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South Bend Tribune

Ice Tic-Tac-Toe at the Hunter Ice Festival

Hunter Ice Festival
Reese Muessing, 7, of Granger, ponders her next move as she plays her twin brother, Remy, in a game of tic tac toe carved out of a piece of ice during the Hunter Ice Festival on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in downtown Niles. The festival featured several interactive activities carved out of ice ranging from ice corn hole to ice ping pong. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Snow Emergency in Michiana

My assignment today was to cover the snow storm and extreme cold weather. We here in South Bend are under a “Disaster Emergency Declaration” through noon on Tuesday. I had trouble finding people because the entire city was like a ghost town. It was quite an eerie feeling to look down the main drag of downtown South Bend to see no cars or traffic on a Monday morning. (Because of the emergency declaration, people are being advised to stay off the roads with the threat of $500 citations by police.) The only people I saw outside today for the most part were plow drivers, USPS workers and – you guessed it – fellow journalists. The lack of people ended up being the basis of a lot of my photos today: eerie streetscapes where people should be (third photo). All things considered, it was a decent day at work with only one near-death experience. Looking forward to shooting a few more things on my “hit list” tomorrow as the snow removal continues.

Snow Emergency
Morning light illuminates steam rising from the St. Joseph River near “The Keepers of the Fire” sculpture on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in downtown South Bend. Late Sunday the City of South Bend and the St. Joseph County Emergency Management Agency issued a Disaster Emergency Declaration effective through Tuesday, Jan. 7. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Snow Emergency
David Loughlin uses a snowblower to clear a walkway along Riverside Drive on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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Celebrating the Scottish New Year in South Bend

South Bend New Year's Eve
Ed Wolf celebrates the Scottish New Year with his nine-month-old son, Joaquin, just after 7 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Fiddler’s Hearth in downtown South Bend. The restaurant marked the Scottish New Year with a toast from the first-foot – the first person to cross the threshold after the New Year. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
South Bend New Year's Eve
Couples toast the Scottish New Year just after 7 p.m. EDT as Mark Neal, the South Bend City Controller, performs first-foot duties during a celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Fiddler’s Hearth in downtown South Bend. The first-foot in Scottish lore is the first person to cross the threshold after the New Year. Neal brought charcoal for the restaurant’s fireplace and whiskey as gifts. Neal will run the city as the deputy mayor for half of 2014 while mayor Pete Buttigieg is deployed in Afghanistan with the Navy Reserve. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Notre Dame hockey’s “Practice on the Pond”

Notre Dame Practice on the Pond
Notre Dame goalie Joe Rogers, left, shares a laugh as he interacts with Heather, Zara, right, and Tim Dukeman, background, during an open Notre Dame hockey team practice on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Merrifield Park in Mishawaka. The team practiced outdoors as part of its annual “Practice on the Pond” for fans. Tuesday’s event was the seventh time the Irish hockey team has practiced at Merrifield Park. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)
Notre Dame Practice on the Pond
Drake Jackowich, 9, watches as the Notre Dame hockey team practices outside on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at Merrifield Park in Mishawaka. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

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