Photos for October 8, 2012
A wood duck swims at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
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The county will ask the Federal Railway Administration to make an exception to a rule in order to turn a train crossing in Felida into a quiet zone.
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In response to noise complaints, the county wants to designate a quiet zone at the BNSF Railway crossing at Northwest 122nd Street in Felida.
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More than 50 trains pass through in a 24-hour period at this crossing in Felida.
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The Felida crossing has signals and arms that lower to keep drivers off the tracks. The county wants to upgrade the crossing so it can be a quiet zone.
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Sandhill cranes are one of BirdFest's main attractions. The reclusive birds migrate through the area once a year, and the festival has special tours that bring visitors to the mud flat where the birds nest.
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A wood duck swims at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
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Visitors to BirdFest can see live demonstrations with a wide range of birds from the Oregon Zoo and Audubon Society.
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Visitors to BirdFest can see live demonstrations with a wide range of birds from the Oregon Zoo and Audubon Society.
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Miami Heat forward LeBron James speaks during an interview after NBA basketball training camp, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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A critical report on Monday questioned whether a key group that helped shape the Columbia River Crossing in its early stages violated public meeting laws and deliberately discouraged public involvement.
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All four of Nolan Smith’s starts for the Blazers last year came as a point guard. This season, he is working for playing time at point guard and shooting guard in the wake of Elliot Williams’ season-ending injury.
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All four of Nolan Smith's starts for the Blazers last year came as a point guard. This season, he is working for playing time at point guard and shooting guard in the wake of Elliot Williams' season-ending injury.
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David Bronner's company, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, imports 20 tons of hempseed oil a year and figures it would be $100,000 cheaper if it was domestically grown. It has given $50,000 each to the campaigns to legalize cultivation in Washington and Colorado.
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David Bronner, of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, stands along side an assembly line where his "Magic Soap" is manufactured with a hemp oil as a key ingredient Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Escondido, Calif. Bronner has donated $50,000 to the campaign to legalize cultivation of hemp in the state of Washington. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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The Humane Society for Southwest Washington will continue the policy introduced earlier this year requiring anyone who needs to drop off a cat or kitten to first make an appointment. The strategy has helped control overcrowding and the spread of feline illnesses at the shelter.
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Cookie Monster
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Dawn
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State Sen. Ann Rivers
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Ralph Schmidt
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Kieran McDonagh
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Austin Dodge
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Shoppers walk past a temporary storefront announcing that the Loft is coming soon to Westfield Vancouver mall, part of a mall makeover strategy to attract a younger, professional crowd.
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New floors and furnishings are among some of the updates to Westfield Vancouver mall, which has undergone a multimillion-dollar remodel.
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The Clark County Sheriff's Office, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and other local agencies collected 819 pounds of medical waste at a drug take-back event Sept. 29 in Fisher's Landing. The event collected 10 pounds of inhalers used for asthma.
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The Clark County Sheriff’s Office, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and other local agencies collected 819 pounds of medical waste at a drug take-back event Sept. 29 in Fisher’s Landing. The event collected 10 pounds of inhalers used for asthma.
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The water is low in Lacamas Lake on Monday.
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A man runs barefoot Monday along an access road on the north side of Pearson Field, just south of East Fifth Street.
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Commuters wait in long lines to check in at Alaska Airlines on Monday at Portland International Airport.
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Jim McBarron, manager of station operations for Alaska Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, uses a bullhorn to try and find passengers for a flight that was about to take off for San Diego on Monday. A system-wide outage of the computers the airline uses to check in passengers caused delays and flight cancellations.
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Golden retrievers can double up as both upland bird and waterfowl hunting dogs.
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Former Oregon Govs. Vic Atiyeh, from left, Barbara Roberts and Ted Kulongoski speak out against Measures 82 and 83, which would change Oregon’s constitution to allow private, foreign-owned casinos across the state.
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Esther Short: Sherri McMillan was awarded the Golden Gam for raising more than $44,000 -- more than any other contestant -- in the inaugural Glamorous Gams presented by Riverview Community Bank fundraiser. McMillian, dressed as Tina Turner, performed "Proud Mary." The event raised more than $140,000 for Children's Center.
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Walnut Grove: Michealle Gregory, left, and her children, Chloe and Jacob Gregory, rode their bikes to Walnut Grove Elementary School on International Walk to School Day on Oct. 3 to help raise awareness of the schoolís Walking Schoolbus program.
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Orchards: Skyler Sheffield, left, Jayden Sheffield and Fabiola Rico Castillo ride the Mount Hood Railroad to Parkdale, Ore. with the Modern Woodmen of Americaís Youth Service Club on Sept. 29.
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Sunnyside: Kevin Flinn's backyard garden produced this Roma tomato that resembles a swan.
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Washougal: Renee O'Neil, Columbia Springs education coordinator, leads fourth-grade students in an exploration of the Columbia River ecosystem at Cottonwood Beach during the Student Watershed Festival on Sept. 26-27.
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Washougal: Present at the Sept. 27 ribbon cutting for the Cape Horn-Skye School play structure are, from left, DeeAnn Ferguson and Isabelle Ferguson, Erika Stauffer, Angela Hancock, John Hancock, Derek Connolly, Tammy Connolly, Kevin Connolly, Nolan Connolly, Iris Hancock, Violet Hancock, Mike Connolly, Jeannette Connolly, Megan Slosser, Pamela Anderson and Brandi Leonard.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, waves as he arrives with his wife Ann at a campaign rally, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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live well poll results
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