A10 THE BACK PAGE East Oregonian Saturday, January 4, 2020 THE WEEK IN PHOTOS Staff photo by Kathy Aney The foothills of the Blue Mountains are a mix of light and shadow on Wednesday as the sun sinks in the sky. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Staff photo by Kathy Aney Revelers celebrate the new year as fi reworks are launched from atop Hermiston City Hall during a New Year’s celebration on festival street in Hermiston in the early minutes of the new year. New Year’s Eve partiers warm themselves around a bonfi re at the home of Carl and Elizabeth Scheeler in Pendleton. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Staff photo by Kathy Aney Alex Blackburn, 8, son of Hermiston High School cross-country coach Troy Blackburn, nears the fi nish line of the Resolution Run at Riverside Park in Hermiston on New Year’s Day. Isaac Urbina, of Pendleton, pins Crook County’s Clayton Berman under the watchful eye of offi cial Dale Free- man during Thursday’s dual meet at Warberg Court. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Rachel McCarty, right, hands out candles to fans prior to a candlelight ceremony at the Bouncin’ Cancer basketball tournament at Pioneer Hall in Echo on Dec. 28, 2019. The tour- nament, in its 13th year, raises funds to support expenses associated with cancer treatment, including travel to care for patients and their families. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Cooper Gillespie, 4, skates at the ice rink at Roy Raley Park in Pendleton on Thursday after- noon. Gillespie’s father coaches the hockey programs at the rink and the family often makes trips to skate.