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Maori Beverly Hills, center, performs during a drag show March 27, 2019 at Twincade in Griffith.

Laylah Maugeri, of Orland Park, Illinois, keeps an eye on her competition Aug. 17, 2019 during the spaghetti eating contest at Festa Italiana hosted at Villa Cesare in Schererville.

Erik Roe, right, of Highland, snaps a selfie with other visitors on the steps on Mt. Tom Tuesday during the First Day Hike hosted by the Indiana DNR on Jan. 1, 2019 at the Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton.

Kyle Wimmer, of Chesterton, uses a crane to toss Tootsie Rolls out to people Sept. 2, 2019 during Lowell's 100th Labor Day parade. Wimmer rode along with the float belonging to IUOE Local No. 150.

Lake Central High School graduates, including Camille Bereolos, far left, catch moments during a video tribute at commencement on June 2, 2019 in St. John.

The Germeraad family, of St. John, checks out the interior of a hot air balloon on Aug. 7, 2018 at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point.

Jayda Pill, left, and Wilma Fingerdo check on customers and their pickup orders on April 11, 2020 outside Fiddlehead in Michigan City. The restaurant had drag queens help bring curbside takeout food to customers.

Cedar Lake firefighter and paramedic Tony DeAdam, center left, pilots a boat on Sept. 9. 2019 on Cedar Lake. MABAS teams spent the morning testing equipment and techniques.

Emily Vigar, of Rochester, Indiana, sprays down cows Aug. 2, 2019 at the Lake County Fair in Crown Point.

Twins Jonathan, left, and David Schmidt, of Valparaiso, enjoy some time outside on their tricycles in an alleyway on April 4, 2020 in Valparaiso.

Three-year-old Naomi Rogers, of Evergreen Park, holds up a comb as she watches her reflection in the mirror Dec. 13, 2019 at Styles 4 Kidz in Oak Park, Illinois.

Diego Padilla performs pull-ups during his JROTC period at East Chicago Central High School. The Cardinal Battalion garnered around 80 students to help kick off the program.

Cooper Wognum, of Munster, tees off on the first hole at Wicker Park Memorial Golf Course during unseasonably warm weather on Dec. 29, 2019 in Highland.

Indiana Dunes Park Ranger Bill Smith checks on a goat and cow at the Chellberg Farm in Porter, Indiana.

A fisher idles in the water on June 2, 2020 at Wolf Lake in Hammond.

Portage High School dean of students Tim Kunstek, left, and comfort dog Isaiah, watch as graduates proceed onto the football field during commencement.

From left, Dr. Ashish Patel and Dr. Elian Shepherd, spine surgeons at Methodist Hospital in Merrillville, perform a surgery on a patient to straighten his spine on Feb. 2, 2017.

Corey Miller, of Schneider, sits in a school bus-themed wagon before the beginning of the Lowell Kiddie Parade.

Lasso tricks are performed on Parrish Avenue during the Mexican Independence Day Parade in East Chicago, Indiana.

Kathy Miller, of Dyer, pets her dog, Harlow, on Monday as playtime ensues at the dog park on April 20, 2020 at Dyer's Central Park.

Rori Moorehead, of Valparaiso, digs into an ear of corn during Crown Point's annual corn roast at Bulldog Park.