Along Chestnut

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Downtown Gadsden

Soldier at Home

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Not everything we shoot or edit makes it into print. I really like this frame as it feels like it could have been shot this week or 50 years ago-just pure and simple.

Home on a break from his tour in Iraq Harrison Romano picks up his daughter Isabella from his wife Tasha on Wednesday April 24, 2008. Romano planned his time home to coincide with his daughter’s first birthday. Gadsden Times Photo by Eric T. Wright

Orchids

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This a picture that I doubt will reproduce in the paper, but I like it just the same, backlight can be great for those subtle colors.

Orchids line the walls of Reggie Wright’s greenhouse at his home near Boaz on Tuesday April 22, 2008. Gadsden Times Photo by Eric T. Wright

Steel Plant Clean up

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It has been a really interesting experience to see the progress that they have made on cleaning up the steel plant site. Still a lot of work to go.

Heavy equipment works near the coke plant as the EPA continues clean up efforts on the Gulf States Steel site in Gadsden on Tuesday April 22, 2008. Gadsden Times Photo by Eric T. Wright

Vet Fire Investigation

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They were actually dusting for latent fingerprints like on CSI- how cool is that?

Andy Yarbrough, Deputy State Fire Marshal dusts for latent fingerprint at a possible entry point as he investigates the scene of the Thursday night fire and shooting at Handley Animal clinic on U.S. Highway 411 North. Gadsden Times Photo by Eric T. Wright

More Weather

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This was so close I just ran a few blocks down fourth street to get to the scene.

Bricks lay in downtown 4th street after a wall was knocked down by wind as a severe weather system that swept through the region on Friday afternoon April 11, 2008.

Severe Weather Damage

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The Rescue Squad was out in force helping people recover from storm damage.

Plant Sale

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Fred Benefield, left pushes a cart full of plants for Cathy Millard at the annual Master Gardeners Plant Sale at the Etowah County Extension office on April 11, 2008. Gadsden Times photo by Eric T. Wright

hanging

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Just a little detail from state basketball.

Looks like I get to go back as the girls from the Garden did it again.

77 Wreck

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We’ve been shooting a lot of not so happy news lately.
I am ready to shoot a few dogs nursing kittens photos.