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Best of '09 from David Carson
Date: 12/1/2009 Album ID: 899496
Photos by David Carson
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Staff photographer David Carson's favorite photos of 2009.
Thursday January 15, 2009--Terrance Bullock, of St. Louis, walks under the steam spouting from the lions head on the Bee Hat Lofts along N. 11th Street on Thursday. The steam was added to the building as an ornamental detail when it was renovated into lofts from 2005-2006.David Carson | Post-Dispatch
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Tuesday January 20, 2009--President Barack Obama takes the oath of office in Washington as he is projected on screen at the Omimax theater at the St. Louis Science Center on Tuesday.David Carson | Post-Dispatch
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Tuesday February 10, 2009--UAW Local 145 workers march in the Put America Back to Work rally in Granite City on Tuesday. Thousands of people showed up to lend their support to union steelworkers who have been laid off because of low demand for their product.David Carson | Post-Dispatch
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Friday February 13, 2009--Dwight Jones, 13, tumbles over an old mattress he and his friends were playing with in south St. Louis on Friday. Jones says he likes the energy of tumbling and learned his skills from his brother and lots of practice.David Carson | Post-Dispatch
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Thursday April 9, 2009--Margaret Henri(CQ) Smith, 7, dances in the rain outside her home in south St. Louis city on Thursday. Wet weather is expected to continue through Friday, but will give way to sunny skies on Saturday.David Carson � dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Friday April 10, 2009--Michael Kleissler stops to kneel as he leads a procession of about 40 people in the stations of the cross between the St. Mary of Victories chapel and the Old Cathedral in St. Louis on Good Friday. It was the fifth year of downtown St. Louis Way of the Cross procession sponsored by Communion and Liberation in conjunction with St. Mary of Victories.David Carson � dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Friday May 8, 2009-Missouri Highway Patrol trooper Tim Craig talks with dispatch about a crash on along Interstate 55 North just south of State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Trooper Craig jumped into the water and rescued the driver who had hydroplaned and crashed in the flash flood waters. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point. The highway was closed for about 30 minutes, traffic backed up for miles in both directions.David Carson � dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Friday May 8, 2009--Gary Chhina(cq) opens the door to his family's Shell gas station after flash flood waters rushed filled the store with about 2 feet of water near the intersection of Interstate 55 and State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point.David Carson � dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Thursday May 28, 2009--American Legion Post 299 members Vernon F. Rothermel, left, Conrad Eiring Jr., center, and Joseph C. Holaus were recently informed by Anheuser-Busch that the company will not be making the donation they have in the past to support the post. Post 299 is made up of Anheuser-Busch employees and Gussie Busch is a former member of the group.David Carson � dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday June 4, 2009--Peggy Lynn Pumpkin O'Neal, walks out of the Eagleton Federal Courthouse after being arraigned on federal charges for allegedly smuggling heroin into the St. Louis Justice Center downtown. O'Neal and two other corrections officers were arrested after the indictment was unsealed this morning. According to prosecutors on four occasions from January through early March, the guards got heroin and cash from someone outside the jail and brought it to an inmate inside St. Louis Justice Center downtown.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Saturday June 6, 2009--The casket of Lt. Gregory Jonas is carried out of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church after his funeral service in Centreville on Saturday. Hundreds of local policemen from across Illinois and Missouri attended the funeral for the Jonas who was a Centreville police officer. To see a slideshow of images from the funeral go to www.STLtoday.comDavid Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Saturday June 6, 2009--Members of the Centreville police department console each other during the grave side portion of Lt. Gregory Jonas' funeral at Sunset Gardens of Memory Cemetery on Saturday. Hundreds of police officers from across Illinois and Missouri attended the funeral to honor Jonas.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday June 8, 2009--Lightning lights up the night sky from a storm passing well to the south of Mascoutah after a tornado ripped through the area on Monday. The streaking taillights of cars driving can be seen driving south on Illinois Route 4 to the left.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Wednesday June 10, 2009--The procession files out of the church after Archbishop Robert Carlson's installation ceremony at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday June 15, 2009--A suspect in police custody listens to commands from a Granite City Police officer after being arrested at the end of bi-state high speed vehicle chase that ended in the area around Monroe St. and N. 14th St. on Monday. The three suspects in a Ford Excursion, all arrested at the end of the chase, were wanted for an abduction from Godfrey. According to police the suspects vehicle rammed a Granite City police officers car during the chase. Police recovered a hand gun from the suspects vehicle.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Thursday June 25, 2009--Gerrell Lawson, 12, basks in the spray of a garden hose as he plays with is friends is Hillsdale on Thursday. Thursday marked the eighth straight day of temperatures above 90 and Saturday is expect to top out close to 100 with some cooling into the upper 80s expected for Sunday.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Saturday August 22, 2009--James Banks, of St. Louis, looks into the engine bay of 1954 Ford F-100 that was on display at the car show portion of the newly resurrected Taste of Baden street festival on Saturday. The event located in the 7900 and 8300 blocks of N. Broadway in St. Louis featured food booths, music and comedy acts, a fashion show, health and information booths, a car show and a children's area with inflatable jumping gyms and petting zoo. The truck is owned by Art Carter of Creve Coeur.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Thursday August 27, 2009--Thick rimmed Geek glasses for Debra Bass.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Thursday September 17, 2009--St. Louis Police Department crime scene technician Tom Burgoon places evidence markers next to all the shell casings that littered the ground near the scene of shooting at Fountain Ave. and N. Euclid Ave on Thursday. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Monday September 21, 2009--Randy Erbes, from Acme Erectors, positions a pad on the head of the The Awakening sculpture to protect it as it is hoisted into position at Central Park in Chesterfield on Monday. The sculpture was created by artist Seward Johnson. Chesterfield already has more than 20 other pieces on public display by Johnson. The 70 feet long sculpture will be formally unveiled to the public on October 10.David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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