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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
Category 1 Winner:
My nephew, Hudson, getting ready to swim at the pool. I didn't mean to capture the plant in the background, but it makes for a great head of hair. Photo by Valerie Vining.
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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
Category 2 Winner:
Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas at the Flavian Amphitheatre (a.k.a. the Coliseum) in Rome during a family vacation to Italy in June. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
Sometimes your neighborhood is just too good to leave. Summer fun in our backyard in Hoover! Photo by Sandy Ritchey.
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Look out below!!!!! Photo by Chad Ballinger
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Heard it Coming! Photo by Emily Grace McCall
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Hanging on. Photo by Emily Grace McCall.
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Round and round. Photo by Emily Grace McCall
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Stand up fun. Photo by Emily Grace McCall
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Reese Unnoppet spending her summer caring for her 12-week-old silkie chicken, Britney. Photo by Sonya Unnoppet.
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Beck Unnoppet farming on his toy tractor. Photo by Sonya Unnoppet.
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Beck Unnoppet enjoying a summer snack while relaxing at the lake. Photo by Sonya Unnoppet.
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Cousins, Jaydn, Kylee, Reese and Fin Unnoppet enjoying the summer day at the lake, tubing in style. Photo by Sonya Unnoppet.
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Nana & her grand dog cruising Gulf Shores. 70 never looked so good. Photo by Teresa Turner
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Sharon and Ken Brimer fishing at Clear Creek at Logan Martin. Photo by Kelli Brimer.
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"There's Treasure in Them There Hills": Katie Simmons geocaching at Moss Rock Preserve. Photo by Sarah Simmons.
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Softball Saturday. Photo by Kari Parker
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Disneyworld with Mickey. Photo by Julie Elliott
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Disneyworld with Goofy. Photo by Julie Elliott.
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LEGOLAND with Emmett. Photo by Julie Elliott.
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My son, Aiden, in the Western Mountains of North Carolina at our favorite falls. He gets so excited to visit the same falls each year. Photo by Valerie Vining.
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Riding the waves! Photo by Peggy Shamblin.
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Hanging out at Piedmont Dog Park in Atlanta with Cindy Davenport and her four-legged family member, Olivia. Photo by Alan Davenport
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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
Evan Reeder
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Anna Clare Huddleston's first trip to the beach at 10 weeks old. Not sure what to think of the sand and water but she was all smiles inside in the air conditioning!! Photo by Clare Huddleston
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Evan Reeder and Silas Shoemake
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Anna Clare Huddleston's first trip to the beach at 10 weeks old. Not sure what to think of the sand and water but she was all smiles inside in the air conditioning!! Photo by Clare Huddleston.
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Playing in the sand. Photo by Peggy Shamblin.
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Beautiful Jane and Gracie! One last hoorah at the pool before school starts. Photo by Veronica Taylor.
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Fun at the splash pad. Photo by Peggy Shamblin.
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Fireworks on the beach, Fourth of July, 2014 Photo by Kylee Pedrosa
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Tubing fun! Photo by Julie Elliott.
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David Bratcher holding the Hoover Sun while relaxing at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif. Photo by Anamarie Bratcher.
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David Bratcher holding the Hoover Sun while roaming the grounds at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif. Photo by Anamarie Bratcher.
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David Bratcher sitting with Albert Einstein at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Photo by Anamarie Bratcher
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David Bratcher holding Hoover Sun while roaming the grounds at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Calif. Photo by Anamarie Bratcher.
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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
"My boys at sunset." Photo by Melissa Tabor.
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Good morning Logan Martin!
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"Rosie the Riveters," Christal Brannon and daughter, Christan, at Logan Martin Lake, Riverside, Fourth of July, 2014. Photo by Joellen Brannon
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Birmingham Belles at Arlington, June 12, 2014. Photo by Christal Brannon
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"Summer snorkeling." Photo by Melissa Tabor.
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Enoing at Lake Martin. Photo by Jennifer Pate.
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Summer Fun Photo Contest 2014
"Baby Beach"
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Veronica Taylor and her grandchildren!! Photo by Crista Taylor.
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His Service, Denis Tanner
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Picture of Gracie in her backyard. Photo by Veronica Taylor.
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"Sunset cruise" at Lake Martin. Photo by Jennifer Pate.
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"Sunset cruise" at Lake Martin. Photo by Jennifer Pate.
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Kelli Brimer kayak fishing at Clear Creek at Logan Martin. Photo by Sharon Brimer.
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Susan Freeman, Debbie Elliott, Pat Nesmith, Nelda Hamilton, Dianne Salmon, Wendy Kusta & Jan Walden. Photo by Janet White.
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Aruba! Photo by Melissa Tabor.
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Marissa and Brent Boehm sailing off by boat after wedding at Lake Martin. Photo by Emma Gross.
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Brent and Marissa Boehm sailing off after wedding at Lake Martin. Gavin Ball driving the boat. The Boehm's reside in Bluff Park and Gavin lives in the Preserve. Photo by another Bluff Park resident Erin Nolen.
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Hoover residents enjoy some fun in the sun at Ross Bridge Resort and Spa. Photo by Lindsey Nichols.
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Calton Nichols goes on a dinosaur dig at the McWane Center. Photo by Lindsey Nichols.
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Calton Nichols relaxes in the pool. Photo by Lindsey Nichols.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas at the Leaning Tower of Pisa during a family vacation to Italy in June. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas at Pompeii during a family vacation to Italy in June. Mount Vesuvius is in the background. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas atop St. Peter's Basilica in The Holy See (Vatican City) during a family vacation in June. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas on the National Mall during a family vacation to Washington, DC in July. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas at the Lincoln Memorial during a family vacation to Washington, DC in July. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas at the Einstein Memorial during a family vacation to Washington, DC in July. Photo by Brian Kubas.
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Hoover residents Kyle and Xander Kubas in front of St. Peter's Basilica in The Holy See (Vatican City) during a family vacation in June. Photo by Brian Kubas.