Images: Life went on despite flooding in The Week in Pictures
Tim Murphy competes in bareback riding during the 54th annual IPRA Championship rodeo in Wauconda Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Livianna Hess, 2, has her first bicycle helmet fitted by Meghan Jaske, of Centegra Health Systems at the Centegra Family Health Fest in Huntley Saturday. 400 chilcren got a free helmet. Livianna was with her family from Marengo.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Des Plaines resident Cata Sebe looks at his vehicle that got caught up in the flood waters on Big Bend Drive. He thought he would have time to move the vehicle at a later time after saving his family and other cars he had on his property but miscalculated the time.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Carol Janusek, of Itasca waits for her son to arrive to assist in cleanup at their Center Street family home that experienced roof damage after a storm moved through the area on Friday.
Bev Horne/borne@dailyherald.com
Iradia Garcia, left, Dora Enriquez, center, and Julie King, right, all from Glendale Heights, dance to music played by Morgan Station during Glendale Heights Fest, Saturday, at Camera Park.
DanielWhite/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Matthew Leahy strains to lift another sandbag as he helps to shore up the house of his neighbor, Lars Overland, background, on W. Water St. in East Dundee Thursday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Event organizer Linda Ewing, facing, hugs Cheri Schillo at a golf outing benefiting breast cancer research at Schaumburg Golf Club Monday. Both women are from Schaumburg.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Brendan Hoppe, 17, of Bristol picks weeds in one of the gardens at Vasa Park in South Elgin Friday. The organization that owns the park is fundraising for repairs to the pavilion and the park caretakers' home.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Cory Wedge, of Round Lake, left, helps Fox Lake resident Dan Vezensky load his truck with sandbags Sunday morning at the Fox Lake Public Works facility.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Dan Robinson and April Cissell walk through the flooded Knollwood Road in Ingleside Sunday morning. Knollwood Park subdivision residents have been parking along Route 59 and taking a boat or wading through the water to get to their homes.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Hannah Avila, left, and her sister Aya Avila, right, put up a sign to direct customers to their ice cream and creme puffs stand during the last day of Itasca Fest.
DanielWhite/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Hudson Bevard, 4, left, and his sister Leighton, 4, right, both of Arizona, play Wacky Ball during the last day of the Windmill City Festival in Batavia.
DanielWhite/dwhite@dailyherald.com
The setting sun shines through a crack in the clouds and touches a barn on Route 31, north of Algonquin last month. I pass this farm often and I've photographed it before. It looks good in all seasons as it sits on a small hill, with no other buildings in sight and fronted by an open field. The rising sun can make the white barn pop against the green earth and blue sky. In the winter, the dark roof and straight lines make it jump from the white snow. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills Det. Andrew Gillespie recieves a pie in the face from his son, Joshua, 3, during the last day of the Vernon Hills' Summer Celebration on Sunday at Century Park. The event featured a bags tournament and a Cream-a-Cop pie throwing fundraiser.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The Daily Herald now has a drone for the photo department. It gives us a different perspective on the suburbs. I was out recently with one of our six pilots licensed to fly them, and found an interesting photo of the drone in action. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
sBev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
While covering the ISHA Basball playoffs the game was coming down to the last out. South Elgin had a rally but came up just short. I was trying to concentrate on emotion. The action at that point of the game was meaningless. I like how all the players on the bench are praying together. It shows the intensity of competition. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Liam Nichols, 7, and his dad William, of Streamwood take a selfie with legendary Emmy-winning actor Rich Koz as Svengoolie, at the Comic Book Mania event at Gail Borden Library in Elgin Saturday. Svengoolie has a weekly television program that Koz has starred in since the 1970's.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Louis Igyarto paddles his canoe on the channel in his Fox Lake neighborhood. With recent flooding, water has reached the front steps of his neighbors homes, while his backyard is flooded and the water is rising.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
John Vanantwerp talks to a passerby Monday from his front porch on La Fox River Drive in Algonquin Monday. Vanantwerp, who has lived there for 35 years, was keeping an eye on the pipe he ran in to his front yard from his sump pump.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A home on Winaki Trail in unincorporated Algonquin is surrounded by water Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A truck at Ben Watts Marina explains that the Chain O'Lakes is closed during flooding in Fox Lake on Monday. The Chain O'Lakes is closed and the downtown area has several streets closed due to high water.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Karen Burt walks along Kings Road from her home during flooding in Fox Lake on Monday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Austin Settipani, 13, takes advantage of flooding at Taly Park in St. Charles to do some fishing about 100 yards away from the usual Fox River bank.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Ten-year-old Erin Duffy, of Libertyville disassembles a VCR in Take Apart class during Camp Invention on Tuesday at Copland Manor School in Libertyville. More than 120 elementary school students participated in the summer camp program.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The women's cat 2/3 race Tuesday during the Dennis Jurs Memorial Race in Elgin is a 3.56 mile course, with the start and finish at Spring Street and Slade Avenue. The all-day event featured a neighborhood festival with bike clinics.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Dan Robinson canoes down a flooded Knollwood Drive as flood waters crested Tuesday in Ingleside.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
A resident wades out to his mailbox as flood waters crested Tuesday in Gurnee.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
John Palmieri, Lockmaster of the William G. Stratton Lock & Dam explains how he can control the flow of the Fox River from his post in McHenry.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Football player Anthony Vincini comes out of a pool as Navy Seals train Libertyville High School football players Wednesday at the school. The Seals used techniques to build teamwork and stamina.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Books sit in piles after flood waters ruined the library at W.J. Murphy Elementary School in Round Lake Park.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Scott Thoman, left, and Jeff Peterson help sandbag a friends home on La Fox River Drive in Algonquin Thursday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Kids react as they see a tarantula during the Ela Area Public Library Animal Quest program Thursday in Lake Zurich. The program was part of their summer reading initiative called "Wild About Reading."
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Julie Lewkowicz helps fill sandbags along Winaki Trail in unincorporated Algonquin Thursday. Lewkowicz, who works for the United States Postal Service, delivers mail to these houses and says that she just felt that she needed to come and help. Between .5 of an inch and 1.5 inches of rain fell overnight over the wet northern suburbs. In Algonquin, the Fox River is now 12.75 feet and could rise to 13 feet by Thursday afternoon.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Erica Johnson, 18, wears rabbit ears she got at Disneyworld as she shows people one of her own rabbits Thursday at the Kane County Fair in St. Charles. She is from the Elburn area and has been in the Kaneville Classics 4-H club since the seventh grade and believes the experience is partly responsible for her full scholarship to Waubonsie Valley Community College.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Raymond Willoughby, right, uses a boat to get to his home in the Knollwood Park subdivision in Ingleside Friday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Brian Cosgrove, of Arlington Heights rests after his ride during the fifth annual Elmhurst Cycling Classic, as part of the 10-race Intelligensia Cup.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Susan Watts gets a hug after the unveiling of an honorary street sign at the corner of Karlskoga Avenue and Hale Street in Wheaton on Friday for her son, Army Spc. Samuel Watts. He was a 20-year-old who died in 2012 from injuries he suffered from a roadside bomb in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.
Bev Horne/borne@dailyherald.com
Public Works department employee Steve Balogh takes down menu boards just before the rain starts to postpone the Downtown Block Party Friday in Mount Prospect.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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