Images: The Week In Pictures
Dan Mitchell from the Bartlett Nature Center wraps a 105 lb Burmese Python around the neck and waist of Matthew Owen of Bartlett showing off the strength of the snake at Bartlett Heritage Days festival on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Dolores Menier of Wood Dale checks out the garage sale of items including this mirror at the Bartlett Heritage Days festival on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds perform during the Waukegan Air Show at the Waukegan Airport Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A overwhelmed Gari Buergin, grandmother to Cpl. Marcus Kuiper, 22, of Barrington welcomes him home after his second tour in Afghanistan to Barrington on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Feeling a bit overwhelmed Cpl. Marcus Kuiper, 22, of Barrington is welcomed home after his second tour in Afghanistan by his friends and family members to Barrington on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Well over 200 people showed up at Andersons Bookshop in Naperville Saturday with underwear on their heads. They were doing this to set a world record.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Well over 200 people showed up at Andersons Bookshop in Naperville Saturday with underwear on their heads. They were doing this to set a world record. Luke Sokolowski, 10, is pictured with his underwear on his head. He and his family drove all the way from Monticello Illinois to take part in this event.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Lake Park takes part in the 34th annual Lake Park Lancer Joust in Roselle Saturday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Lake Park takes part in the 34th annual Lake Park Lancer Joust in Roselle Saturday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Molly Leno, 9, of Arlington Heights sports a beer tattoo during Oktoberfest in Itasca Saturday. The fest runs thorough Sunday and offers food, beer, and fun for all ages.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Maggie Madziarczyk, 10, of Sugar Grove performs Popular from the musical Wicked with her dog, Melody, in the talent showcase at the United Fall Fest in Campton Hills on Saturday, September 8. The event was hosted by the Congregational United Church of Christ in the town.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Speed, a border collie makes his way through the course at Dog Days of Dundee Saturday September 8, 2012 at Randall Oaks in West Dundee. Speed and his owner Mollie Sisson came from Milwaukee to participate in the show.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Little Miss Lake Villa Rowan Birch, 8, passes out historical information for the self-guided tour during the 100th anniversary celebration of the Lehmann Mansion in Lake Villa Sunday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Re-enactor Tim Hess of Streamwood holds his newly baptized son Ian, wrapped in a British flag, during a real baptism ceremony before a Revolutionary War battle re-enactment at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
The Continental Army fires a canon during a Revolutionary War battle re-enactment at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Wearing Viking headgear, Lane Backus shows off his Norwegian scarf to visitors of his retail booth, Lena & Oles Gifts, Sunday at the 33rd Annual Scandinavian Day Festival at Vasa Park in South Elgin. He and his wife are from Wisconsin and she is Norwegian.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Ryan Carpenter helps create more spinning as kids take their turns in the Wow Balls Sunday at the Burlington Fall Fest at Burlington Park. There was also a parade, car show, crafts and music and food.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
The hand painted dome in the main entrance to the Medinah Country Club.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Schaumburg Fire Department Lieutenant John Schneidwind, who assisted at Ground Zero in the wake of 9/11, is greeted by members of the audience following the Hoffman Estates annual September 11th Ceremony of Remembrance at the Village Hall Tuesday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Seventh-grader Mackenzie Kamysz has a monarch butterfly released from her noise outside during Nancy Gottungs science class at St. James School in Arlington Heights on Tuesday, September 11.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
A moment of silence is observed during the annual September 11 remembrance at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial in Naperville on Tuesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Joe Dittmar shares his experiences at the annual September 11 remembrance at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial in Naperville on Tuesday. On September 11, 2001, Dittmar was attending a meeting on the 105th floor of Two World Trade Center with 54 executives from various commercial insurance carriers. He and six others survived that day.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
The Shanower family take part in the annual September 11 remembrance at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial in Naperville on Tuesday. Cmdr. Dan Shanower died at his post in the Pentagon during the terrorist attacks.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Firefighter Jim Cook rings the bell during the Remember 9-1-1 Ceremony by the Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District Tuesday at the fire station on Schelter Road.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Becki Anderson and her children, Benjamin, Lily and Justin set out on a nature hike.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
3-year-old Justin Anderson hitches a ride on the back of baby Bens stroller, on the way back from their nature hike.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
10-month-old Benjamin discovers pine cones with his sister Lily, that match his color swatch in Hoover Park during their nature hike.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Batavia High School varsity cheer co-captain Abby Wilson, left and Claire Carlson in the homecoming parade on Wednesday, September 12.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Jennifer Strange of Hoffman Estates studies math while the Harper College pomp and dance team preforms at the colleges Hullabaloo celebration in Palatine on Thursday, September 13.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Glendale Heights Mayor Linda Jackson and Wolfgang Beyer kick off the Oktoberfest with the tapping of the first keg, Thursday at Camera Park.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
East Dundee firefighter/paramedic Jeremy Schwab exits the training center carrying a training dummy as MABAS Division II which is made up of several area fire departments conducts live training at the Ruth Family Firefighter Training Center in Huntley Thursday September 13, 2012. MABAS Division II includes Hampshire, Pingree Grove, Elgin, West Dundee, East Dundee, Rutland Dundee, Carpentersville, Bartlett, South Elgin, Huntley, Burlington, Fox River, Algonquin/Lake in the Hills and Streamwood.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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