Photos for February 7, 2013
Madison Crockett
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Obama the cowboy
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Henry Washburn, of Vancouver, shares his experiences with marijuana during a public forum before the state's Liquor Control Board that took place Thursday evening at Clark College's Gaiser Hall in Vancouver.
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The crowd waits for the state's Liquor Control Board forum on marijuana to begin Thursday evening at Clark College's Gaiser Hall in Vancouver. About 400 people showed up to express their views on regulating the state's new pot industry.
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Henry Washburn, of Vancouver, shares his experiences with marijuana during a public forum before the state's Liquor Control Board that took place Thursday evening at Clark College's Gaiser Hall in Vancouver.
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Sean Doucette Killed man outside home
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Camas swimmer Seth Albert wins the 200 yard freestyle race at the 4A District Swim Championships at Propstra Aquatic Center on Thursday.
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Crestline students are welcomed to Ellsworth Elementary during pride night on Thursday. The school's enrollment rose from 440 to 530 with the additional students.
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Norris Hibbler, left, shows a sign to a passing car as he and other community members show their support for Pearson Air Museum during a Thursday protest.
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Kiggins Theatre showed its support for Pearson Air Museum by changing its sign Thursday.
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Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, center front, greets Navy personnel after hosting a ship-naming ceremony Thursday in honor of the future USS Washington at the Port of Seattle headquarters. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center rear, looks on.
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Tina Ellertson, a member of the U.S. National Soccer Team, pays a visit to the Macaya Soccer Camp, Friday, July 25, 2008. (The Columbian/ Steven Lane)
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The Misty Mamas will perform at 7 tonight at the Royal Durst Theatre, 3101 Main St., Vancouver.
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"Crossing Delancey" runs through Feb. 24 at Love Street Playhouse in Woodland.
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The independent film "Old Goats," shot in the Pacific Northwest, will be screened Feb. 8-12 at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver
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Rooney Mara stars in "Side Effects."
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A jazz combo from Vancouver School of Arts and Academics performs at Niche in February 2012. From left, Andy Zacek on sax, Stuart Jackson on bass, Ben Jacobson on trumpet, Jonah Logue on trombone, and Quetzel Herzig on drums.
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Associated Press files Canola products at the Willamette Biomass Processors plant, which crushes canola and other seeds to make biofuel and food grade canola oil in Rickreall, Ore.
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This Feb. 1, 2012 photo shows canola and soy crushed to make biofuel and/or food grade oil at the Willamette Biomass Processors plant in Rickreall, Ore. Some farmers want to grow more canola because it's a profitable alternative to grass seed and wheat. But other farmers who grow specialty vegetable seeds worry about contamination from canola. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Beth Nakamura) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT
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The red Nike swoosh marks the entrance to the company's headquarters campus in Beaverton, Ore.
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Firefighters help at the scene of a truck-train wreck in the Columbia River Gorge on Thursday afternoon.
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Audrey Christina, a third grade teacher for Crestline Elementary School, right, leads her third grade class to a portable classroom at Riverview Elementary on Thursday.
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Ruth Beggs, left, welcomes third grade students from Crestline Elementary School to Riverview Elementary, which welcomed 93 Crestline third-graders, teachers and administrators after their school burned down.
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Parents of students from Crestline Elementary School document the morning as their children start class at Riverview Elementary on Thursday.
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Jane Olschewsky, playground attendant from Crestline Elementary School, is embraced by third grade students as they get off school buses on their first day of class at Riverview Elementary School on Thursday. "They need familiar faces," said Olschewsky.
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Third grade students from Crestline Elementary School get a first look at Riverview Elementary School through foggy windows of a school bus Thursday.
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A school bus carrying Crestline Elementary School students passes in front of welcome signs and balloons on its way to Riverview Elementary School. Jeff and Alisa Rawlins posted the signs and balloons to welcome the new students. "Riverview has been a big part of our family," said Jeff Rawlins.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergarten teacher Necia Gannon sits with her student Brenden Jaffey, 5, as she gets her class settled inside their new classroom at Mill Plain Elementary on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergarten teacher Necia Gannon left a message on the board as she gets her class settled inside their new classroom at Mill Plain Elementary on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergartener Micah Merwin, 6, reads a books as teacher Necia Gannon (not pictured)gets her class settled inside their new classroom at Mill Plain Elementary on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergarten teacher Necia Gannon, background center, gets her class settled inside their new classroom at Mill Plain Elementary on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School staff member Sofia Avila waves at students as they depart on buses from Mountain View High School to their new schools on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School third grade teacher Brian VonDerahe, background right, greets a student as staff, students and parents line up at Mountain View High School to catch buses to their new schools on Thursday.
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Parents Don and Maggie Tremble, right, take pictures as their daughter Alise, 8, (not pictured) boards a bus as Crestline Elementary School staff, students and parents line up at Mountain View High School to catch buses to their new schools on Thursday.
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Kyra Smith, left, who babysits Crestline students, holds a sign for support as Crestline Elementary School staff, students and parents line up at Mountain View High School to catch buses to their new schools.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergarten teacher Necia Gannon, right, gets ready to take her class to Mill Plain Elementary, while her daughter Nyah, center, 9, who is a Crestline student, gets ready to head to Fir Crest Elementary. Although mother and daughter are not used to being separated, Gannon said that they will both be fine.
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A Crestline Elementary School student waves from the rear of a bus as staff, students and parents line up at Mountain View High School to catch buses to their new schools on Thursday.
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Crestline Elementary School staff, students and parents line up at Mountain View High School to catch buses to their new schools on Thursday.
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Sandra Weller, center, and Jeffrey Weller, background right, stand as the jury enter the courtroom for the start of their trial on Tuesday.
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Crestline Elementary School kindergarten teacher Necia Gannon, background center, gets her class settled inside their new classroom at Mill Plain Elementary today.
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Douglas County Sheriff Department Lt. Brian Murphy is greeted by children at Buffalo Ridge Elementary School in Castle Pines, Colo., as part of a new cooperative effort between law enforcement and schools for more routine police presence at local primary schools.
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A command post on Magnolia overpass over Interstate 15 is set up in Corona, Calif., on Thursday. Police are searching for a former Los Angeles police officer sought for two weekend killings, and who threatened to kill police.
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Former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner
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A bus of Crestline Elementary students pulls away from the staging area at Mountain View High School for a substitute elementary school as classes resumed this morning.
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With the help of teachers, staff and parent volunteers, Crestline students find the right buses this morning. This is the bus staging area at Mountain View High School, where students will change buses to get to the right school.
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A group of Crestline students arrives at Riverview Elementary, where third graders and Academic Learning Center kids will spend the rest of the school year.
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Crestline students are back at school this morning in five locations after Sunday's catastrophic fire. Above, adults stand ready at the transportation hub to help the younger kids find the right buses that will take them to their temporary new school.
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