Images: The Week in Pictures
Kane County Sheriff Deputy Gill Gatske rewards K9 officer Gino with some play time after he completed a demo before the department received a $10,000 grant from the Spirit of Blue Foundation and Planet Dog Monday in St. Charles. The funds will be applied to the purchase and training of a new explosive detection K9. One of the two explosive detection K9's, Geno, will soon be retiring.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Lisa the elephant and trainer Armando Loyal help raise the main pole in the big tent for The Kelly-Miller Circus near the former Lively Junior High School building on Tuesday in Elk Grove Village.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Nanette Doepgen, of Huntley, plays a little air guitar to The Monkees song "I'm a Believer" performed by Denny Diamond at the Huntley Fall Fest on Saturday. Doepgen, who came with friends, has been coming to see Denny Diamond perform at the festival for the past six years.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Curious alpacas meet Chica the dog at Waldron Grove Alpaca Farm in Campton Hills on Saturday. Chica's owner, Michael Boyd of Chicago, and his friend, Susan Bender of Elgin, said this was the first time they had seen alpacas in person.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Actor Mike Delehoy, and a small crowd listening to him, are reflected in the glossy doors of a 1940 Buick, Sunday at the 27th annual Cemetery Walk at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin. Delehoy was portraying Elginite Jonathan Force, a mechanic who collected all his money in gold coins in the 19th century.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Ben and Caroline Sallas, of Glen Ellyn, try their hand at sawing logs at the Glen Ellyn Historical Society's annual Tavern Days at Stacy's Tavern.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Wearing a kitty cat backpack, Project Backpack volunteer and Elgin Community College alumni, Joel Aguilera of Elgin, grabs backpacks from the reserve piles to bring to students waiting in line to pick one out in early August at the college. The free school supplies and backpacks were doled out on a first-come, first-served basis to local students enrolled in schools. Aguilera would pick out fun backpacks and jokingly model them down the line of tables for the kids to see. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Guitarist Cristy Worden and singer Katie Cooke, both 17 and from Algonquin, belt out an original song by their band, Fairytale Massacre, during "Rock the Mic" hosted by the Jacobs High School Music Industry Club at the Algonquin Public Library on Wednesday. It is the seventh time the club, which is five years old, has hosted the event. Cristy has been in the club all four years of school and has been the club president for the past three.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Teresa McMillin, volunteer at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library genealogy department, looks for a book as she does research helping others dig through the past to find family members.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
While searching for wild art in Geneva, I rediscovered this rail bridge that crosses over the Fox River. This view creates a spiral effect looking through the massive concrete piers of the bridge. Built by Town & Country Bridge & Rail, of Albany, NY., it's a Deck Plate Girder bridge with a modified Pratt Through Truss pedestrian bridge added later using the same piers. It was originally built in the early 1900's for the Chicago & North Western Railroad, and is now owned by Union Pacific. Both UP freights and Metra passenger trains to and from Chicago use this bridge. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Holy Family School 5th graders study in their writing class in their outdoor classroom in Inverness.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Tricia Carlstron and Pam Metzger, of Porte Brown in Elk Grove Village, react to their Pinewood Derby car winning at the 2nd annual Schaumburg Business Association Pinewood Derby races at Schaumburg Regional Airport.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Local law enforcement and other attendees tour the indoor firing range a the new Kane County Regional Training Facility Thursday in St. Charles.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Contortionist Zaia performs with the Kelly Miller circus Thursday evening in Itasca's Washington Park.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Matt Rubin, of Lake Bluff, enjoys an apple cider donut during opening day of Apple Fest in downtown Long Grove Friday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Brooke Baxter, of Barrington Hills, and her daughter Cate Chatham, 2, wait with their luggage while her husband seeks information in Terminal 3 at O'Hare Airport Friday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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