Photos of the week
University of Akron's Lunabotics team members Frandy Cador (left) and Keith Martin make a quick adjustment before operating STACEE, the robot their team built to collect lunar dust in order to extract oxygen at the University of Akron. The students will be competing in a NASA's Lunabotics Mining competition this weekend in Florida. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Salad dressings made from scratch are quick, easy, economical and flavorful. Different herbs and spices will change the flavor of each dressing. In this photo, a creamy gorgonzola dressing tops an icebrg lettuce wedge in Akron, Ohio. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Jim Ballard directs and acts in his music video written as a tribute to the Boston Marathon in downtown Akron, Ohio. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
A patron plays a slot machine on the second floor of the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Area residents walk past the Cuyahoga Falls & Silver Lake Police Memorial after attending the first memorial ceremony at the new dedication site near city hall in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Lance Mannion, auctioneer for Asset Sales, Inc. Goodyear tire and rubber company auction solicits bids on a lot in the auditorium of Goodyear Hall in Akron, Ohio. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Valerie Yarbrough of Mature Services (left) takes part is a demonstration on Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) with Dr. Terry Gordon ,D.O. a retired cardiologist (center) and Steve Zagar, a Fairlawn Police officer whose life was saved by an AED in Dec. 2012, during a Synergy Seminar on AEDs at Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, Ohio. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
John M. Ostlund, construction manager of Ostlund Construction, Inc. stands in front of the partially rebuilt VFW Post 1062 Ralph Huff Post in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The stones in foreground are from the foundation of the original building that stustained considerable damage during a February 2012 fire and the post will be holding an open house on Memorial Day weekend to attract more benefactors in order to finish rebuilding the post. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Goodyear retirees Joe Brucken (left) and Larry Linton (center) listen to, Larry's wife, Shirley Linton as she points out detail as they toured the executive offices on Mahogany row in the former Goodyear Headquarters building in Akron, Ohio. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
The University of Akron and city of Akron police departments investigate the shooting death of a man during a traffic stop Thursday morning just south of campus. The shooting occurred about 11 a.m. on Wolf Ledges Parkway, south of Thornton Street in Akron, Ohio. (Ed Suba Jr./ Akron Beacon Journal)
Akron's James Sheltrown throws to first over Kent's George Roberts to complete a double play on a ball hit by Tommy Monnot in the third inning of a college baseball game at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent third baseman Zaley Zalewski tags out Akron's Brady Stewart on a steal attempt in the second inning of a college baseball game at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Cuyahoga Falls Police Officer John Sim, salutes during the playing of the national anthem while attending the first memorial ceremony at the Cuyahoga Falls & Silver Lake Police Memorial dedication site near city hall in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Sim is president of FOP Lodge 49. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Sam Madden, 13 (left) of Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts (left) hugs teammate Jacob Murray, 12, after Jacob won a heat in super stock during the Fourth Annual Gravity Racing Challenge Event at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio. The race promoted the S.T.E.M. initiative in area schools to help increase students' interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
Members of Dance Dance Party Party at Martell's Dance School in Akron, Ohio. The lights are out, so Debra Degregorio is silhouetted by the doorway light. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Jenson Jewell, 3 (left) watches as Chandler Ironfield, 3, gets set to loose a marble on a marble tower as Jessica Hurst, Assistant director of Head Start in Summit county, (right) watches and steadies the tower at Oak Creek Head Start Center in Akron, Ohio. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
essica Hurst, Assistant director of Head Start in Summit county (left) pretends to eat a toy hot dog as Sariya Clayton, 4 (center) and Tianna Stallworth, 4 (right) play restaurant at Oak Creek Head Start Center in Akron, Ohio. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Sammy Hayward (right), a sixth grade student from Tallmadge Middle School, hugs Mary Bevan, a senior citizen at Mulberry Gardens, after giving Bevan the "Life Book" containing stories from her life that she told to Hayward and two other students who interviewed her, during a luncheon at the Gardens in Munroe Falls, Ohio. The information for the books, which were completely written and designed by the 27 students involved in the project, came from interviews the students conducted with the senior citizens and touched on a variety of aspects of the senior's lives such as childhood, school experiences, courtships, families, their careers and spiritual lives. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Steve Shaw calls the numbers during BINGO night at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent's catcher Jeff Revesz (27) tags Akron's Derek Carmichael (12) out at the plate during the college baseball game at Lee Jackson Field in Akron, Ohio. Kent won 4-1. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent's Alex Miklos (12) is congratulated by fellow players after hitting a home run against Akron in the sixth inning of the college baseball game at Lee Jackson Field in Akron, Ohio. Kent won 4-1. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
A track fan braves the elements heading back to his vehicle during a rain delay at the Rock 'em Relays track meet at Lake High School in Lake Township, Ohio. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
