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Published February 16, 2010, 12:00 AM

Ash Wednesday


An elementary student in Sacred Heart Catholic School watches through a window as the Rev. Bill DeCrans stirs ashes from a burning palm frond in a Weber kettle. The ashes will be used today during Ash Wednesday Masses to mark parishioners' foreheads with the sign of the cross as season of Lent begins. Herald photo by Eric Hylden.