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| Hector Urquiza, of Dyer, warms up before the "reins competition" at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point. |
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| A horse is led out of the competition area following the "reins competition" at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point. |
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| Tyler Widger warms up for the "reins competition" at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point. |
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| The band Guerrilla performs at the Congress Theatre in Chicago. |
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| The band Guerrilla performs at the Congress Theatre in Chicago. |
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| The band Guerrilla performs at the Congress Theatre in Chicago. |
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| The band Guerrilla performs at the Congress Theatre in Chicago. |
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| Thea Bowman 4H student Alexis Rodgers holds her Guinea Pig Darwinia before being judged during the small animal show at the Crown Point Fairgrounds. |
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| Matt Paige, from Michigan City, puts on his Boba Fett costume following the Space Race 5k Run and Walk to benefit the Challenger Learning Center at Purdue Calumet in Hammond. |
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| Bryon Mesarch, dressed as Commander Gree, walks through an office of the Challenger Learning Center at Purdue Calumet in Hammond. |
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| The Northwest Indiana Symphony orchestra performs a free concert at the park grounds in Cedar Lake. |
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| D.J. Hayes rides the Merry-Go-Round at the Festival of the Lakes at Wolf Lake Park in Hammond. |
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| Andrew Batcheller, 6 of Crown Point, competes in the 1st Corn on the Cob eating contest at Corn Fest on the Crown Point square. |
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| Ken Swinarski, of St John, competes in the 1st Corn on the Cob eating contest at Corn Fest on the Crown Point square. |
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| Tony Kazian walks on the wings of a Boeing Stearman 75 as it is piloted by Dave Dacy during the 2012 Gary South Shore Air Show in Marquette Park. |
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| People watch performers during the 2012 Gary South Shore Air Show in Marquette Park. |
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| The Aerostars pilot their Yakovlev 52 Tailwheels into a maneuver during the 2012 Gary South Shore Air Show. |
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| The Aerostars pilot their Yakovlev 52 Tailwheels into a maneuver during the 2012 Gary South Shore Air Show. |
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| Derek Reiter assists Caroline Janiga during a mass casualty drill at the Crown Point High School. |
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| Bill and Barbara Johnson, of Crown Point, kiss after renewing their vows on the steps of the Old Lake County Courthouse in Crown Point as part of the Marriage Mill celebration presided over by Judge Kent Jeffirs. The Johnsons have been married for 50 years. |
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| Steve Brown, Local 112 of Chicago, competes in the 2012 Ironworkers Apprenticeship Competition, hosted by the Ironworkers Apprenticeship School in Lake Station. |
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| Ben Kanute races his bicycle down Calumet Avenue during the 24.8 mile bike ride of Leon's Triathalon at Wolf Lake Park in Hammond. Kanute would go on to win 1st place in the Triathalon |
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| Bicyclists compete in the 24.8 mile bike portion of Leon's Triathalon at Wolf Lake Park in Hammond |
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| A bicyclist competes in Leon's Triathalon at Wolf Lake Park in Hammond |
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| Vietnam War Army Veteran Russell Rogers, of Portage, remembers a classmate at the Chesterton Vietnam Memorial Wall. |
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| Bomb sniffing dogs are led to a South Shore train to be screened before passengers are allowed to board at the Hegewisch Station. |
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| Highland Police officers salute the lowering of the flag during an annual memorial service for fallen officers at Markley Park in Highland |
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| Brigadier General Joe Osburn, 81st troop commander, presents SPC Douglas Rachowicz with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Valparaiso. |
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| 7 year old Jenna Rochowicz watches as her father SPC Douglas Rachowicz is presented with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Valparaiso |
