Greetings, Here are some of my photos that I liked from 2011.

Tisha Fearn kisses a plaque named for her late son, Anthony D.J. Fearn, during a ceremony at Joliet West High School in Joliet, IL on Saturday October 1, 2011. Fearn was killed July 9 in a gang shooting and he was honored with a candlelight walk and memorial plaque unveiling 

Mitchell Lanik, left, looks at photos while Phil Steffen fishes from the top of an engine belonging to the Garden Homes Fire Protection District as other members of the department Scott Taylor and Jim Ditzler sit in flood waters after the station flooded with water at 119th and Hamlin after a large rainstorm flooded the area in Garden Homes, IL on Thursday June 9, 2011.

Fans erupt as Selena Gomez makes an appearance at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park, IL on Sunday June 26, 2011.

Lincoln-Way East's Greg Magrum tries to spike past Sandburg's #10, Nick Bendell and #11, Bill Siroky, during their championship game in the LWE volleyball invite at Lincoln-Way East in Frankfort, IL on Saturday May 7, 2011.

Runners participate in the Bank Of America Chicago Marathon near a mural along 18th Street in Chicago, IL on Sunday October 9, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialists Michael Kopecky, right, and Jason Cavanaugh, left,  Chicago, pause near the grave marker of Andrew Meari(Plainfield) after Memorial Day services during the 12th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL on Monday May 29, 2011. Meari was their best friend while they served in Afghanistan before he got killed.

Ken Menconi gets a lesson in Pole Dancing from his sister, Mary Ellyn Weissman at the Frankfort studio of Empowerment Through Exotic Dance in Frankfort, IL on Thursday May 26, 2011.

Carmen Czajka prays near a photo of Pope John Paul II during a special mass in a chapel at Kerr-Parzygnot Funeral home celebrating the beatification of Pope John Paul II in Chicago Heights, IL on Saturday April 30, 2011.  Chicago Heights is a Sister City of Wadowice, Poland, where he was born.

Yaqkeha Witherspoon, a student at Shepard High School walks past a "Flag of Hope" that was on display for the 10th-anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, at the school in Palos Heights, IL on Thursday September 8, 2011

Jade Farley, a sophomore at Rich East High School, stands in the hallway at the school in Park Forest, Il on Thursday April 14, 2011. She is a member of the school's gay-acceptance group, the Gay Straight Alliance, and plans to wear tape like this over her mouth during Friday's national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Day of Silence.

A man snowshoes past cars stuck in the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue after they were trapped by snow in Chicago, IL on Wednesday February 2, 2011. It was the third worts snowstorm in Chicago history/

Ryan Bizahaloni hugs his son Nolan while he and other members of Company E 4th Reconnaissance Battalion leave the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center at 2711 McDonough St. in Joliet, Il on Friday April 15, 2011. They are headed to Afghanistan.

Jim Robbins stands among some field corn crops on his family's farm along Doyle Road in Manhattan,  IL on Sunday July 24, 2011.

Christian Vande Velde, who recently finished 17th overall and is part of the winning Garmin Cervello team in the Tour de France,  poses with his team medal at his home in Lemont,  IL on Wednesday July 27, 2011.

Marmion Academy's Eddy Grahovec holds his head as Bremen's Zachary Lavizzo also falls during the Class 2A 300-Meter Low-Hurdles during the IHSA State prelims at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL on Friday May 27, 2011.

Cathy Kowski, center and her son, Daniel Kowski, seated at left, react as the procession of emergency vehicles arrives at their home and delivers a new car during the Tinley Wish event in Tinley Park, IL on Saturday December 17, 2011.

Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears goes airborne while being blocked by #53. Malcolm Smith, of the Seattle Seahawks, as teammate. #21, Corey Graham looks on during their game at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL on Sunday December 18, 2011.