olympic sendoff.

i. Olympic ski jumper Nick Alexander, left, before his olympic sendoff at Storrs Hill Ski Area in Lebanon, NH.

ii. Alexander, right, hugs Meg Hudson, left. Hudson has know Alexander since he was 11 years-old, when her son and Alexander ski-jumped together.

iii. Bill Cilbrith, left, holds his granddaughter, Alanna, 5, right, while watching the festivities.

iv. The ski jump at Storrs Hill, the same jump Alexander trained on when he first learned the sport.

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i. Sharon Academy's Trenton Morrison, center, evades Mid Vermont Christian's Mitch Cannistraci, right, while driving to the basket.

ii. Hartford's Taylor Steadman, left, hugs teammate Rebecca Fogg, right, after Fogg scored a 2nd period goal against Colchester.

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ice fishing... the basics.

Dartmouth student Helen Ding learns how to use a tip-up from instructor Bud Tate during an ice fishing class offered by the New Hampshire Fish & Game through the Lebanon Recreation Department at Lebanon City Hall. "I am graduating in six months and this is my chance to learn," Ding said. "I wouldn't do this on my own."

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Server Andre Bolduc of West Lebanon, NH, cleans up the tables after the "Turning the Tables" lunch at the First Congregational Church in Lebanon, NH. Bolduc had the opportunity to thank thank the volunteers by serving them a meal.

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the workshop.

Framed by a band saw, Gregory Elder, left, shows Dudley Whitney, right, a hammer he repaired for the jewelry studio at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center. The two men are instructors at the college workworking studio, and both have work on exhibit.

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girls hockey.

Bishop Guertin at Lebanon.

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winter's cold, part ii.

mediation prep.

Casey Carroll prepares for a meditation session at the Claremont Youth Center in Claremont, NH. Due to budget cuts, the youth center might have to reduce its staff.

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winter wild uphill race.

i. Cross-country skiers ascend the Scrimshaw Trail at Whaleback Mountain during the Winter Wild Uphill Race. Participants had to complete a 2.5-mile loop around the mountain, roughly one mile of which is uphill.

ii. Shaye Robbins, right, hugs Lisa Bisceglia, left, both of Kittery, Maine, after Robbins finished the Winter Wild Uphill Race.

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winter's cold, part i.