Photos for February 12, 2013
Camas guard Paige Jackson (left) and Mountain View guard Emma DuChesne (right) battle for loose ball during high school basketball action at Camas high school. (Steve Dipaola for the Columbian)
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Hudson's Bay's Micah Fitzpatrick, #5, steals the ball from Mountain View's Luke DuChesne, Friday, January 4, 2013. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)
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Jessica Chatman, with ball, drives to the basket against Kentridge defender Kiki Gilbert, during Union's win.
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Katie Burbank (14) battles for an offensive rebound against Kentridge during a Class 4A bi-district girls basketball game Tuesday. Union won the game 52-44.
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Superintendent Steven Webb, left, waits to announce election results for the two district levies on the ballot. District spokesman Tom Hagley Jr. checks his smart phone for levy results.
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Leslie Morrison, left, a Vancouver Public Schools special education teacher with the GATE Program, reacts to election results, along with other teachers and board members, Tuesday evening.
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Alan Diaz/The Associated Press LeBron James (6) became the first player in NBA history to score 30 points and shoot at least 60 percent in six straight games as the Heat defeated the Blazers 117-104.
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Miami Heat's Chris Bosh (1) blocks a shot by Portland Trail Blazers' Wesley Matthews (2) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Miami, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The Heat won 117-104. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Banana Joe, an affenpinscher and winner of the toy group, took Best in Show on Tuesday at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President John Biden and House Speaker John Boehner smiles as he gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.
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Bree Smith, who benefitted from a program run by Oregon Tradeswomen, says the group offers a supportive learning environment.
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Bree Smith repairs welding equipment at Gunderson in Portland.
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Smith, a Salmon Creek resident, got work as a maintenance mechanic after training with the nonprofit Oregon Tradeswomen.
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Photo by Washington State Patrol The driver of this SUV drove the wrong way on the Interstate 5 southbound ramp to the Ridgefield Fairgrounds, crashing head-on into a big rig. She was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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Skyview's Stephanie McDonagh steps around Union's Kendra Preuninger in the first half of a 4A GSHL match-up at Union on Thursday January 31, 2013. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)
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Law enforcement personnel search a vehicle along Hwy. 38 during the hunt for accused killer and ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner in Yacaipa, Caif., on Tuesday. Dorner is believed to be barricaded in a cabin Tuesday after a furious gunbattle with police in the snow-covered mountains of Southern California, authorities said, the culmination of an intensive manhunt that left a region an edge for nearly a week.
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Even in late winter, the ornamental grasses maintain their presence in the garden.
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This master bedroom designed by Kyle Schuneman of Live Well Designs incorporates a bedside lamp reminiscent of a melting chunk of ice and a wall lined with shimmery, metal ceiling tiles bringing some frosty winter style to a California home.
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Designer Brian Patrick Flynn turns to wintry menswear for inspiration when creating wintry spaces. This guest bedroom includes a custom headboard made from men's suiting fabric featuring a check print, as well as pillows made from hand-me-down sweaters and flannel shirts.
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Designer Brian Patrick Flynn had a flea market dresser updated with a sprayed coat of blue-gray lacquer, then accessorized it with all white pieces.
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Designer Brian Patrick Flynn created this guest bedroom for HGTV.com with wintry appeal, where Flynn had a flea market dresser updated with a sprayed coat of blue-gray lacquer, then accessorized it with all white pieces. Flynn suggests mixing different shades of white along with blue-grays to achieve a well-balanced, wintry look indoors.
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Designer Brian Patrick Flynn packed with two elements Flynn suggests are key to doing a wintry space right: organic texture and reflective surfaces. The walls are covered in Candice Olson's Birch Bark wallpaper from York, and many of the furnishings have metallic or mirrored finishes.
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This bedroom designed by Betsy Burnham features walls of pure white and frosty blue complemented by a fluffy snow-white flokati rug.
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Steve Valenta, left, and Kevin DeGraw show off the Kiggins Bowl, from left, the Mighty Bowl, the Peanut Bowl and the Carter Park smoothie at Mighty Bowl.
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An artist's rendering of the proposed Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River.
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San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies search a home during a manhunt for former Los Angeles officer Christopher Dorner in Big Bear, Calif., on Thursday. The ex-Los Angeles police officer who authorities say went on a killing spree to punish those he blamed for his firing, killed three people set off a manhunt that stretched across three states and into Mexico, and stirred fear throughout the region.
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Katie Cole, 29, of Vancouver, browses for clothes at The Giving Closet. She and her husband, both disabled, are raising three children. "I love it here," Cole said.
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"At first, I had no idea there was so much poverty right here in Vancouver. The recession has really shined a new light on it." Denise Currie Executive director of The Giving Closet
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Everything is free at The Giving Closet, but people who come here must qualify as "extremely low income" according to federal guidelines.
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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 24, 2012. As Obama delivers his State of the Union speech tonight, he presides over an economy much healthier than the one he inherited four years ago. Yet growth remains slow and unemployment high.
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Katie Cole, 29, of Vancouver, browses for clothes at The Giving Closet. She and her husband, both disabled, are raising three children. "I love it here," Cole said.
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"At first, I had no idea there was so much poverty right here in Vancouver. The recession has really shined a new light on it." Denise Currie Executive director of The Giving Closet
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Everything is free at The Giving Closet, but people who come here must qualify as "extremely low income" according to federal guidelines.
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To the Editor: This may be a sharper version of the third pic as a guest cartoon for your editorial page. Thank you. 503-577-8084
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To the Editor: Also please consider this third pic as a guest cartoon for your editorial page. 503-577-8084
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To the Editor: And please consider this second pic as a guest cartoon for your editorial page. 503-577-8084
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