Lewis Geyer, staff photographer at The Longmont Times-Call, picks his 2011 Photos of the Year.
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A bald eagle perches itself in a cottonwood tree overlooking McIntosh Lake Thursday afternoon Dec. 16, 2010. Lakeshore Drive resident Cherie White believed it was the same one her family has seen in the area for several years. They have named him "Waldo" because of his occasional appearances. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Owner Andrea Liermann, center, is greeted by Darlene and Gene Allen during the last day of business at Andrea's Homestead Cafe, 216 E. Main St., in Lyons, Sunday Jan. 2, 2011. The Allens said they had been customers for the 33 years that Andrea's was open. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Mike Parsons, 46, of Berthoud, used two .45 caliber single action Ruger revolvers while competing in the cowboy mounted shooting competition during the 105th Annual National Western Stock Show in Denver Sunday Jan. 9, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Leon Waters makes a reception in front of Bryan McArdle during a game of touch football Thursday Jan. 27, 2011 at Willow Farm Park. Waters said he and several of his Digital Globe coworkers try to meet at the park once per week for a game of football. "When it gets a little cold it gets a little rough," he said. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Prisoner Markus Galltier eats his lunch in the Special Management wing of the Boulder County Jail Friday Jan. 28, 2011. The wing, designated for inmates with major mental disorders, has 21 occupants in a unit with 16 cells. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Longmont Estates fifth-grader Genevieve Frye sits at the desk in the office of Colorado senate president Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, during the Girls with Goals Day at the Capitol in Denver Friday March 4, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Niwot players fill the Rockies dugout during their game against Skyline Friday March 11, 2011 at Coors Field. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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When she was in high school, Maria Delmonico, 18, told her parents that she was a lesbian. On April 4, the director of The Family Acceptance Project based at San Francisco State University will be speaking at Skyline High School about how much the rejecting or accepting attitudes of families impact the health and mental health of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth who chose to be open about their sexual orientation. Photos taken Saturday March 19, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Wheat Ridge resident Sean McConnell, 39, tosses a tire in the air at a park in Arvada while training for the Peak Death Race Wednesday March 23, 2011. McConnell began training for the 48-hour endurance event in January. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Resident Shawn Grubbs carries his bearded dragon Gungu from the scene of a fire in his apartment building at 728 Baker St., Wednesday May 11, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Longmont third baseman Julian Moroyoqui makes a late throw to first against Thomas Jefferson during their Class 4A District 3 playoff game Saturday May 14, 2011 in Denver. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Talon Nordquist works at dismantling the Times-Call press in the TC building at 350 Terry St. Thursday June 2, 2011. Talon said it would take him and his father Kevin about a week to remove and load the press into six container trucks that will ship it to its new home in Mexico. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Jeff Gagliardi, left, and Clark Hodge, hope to set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of people drawing on Etch A Sketches at the same time. They are sponsoring Sketch-A-Palooza at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, as part of Lyon's Good Old Days festival. Photo taken in Lyons Friday morning June 3, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Doedo Schipper flies his 1930s vintage German-made biplane over Vance Brand Municipal Airport for the media Wednesday June 15, 2011 to preview the Longmont Airport Expo on June 25th. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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A man lies pinned underneath a pickup after the motorized scooter he was driving collided with the pickup Thursday afternoon May 16, 2011 at the intersection of 19th Avenue and Terry Street. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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McKenna Kostelecky, 16, of Longmont, refuses to move away from an infield sprinkler before a Colorado Comets game at the Independence Day Tournament at Garden Acres Park Thursday June 30, 2011. The tournament continues through Sunday. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Maddie Yilk, 14, of Mead, waits to compete in an English riding category during the final day of the Boulder County 4-H/FFA Horse Show Sunday July 31, 2011 at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Sabrina Johnson prepares to ride Star in the Jackpot Barrel Race Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011 at the Boulder County Fair. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Wyatt Hammock, 12, of Platteville, passes the time with a friend during rabbit judging in the Exhibition Building Thursday Aug. 4, 2011 at the Boulder County Fair. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Ball Aerospace's Sheila Czerwinski paints lines in the parking lot during the United Way's Day of Caring at the Inn Between Friday morning Aug. 19, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Jason Hicks, manager of Longmont Apothecary, stands in a conference at the Boulder County Courthouse Friday Aug. 19, 2011 with other dispensary operators and their lawyers after a judge denied a preliminary injunction which leaves the City of Longmont free to enforce a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries. Subsequently, the ban went into effect 5 p.m. Friday. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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A male rider gets a late start on the 100-mile Venus de Miles bike ride Sunday morning Aug. 28, 2011. The bike ride is for women only but men can particpate if they are willing to dress as women. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Longmont's D.J. Fowler celebrates a second quarter touchdown against Skyline Friday night Sept 02, 2011 at Everly-Montgomery Field. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Skyline High School cheerleader Leslie Rivas waits to lead her school's football team onto the field before their game against Longmont Friday night Sept 02, 2011 at Everly-Montgomery Field. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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The Pastore family of Firestone, waves to passing cars along I-25 during the Patriots Day Remembrance Sunday morning Sept 11, 2011 at Frederick-Firestone Station #2. From left are: Dessa, 13, Vinnie, 14, and their parents Mike, and Karla. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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From left: Longmont High School juniors Sierra Baumann, Caitlyn Levy, Corina Ramirez, and Emmie Greff, wait for the start of LHS's annual homecoming parade Thursday Sept. 22, 2011. The girls, who were portraying aliens, were part of the National Art Honor Society float. This year's homecoming theme is Wind, Fire, Water. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Eight month old Sarah Elsbernd, of Loveland, poses for a photo on a pumpkin during the Flower Bin's annual giant pumpkin contest Saturday Oct. 01, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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A dog gets to ride shotgun in the sidecar of a BMW motorcycle on Main Street in Lyons Monday morning Oct. 03, 2011. It had another canine companion next to it. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Longmont's Ty Tovar on the sidelines against Falcon during their Class 4A playoff game Saturday, Nov. 11, 2011 at Everly-Montgomery Field. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Ducks fly out of the St. Vrain River on a frosty morning at Sandstone Ranch Friday, Dec. 02, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Senior Nathan Dunlavy walks to the locker room after Windsor beat Silver Creek 14-7 Saturday Dec. 03, 2011 at the Class 3A state championship in Aurora. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Santa leaves a trail of sparks while parachuting into Roosevelt Park during the Longmont Lights holiday event Friday evening Dec. 09, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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An airplane is towed to Vance Brand Municipal Airport after making an emergency landing on Hover Street at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday Dec. 18, 2011. The pilot, reportedly having engine trouble, was able to avoid hitting any vehicles on the four-lane road. There were no injuries. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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Don Tomczak blows the white stuff off of a driveway on Rodriguez Court after a storm dropped several inches of snow Thursday morning Dec. 22, 2011. (Lewis Geyer/Times-Call)
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