President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.

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Alex Mehmedovic and his cousin Ado Mehmedovic scream as they get turned sideways while Alex's sister, 5-year-old Mia, all of Lawrence, follows closely behind while the group sleds down Campanile Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Yesterday's snow fall brought many sledders to the hill for family fun.

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Seven-year-old Ryleigh Hartwell, Eudora, sticks her tongue out as she sleds down Campanile Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Yesterday's snow fall brought many sledders to the hill for family fun.

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Five-year-old Zane Marrs wraps both arms around the neck of his father, Zac, both of Lawrence, and holds on tight as the two sled down Campanile Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Yesterday's snow fall brought many sledders to the hill for family fun.

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Scooter, a beagle-mix adopted from the Lawrence Humane Society, chases his owner Pippa Loupe, Lawrence, down Campanile Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Yesterday's snow fall brought many sledders to the hill for family fun.

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Three-year-old Logan Highfill slides down Campanile Hill with his father Todd, Phoenix, Ariz., Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Yesterday's snow fall brought many sledders to the hill for family fun.

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Maurice and Marjorie Baker look with their newborn daughter, Alexis, in their room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Alexis, born at 2:51 a.m. Tuesday, was the first baby of 2013 in Lawrence.

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Marjorie Baker holds newborn daughter Alexis in her room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Alexis, born at 2:51 a.m., was the first baby born in Lawrence in 2013.

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Kansas registered offender Lee Kirby Lawrie.

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Kansas registered offender Michael Donald Landness.

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Kansas registered offender Anthony Albert Kramps.

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Kansas registered offender Shawntelle L. Jones.

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Kansas Registered Offender James Anthony Jernigan.

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Kansas registered offender Sara Ann Jackson

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Kansas registered offender Lawrence Jackson.

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Kansas Registered Offender Joseph Alvin Jackson.

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Kansas registered offender Chauncey Dewayne Jackson.

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Willie D. Fleming

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Members retiring from the 2012 Douglas County Extension executive board, from left, are Chas Benton, Rhonda Wehrman, Kathy Sanders-Wilson, Jim Congrove and Lanaea Heine. Certificates were presented at the Douglas County Extension Annual Meeting held on November 27, 2012. Bill Wood, of Lawrence, submitted the photo.