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20130503 Week of April 28 to May 4, 2013

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The Reverend Amy Fallon (right), of Grace Place Campus Ministry, offers to pray for a woman waiting for the bus near St. Paul's Episcopal Church in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event at St. Paul's, #Prayers2Pass, offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.
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The Reverend Amy Fallon (right), of Grace Place Campus Ministry, offers to pray for a woman waiting for the bus near St. Paul's Episcopal Church in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event at St. Paul's, #Prayers2Pass, offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.

  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Volunteer Cindy Capek, with the park district, shovels compost into a wheel barrel outside of the DeKalb County Community Services Department on Saturday, April 27, 2013. The Community Services Department partnered with the DeKalb County Community Gardens to install a half-acre garden that will feature 30 raised beds of fruits, vegetables and herbs to increase fresh produce for low-income residents and those isolated from full-service grocery stores. The garden will initially serve the Women, Infants & Children program, Veterans Assistance Commission, residents at Heritage Woods and families enrolled in Head Start. The funding to start the garden came from $1,500 in federal grants.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Volunteer Zhizi Li, with Northern Illinois University's Alpha Phi Omega chapter, helps to move mulch from the bed of a truck to a wheel barrel to be spread around the site of a future garden outside of the DeKalb County Community Services Department on Saturday, April 27, 2013. The Community Services Department partnered with the DeKalb County Community Gardens to install a half-acre garden that will feature 30 raised beds of fruits, vegetables and herbs to increase fresh produce for low-income residents and those isolated from full-service grocery stores. The garden will initially serve the Women, Infants & Children program, Veterans Assistance Commission, residents at Heritage Woods and families enrolled in Head Start. The funding to start the garden came from $1,500 in federal grants.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Volunteer Riley Oncken dumps a wheel barrel of compost into a future garden site outside of the DeKalb County Community Services Department on Saturday, April 27, 2013. The Community Services Department partnered with the DeKalb County Community Gardens to install a half-acre garden that will feature 30 raised beds of fruits, vegetables and herbs to increase fresh produce for low-income residents and those isolated from full-service grocery stores. The garden will initially serve the Women, Infants & Children program, Veterans Assistance Commission, residents at Heritage Woods and families enrolled in Head Start. The funding to start the garden came from $1,500 in federal grants.
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Laura Caskey crosses the finish line at the Huskie Stadium 5K Race at Northern Illinois University Sunday. The race benefited NIU's Sports Management graduate program, Adventure Works in DeKalb and Share Your Soles in Chicago.
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Cindy Lofthouse, an instructional coach at DeKalb High School, works with a group of students during a biology lab on Friday, April 26, 2013. Lofthouse was recently awarded the Wirtz Award.
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The bridge crossing the Kishwaukee River on Baseline Road just south of Genoa is slated for construction later this year. <br />
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***Please feel free to add text if it helps with the design. -Rob Thursday, April 25, 2013***
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Vehicles are seen crossing the t-bone intersection of Lincoln Highway and Carroll Avenue near the new DeKalb police station on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The city plans on changing the t-bone intersection into a four-way intersection.<br />
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Brake lights from a pickup truck heading westbound on Owens Road near the intersection of Somonauk and Owens Roads in Pierce Township can be seen as lightning strikes during a thunderstorm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
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A vehicle is seen crossing over the Kishwaukee River on Baseline Road just south of Genoa, Ill., Thursday, April 25, 2013. The bridge is slated for construction later this year.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Crossing Guard Charlotte Richards hold her stop sign while waiting for kids who need to cross the intersection of Ridge Drive and Huntington Road in DeKalb. Richards recently received commendation from the DeKalb Police Department for her work when she protected kids from police cars that were speeding by.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Crossing Guard Charlotte Richards stops traffic to allow children leaving Jefferson Elementary School to cross the intersection of Ridge Drive and Huntington Road in DeKalb on Friday, April 26, 2013. Richards, who has been a crossing guard on this corner since January, received commendation from the DeKalb Police Department for her work when she protected kids from police cars that were speeding by.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Marine Staff Sergeant Chase Kovarik, of Maple Park, shares a laugh with World War II Marine veteran Don Mattson, 89, of Malta, at Mardi Gras Lanes in DeKalb on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Mattson was attending an end-of-season banquet for his bowling league when Kovarik dropped in to surprise Mattson and thank him for his service with a hat and a patch.
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The Reverend Amy Fallon, of Grace Place Campus Ministry, prays with Northern Illinois University student Nina Spillone outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event at St. Paul's, #Prayers2Pass, offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br />
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After finishing a morning class, Northern Illinois University marketing senior Tom Kneifel wrote a prayer for his brother  outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church during their #Prayers2Pass event in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.
  • Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com<br />
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Rochelle Cripe uses chalk to inform passersby of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Tuesday's #Prayers2Pass event in DeKalb, Ill. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Grace Place Campus Ministry offered #Prayers2Pass, an interactive prayer event for the students, faculty and staff of Northern Illinois University and anyone else who needs a prayer in the week leading up to finals.
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Northern Illinois University senior Yen Wei writes "Pass tax class" on a sheet of paper for prayers during the #Prayers2Pass event outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.
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Priest associate Joyce Beaulieu stands near Normal Road outside St. Paul's Episcopal Church waiting to offer snacks and prayers to anyone who passed during the church's #Prayers2Pass event in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
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The Reverend Amy Fallon (right), of Grace Place Campus Ministry, offers to pray for a woman waiting for the bus near St. Paul's Episcopal Church in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The event at St. Paul's, #Prayers2Pass, offered passersby snacks, drinks and prayers to those who wanted them.
  • Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com<br />
Sycamore senior Paige Phelps takes notes during an Advanced Placement (AP) Literature class on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. These college-level courses will begin their two weeks of nationwide testing next Monday.
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Friends Taneisha Brown (front) and Larry Brown, both of DeKalb, ride the go-karts at Sycamore Family Sports Center on Tuesday afternoon. The pair just wanted to take advantage of the warm weather in the DeKalb area on the last day of April.
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