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Parting Shot — 3.25.10

Jake Locke runs up to see his father Thomas, a pilot for the VFA-14 Top Hatters, who returned from duty Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Lemoore, Calif. Lemoore Naval Air Station strike fighter squadrons, VFA-41's Black Aces, VFA-14's Top Hatters and VFA-97's Warhawks returned home in their F/A-18 aircraft after an eight month deployment aboard the USS Nimitz. Locke was seeing his child and grandchild for the first time after being born while he was on deployment. (Gary Kazanjian / Fr71556 Ap)
Jake Locke runs up to see his father Thomas, a pilot for the VFA-14 Top Hatters, who returned from duty Thursday, March 25, 2010 in Lemoore, Calif. Lemoore Naval Air Station strike fighter squadrons, VFA-41's Black Aces, VFA-14's Top Hatters and VFA-97's Warhawks returned home in their F/A-18 aircraft after an eight month deployment aboard the USS Nimitz. Locke was seeing his child and grandchild for the first time after being born while he was on deployment. (Gary Kazanjian / Fr71556 Ap)

Jake Locke runs up to see his father Thomas, a pilot for the VFA-14 Top Hatters, who returned from duty today in Lemoore, Calif. Lemoore Naval Air Station strike fighter squadrons, VFA-41's Black Aces, VFA-14's Top Hatters and VFA-97's Warhawks returned home in their F/A-18 aircraft after an eight month deployment aboard the USS Nimitz. Locke was seeing his child and grandchild for the first time after being born while he was on deployment. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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