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Images: Daily Herald photos of the week

  13-year-old Shealeigh Voitl of Barlett sings the national anthem during an inauguration ceremony at the Council Chambers of the Naperville Municipal Center Sunday. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  The Itasca Police and Fire Departments and the Warriors’ Watch Riders pose for a photo with the “National 9/11 Flag” before escorting the flag to Hines VA Hospital. The main flag in the quilt of flags from around the county was recovered from ground zero in New York City several weeks after the 9/11 attacks. The flag is traveling around the country gathering retiring flags during the lead up to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Martha Sherban, left, is comforted by Kaylee Partridge after both addressed students at Jacobs High School about the car accident that killed Sherban’s 20-year-old son Ryan Kraszczyk in Huntley last May. Partridge was a close friend of Kraszczyk. They spoke before a program about distracted driving and drinking and driving Tuesday at the school in Algonquin. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Kai Shou, from Plainfield, tries his hand at traditional Japanese calligraphy. The Japanese language program and Japan Club at North Central College in Naperville sponsored their annual Japanese Spring Festival Tuesday. Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
  Esmerelda Bolanos, from left, Emmanuel Hernandez and Vereice Felix, all first graders, play a traditional West African song on the djembe drums at South Elementary School in Des Plaines. Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
  Fairhaven School principal Tanya Fergus drops eggs from the roof of the school accompanied by teachers aide Hilary Sinker. First graders carefully wrapped their eggs as part of a science project to see which eggs would survive the fall. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  1st grader Drew Heilman is happy to see his egg is intact after surviving the egg drop from the roof of Fairhaven School in Mundelein. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Gurnee firefighter Carlos Rivera continues to spray water on a blaze at the old Salvation Army building in downtown Waukegan Wednesday morning. The fire started at 6 a.m. and was burning out of control when firefighters arived on the scene. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  The Erandi Folkloric Group of Waukegan performs traditional Mexican dances during a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the courtyard of the College of Lake County Lakeshore campus Thursday in Waukegan. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Larry Olesky, manager of Caboose Bar and Grill, prepares cheese cannelloni like his mom used to when he was a kid. It was part of a fundraiser for the Geneva History Center and the Lions and Rotary clubs Friday at the Kane County Fair Grounds in St. Charles. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Diane Zurick of Schaumburg, left, and Natalie Wright of St. Charles teamed up with other GE employees to clean up weeds and litter at Busse Woods Forest Preserve in northwest Cook County. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  TV and movie star Gary Sinise, left, visits with Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. (ret.) Dave Szablewski of Naperville, and his wife Navy Capt. T. Smith during his appearance at Navistar in Warrenville to help kick off this year’s ticket sales for the Rockin’ for the Troops concert at Cantigny on July 16. He’ll appear with his Lt. Dan Band at the annual event which benefits the newly renamed Operation Support Our Troops, America organization. Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
  St. Emily associate pastor Rev. Dennis Zalecki offers a blessing as the Mt. Prospect school dedicates its gym to Vic Rose, right. Rose has worked at the school for 35 years and has been instrumental in shaping the Northwest Catholic Conference, the competitive league for local Catholic schools. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Rolling Meadows’ Ruth Bowe, donning her derby hat, cheers on the horses and their jockeys at the Kentucky Derby party held at the Rolling Meadows Senior Center Friday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Grant High School graduate U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Nick Rahn, who just returned home from Afghanistan, skips from a celebration at Millenium Park with his aunt Jo-ann Lovergine of McHenry in Fox Lake on Friday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Mwari Muthaura, left, and other graduate students celebrate following commencement exercises at Wheaton College. Daniel White dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Anthony Acevedo, 9, of Hoffman Estates, a member of Cub Scout Pack 397, helps clean up at Cottonwood Park on “Improvement Day” in Hoffman Estates Saturday. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  A flag hangs and people gather at the Elgin area Firefighters Memorial Service at the Elgin Fire Barn #5 in George Van De Voorde Firefighter Memorial Park in Elgin Saturday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Elgin area ceramic artist Gail Azinger explains her process during the Elgin Green Expo “For the Beauty of the Earth” at the Centre-Heritage Ballroom in Elgin Saturday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Two-and-a-half year old Jack Neel of Hoffman Estates gets a kiss from his mom, Sue, as he shields his ears from horn noise during the Big Truck event at the Family Aquatic Center in Palatine Saturday. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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