Images: The Week in Pictures
Diane Weitzel, of Indianapolis, uses a rattle to test the reaction of a ferret she is judging in the adolescent category at The Greatest Ferret Show on Earth at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles on Saturday. Weitzel has been a championship judge for the past two years. 94 male and female ferrets were entered in the adolescent competition and were judged in eight categories, which included several elements of body structure, in addition to color, disposition, and health and maintenance.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Zach Janikoski, 10, of Sleepy Hollow, hoists up the scarecrow he and his dad John just made during day one of the annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Lakitha Sweeney, 14, of Inverness, carries a big pumpkin during Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm Fall Festival Sunday in South Barrington. The festival featured wagon rides, a haunted house, corn stalk maze, pig racing and lots of pumpkins.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Bill Harrod, a private with Taylor's Battery Company B First Illinois Artillery, mans a 10-pound Parrott gun during the Fischer Farm Heritage Day in Bensenville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Junior Sam Reattoir flies her flag during the Geneva High School homecoming parade Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Fr. Matthew Marshall of Wausau, Wisconsin gives a blessing to Mundelein Fire Department paramedics Steve D'Incognito and Edward Anderson, right, during a celebratory mass at Advocate Condell Medical Center's Nemmers' Family Chapel Thursday in Libertyville. Marshall was treated by Advocate Condell staff and Mundelein Fire Department paramedics after collapsing due to heart problems.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Nicholas Dovgi, of Wheeling, got 24 free dollars with fast hands as he grabs as many real dollars mixed in with play money in a contest sponsored by the Buffalo Grove Bank and Trust and the Village Bank and Trust of Buffalo Grove and Prospect Heights at the Taste of Wheeling on Thursday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Freshman Grace Brolly loses the football as she is chased by senior Courtney Reynolds during the Geneva High School Homecoming powder puff football game at the school Monday night.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A battered spider web sticks to the points of an aged iron fence surrounding the Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin. The rust and old peeling paint give the photo texture, along with the rich fall colors blending together in the background. I used a 200mm lens at F2.8. I stood as close as possible to keep the web in focus and the background out of focus. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Ben Lovington, of Libertyville, takes a quick picture of his 2-year-old daughter Layla just before the start of the Libertyville High School homecoming parade.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Author Jay Asher addresses over 1,500 freshman and sophomores at Lake Park High School East Campus concerning his recently published book "Thirteen Reasons Why". It is a book that has an anti-bullying anthem and is highly regarded by the schools. Student David Chavez, 14, of Roselle, takes a selfie with the author after getting his book autographed.
Mark Welsh/mweslh@dailyherald.com
Thousands of people gather in Lincoln Park Sunday for the St. Charles Scarecrow Fest. Handmade scarecrows were on display. There was live music and food and an arts and crafts fair at different locations around town.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
I had an assignment in Springfield and decided to stop in and see our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. His family's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery is truly a must-see, that contains his wife Mary and three of his four sons. A giant bust of Lincoln greets you with it's well-worn nose that has been rubbed over the years for good luck. In 1876 two Chicago criminals failed in their attempt to steal Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom. The result was that surviving son Robert Todd Lincoln shelled out $700 to have the coffin placed inside a steel cage and encased in concrete 10 feet under the floor of the tomb. For all you movie trivia geeks out there, George Clooney (recently in the news for getting married) and actor Tom Hanks are both related to Abraham Lincoln. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Adlai E. Stevenson III, left, talks with his wife, Nancy, and children, Warwick and Lucy, before the dedication ceremony of The Adlai E. Stevenson Home as a National Historic Landmark on Sunday at the home in Mettawa. More than 100 people attended the event.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Daniella and Peter Derivera, of Streamwood, right, enjoy the entertainment during the Hispanic Heritage Day Fiesta! 2014 at the Hoffman Estates village hall. The Derivera's were celebrating 71 years of marriage.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Santa, aka David Wyman, of Katy, Texas, talks with riders before the start of the 28th Annual DuKane A.B.A.T.E. Toy and Food Run Sunday in Elburn. Wyman came up from Texas at the urging of a friend. He is with LoneStarSantas.org, a non-profit group.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Kyle Jonsson, 19, of South Elgin, gets in some shooting time at Jim Hansen Park in South Elgin, as grey clouds roll in from the west Tuesday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Art teacher Christine Thornton teaches Autumn Leaves: A Painting Workshop at the Fremont Public Library in Mundelein.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
I choose to showcase this photo of the Kelly Miller circus, performing in Itasca's Washington Park a couple weeks ago, because I loved how the glow of the lights on the performance ring radiated up onto the big top, revealing the yellow star painted on the roof. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A bulldozer operator moves dirt near the Peterson Road construction project in Grayslake Wednesday morning. The $10.8 million Lake County project will widen Peterson to four lanes with left-turn lanes at intersections from near Harris Road to west of Route 83.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A combination photo shows the moon above Geneva during a lunar eclipse on Wednesday. The red hue results from sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere, in what is known as a "blood moon."
Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
Tents sit in the parking lot of the new Kildeer Chick-fil-A resturant on Wednesday. The Rand Road restaurant opens Thursday.
Russell Lissau/rlissau@dailyherald.com
Alison Segebarth, director of marketing at DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville, tries out one of the exhibits from the traveling exhibit about love and forgiveness.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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