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Images: 2014 Pictures of the Year, Lake County

The Daily Herald photo staff share some of their best 2014 pictures from around Lake County.

  Vernon Hills residents Iriana Heyer and her daughter, Elsa, 5, sled down the hill at Century Park in Vernon Hills after two days of falling snow produced almost 17 inches of snow. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Anglers fish in the fog on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Students huddle together during a candlelight vigil for Jeffrey and Katherine Bronken Sunday at Heron View Park In Round Lake. The father and daughter were killed in a Florida small plane crash. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  An adult American Bald Eagle soars over Nippersink Lake in Fox Lake as a younger eagle stays close. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Fox Lake American Legion Post 703 member Jerry Kandziorski reflects during a Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Fox Lake. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Second grade students Abby Mago, left, plays Cinderella and shares a dance with the prince, Bryce Carlton, during a Readers Theater at Woodland Elementary East in Gages Lake. Twenty one students in Krystyna Jakielski's class presented three stories to parents and siblings. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Dining director Tim Pardline, right, and lifestyle director Deb Wobith compete in the Tour de Hawthorn Lakes as Brookdale Plaza celebrates France in Vernon Hills. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Drivers along Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach have seen their share of road construction, making driving confusing at times at the Route 83 intersection. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Recently crowned Miss Illinois Marisa Buchheit reacts to a spontaneously kiss on the hand by Mitch Lewin as she sings at Brookdale senior living home in Vernon Hills. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  A bulldozer operator moves dirt near the Peterson Road construction project in Grayslake The $10.8 million Lake County project will widen Peterson to four lanes with left-turn lanes at intersections from near Harris Road to west of Route 83. ¬ Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  Warren Township High School goalie R.J. Hill is the captain of the Daily Herald Lake County all-area soccer team. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Around 20 cats were removed from a home on the 300 block of Elmwood Avenue in Waukegan. No tickets were given to the resident and the cats are being placed in local shelters. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Wauconda's Sara Sexton makes a diving attempt at the ball during their game against Lakes at Wauconda High School. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Fiona Rasche, 2, of Palatine laughs as she peers through the window of the closed door of Mundelein's prisoner transport van during the 10th annual Law Enforcement Exhibition at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  John Trione of Lake Geneva, who's been flying balloons for 17 years, prepares his balloon called "Dear John" for launch at the 2nd Annual Color Aloft Balloon Festival in Central Park in Grayslake. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Felix Monterrosa and Tanya Fretheim show their love for each other as they get engaged during the 15th Annual Polar Bear Plunge at Waukegan Municipal Beach on New Year's Day. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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