Photos for June 24, 2012
Pleasant Valley: Sen. Maria Cantwell, center, met with National History Day finalists, from left, Stephanie Massart, Jennifer Manzhura, Katelynn Hong-Clancy and Olga Hincu to hear about the research projects they presented at the national competition.
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Yes, there is a sound system inside that reclaimed Hoover Constellation vacuum cleaner. Scrapblasters of Seattle will sell it to you for $600.
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Birds made from recycled metal by artist Shane Schaeffer were among the many items on display at the Recycled Arts Festival at Esther Short Park on Sunday.
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Freya the dragon won the People's Choice award in the large sculpture category at the Recycled Arts Festival at Esther Short Park last weekend. Artists Tamara and Luke Fountain demonstrated during the festival how she belches smoke.
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A pig made from recycled metal by Cedar Creek Inc. was on display at the Recycled Arts Festival at Esther Short Park on Sunday.
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Heather Pearl, aka Mz. Pearl, entertains from a lofty position at the Recycled Arts Festival on Sunday.
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John Brink of Seattle's Scrapblasters shows off the replica Space Needle sound system, featuring speakers inside a reclaimed Hoover vacuum cleaner.
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Despite a rainy Saturday, the two-day seventh annual Recycled Arts Festival attracted an estimated 12,000 people to Vancouver's Esther Short Park over then weekend.
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Artist Kimberli Matin, left, of Portland sells a "woman of power" sculpture to Caroline Ketman and Mel Erickson for their Amboy flower garden.
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A dress made from plastic shopping bags was on display at Esther Short Park at the Recycled Arts Festival, Sunday, June 24, 2012. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Burnt Bridge Creek: Fifth graders Emily Blakeman (left), Amayrani Bourgoin, Noah Bachman and Refujio Flores Perez want you to stop feeding the ducks. Here's why.
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Harney Heights: Powerlifter Brian Saborboro gives it the old WSSB try.
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Fireworks illuminate Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, as Egyptians gather to celebrate Mohammed Morsi's presidential win Sunday.
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Mohammed Morsi, right, defeated Ahmed Shafiq in Egypt's presidential election.
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Egyptians carry a poster showing newly elected President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday.
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Seattle Sounders fans cheer before the start of Sunday's MLS soccer game between the Sounders and the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field.
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Portland Timbers fans celebrate after their team scored in the first half Sunday against the Seattle Sounders.
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Portland Timbers' Kalif Alhassan, left, defends against Seattle Sounders' Cordell Cato, center, in the first half Sunday.
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Seattle Sounders' Eddie Johnson, left, and Portland Timbers' David Horst (12) go head-to-head after a foul in the second half Sunday.
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Portland Timbers' David Horst (12) celebrates after scoring in the first half Sunday.
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Minda Tikka, 13, from Yacolt, left, and Kalyn Uskoski, 12, from Battle Ground, play volleyball at Battle Ground Lake State Park on Thursday.
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Battle Ground Lake State Park manager Jim Presser greets visitors Thursday. Of the four year-round staff members in place at state parks in Clark County last year, only Presser remains in the same position.
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Battle Ground Lake State Park manager Jim Presser greets visitors Thursday. Of the four year-round staff members in place at state parks in Clark County last year, only Presser remains in the same position.
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Fishermen fill the dock at Battle Ground Lake State Park on Thursday. Longtime visitors are seeing new faces as parks officials shuffle positions as part of budget cuts.
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Portland Police investigate a crash of three vehicles on Northeast Lombard Street near the 42nd Avenue overpass. A westbound Nissan pickup, driven by Jesse Dean Rankin, 29, of Camas, crossed the center line and hit a Toyota sedan driven by Carrie Ann Hill, 36, of Vancouver, and a Nissan sedan whose driver was not identified. All three drivers were taken to hospitals, where Hill died.
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Portland Timbers' David Horst, center, is hugged by Jack Jewsbury, left, and Kris Boyd, right, after scoring in the first half Sunday against the Seattle Sounders.
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