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The West Coast League baseball team announced this week that NanaimoB次元官网网址檚 Angela Waldick has been named official team photographer.
Waldick, who lost sight in her right eye in an accident five years ago, has a small business called Nightengales Photography and her story is B次元官网网址渋nspiring,B次元官网网址� said Jim Swanson, NightOwls GM, on the teamB次元官网网址檚 website.
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The NightOwls say their research hasnB次元官网网址檛 uncovered any other instances of legally blind team photographers.
Waldick will photograph both community events and game action for the NightOwls.
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