Corn Juggling is part of The Week in Pictures
Corn Juggling is part of The Week in Pictures
Scott Cenkar, of Rolling Meadows, along with Ula Duda, 12, Ember Cenkar, 6, and Modris Duda, 8, party at the Rolling Meadows Community Center annual Ice Cream Social on Saturday. The event featured ice cream from Culvers, face painting and balloons.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Food service tech Linda Hanneman removes frozen pizzas at the commissary at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett Friday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Bill Brauer, of Winfield, takes a look at a Dodge Charger police car, fueled by propane, at the Chicago Area Clean Cities car expo at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton on Thursday. Brauer is retired and was in charge of the fleet for the Forest District of DuPage. "I've always been interested in alternative fuels", he said.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
An avid cyclist who has finished triathlons and Ironman Wisconsin, David Hirsch, of Barrington, has completed a few 100-mile "century" rides. He needs to pile up consecutive centuries this month as he pedals 2,211 miles in 21 days to raise funds and awareness for his fatherhood charities.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Teacher Lisa Bala helps students in her group with flying a kite during the Healthy Lombard Foundation's Kite Fly Day at Madison Elementary School.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Members of the steel pan band, Potts & Pans, play during The Friends of the Library Summer Concert at the Grayslake Public Library Monday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Retired Elgin firefighters Larry Judkins and Craig Eadler watch a wreath in the Fox River from the Kimball Street bridge Tuesday. The dropped the wreath to memorialize the deaths of two firefighters who died there 41 years ago. They were both involved in the rescue attempt and saw the men die. "Those men were heroes," said Judkins. "They actually saved the kids in the water but we couldn't save them."
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Work continues on the modernization project at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington. On Tuesday, crews concentrate on the structure of the new main entrance on the south side of the hospital.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Patriot Guard personal escorted the truck carrying the Vietnam Wall, The Wall That Heals, to the Cabela's parking lot where it will be on display from June 4th through the 7th in Hoffman Estates.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Kyle Werenski, of Richmond Fisheries, stocks South Ridge Lake with over a hundred fish for the Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Sears Holdings Corporation Community Fishing Derby.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Carl and Pat Shaver, of Lombard, walk their bikes through the new pedestrian underpass at the Lombard train station on Wednesday. The tunnel officially opened on Wednesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Crew chief member Pat Hall, left, and Bennett Schwontkowski, right, pilot of the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon, illustrate the strength of balloon material by lifting students Arfan Abdullah and Honesty Orr as part of an educational program at Cowlishaw School in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Cabela's Marketing Manager Diane Schneider reaches out to touch one of the 58,307 names on The Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is on public display at Cabela's in Hoffman Estates.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Skokie Fire-Medic Lt. Al Stensland talks about CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators to Metra commuters Mary Eichhorn, middle, of Chicago, and Eileen Nissen, of Arlington Heights, at the Arlington Heights station Thursday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Ryan Phillips, of Windy Acres Farm in Geneva, tries his hand at juggling some bi-color sweet corn Thursday at the downtown Elgin Harvest Market as he talks to customers. This kicks off 16th season of the Elgin Harvest Market. There were more than 20 area vendors who offer locally grown and produced fresh vegetables, fruits, breads, meat, cheese, spices, honey, herbs, olive oil, soaps and lotions, caramel popcorn, knife sharpening, wooden items, and concessions complete with coffee drinks.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Frankie Lopez, 9, of Elgin, browses through selections on the U-46 Book Bus at McKinley Elementary School in Elgin Thursday. Lopez will be attending the school in the fall. He and friend Brian Hurtado, 12, just happened to be walking past the school, saw the bus and decided to check it out. It was the first time for either of them to visit it.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
A sign used to director drivers to the Winter Wonderland light show in Vernon Hills is one item stored in trailers on the Cuneo property.
Mick Zawislak/mzawislak@dailyherald.com
Connor Zorn, 9, of Huntley, foreground, and Tyler Casado, 9, of Gilberts, run through one of the water attractions at the new splash park in Gilberts. Several visitors have been asking if benches will be installed for the parents.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Bill Trow, of Hoffman Estates, takes a photo of some of his friends names that are on the Traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, officially called "The Wall That Heals". The wall is at Cabela's in Hoffman Estates.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Noelle Priolo, left, of Naperville, along with representatives from the American Heart Association provide CPR demonstrations to morning commuters like Kathleen Meyer, right, of Wheaton, at the Wheaton Metra station. Priolo is chairwoman for the Go Red for Women organization.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Heather Jackson, left, and her mother Paula Almasy, center, tour the Naper Settlement on Friday with guide Debbie Grinnell, right, vice president of museum services. Almasy is the great-great-great granddaughter of Naperville founder Joseph Naper and Jackson is his great-great-great-great granddaughter and they were visiting from Colorado.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
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