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Ken Stern

PLUNGING INTO THE NEW YEAR – Anna Rose Martin, left, and her friend Michelle hug to get warm post-plunge. The two did not hesitate in greeting the new year with a jump into the Swinomish Channel just north of Pearle Jensen Way in La Conner Sunday. They came up from Conway prepared, with a bag of warmed towels and a change of clothes.