nothing but cold air.

The scene at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.

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custer state park fall classic bison auction.

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diwali festival.

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a few from the outtake pile.

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slices of life... ahhh snap!

Outtakes for an article on a family about to lose their food stamp benefits (now called SNAP-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) because of reduced eligibility requirements.

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wildfire smoke.

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Construction is underway to turn the St. Martins Monastery, originally a Catholic high school, into the Terra Sancta spiritual life center and Catholic grade school.

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draggin' the family to golden corrals.

i. Army veteran Dennis Andersen, center, dresses as Mrs. Doubtfire while greeting fellow veteran Fred Riedel as Korean Veteran Dean Foucault, left, moves out of the way during Military Appreciation Day at the Golden Corral restaurant in Rapid City. All U.S. military veterans throughout the country received free dinner at Golden Corral on November 15. Andersen dressed in drag to "welcome the gentlemen and the ladies" who served in the military.

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veterans day.

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anti-bullying day march.

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I shoot a lot of sports in the newspaper world. These are my favorites from this fall.

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