Pumpkins headline The Week in Pictures gallery
Pumpkins make a showing in The Week in Pictures gallery
Avery Pawczyk, 8, and her sister, Elena, 5, of Highland Park carve pumpkins during the Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival Sunday. Families spent the day carving pumpkins and adding to the collection of over 50,000 carved over the weekend.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Hayden Hess, 5, of Aurora, left, and Chance Rivas, 4, of Aurora try their own scarecrow impersonations during the Cantigny Park one-day fall festival in Wheaton.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Bob Roig, of Barrington, aka Bob the DJ, dresses as a pirate while spinning tunes at Barrington's 15th annual Scarecrow Festival at Memorial Park. "I do all the Scarecrow Fests, every year I show up as a different character, I help the village organize things for the fest. I started 14 years ago and I've been on board ever since."
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Aimee Suyko, of Cary walks the runway during the fashion show of the Daily Herald's second annual Color the Town Pink event at Deer Park Town Center Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Angel Huerta, of Niles balances Scottie the Parrot on his head during Mount Prospect Fall Festival & Octoberfest. Scottie belongs to Lou Chatroop of Lombard.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Savannah Donofrio, 5, of Naperville riders the hobby horse she made while at the Danada Fall Festival Sunday at Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Jacquelyne Jones, of Chicago celebrates the Chicago Cubs 8-6 playoff win over the St. Louis Cardinals outside Wrigley Field Monday.
Joe Lewnardjlewnard@dailyherald.com
Coralee Mahan, 2, of West Dundee digs into her dinner as the First Congregational Church of Dundee hosts their Hilltop Community Supper in West Dundee.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Joy Maguire Dooley, foreground, reacts after being surprised with a flash mob at her last Job Club meeting Wednesday. She is retiring after nearly 20 years of leading the Job Club at the Community Career Center in Naperville, which she helped to found in 1996.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
St. Emily School students Anna Klocek, right, Yuliana Manzanares, Ashley Laskiewicz and Brooklyn Serpico, of Mount Prospect enjoy a hayride during Pumpkinfest at Didier Farms Wednesday in Lincolnshire. The festival featured hayrides, camel and pony rides, corn maze, petting zoo, food, children's rides and pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Vadim Wielgo, 4, of Mundelein pulls a wagon full of produce during the Libertyville Farmers Market Thursday on Cook Street.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Kindergarten teacher George Vlasis reads and counts with students during a lesson at Hough Street School in Barrington, which recently won a Blue Ribbon award.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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