park May 12. At left, Raymond Ha, Liberty High School junior, carves the water to a 3A state championship medal Feb. 18 in a 100-yard breaststroke time of 57.46 seconds.
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At left, Jennie Reed, an Issaquah High School graduate of the 1990s, shows the design of her London 2012 Olympic silver medal in women’s team pursuit cycling. Above, Tania Saxena, 11, of Sammamish, shows off her abstract art July 17 during the annual Chalk Art Festival at the Community Center. At right, postal carrier Laura Gilliam delivers mail Jan. 20 on Idylwood Drive Southwest after a major snowstorm hit the region. Liberty High School cheerleaders (from left) Sara Belali, Sophia Davis, Jenny Haselden, Sara Bluhm, Leah Jackman, Lauren Lee, Jamie Spurgeon, Lily Dunlap, Emily Culbertson and Alaina Irving, donate their day July 14 to cheer Rotary Challenge Day gravity car racers.
Above, Brady Williams, 5, of Talus, ‘flies’ with the assist of his mom Lesli during the Aug. 14 Concert on the Green. At right, Sabina Honig (left) and Amir Feinsilber cross the Issaquah Creek bridge on Newport Way Southwest during the fourth mile of their marathon run Nov. 4, which they ran at the same hour the cancelled New York City Marathon was to have been held.