Photos of the Year for 2011
<p>Idaho Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jason Rzepa listens to an awards ceremony emcee after being awarded with a Purple Heart Thursday, October 28, at Red Lion Templins Hotel in Post Falls. Rzepa lost his legs after an improvised explosive device attack in Baghdad, Iraq on July 7, 2011.</p>
<p>Lake City's Devin Burgess (9) and Post Falls' Johnny Haskew (6) catch the ball simultaneously in the air during a Friday, September 2 game in the first quarter in Coeur d'Alene. A nearby official ruled the play as a completion in favor of Post Falls.</p>
<p>Jerry Sorbel, 80, waters a section of his flower garden Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in the back yard of his Coeur d'Alene home. Sorbel tends to his garden two times a day and uses the time as respite while caring for his wife who has Alzheimer's.</p>
<p>Mark Kelley, who lives on the Coeur d'Alene River near Enaville, pauses as he stands next to his vehicle in frigid waist-deep flood water Monday, January 17 as a towing services uses a winch to pull his 1992 Jeep Cherokee up his driveway. Warm temperatures and steady rain had caused flooding and prompted evacuations in the area.</p>
<p>Jessica Smith, a dog handler for owner Ryan Holman, checks the stance of a 6-month-old Weimaraner during a judging Monday, May 30, 2011 at the Coeur d'Alene Dog Fanciers 2011 Dog Show in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Holman's dog, which won a best of winners in its category, was one of more than 1,200 dogs competing in the show.</p>
<p>Theresa Hart is escorted by Army personnel Friday, July 15, 2011 after her son, Idaho Army National Guard soldier Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, was returned to his family during an honorable transfer ceremony in Coeur d'Alene. A memorial procession followed the event. Newby and fellow soldier Spc. Nathan R. Beyers were attacked by insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq earlier in the month.</p>
<p>Jamelle Jones was the number one-ranked 197-pound wrestler in the nation and competd for NJCAA national title.</p>
<p>Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen's Colin Comack makes an acrobatic move at home plate to successfully avoid the tag from Kyle Knigge from the Lewis-Clark Twins during their game Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at McEuen Field.</p>
<p>A fly fisherman's line hangs in the air momentarily before being sent back to the water's surface Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 on the Coeur d'Alene River near Kingston.</p>
