PHOTOS: Cherry blossoms frame Oregon Capitol
Cherry blossoms are making a spectacular showing around the Oregon Capitol, just in time for Cherry Blossom Day on Saturday, March 21.
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Photographer Ron Cooper and his wife Penny moved to Salem in 1969 to take a job as photographer at the Oregon Statesman (later the Statesman Journal). Their three children, Monica, Kimberly, and Christopher, attended and graduated from Salem public schools. Cooper retired from the Statesman Journal in 2001 but, has continued his passion for photography in many ways, including as a photographer for the Salem Reporter.
