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Daily photos - supersized
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| Korean Veteran Billy Scott, 77, of Boyce, raises his fist in the air as the Army song is played during the Veteran's Day tribute at the Shenandoah County Fair on Thursday. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Zachary Mullins, 8, a member of Strasburg Cub Scout Pack 75, bows his head during the opening prayer. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Area military enlistees march in front of the grandstand during Veteran's Day festivities held Thursday at the Shenandoah County Fair. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| WWII Navy Veteran Hubert B. Clark, Jr., 85, of Edinburg, salutes during the national anthem during the Veteran's Day program Thursday at the Shenandoah County Fair. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Country artist Josh Turner was the featured performer Wednesday night in Woodstock. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Josh Turner reacts to the crowd Wednesday night at the Shenandoah County Fair Woodstock. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Josh Turner points to the audience thanking them for an ovation after his first song at the Shenandoah County Fair. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Wolfe, who has published five books, holds one of her children's books. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Local author and poet Carolyn Wolfe, left, is the leader of a poetry group at Remember Yourself on Braddock Street in Winchester. The newly formed group, the Downtown Poets of Winchester, meets at the shop on the first Friday of each month. Seated, from front, are Christy Reffner, Lisa D'Arcangelis and Nate Cravener. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Thirty-six years after Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal began accepting female cadets, Allyson Doran became the first one to be selected as corps commander. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Tom Kibler, of Strasburg, holds the 94-pound watermelon he grew that won first place honors at the Shenandoah County Fair. Kibler says he has two additional watermelons growing at his home that weigh 109 pounds and 116 pounds. (Read more)
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| Jenna Kibler, 11, of Edinburg, works her 1,369 pound Maine cross Chucky during the judging for the grand champion steer at the Shenandoah County Fair on Tuesday. Kibler and Chucky won reserve grand champion honors. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Jenna Kibler, 11, of Edinburg, works her 1,369 pound Maine cross during the judging for the grand champion steer at the Shenandoah County Fair on Tuesday. Kibler won reserve grand champion honors. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Allison George, 17, of Edinburg, moves her cross bred steer out of the show ring Tuesday after winning the grand champion steer honors. Shenandoah County Fair Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Strasburg's Samantha St. Clair tries to spike the ball past Central's Rebecca Sigler during Tuesday's volleyball match. The host Rams won, 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-23). (Read more)
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| The former Brills Grocery, left, and the former cab stand, center, on East King Street in Strasburg, may be used as a future home for the police department. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Jordan Carte, 13, of Mt. Jackson, trims his nanny goat, Nova, on Tuesday afternoon at the Shenandoah County Fair. The goat show starts at 1 p.m. today. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Tom Heitfield, vice president of finance at Creative Urethanes, stands by a production line where worker Yvonne Sigler puts labels on the company's patented skateboard wheels. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Stocco pours the mixture into an ice cream machine. Violino, on North Loudoun Street in Winchester, has gelato on the menu year-round but has featured special summer flavors on weekends in July and August using ingredients from the nearby farmers market. (Read more)
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| Riccardo Stocco pours cream for the gelato he makes at Violino Ristorante Italiano. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| James Schlesinger Jr., 39, and his dog, Grasshopper, rest near the low-water bridge in Bentonville. The South Fork of the Shenandoah River along this section is impaired, says the state Department of Environmental Quality. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| James Schlesinger Jr., 39, and his dog, Grasshopper, walk across the low water bridge in Bentonville on Thursday. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Jesse Clark, of Woodstock, rams a competitor during the first heat of the Shenandoah County Fair Demolition Derby on Monday night. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Members of the crowd try to avoid being showered in mud as it is hurled into the bleachers. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Audrey Ludwig, of Edinburg, uses a blanket to shield herself from the mud during the demolition derby at the Shenandoah County Fair Monday night. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Mud flies during the Shenandoah County Fair Demolition Derby on Monday night. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Drivers crash their cars during the Demolition Derby at the Shenandoah County Fair Monday night. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| The year-round ban on feeding deer in Winchester and four local counties began as a way to combat chronic wasting disease. Rich Cooley/Daily file (Read more)
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| Fire and rescue personnel lift a burn victim into a medical helicopter Sunday at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds in Woodstock. A fire involving a propane tank sent two people to the hospital. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Shenandoah County fire marshal Dave Ferguson walks outside the Fried Foods stand where two victims were burned after a fire Sunday afternoon involving a propane tank. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Mike Beaver, of Landis, NC , funnel cake stand operator at the Shenandoah County Fairgrounds, speaks to fire marshal Dave Ferguson outside the fried food stand where a Sunday afternoon fire sent two people to the hospital suffering from burns. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Participants in the greased pig contest prepare to get down and dirty with their quarry at the Shenandoah County Fair. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
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| Jeremiah Silvious gets a good grip on his target as the 3- to 4-year-old group takes the field in the greased pig contest at the Shenandoah County Fair. Andrew Thayer/Daily (Read more)
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| Bryant Baker pulls the pig he caught to the holding pen in the 7 to 8 year old group during the greased pig contest held on Saturday at the Shenandoah County Fair. Andrew Thayer /Daily (Read more)
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| Participants in the greased pig contest get ready to chase after the pigs at the Shenandoah County Fair on Saturday in Woodstock. Andrew Thayer /Daily (Read more)
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| The Winchester City Council will consider whether to declare the property at 319-321 South Kent St. blighted. If the council does so, the building may be demolished. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Strasburg police officer Matt Moats found a town woman after a 12-hour search. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Rescue squad personnel lift a 62 year-old woman onto a stretcher on Crystal Lane Court in Strasburg before transporting her to Shenandoah Memorial hospital Saturday morning after she wandered from her home Friday. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Berkley Turner, 82, of Front Royal, watches construction along Happy Creek Road from his front yard. Rich Cooley/Daily (Read more)
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| Warren County's Jeremy Vogt intercepts a pass in the end zone late in the second quarter to stop a Strasburg drive during Friday's game. Michael Reynolds was the intended receiver. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Warren County's Gage Steele powers his way for a gain between Strasburg's Todd Dean (33) and Tyler Himelright. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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| Warren County's Damien Wright stiff arms Tyler Himelright of Strasburg during a second quarter run. Dennis Grundman/Daily (Read more)
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