Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Liz Shandley of South Barrington covers her face with a blanket while watching the Barrington High School varsity softball team play. Shandley said it was too windy and cold for softball. She was at the game with her daughter Lisa.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Members of the Wheaton North School's choral groups will be performing at New York's Lincoln Center.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
After not getting a haircut for three years, teacher Madelyn Cox, seated, holds up her pony tail during the annual student faculty volleyball game at Hadley Junior High in Glen Ellyn. She had it cut for a fundraiser for the ALS Association.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Coach Brian Aversa fights tears as he stands with Tom Malewig during a pregame ceremony at Kaneland High School Thursday honoring Jeff Malewig, who died in a December car accident with classmate Blake Denton.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Village Clerk Marilyn Karr swears in Brian Howerton as the new permanent chief of the Schaumburg Police Department Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Five-year-olds Kerry Eberhardt pretends to be an elephant while Gretchen Wimmer rides a lion as children at CrossWays Preschool in Libertyville experience a visit to Africa.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
The girls basketball team from Palatine's Immanuel Lutheran School had a party at Harris Bank in Palatine on Wednesday, March 25th, as the girls leave Thursday to head to national competition starting this weekend in Valparaso Indiana.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
A quilt made by 24 patrons and staff members representing the 50th anniversary of the village of Wheeling was unveiled at Indian Trails Public Library on Sunday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Chicago Bears fan Brandon Frankel,7, of Buffalo Grove gets his Brian Urlacher jersey signed by Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie as he was visiting the first graders at the Ivy Hall Elementary School in Buffalo Grove.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
An assembly line of donors fill up the Life Source center in Arlington Heights on Saturday morning, giving up their time, blood, blood plasma, and blood platelets all for a great cause.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Workers burn about 50 acres of prairie Thursday afternoon during the annual controlled burn at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. The burn is beneficial to maintain the natural species.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Max Lynch, 9, views a heat lamp, held by his dad, Jeff, that caused a small fire in their Libertyville barn. Max and his twin sister Grace alerted their dad to the fire, saving the animals inside including newborn lambs.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Judson University junior Dakota West of Antioch takes a moment to examine the fancy furnishings and chess table during an open house following ribbon cutting for the Browne Underground Student Center at Judson University.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
The snow that covers an International Harvester tractor also collapsed a concessions tent at the Kane County Farm Bureau on Randall Road in St. Charles. The snowfall put an end to the last of a three-day Touch-A-Tractor show.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Nicole Chalupa of Oak Lawn shaves the head of Kurt Rubin of Hanover Park Saturday. He was getting his head shaved during the Mark Perry fundraiser at Trinity Church in Roselle.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Twins Max and Grace Lynch, 9, hold baby lambs they helped save when they alerted their dad to the presence of a fire in their Libertyville barn.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Doug Knecht of the group Illinois Rail from Normal, IL. entertains the 15th annual Naperville Indoor Bluegrass Festival audience at the Holiday Inn Select in Naperville.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Michael Nemec, left, practices his soccer skills with his grandfather Peter Hotovec at the Ned Brown Forest Preserve in Schaumburg in advance of a tryout with the Chicago Fire soccer team. Peter is from the Czech Republic.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Pam Schoonveld of Wheaton and her seven-month-old daughter Anissa shop for spring clothes at the Tri-Cities Mothers of Twins and Triplets Club's annual spring resale at Mooseheart in Batavia.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Sales manager Jan Kehe of Geimer Greenhouses in Long Grove posted a warning sign for patrons to make sure that they don't jump the gun and plant their flowers too early, otherwise Mother Nature might kill them.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Fred Zimmermann of Elgin, center, laughs about being retired and having time to volunteer. Zimmerman along with Anita Cienniwa, left, and her husband Tom, are volunteers with Elgin's Community Emergency Response Team.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Tri-Cities Mothers of Twins and Triplets Club's held it's annual spring resale at Mooseheart in Batavia on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Between 600-700 shoppers were expected for the sale.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Corey Daul of Grayslake shields herself from the rain Tuesday while on her way to shop at TJ Maxx in Mundelein.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
5-year-old Nathan Rilko of Elk Grove keeps at least one eye on the ball while playing catch at Randall Oakes Park in West Dundee Thursday. He and family and friends had come hoping to go to the barnyard zoo but it was closed.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Naperville Central baseball parent Joe Mantucca knows what opening day spring baseball against Fremd High School is all about- keeping warm.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Pat DiNizio of the the band The Smithereens belts out "Top of the Pops" at Kiss The Sky record shop in Geneva on March 28, 2009. DiNizio was invited to the store and performed the night before at Ellen and Jay Noecker's home in Aurora.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Four-year-old Natalie Towle allows Cash, the cockatiel, to rest on her head as her teacher, Amanda Money, brings her assortment of pets into her Early Childhood Special Education class at Woodland Primary School on Monday for "Pet Day."
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Thomas White, 8, of Aurora writes a letter to a Iraqi child during the Operation Iraqi Children drive at Peterson Elementary School in Naperville Wednesday.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
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