Photo of the Year

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers

ETCHED IN TIME- - The war in Iraq came home and touched the community of Thousand Oaks earlier this year when Lance Cpl. Anthony Melia of T.O. was killed while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. In a front page photo from the Feb. 8 edition, Chief Petty Officer Michael Douglas, left, salutes Melia's casket during funeral service at Pierce Bros. Valley Oaks Memorial Park.