About a dozen festivals and three dozen towns are represented in The Week in Pictures
Pirates, dodgeballs, windmills, soldiers, stomping bulls and jumping dogs are featured in The Week in Pictures
Scott Jagodzinski, of Palatine feels no pressure to buy as a shark bears down on him at the 13th annual Buffalo Grove Art Festival on Saturday. The work is from AlexasMakinWaves.com
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Tommy Vartulith, 18, of St. Charles peeks out of a tunnel as he travels through an inflatable playground during the 16th annual Day in the Park hosted by Fox Valley Special Recreation Association and St. Charles Noon Kiwanis Club at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles Wednesday. The event brings summer camp kids of all abilities together to emphasize the ability in disability.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Firefighters from Des Plaines and Park Ridge train on a 1950's ranch house that is set for demolition.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Natalie Cuevas, 3, gets a push from her father Gilbert Cuevas after competing in the childrens category race at the 16th annual Winfield Criterium.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Bryson Peters, 4, of Arlington Heights digs for buried treasure at Lake Arlington as part of the 2nd annual Pirate Party at the Lake on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Lindy Nealey, of Bloomington, Illinois performs Roman style trick riding Sunday at the Wauconda Rodeo.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Confederate calvary members ride into postiton as they engage Union troops while portraying the Battle of Vicksburg during Civil War Days at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Chase Wells, 8, of Batavia prepares to do a flip during the Windmill City Festival at the Batavia Riverwalk in Batavia. Wells performed with the Batavia Park District Spirit Cheer Team.
Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.com
Civil War re-enactor Paul Wood, of Wheaton portrays Confederate General Robert E. Lee during Civil War Days at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Children scramble to pick up candy while watching the annual Railroad Days parade in West Chicago Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Social worker Megan Sayre organizes students for "Blacktop Chalk Art" event at Grayslake North High School. The activity allowed students and families to make chalk drawings all over the parking lot.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Left to right, Demetrios Mentzelopoulos of Libertyville, Dupree Barbato of Lake Villa and Scott Legan of Chicago grill meat skewers during the annual Lake County Greekfest at Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox church in Libertyville Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Karen Zajac, of Aurora swings a golf club during the Windmill City Festival Tour Edge Golf Challenge at the Batavia Riverwalk in Batavia. Participants in the challenge attempted to land a golf ball on a floating green.
Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.com
Debi Cretacci, of Mundelein lifts up her new scarf that she designed as artist assistant Nina Johnson, of Buffalo Grove helps at the 13th annual Buffalo Grove Art Festival on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Jeff Simons, of Marengo, and Andy Rogers, of Huntley, smile as Simons cuts ribs during the Lake in the Hills Rockin' Ribfest on Sunday at Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills. Teams of four competed to smoke the best ribs.
Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.com
Bull Rider Jeremiah Johnson, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is trampled by his ride Sunday at the Wauconda Rodeo. He was not seriously injured.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Sharon Kenny of Orland Park, looks over All But One Ironworks sculpture by Anthony Slichenmyer during the 56th annual Naperville Woman's Club Art Fair at Naper Settlement.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Archbishop Blase Cupich greets other clergy members in the lobby of St. Edna Church in Arlington Heights Sunday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
To create this image of the play set in the new Sensory Playground in Wheaton I crawled inside the domed feature that is covered with holes of various sizes, looking like a piece of green swiss cheese. I choose a hole that allowed me to frame the new playset in one of the holes.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Jonathan Toews lifts the Cup at the end of the Hawks Rally at Soldier Field.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Brian Jackson and his dog CJ, of Gurnee made a big splash at the Big Air dog jumping competition during the Libertyville Dog Days of Summer event at the PNC Bank parking lot on Milwaukee Avenue, south of Cook Park. The black labrador jumped almost 15 feet into a pool to fetch his rubber ball.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Katrina Syrris, of South Elgin portrays "Viola" during the Midsummer Theatre Troupe's dress rehearsal of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the back yard of Doris Wood's Naperville home, Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
The Fun Wizz, Brian Wismer of Northbrook, gets kids up and dancing during a program at the Fremont Area Public Library in Mundelein Monday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Warriors Watch members, from left, Phil Cachey of Tinley Park, Dave Vainberg of Palatine and Joe Czepczynski of Port Barrington, hold American flags during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new 9/11 memorial Wednesday in Wauconda.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Grace Lenaghan, 13, of St. Charles, reacts after winning The 32nd Annual Kane County Fair Talent Contest Junior Divison on Monday at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.com
A chrome wheel reflects people perusing old cars Car Fun on 21 on Church St. in downtown Libertyville Wednesday evening.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Jennifer Roth-Taylor, 12, of Bridgeview, walks her favorite horse, Rio, out of the stable at Memory Lane Stables in Willow springs.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Nine year old JT Dorn, of St. Charles ties a dollar bill with fishing line at the first day of the Kane County Fair in St. Charles Wednesday. He layed the bill on the ground and pulled it away as passers by reached for it. He was also showing dairy cows at the fair.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Sara Sofia Guthmann, 7, and Caleb Baldwin, 6, are led on a trail ride at Tower Hill Stables in Hampshire Thursday. Horseback riding instructor Sana Abbas, left and volunteer Sonia Szulik led them on their ride.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Twelve-year-old Jackie Morales, of Vernon Hills gets doused with water at the Mundelein spray park Tuesday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Patty Kraegel, of Bartlett, who has stage four bone cancer, and her husband Scott prepare to sign the pink fire truck during the Bartlett Pink Heals event.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Carole Medal, Executive Director of the Gail Borden Public Library, skims over parts of the new Harper Lee novel "Go Set A Watchman" during the library's "A Toast to Harper Lee" book release party at the library in Elgin Tuesday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Members of the choir at Bethesda Church of God in Christ sing in the street at the African American Christian Ministers Alliance annual Citywide Street Revival at the corner of Fremont and Gifford in Elgin Tuesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Kate Schultz, left, of Naperville donated 106 bags full of birthday party supplies to Loaves & Fishes Community Services in Naperville. Diane Ramonas, right, Loaves & Fishes donor relations officer, helps Schultz unload her donations.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Dawn Bahrey, of Roselle greets Conant High School alumna Kristin Decker as she runs into St. Peter Lutheran Church, in Schaumburg after starting out in Wisconsin to raise money in the memory of her late pastor and friend Matt Peterson.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Well over 100 cars took part in the Cruise Night at Stratford Square in Bloomingdale. Ken Gerambia of Parkridge, left, talks to Russell Constain, of Streamwood about his 1966 Chevy during the show.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Nine-year-old Ethan Thomas, of Mundelein goes through an agility drill during the Chicago Bears Youth Football Camp at the Libertyville Sports Complex.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Animals and handlers move through the ring during judging Thursday at the Kane County Fair in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Rebecca Cromley, of Sugar Grove smiles as she describes her first quilt project "Salute to the Flag" which is now on display during the ninth annual Quilt & Textile Show Friday in Batavia. She has two sons in the service and said the project helped her to get over their deployment.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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