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Stand Alone Photos for December 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Newspaper workers use the term "stand-alone photos" to describe photographs that are displayed on their own and aren't necessarily associated with any stories. These photos add color to newspaper pages. More important, they document candid slices of life from the community that might otherwise go unrecorded. Check out this gallery to see The Gazette's stand-alone photos for December 2014.
Dan Lassiter
Angela Gatrel, her son, Logan Gillespie, 9, and her boyfriend Faron Geller, from left, try out some new ice fishing gear they got for Christmas, jigging for bluegills in open water at Kiwanis Pond in Janesville on Friday.
Dan Lassiter
Janice Hargan takes advantage of a warmer than usual day to rake leaves in the sunshine in her front yard on S. Main Street in Janesville on Friday.
Dan Lassiter
Tom Stephens of Janesville gets help from volunteer Betty Gilbert picking out LEGOs for one of his four boys, ages 8 months to 13 years, during the ECHO toys distribution at St. John Lutheran Church on Friday.
Dan Lassiter
Volunteer Deb Kolste, right, guides Virginia Stewart of Janesville through toys for ages 6-12 while filling a list for her three boys ages 10-16 at the ECHO Toys Distribution at St. John Lutheran Church on Friday.
Dan Lassiter
Members of Dansa de Todos Los Santos, a dance group from Madison, participate in a percusive dance in the chapel at St. John Vianney Church on Friday evening.
Dan Lassiter
The face of a young dance troop member is obscured, as were all the dancers of Dansu de Pluma el Consuelo, of Madison, during one of their dances at St. John Vianney on Friday evening.
Dan Lassiter
Briana Brandt, 7, poses for a photo with one of Santa's elves and a reindeer in lower Courthouse Park on Saturday afternoon. Briana's parents, Kathy and Doug Brandt of Janesville, dressed her as an elf, and held her coat during the quick photo session.
Dan Lassiter
Sydney Chapman, a fifth-grader at Washington Elementary, reads a book about world records to Starla, a 10-month-old domestic short hair, in one of the cat rooms at the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin. A group of fifth graders calling themselves the Washington Whisker Whisperers read books to cats at the facility twice a month.
Dan Lassiter
Madison Leeder, a fifth-grader at Washington Elementary School in Janesville, reads the book "I Survived The Nazi Invasion Of 1944" to a 2-month-old kitten at the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin Dec. 13. Leeder is one of a group of students in a new club, the Washington Whisker Whisperers. The club, which meets once a week, pairs each student with a cat at the shelter. Students in the club get the benefit of reading paired with community service. The cats get nurturing and attention.