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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016
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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016
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Astoria resident Vernon Hall rides his bike on the River-
walk with his cat, Princess, on his shoulders June 11.
Matthew Cano leads a cow to a water bucket Aug. 2 during
the opening day of the Clatsop County Fair in Astoria.
The remains from a dead humpback whale washed up on
Short Sand Beach on Sept. 20 at Oswald West State Park.
Kendrik Byman, of Longview, Washington, leaps from a
hill over the beach on May 29 at Fort Stevens State Park.
Community members cheer and wave as the historic
Tourist No. 2 ferry arrives Aug.1 in Astoria.
High school competitors sprint through a mud pit at the
3-Course-Challenge on Sept. 17 at Camp Rilea.
THROUGH THE LENS: 2016 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
The Daily Astorian
D
aily Astorian photogra-
pher Danny Miller and
former
photographer
Joshua Bessex chronicled the
North Coast through their lenses
capturing the beauty, quirkiness
and spirit that imbues our area.
Enjoy their journey through 2016.
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Isabella Churchill, 4, reacts to the parade in front of her during Warrenton’s Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade on July 4.
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Sea lions and harbor seals dive off the docks of the East End Mooring Basin after crews from the Port of Astoria inflated air dancers in an attempt to scare the pinnipeds on March 17.
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Hundreds of corgis, their owners and admirers walk up and down the beach during the fourth annual Oregon Corgi Beach Day benefiting the Oregon Humane Society on June 30
in Cannon Beach. The event included a beach-themed costume competition, a raffle, beanbag toss and other activities.
A woman crosses 14th Street as snow falls in downtown Astoria on Dec. 8. The last few
weeks of 2016 saw some freezing temperatures and icy roads in Clatsop County.
Rain falls as Astoria football players stand at attention for the national anthem before
facing off against Banks on Oct. 13 at CMH Field in Astoria.
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U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Darren
Hicks is lowered into the water from a helicopter as Avia-
tion Maintenance Technician Chelsea Stark assists, while
completing water rescue training exercises on Aug. 24 off
the coast of Tillamook.
Miami’s Lucas Roque makes a kick mid-air during the
Team USA Footvolley qualifying final on June 26 in Sea-
side. Team Miami defeated Team Los Angeles 2-1 and
represented the U.S. Footvolley team as a demonstration
sport in Rio de Janeiro.
Visitors search for clams along the beach at Fort Stevens
State Park on Feb. 9. Starting in the spring, local doctors
were able to begin writing prescriptions that are good for
free entrance into state and national parks and communi-
ty recreation centers.
Audience members shield their eyes from sunshine as
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson speaks
during a Think and Drink event organized by Oregon Hu-
manities on July 21 at the Fort George Lovell Showroom
in Astoria.
Josef Barbic, top, sits on Sam Beaudoin’s shoulders while
posing for a celebratory photo on stage during the Seaside
High School graduation ceremony June 13 at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Center in Seaside. The 2016 graduat-
ing class was the 100th graduation in the school’s history.
Yacht Club member Curt Yoder sails his boat Shearwater
as another boat sails in the distance during an Astoria
Yacht Club Rally on June 30 on the Columbia River. Yoder
named his boat after the shearwater seabird. “Sailboats
seem like birds to me, the way they can fly,” said Yoder.