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Nearly every image in this post had made its way onto this blog throughout the year. But now I post them here together as my favorite newspaper images I took in 2009 (in no particular order).

1) First day of kindergarten in Kirkland, Ill.

2) Starworlds Arcade in DeKalb, Ill.

3) Firefighter in Genoa, Ill.

4) High School Swimmer of the Year David Gordon

5) Fire in Sycamore, Ill.

6) Girls basketball in Shabbona, Ill.

7) Parents of one of the victims from the NIU 2/14 shootings on the one year anniversary in DeKalb, Ill.

Hinckley-Big Rock High School wins basketball state championship in Normal, Ill.

9) St. Mary’s Church in Maple Park, Ill.

10) Tax help for senior citizens at the senior center in DeKalb, Ill.

11) Soccer in Genoa, Ill. The soft focus kills this images for me, but the action made me keep it. You’ll notice my focus was moving between the two girls hence the grass beneath is sharp.

12) Homeless family living in a temporary home in DeKalb, Ill.

13) High school swimming practice in DeKalb, Ill.

14) Soldiers return home in Sycamore, Ill.

15) Kevin Ballantine starts another round of chemotherapy while battling Leukemia.

16) Sisters playing in Sycamore, Ill.

17) Grace Waller during treatment for a tumor in her knee in a hospital in Chicago, Ill.

18) Passover in DeKalb, Ill.

19) Outside the Hoka Turkey farm in rural DeKalb County.

20) Kids playing at the Evergreen Village trailer park.

21) High School soccer in DeKalb, Ill.

22) View from atop the Holmes Student Center in DeKalb, Ill.

23) Chicago Bears vs Cleavland Browns in Chicago, Ill.

24) Yoga during P.E. class in Malta, Ill.

25) NIU Glass blower in DeKalb, Ill.