Photo of the Month: February 2003
Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.
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Raj Chawla
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press
Honorable Mentions
Mike Ross
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.
Cindy Connell of Rochester, N.H., comforts her daughter, Sara, 6, at a Feb. 13 farewell for Alpha Co., 368th Engineer Combat Battalion. Husband and father Spc. John Connell is a member of the unit that was mobilized last month.
Jamie Gemmiti
The Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun
Eric Siefer, a guide at the International Climbing School, leads the ascent on Dracula, a 150-foot, grade 4-plus wall of ice in Crawford Notch on Feb. 28.
Chawla:
"I remember that it was about 10 degrees BELOW zero that day. I had every piece of cold
weather gear I owned, and I was still cold.
"The water would begin to freeze between groups of "Penguin Plungers," it was that cold. I was the only fool lying down on the ice, but that was the only way to make the shot. If the water hadn't frozen so fast, I would have been soaked.
"Over 650 people raised $250,000 for Special Olympics that day."
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H.
The Conway (N.H.) Daily Sun
Chawla:
"I remember that it was about 10 degrees BELOW zero that day. I had every piece of cold
weather gear I owned, and I was still cold.
"The water would begin to freeze between groups of "Penguin Plungers," it was that cold. I was the only fool lying down on the ice, but that was the only way to make the shot. If the water hadn't frozen so fast, I would have been soaked.
"Over 650 people raised $250,000 for Special Olympics that day."