Kathy Plonka: Favorite Photos 2016

I was lucky enough to photograph a lot of amazing people in 2016. I’m also pretty sure I witnessed a miracle on Sunday, March 6. It happened after Pastor Tim Remington survived being brutally shot six times while leaving The Altar church in Coeur d’Alene. He not only survived, he’s thriving. So I’m going to keep that in mind and expect miracles in 2017.

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Tue., Dec. 27, 2016

"He saved me," said Amanda Padula, left, as she and Deborah Young sit outside Altar Church in Coeur d'Alene where pastor Tim Remington was shot six times on Sunday, March 7, 2016. The two women benefited from Pastor Remington’s Good Samaritan Rehabilitation program.

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Coeur d'Alene Police investigate the scene where Coeur d’Alene pastor Tim Remington was shot six times as he was leaving the Altar Church after services on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White said at a press conference, Monday, March 7, 2016, that the suspect in the shooting of Tim Remington was armed inside the church during services and that the outcome "could have been much worse."

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“It’s like the Lord just took every one of them, moved them out of the way,” said Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington at his home on April 28, 2016. He was talking about the direction the bullets took when he was shot leaving the Altar Church after services on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington recounts the details of the shooting incident that happened on Sunday, March 6, 2016. Remington was shot eight times and talked about the ordeal at his home in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, April 28, 2016.

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"The mornings are the toughest," said Cindy Remington as she tries to massage the pain out of her husband’s back at their home on May 26, 2016.

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Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington, walks up the stairs of his house with help from Reliant Healthcare physical therapist Mike Dusbabek on May 25, 2016.

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"When I wake up, I wake up in pain," said Pastor Tim Remington at his home on May 10, 2016. He was shot six times as he was leaving the Altar Church after services on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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"The mornings are the toughest," said Cindy Remington as she helped her husband Pastor Tim Remington out of bed at their home on May 26, 2016.

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Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington smiles as he walks with help from Reliant physical therapist Mike Dusbabek at his home on May 10, 2016.

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Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington, center, and his wife Cindy arrive at the Coeur d'Alene Resort for a benefit fundraiser in their honor on Sunday, May 1 2016. Over 800 people attended the event .

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Coeur d'Alene Pastor Tim Remington walks with his granddaughter, Lily, 1, in his driveway on May 31, 2016. He has been undergoing intense therapy after he was shot six times as he was leaving the Altar Church after services on Sunday, March 6, 2016.

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A Canada goose flies over Lake Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The University of Idaho is opening a $100,000 research laboratory in Coeur d’Alene that will study the ecology of local lakes and their importance to the regional economy.

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Breast cancer survivor Valerie Stichweh crosses the finish line with her daughter Faith, 11, during the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Spokane on Sunday, April 17, 2016.

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"I love it here," said Drea Bowen of Coeur d'Alene as she exercises her dog, Ali, a Chinese crested, at Riverstone Park in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.

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A Bald Eagle emblem is illuminated in the parking lot at Sandpoint High School during a candidate’s forum in Sandpoint on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.

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"This is actually my night gown," said Valerie Block during a rally for Texas senator Ted Cruz at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

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Ted Cruz supporters hold signs during a rally for the Texas senator at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

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Heather Scott, supporter Doug Paterson, wore his "lock her up" pin to the candidate’s forum at Sandpoint High School on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. Scott, who did not attend the forum is Idaho State Representative for District 1.

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Pearl Harbor survivor Ray Garland's medals are on display in the basement of his home in Coeur d'Alene on July 8, 2016.

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Avery McFarland gets a hug from her mother Stephanie Skupien during her 13th birthday in Spokane Valley on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. McFarland and her mother Stephanie Skupien have been apart for nine years due to a dispute with McFarland’s father. This is the first birthday they've spent together since the girl was three-years-old.

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Cathy Baker, center, and her daughter Wendy Herbes cry as a flag was raised in honor of Korean War Veteran Arby Baker during flag raising ceremony at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Arby was Cathy Baker's husband and Wendy Herbes’ father.

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A cross made of steel breaks loose as crews continue to battle the arson blaze at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bonners Ferry on Thursday, April 21, 2016.

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Team Asia skaters Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang are reflected in the glass on the last day 2016 Team Challenge Cup on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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"I'm the decapitated man," said Skyway Elementary 5th grader Ben Linford during the Halloween parade at the school in Coeur d'Alene on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.

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Betty Kiefer Elementary 4th grader Kacey Atkinson stares out the bus window after it was rear-ended at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and Highway 41 in Rathdrum on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.

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Sorenson Magnet School third grader Kaya Richmond, front, smiles after singing The National Anthem during the 31st Annual Human Rights Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. at Lake City Community Church in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Essays from area fifth graders and the “I Have A Dream” speech delivered by Reverend Happy Watkins highlight the yearly assembly.

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