Images: The Week in Pictures might make you smarter
Vicki Agustsson of Geneva, left, and her daughter Freya, 8, enjoy warm weather while they photograph daffodils at Morton Arboretum in Lisle on Tuesday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Carmen Wooten, 10, of Arlington Heights, looks to her drone racing partner known only as "Rotor" Saturday during races at Quest Academy in Palatine.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Balqis Nasser, of Chicago places food in a box during the Islamic Relief USA food packing event at New Royal Distributors in Addison.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Maria Jose Tenuto is reflected in a mirror featuring famous female characters from Star Trek. In December her Star Wars toy collection was featured on an episode of The Toys That Made Us, a Netflix documentary series.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Temperatures reached into the high 70s Tuesday Canadian Geese swim with their young goslings in the Fox River in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Sixteen-year-old Gracie Peters, of Milwaukee dances as the Trinity Irish Dancers performed during the 7th annual Mount Prospect Irish Fest.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Horses in the Paddock area get walked as they get ready for the first race on opening day at Arlington Racecourse.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Senior Jackie Tyma plays a game called Hungry, Hungry, Hippo as Mundelein High School students participate in afternoon of fun and competition during their annual Mustang Olympics.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Arlington Heights VFW Post 981 color guard help out during the national anthem as Help USA Troops held a shipping party Sunday at AMVETS Post 66 in Wheeling. The organization attempted to ship 700 or more boxes containing comfort and care items to deployed troops.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Sophomore Michael Stine grinds a piece of metal at Elgin High School Monday. The school's welding program recently earned accreditation from the American Welding Society, certifying the school's newly renovated welding lab as an accredited testing facility.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
John Henderson, of Broadview carves "Alien #2" as he mans his booth at the "Artistry in Wood" expo presented by North Suburban Carvers at Cantigny Park on Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Steve Schufft, of Woodstock and Jered Hart of Belvidere, clean a M1 Grand rifle while participating in the World War II encampment during the annual Rails to Victory event at the Fox River Trolley Museum on Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Ionout Cosmin, of Florida shoots video of window washers dressed as Spiderman, Superman and Captain America who are scaling the exterior of the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Women's and Children's pavilion to celebrate National Superhero Day.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
A coach for the Neuqua Valley girls varsity softball team has a tattoo on her elbow of crossed fingers that is thought to bring good luck. Unfortunately luck was not on her side that day as her team lost to Wheaton Warrenville South 2-1.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A spring robin waits for the appropriate weather in a tree in Crystal Lake on April 15.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Students in Elizabeth Davis' second grade class at Adler Park School in Libertyville learned about bees Tuesday by a representative from the Lake County Farm Bureau. The students got to see plenty of photos of a variety of bees, wasps and their nests.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Pingree Grove resident Tom Jones started a Facebook group to help other Vietnam veterans. It now has more than 1,500 members. Tom worked in the mental health field until his retirement from Elgin Mental Health Center. He also worked on the psychiatric unit at St. Joseph Hospital, the Ecker Center in Elgin, and with the Elgin Police Department as a community service officer. Five years ago, he created a "Vietnam Grunts" Facebook page. It started as just a small group of "grunts" (Combat infantry soldiers) who all served together.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Fremont Middle School sixth grade student Julia Ferrin moves dirt Wednesday at the Fremont Township Garden.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Pastor Jeff Sandstrom, from Calvary Church leads a prayer for American during the 67th annual DuPage County observance of the National Day of Prayer at the Naperville Village Hall on Thursday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
As the speeches for the rededication and naming ceremony for the David K. Hill Family Library at Harper College are made, students Brad Aguto of Lake in the Hills, and Bobby Borissof of Schaumburg work on their studies in the new library.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
A monochromatic self-portrait by Dryden Elementary fourth grade student Ella Benassi, upper left, is one of hundreds of District 25 art pieces now on display at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. An opening night reception for the 26th annual district Student Art Show was held Thursday night.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Jennifer Khan, takes a photo of some of the 500 plus Butterfield School students walking in the "Trak-A-Thon" at the Libertyville school.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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