Joshua Buck, staff photographer at The Longmont Times-Call, picks his 2011 Photos of the Year.
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Virgil Friebel, 78, and his late wife, Ann, discussed end of life choices after Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer. When Ann died on July 13, 2003, her ashes were placed in a columbarium niche at Mountain View Cemetery, where he visits her Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Once Virgil dies, his ashes will be placed alongside hers. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Annie Moore is the matriarch in her family's daycare, Three Generations Home Daycare, which she runs with her daughter Rhonda McKoy and granddaughter Jamia Kenan, 14, out of their Firestone home. She is photographed Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Marc Genty's great-grandfather, the Rev. William Worthington, led St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Longmont from 1887 to 1891. Genty, 53, lives in Longmont and is a deacon at an Episcopalian church in Fort Collins. He is photographed outside the chapel at St. Stephen's on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Dr. Michael Larimore teaches Alie Fischels, 17, some neck exercises at Larimore Chiropractic and Massage in Longmont on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Fischels, who suffers from pain stemming from a car accident, is also receiving tips about keeping her neck and hands healthy because of her body position as she uses her phone to text message. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Longmont head coach Jay Darien is livid a foul wasn't called as Erica Meier shot the ball against Roosevelt at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden on Friday, March 4, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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With 19-seconds remaining in their eminent loss to Pueblo West, Longmont's Cade Kloster tells his dad, head coach Jeff Kloster, that he "loves him" and that "it was an honor to play for you." His father told Cade he was the "best player he's ever coached. "It's a chapter of our lives that is closed," Jeff Kloster said about their relationship on the court. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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High Society, the smoke shop owned by Kentucky natives Jamie and Kelly Hunter at 608 9th Ave., has been mistaken time and time again for a marijuana dispensary. While the shop sells hand-made glass smoking pipes, like one being made by Jamie on Wednesday, March 16, 2011, the shop does not sell marijuana, he says. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Jamie Katuna may arguably be one of the best girls basketball players to ever go through Longmont High School, where she holds the all-time individual scoring record. Katuna also led the Trojans' to the Class 4A championship game two years in a row. She has been named the Times-Call Girls Basketball Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive time. Photo taken in the TC studio on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Travis Jensen surrenders to the Longmont SWAT officers after a standoff on the 1400 block of Donovan Drive in Longmont on Saturday, April 9, 2011. SWAT officers used two distraction devices outside the residence after numerous attempts to contact Jensen over a bullhorn were unsuccessful. Jensen appeared in the door of 1427 Donovan Dr., with his hands up moments after the devices were deployed. Jensen was arrested on suspicion of harassing a Longmont man Friday night, according to police and retaliating against the victims of an August 2010 felony menacing and assault incident. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Tashi and Bruce Browder pick up Dorothy Miller at her home at Life Care for a trip to the Longmont Symphony performance at Vance Brand Auditorium on Saturday, April 9, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Two adults cling to the underside of their 15 foot sailboat after it capsized Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Union Reservoir. Longmont Police Sgt. Eric Lewis said dispatch received a call at 6:36 p.m. reporting the incident. The boat, he said, was capsized about 150 yards off shore after high winds "came out of no where." The man and woman didn't appear to be hurt, he said, and were being treated in a waiting ambulance. A Colorado Parks ranger, along with the city's rangers, were the first on scene, Lewis said. Mountain View Fire, Longmont Fire and Longmont Police all responded to the incident. The wind eventually pushed the boat into the shore, where the two were able to be aided by waiting rescue personnel. Boaters Andrew Tauscher and Blake Shepherd, the boaters in the background, saw the two in need as they motored toward the dock. Tauscher told Shepherd to keep circling in case they needed to help, Tauscher said. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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A dog plays his own form of catch beyond the outfield wall as Longmont matches up with Mountain View on Thursday, April 21, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Niki Noon, left, and Cynthia Lewandowski have some fun while shopping at a garage sale held by Marvin and Lois Dyer on the 1000 block of Pratt Street in Longmont on Saturday, April 23, 2011. The two were planning on having their own garage sale, but decided against after seeing snow. The city of Longmont does not require a permit to hold sales, but does have a few rules. Residents may hold sales no more than 12 days per year. They can be held consecutive weekends, but not more than three weekends in a row. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Longmont's Kelle Kloster, left, and her friend Kaila Herold nap after Kloster's first round no. 3 doubles match of the Class 4A State Tennis Championships at Pueblo City Park on Thursday, May 12, 2011.(Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Lila Sanseverino, 6, is a bit apprehensive about trying the tortilla soup at The Longmont Library's Souptelling event after her friend told her it was spicy Thursday, May 19, 2011. The library is hosting the free six-month pilot program for 15 Longmont families that have created their own soup bowls through a partnership with Crackpots. Each month the families come to the library to share soup and enjoy live storytelling. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Nature's Medicine employee Matt Brady and assistant manager Amber Clifford make use of their time by rolling marijuana joints Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The medical marijuana dispensary in Longmont is among some of the local shops organizing a petition to put the ban issue on the November ballot. With the City Council's unanimous vote to ban dispensaries, Nature's Medicine is looking for a location out of town. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Debbie Barry fights back tears as she sees her son, Todd enter Altona Middle School during Olde Columbine High School's commencement on Friday, May 27, 2011. Barry's husband, Derrold died in 2009 with ALS and he said one of his last wishes was to see their son graduate high school. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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With Crackpots now settled into a new studio next door at 505 Main St., Matt Meade of RKB Construction demolishes parts of the old store Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Tamar Hendricks, owner of Crackpots, said they kept the lease on the old space and will soon open an outdoor clothing store. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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The Trojahn kids have a good idea to beat the summer heat Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Dakota, 14, center; Anthony, 10, right; and Emily, 9, take turns spraying one another with a hose while jumping on their trampoline outside their home north of Longmont. The mercury is expected to surpass the 100 degree mark Wednesday. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Amanda and Richard Raehal, along with their children Anna, 11, Sara, 9, and Mark, 6, shown Friday, July 1, 2011 playing, share a home with Amanda's uncle and mother, Peggy Brown, in Dacono. The household of seven are part of a rare household. According to recently released census data the seven-member household is rare in Dacono, but even more rare in Weld County or Colorado. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Milana Mazur, 8, has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and yoga teaches her a variety of calming techniques, her mother Dava Mazur says. Milana participates in a new class at The Tiny Tim Center on Thursday, July 7, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Jabob Martinez, 12, has some fun riding an ATV while on an outing with his uncle John Carrillo and cousin Josiah Carrillo, 10, in Mead on Thursday, July 21, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Mike Hickman, left, his son, Jimmy, and Craig Flora, watch a restored DC-3 from the late 1930s -- owned by Flagship Detroit, a nonprofit group that shows the aircraft around the United States -- as it makes one of three flyovers at Vance Brand Municipal Airport on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. The 74-year-old plane passed over the runway in honor of Longmont resident Jack Greiner, who used to fly DC-3s for American Airlines in the 1940s. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Twin Peaks Charter High School freshman Evan Young leans back to get a better look at the staff during orientation for new students Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Terry Frazier and Kay Abresch are two of about 50 protesters show up denouncing a rally by Americans for Prosperity -- a conservative organization that promotes free-market and limited-government positions -- on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. The group is holding many Colorado stops in what the organization is calling its "Running on Empty Tour." (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Lee Springer was a Navy corpsman at a hospital in Guadalcanal during World War II before serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as an officer. He is photographed at his home in Longmont on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Brandon Leigh, 13, is prepared to be baptised at Messiahville Baptist Church (formerly Hopewell Baptist) in Longmont on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 by Pastor Corey Seulean. The church at 1146 Kimbark St., celebrated it's 17th anniversary Sunday. The church has hopes to build a new church and congregation on land donated to them at 4700 County Road 6 in Erie. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Silver Creek senior Alyssa Voydat, center, and Raquell Parker, right, celebrate a big play during the junior/senior powderpuff football game Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Silver Creek honored its 10 year anniversary during homecoming week, which featured a powder-puff football game -- won by the seniors in overtime -- a bbq, a video presentation and performances by the choir and jazz band. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Three months after learning of her four-year-old grandson Devein VanDyke's acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosis in April, Susan Burnett was diagnosed with breast cancer. Devein is currently undergoing chemotherapy and blood transfusions, while Burnett had surgery last month. The Niwot High School community is organizing a Walk-a-Thon fundraiser for the family and one other staff member battling cancer on Oct. 1, 2011, which begins at noon. Photo taken at the Burnett's Longmont home on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Alan Wise, 79, is old enough to remember a now-distant generation actually living at the Wise homestead that has since become a museum for the Erie historical society. He and his aunt Sarah Wise secured grants to move and renovate the Wise Homestead home in the late 1990s. They give tours of the 140-year-old home at 11611 Jasper Road in Erie on Saturdays, May through October, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment. Alan is photographed in the upper level of the home Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Toby Lopez, a three-time state wrestling champion who wrestled for Frederick in the 1990s, now trains as a mixed martial arts fighter and is working at Xtreme MMA at 3770 Eureka Way, in Frederick, which was recently opened by Jorge Rangel. Lopez, top, works with student Jesse Sosa during a ground work class Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Brandon Jarnagin, 12, makes sure Emil Milner has good hair before his portrait session with Brandon's mother Lisa at Life Care of Longmont on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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Cailin Doran, 16, left, visits with her best friend Delaney Goodner, 16, on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Delaney, who has been battling cancer, was surprised when she returned home from the hospital during Thanksgiving week with 999 paper cranes hanging throughout her Longmont home by Cailin and Torrie Deckert.. When Delaney was diagnosed with cancer she told Cailin she wanted to make 1000 paper cranes, a fond memory of a book the girls read in elementary school. Cailin and Torrie decided now was the time to fulfill Delaney's wish and used a facebook group to elicit folks to help with the project. Delaney made the 1000th crane using gold paper, which rests on her headboard. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)
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A cow grazes in a Weld County field on Saturday evening, Dec. 10, 2011. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call) For more photos visit www.timescallmedia.com