It’s not too often when a photographer is sent to cover an official’s visit to Wenatchee. I know there will be limited opportunities of interesting or valuable photographs. So it was a challenge following Sen. Maria Cantwell and local officials around Rocky Reach Dam on a tour last Monday. I thought this picture told the story I saw most of the time with local people getting the Senator’s attention during stops along the tour. And I thought the map of NCW in the background helped the picture too.

But the problem as you can see is that you can’t see Sen. Cantwell’s face in the photograph. Because of this, the picture moves to a secondary position on the page - but we lacked the room to run it.

I did like the photograph we used because she looks out of place in her safety equipment compared with her suit - an odd site that seemed to be the norm during the tour.