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Best Oregon photos for February 2009 . . . |
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Fredrick D. Joe of The Oregonian wins News Photo of the Month and $200 for capturing a muddy Joe Crispin aboard Purple Jag after the sixth race at Portland Meadows Monday Feb. 9. |
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Robin Loznak of The News-Review wins Feature Photo of the Month and $200 for this shot of Anton Sheperd, 4, attempting a quick escape while his mother Tiffany Adkins holds him and nursing student Tiffany Stacy administers a shot during the annual Shots for Tots immunization clinic at Roseburg High School Saturday, Feb. 7. The free clinic offered by the Douglas County Health Department gave out 685 shots to 243 kids.
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More great Oregon shots for February 2009 . . . |
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AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens |
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California's Patrick Christopher (23) shoots against Oregon State's Daniel Deane (30) and Roeland Schaftenaar, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis Saturday, Feb. 21. |
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A cat shares a fence post with a cow skull on the edge of a pasture near Elkton, on Monday, Feb. 9. |
AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak |
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AP Photo/Don Ryan |
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Two-year-old Zach Rankin, from Seattle, Wash., sits behind a sign while waiting for the NBA basketball game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Portland Wednesday, Feb. 11. Clay Bennett was the owner of the Seattle Supersonics before he moved the team to Oklahoma City. |
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A nutria shares the links with golfers at the Stewart Park Golf Course in Roseburg, on Thursday, Feb. 5. Indigenous to South America, the large rodents were imported into the United States for fur farming and were later released to become feral animals. They were first reported in Oregon in the 1930s and are now abundant in the western, central and northeast parts of the state. See http://www.dfw.state.or.us/swwd/Nutria.html for more information. |
AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak |
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AP Photo/Don Ryan |
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The Oregon Mascot is hauled in the air by celebrating fans after Oregon beat Stanford 68-60 in their NCAA college basketball game in Eugene Saturday, Feb. 21. |
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AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak |
A boatload of fishermen enjoy a sunny afternoon on the South Umpqua River, near Myrtle Creek on Tuesday, Feb. 17. |
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Please respect AP and individual photographer copyrights. Prepared Feb. 28, 2009 Refer comments to apseattle@ap.org |