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  Marcel Meyer, 7, of Lutz Family Center plays a violin that was donated to Ravinia during the 8th Annual Highland Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event on Monday at the Highland Park Recreation Center. More than 1,500 people were expected to participate in service projects to help veterans, the elderly, food banks and other needy groups. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Choir director Michelle Johnson leads the group in song during a visit by members of Second Baptist Church in Elgin to Judson University's Herrick Chapel Monday. This is the 15th year that the church has visited to help commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Andy Block, of Ernie's Auto & Truck Center, unloads a pallet of walkway salt to the front of Shell gas station in Lincolnshire after the store ran out due to icy weather on Monday. Icy weather conditions in the morning made travel difficult around the suburbs. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Junior and senior architecture students from Naperville Unit District 203 work on a redevelopment project for the area around the 5th Ave. Station building in Naperville. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Schaumburg-based cartoonist Mark Anderson holds a running pose for kids to draw during a cartoon workshop Tuesday at the Cook Park Library in Libertyville. Anderson gave pointers on how to draw facial expressions, body positions and writing tips. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Knitters from the Elgin branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) gather at Elgin Knit Works. The women have joined The Long Red Line, an annual event against rape and violence against women. Members are knitting sections of the scarf, using different yarns and stitches, representing AAUW's diversity. The sections will all be connected into a single scarf, symbolizing connection to each other in the community, to be unveiled at the Long Red Line event Feb. 14. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Charlotte Okulaja, 7, of Northbrook, left, her mother Casella, Karen Porter of Round Lake Heights, and her daughter Jasmine, 10, listen to park district employee Lynn Epp give the "I Have a Dream Speech" during the 8th Annual Highland Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service event on Monday at the Highland Park Recreation Center. More than 1,500 people were expected to participate in service projects to help veterans, the elderly, food banks and other groups. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Scott Douglas of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin shows Miles Cavill, 4, of Palatine how to make steam in a bottle by way of a chemical reaction. This was part of the children's STEM Program, Close Encounters of the Chemical Kind held at the Palatine Public Library on Tuesday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Gavin Boos, 14, of Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake stands with his fellow classmates at O'Hare International Airport United terminal with boarding passes in hand heading to the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. which will be held on Friday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Operations support technician Brandon Mundschenk demonstrates the new 3-D printer Wednesday at the Wauconda Area Library. The printer is now available for patron use. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Students from Vanessa Nambo's second grade look at books in the library at Diamond Lake School. Principal Kurt Preble and District 76 Director of Finance and Operations Eric Rogers discussed the need for improvements at Diamond Lake School in Mundelein on Wednesday. Diamond Lake D76 is seeking building bonds to borrow $11.4 million for all of its schools. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  A Lakewood Forest Preserve visitor takes a foggy stroll with her dog along one of the preserve's trails Wednesday near Wauconda. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Hadley Junior High students are working with Cantigny museum officials to make their exhibits more attractive to younger visitors. Over three days this week, 400 students, in groups of 50 kids at a time, will be going to Cantigny to begin working on revitalizing a number of their exhibits. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Left to right, Lauren Debs, Chloe Tovo and Fatima Shahide, students from Hadley Junior High in Glen Ellyn, give a presentation to Jessica Waszak and Will Buhlig, right, with Robert R. McCormick Museum, on ideas for their nursing station exhibit. The students were to present solutions to improve museum tours at Cantigny. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Des Plaines Mayor Matt Bogusz chats with Nancy Woulfe, left, of Maryville Academy and Dr. Janet Horton of Horton Chiropractic prior to his address to the city's business community during a morning event at Manzo's in Des Plaines Thursday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Bernanda Acevedo works her way through the line as she selects food Friday. A partnership between the Housing Authority of Elgin, Senior Services Associates and Food For Greater Elgin now brings a food market once a month to Central Park Towers in Elgin. "Fresh to You Mobile Market" ensures that low-income seniors and people with disabilities who live at the Towers and for whom it can be difficult to secure adequate transportation to get food have access to a good selection of fresh, canned and frozen foods every month. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Paige Fitton with Stop Pollution in Long Lake group is concerned about the water quality of the lake, partly due to alleged contamination by nearby Baxter. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
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