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PHOTOS: Flashback Friday pics of ABC13 talent

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Melanie Lawson and her father
A very glam Melanie Lawson
Melanie Lawson as a child with her family
Melanie Lawson as a child
Tracy Clemons on the basketball team in 1997
A little Chauncy Glover in his double-breasted suit on Easter Sunday
Ilona Carson with her little boy Pierce, who just turned 3!
Steve Campion reporting for his college's TV station at the University of Florida
Tracy Clemons and some college buddies
Samica Knight with her mom
Katherine Whaley in her middle school days
Melanie Lawson with Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley
Samica Knight with her mom
Katherine Whaley at the Houston Rodeo
A throwback of Melanie Lawson on the anchor desk
Back when Melanie Lawson used to be an Eyewitness News reporter
Jessica Willey covering Anna Nicole Smith's inheritance court case
A baby Samica Knight with her mom
This cutie was always destined to end up in Texas! Steve Campion as a child
Consumer reporter Patricia Lopez meets fellow Texan and legendary journalist Walter Cronkite.
Courtney Fischer, back when she was a reporter at WLEX in Lexington, Kentucky, covering the--you guessed it--Kentucky Derby. (Look at that hat!)
A younger Tim Heller doing the weather in Dubuque, Iowa.
Reporter and anchor Mayra Moreno, out in the field during her first TV news job in 2009.
Tom Abrahams with his daughter, who is now in high school!
Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather flanked by ABC13 reporter Steve Campion (from left), anchor Melanie Lawson, and reporter Steven Romo.
Courtney Fischer, at her first reporting job ever, covering the 2007 elections in Evansville, Indiana.
Consumer reporter Patricia Lopez is glowing in her eighth month of pregnancy in this Flashback Friday photo.
Samica Knight with Destiny's Child
A 16 year old Tom Abrahams
Steve Romo and brother show off their best sharky faces during a trip to Galveston.
Deborah Wrigley and ABC-13 photographer Jaime Zamora worked together back then and still work together today!
Consumer reporter Patricia Lopez and daughter enjoying a trip at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
Courtney Fischer, formerly a reporter at Lexington's WLEX, covering the Kentucky Derby! (Mint Juleps, anyone?)
Who is this young Jedi? If you guessed reporter Steve Romo, you're right.
Steve Campion spent time in Greece during college
Tracy Clemons and his mom
Who is this reporter, all bundled up during a live shot in Pittsburgh? Former WTAE and now ABC13 reporter Courtney Fischer!
Tim Heller in high school
Miya Shay and Casey Curry met Tim Gunn several years ago
Courtney Fischer, as a reporter in Evansville, Indiana, covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.
Chauncy Glover with his late brother
Gina Gaston hasn't aged, but we promise this is a throwback photo!
Consumer reporter Patricia Lopez showing off those blast from the past bangs!
Before she was tackling Houston news, Courtney Fischer was reporting on happenings in Lexington, Kentucky.
Gina Gaston
Some of the ABC-13 ladies all dressed up
Samica Knight with her grandfather
Courtney Fischer, back in the day as a reporter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gina Gaston and her husband
Kevin Quinn
Melanie Lawson at the Rodeo years ago
BOBCAT FIGHT NEVER DIES! Courtney FIscher meets a young reporter hopeful from Cy-Fair High School after coming to ABC13.
Gina Gaston and her mom on her wedding day
Melanie Lawson at the Rodeo years ago
Courtney Fischer celebrates her first month at ABC13.
Erik Barajas (middle) and his siblings with the Easter Bunny
Samica Knight in kindergarten
Courtney Fischer, on the job at her second reporting job ever in Lexington, Kentucky.
Art Rascon and his wife
Gina Gaston hasn't aged, but we promise this is a throwback photo!
Katherine Whaley and her mom
Melanie Lawson on a vacation to Vancouver
Melanie Lawson and her family back in the day!
Pooja Lodhia celebrating a birthday as a kid
Melanie Lawson as a child and her family
PHOTOS: Throwback Thursday photos of ABC-13 talent
Casey Curry filled in on GMA four years ago
Samica got to meet Peter Jennings when she interned at ABC-13 in college
Erik Barajas with his family on his wedding day, 14 years ago
Ilona Carson and a friend at the beach
Melanie Lawson with her little sister - notice the big tube TV!
Melanie Lawson with her younger siblings
Melanie Lawson with Bill Russell, Joe Morgan, and Clem Daniels
Melanie Lawson with our chief photographer Bernard back in the day
Melanie Lawson during the 1992 election coverage
Miya and Casey
Art Rascon
Pooja Lodhia with her father
Steve Campion skydiving
Pooja Lodhia with her family
One of Erik Barajas' elementary school photos
Pooja Lodhia with her father
A young Pooja Lodhia
Pooja Lodhia as child
High schooler Foti Kallergis
Tracy Clemons with his cousin
Melanie Lawson as an ABC-13 reporter during the 1980s
Art Rascon back in his days reporting in Los Angeles
Kevin Quinn circa 1989
Miya Shay at her high school prom in Oklahoma
Katherine Whaley as a kindergartener
Tracy Clemons played the tuba in the band at the University of Virginia
Pooja Lodhia still makes these faces in the newsroom sometimes
Steve Campion was a freshman in college when he decided to tackle an item on his bucket list - skydiving!
ABC13 reporter/anchor Elissa Rivas was a high school cheerleader
Katherine Whaley in kindergarten!
Sonia Azad at her fifth grade dance recital
ABC13 reporter Jessica Willey played varsity volleyball in high school.
Ilona Carson snowboarding as a teen with her brothers
ABC13 sports reporter David Nuno during his first radio interview in 1988.
Pooja Lodhia, behind the mask
Pooja Lodhia
Tracy Clemons covering the snow in Charlottesville, Va. in 2009
One of ABC13 anchor Gina Gaston's photos from high school
Katherine Whaley as a little girl sitting on Santa's lap
One of Erik Barajas' photo from elementary school
ABC13 sports reporter David Nuno during his first radio interview in 1988.
Dave Ward from an old ABC-13 photoshoot
Melanie Lawson during the 1980s while working at ABC-13
Tom Koch has had the mustache since the 1980s
ABC13 anchor Gina Gaston when she was in kindergarten.
ABC13 reporter Christine Dobbyn in her younger years practicing her reporter skills.
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