Daily Herald's week in photos
Randy and Kathy Ross along with their son A.J, 6, head down Walnut Avenue in a canoe to check out flooding in Des Plaines Monday morning.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Caroline Egbers of Naperville snaps a photo during the West Suburban Irish St. Patricks Day Parade in Naperville Saturday.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Avery McDonald, 3, of Naperville high-fives the Easter Bunny at Woodfield Mall on Saturday March 14th in Schaumburg.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Nita Kinney and David Corbet perform as The Battlefield Balladeers at the Batavia Library Sunday. They played traditional period instruments and wore traditional period clothes as they performed songs of the Civil War.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Naperville Public Works employee Tim Startz, left, and Bolingbrook Public Works employee Ian Jacobsen, right, monitor water which is pumped from the stressed storm drains of the East Branch of the DuPage River at Naperville Rd and Weber Rd, just north of Boughton Rd.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Batavia's Kevin Schafer, standing in the middle of the crowd in his driveway, was welcomed home from service in Iraq with a parade through his neighborhood that included an escort by the Patriot Guard Monday.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
The Bartlett Woman's Club host a St. Paddy's event with dancers from the Mayer School of Dance of Villa Park and West Dundee. The girls entertained a packed house of seniors at Victory Centre with all of them loving every minute of the River Dance show. Elk Grove's Callie Dwyer,11, kicks her dancing into high gear as she shows the residents of Victory Centre just one of the many number of dances presented that night.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
John May of West Dundee wipes out on the Washington Street hill as Mark Thrun of Woodstock is able to push through the wreck and win the race in the 2nd annual St. Patrick's Day Big Wheel Rally in West Dundee.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Over 100 applicants wait to be called for an interview after filling out applications at Arlington Park for a job fair for several hundred positions on Saturday, March 14. About 200 applicants were in line at the park.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Warrenville residents Wayne Lois, left, Sharon Booth, center, and another guest sample the food at the St. Joseph's Day Table, set up Sunday by The Council Of Catholic Women at St. Irene's Catholic Church in Warrenville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Lexi Dahlberg, playing the part of Amheris, stands perfectly still inside a glass display case as museum visitors pass by during Hampshire High School's dress rehearsal of Aida.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Paula Thompson, center, and other senior Orchesis dancers prepare Friday for performances next week at Rolling Meadows High School.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Mike Simoneau, of Wheaton, samples some of the food put out at the St. Joseph's Table at St. Irene's Catholic Church in Warrenville Sunday. The event was organized by the church's Council Of Catholic Women.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
An American goldfinch that has already started turning yellow eats thistle seed from a mesh feeder Sunday in downtown Glenview. If you want to get great images of birds hang a feeder within a couple of feet of a window.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Dancers Jena Serpico, from left, Aleasha Jocius and Erin Donlon work Friday during a rehearsal of the Orchesis show at Rolling Meadows High School.
Mary Beth Nolan | Staff Photographer
Kevin T. Combest, representing Bandito Barney's Beach Club bar in East Dundee, went above and beyond in dressing up as a leprechaun for East Dundee's annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
With a little help from mom Jaci, Kimi Risser, 6, of Algonquin cuddles with a three week old Dorset lamb at Enjoy Pioneer Farm in Hampshire. The farm's Lambing Days are on Fridays and Saturdays in March.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Lake Villa's St. Patrick's Day parade set the little town awash with the color green for as far as the eye could see and with the big glasses that Reagen Radke, 10, of Grayslake had on it wasn't too hard.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Job seekers wait for a chance to meet with Fox Valley Park District managers in hope at a chance at a summer job during the Job fair at Prisco Center in Aurora Saturday.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Alexandra Garcia, 4 and her sister Amanda Garcia, 7, watch their backyard water creep closer to the back of their Des Plaines home on Margaret St., as flooding continues in Des Plaines.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Second graders from Lisa Field's class at Fremont Elementary School in Mundelein dress as elderly people to celebrate the 100h day of school as they watch a parade of other classes walk by.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Violinist Erin Fisher of Cary watches conductor Randal Swiggum during Sunday's third performance of the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra. The symphony was performing "Lincoln Portrait - A Bicentennial Musical Tribute: 1809-2009."
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Koji Okubo, right, of Chicago waits to be called for an interview after filling out an application at Arlington Park for a job fair for several hundred positions on Saturday.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Rev. David Armstrong is the first ever "Pastor to the Deaf" at Quentin Road Bible Baptist Church in Lake Zurich. "To communicate truth in a way they understand is a great blessing," he said.
Vincent Pierri | Staff Photographer
Batavia's Kevin Schafer is welcomed home from service in Iraq with a parade through his neighborhood that included an escort by the Patriot Guard.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Igacio Cervantes of Aurora,left, chats with Jim Kenney of the Fox Valley Park District in hopes of getting a job at Red Oak Nature Center.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
With his guitar in hand and harmonica around his neck, David Corbet sings his version of Civil War songs as The Battlefield Balladeers perform at the Batavia Library Sunday. He sing with Nita Kinney.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Huntley Hurricanes, ages 11-12, meet with head coach Nick Eichenold before their game with St. Charles Comets in girls softball midnight tournament at the Schaumburg Sports Center on Saturday March 7th.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Parade-goers cheer on the Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band as they wal the route in East Dundee's St. Patrick's Day parade.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Tuba player Colin Banker looks toward trumpet player John Ott and trombone player Katie DeAmico during The Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday at Elgin Community College. Their quintet was one of 21 ensembles to play two free concerts of classical music.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Joe Hyland with Wapiti Trade Company checks his morning coffee that was brewed on a fire while Hyland was on break from giving demonstrations on boiling raw tree maple sap at Schaumburg Park District's 24th annual Sugar Bush Fair.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Palatine High School's Forte received the third runner up trophy as they performed several dance songs at he 16th annual Chicagoland Showcase choral competition held at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
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