Photos for October 11, 2012
Vancouver attorney Suzan Clark
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Judge Diane Woolard, left, and Judge Barbara Johnson outside the Clark County Courthouse in Vancouver.
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Sonya Langsdorf Langsdorf was chosen as the new Clark County District Court commissioner in 2008.
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Kelli Osler, of Vancouver, is district court commissioner in Vancouver.
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Judge Diane Woolard enters her courtroom on a recent afternoon. She is one of two women on the Clark County Superior Court bench. Statistics show Clark County has the lowest percentage of female Superior Court judges among Washington's most populous counties.
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Former track star Camara Banfield poses for a portrait with the gold medal that she won as part of the winning 4x400 team at the 1995 World Championships at her home in 2009.
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Judge Judge Diane Woolard, who took office in 2000, was the last woman sworn-in as a Superior Court judge in Clark County. In her time on the bench, she's seen five men take Superior Court positions, and hopes more women will step up in the years ahead.
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Clark County Judge Barbara Johnson prepares for an afternoon court session this past week. Johnson was the first woman judge in Clark County when she took office in 1987. She's seen only one other woman take the Superior Court bench in her 25-year tenure; however, she believes Clark County is still becoming diversified on the bench because of the appointments of two female District Court judges and two female District Court commissioners.
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Columbia River football players Dillon Willis, left, and David Snuffin.
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Skyview High School cross country runner Colby Gilbert is our all-region athlete photographed Tuesday November 29, 2011 in Vancouver, Washington. (Troy Wayrynen/The Columbian)
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Democratic candidate for Governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna, right, shake hands at the start of a debate, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Voters will choose in November which man will replace outgoing Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Democratic candidate for Governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna, right, take part in a debate, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Voters will choose in November which man will replace outgoing Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Democratic candidate for governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna, right, take part in a debate Thursday in Seattle.
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Democratic candidate for Governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna, right, shake hands at the start of a debate, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Voters will choose in November which man will replace outgoing Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Democratic candidate for Governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna, right, take part in a debate, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Voters will choose in November which man will replace outgoing Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Democratic candidate for Governor Jay Inslee, left, and Republican candidate Rob McKenna take part in a debate Thursday in Seattle. Voters will choose in November which man will replace outgoing Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire.
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Jolyn Calderon, left, and Shannon Fedor were honored at Thursday night's Ridgefield City Council meeting for trying to save their neighbor's life last month.
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Benghazi Report
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Dillon Willis, left, and David Snuffin have helped Columbia River to a 2-0 record in Class 3A Greater St. Helens League play, including a double-overtime victory last week against Kelso.
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Brady Seroshek, 21, of Longview, points to the window Thursday near the top of Orton Hall in Pullman, where a fellow Washington State University student fell Wednesday from an 11th-floor dormitory room and survived.
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Pat Jollota, who helped found the Arthur D. Curtis Children's Justice Center, greets retired prosecutor Art Curtis at Thursday's 2012 First Citizen reception.
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Pat Jollota receives the 2012 First Citizen award Thursday from Mark Matthias, the 2008 First Citizen, at the Hilton Vancouver Washington.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spar during the vice presidential debate at Centre College on Thursday in Danville, Ky.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan shake hands after the vice presidential debate at Centre College, Thursday, in Danville, Ky.
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High winds flipped airplanes and destroyed hangars at Pearson Field on Columbus Day in 1962.
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The 1962 Columbus Day Storm destroyed this sign for the Pacific Motel along Highway 99 in Hazel Dell. A photo caption from The Columbian published on Oct. 15 (there were no weekend papers) noted that "steel supports of the signs were twisted like noodles by the force of the wind."
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Wade Goheen was killed when a tree crashed into his home at 3204 Falk Road. Goheen, 77, was one of three Vancouver storm fatalities.
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A namesake tree at Fir Grove Motor Court at 46th and Main streets crashed through a garage roof.
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Tom Mielke
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Joe Tanner
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Hikers pass under Highway 14 on the lower Cape Horn Trail.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian An apple waits to fall from a branch at the St. Cloud picnic area.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Hiking the Beacon Rock Trail is a popular activity, Sunday, October 7, 2012. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Hikers walk over a bridge on the Cape Horn Trail high above the Columbia River in the National Scenic Area.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian The Beacon Rock Trail offers a variety of vantage points during its nearly 850-foot climb up the world's second largest monolith.
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Fall sunshine illuminates the hike up Beacon Rock in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The extended warm weather has delayed leaves changing color. Photos by Steven Lane of The Columbian
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Steven Lane/The Columbian Fall in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian The Edwards family, from left, Abbey, Ian, Sami and Bob, from Vancouver, admire the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge from Cape Horn.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian A steady stream of visitors ascend the trail up Beacon Rock in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The inner column of an ancient volcano is the second largest monolith in the world.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian A hiker on the Cape Horn Trail in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area is barely visible in the bountiful foliage.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian A motorcycle rounds Cape Horn in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
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Steven Lane/The Columbian A view of the Columbia River Gorge from the Cape Horn Trail.
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Fallen apples release a fruity perfume along the pathway to the St. Cloud picnic area.
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The Cape Horn Trail takes hikers to the edge of the Columbia River Gorge.
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The Beacon Rock Trail provides a panoramic view of the Columbia River Gorge.
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The Beacon Rock Trail is one of the most popular on the Washington shore of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
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An artist's rendering of the proposed Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.
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Ben Affleck plays Tony Mendez, center, in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
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Enjoy An Evening of Music and the silent film "Ent'acte," with pianists Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel on Saturday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Vancouver.
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Susy Hendrix, played by Dorinda Toner, senses evil as the sinister Harry Roat played by Paul Segren, lurks in the shadows.
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Egrets, herons, cranes and ducks thrive in the wetlands of the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, one of the sites for this year's Birdfest.
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Zombies roam the haunted house at Vancouver Plaza last year. This year, there are three attractions and a carnival.
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Cheryl Linn Martin
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Cheryl Linn Martin will sign copies of "Pineapples in Peril" from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 13.
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Sandy Caldwell
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Caldwell's photo of Multnomah Falls
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National Park Service orchardist Laurie Thompson and local farmer Joe Beaudoin worked on another round of grafting on the Old Apple Tree in April 2011.
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American Medical Response on Thursday morning responded with the Vancouver Fire Department to a reported hanging at the Clark County Jail.
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Arborists discovered a fresh crack in the Old Apple Tree during the Old Apple Tree Festival on Oct. 6
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This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. An Army appeals court will hear arguments Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 about whether Hasan will be required to have his beard shaved before his court-martial, an issue that has indefinitely postponed his murder trial. Hasan argues that the order violates his religious rights.
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