Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Dean Westrom, director of Oak Meadows Golf Operations at Oak Meadows Golf Course in Addison examines the damage at the facility.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
A student at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates looks at the portrait of her murdered classmate Laura Engelhardt, a senior at the school.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Braving the cold and rain, Beisa Velasco, 17, left, and Rachael Kolik, 17, lead a group of people as they participate in the Multiple Sclerosis Walk at Century Park in Vernon Hills on Sunday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Sixth-grader Mia Candocia takes a swing at a pinata as Hawthorn Middle School North held their International Fair with booths set up by students representing different countries Thursday morning in Vernon Hills.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Spring Brook Elementary kindergarten students get an opportunity to learn about our planet in the Earth Balloon portable classroom Monday in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Glen Hill School third graders from left Hafsah Ajmeri, Jenny Pajova and Kendall Rewerts enjoy the antics of Glenbard West High School students dressed up as clowns teaching them about substance abuse Monday in Glendale Heights.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Andrew Pollock, a US Marine from St. Charles, gets a hug Monday at his welcome home party at the VFW Post 5036 in St. Charles.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Part of a memorial to Laura Engelhardt, a senior at the school, who was slain along with her father and grandmother in their Hoffman Estates home April 17th.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Illinois State University mascot Reggie gets a hug from Whiteley Elementary School student Cristian Romero, 10 in Hoffman Estates.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Steve Macek, associate professor of speech communication at North Central College, was a panelist at Anderson's Bookshop Freedom Forum Free Speech in Naperville Monday night in Naperville.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Naperville Garden Club members plant a serviceberry tree Thursday at Builta Elementary School in Bolingbrook in honor of Arbor Day.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Laurie Radtke pauses Saturday in her Johnsburg home as she talks about what the upcoming weeks will hold for her daughter Taylor. The Radtke family is preparing to return to Phoenix Arizona for more surgery.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
A patriotic umbrella mimics an overhead flag on Island Street in a heavy downpour in Batavia Sunday morning, where the Batavia Mother's Club Fox Trot 5K run/walk took place.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Ballet Folklorico perform at a festival called El Dia de los Ninos (The Day of the Children) hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board in Aurora on Saturday.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
A walk in the woods Participants hit the turn around point Sunday during the March of Dimes March for Babies at the Busse Woods Forest Preserve.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Barbara Rose wipes away tears after her son, Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose was named NBA Rookie of the Year during a press conference at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel in Northbrook Wednesday afternoon.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Doreen Olsen holds a garbage bag for her son Sam, 8, part of the Aurora Cub Scout pack 443 as he digs for a piece of garbage as they help clean up on the Gombert Middle School athletic fields in Aurora on Saturday.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Student Allison Piwowarski, left, purchases a purple ribbon from Lauren Gevhardt at Conant High School as part of a fundraiser for the Engelhardt family.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
John and Carol Walker use window cleaner to polish up the glass on the indoor soccer field as volunteers from Comcast refurbish the Round Lake Area Park District's sports center.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Katelyn Kiner, eighth grade, sings "Here Comes the Sun" with the choir during an assembly at South Middle School in Arlington Heights Thursday. The school received a $10,000 grant for a solar panel.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Doc Galias of the Cary Grove Food Pantry helps dancers load donated canned goods into his trunk Sunday during a dance workshop at the Cary Grove Performing Arts Centre.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
An employee with John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc works in a new flower bed Wednesday where newly-planted trees are already beginning to bud. Employees at the plant celebrated Earth Day tree planting on the Elgin campus.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Ozzie Cougar, the mascot for the Kane County Cougars, uses a tiny umbrella as he crosses Island Street in a heavy downpour in Batavia Sunday morning. He was entertaining the crowd at the Batavia Mother's Club Fox Trot 5K.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Francis Joseph Gagnepain IV speaks about his acrylic painting that has been adapted as the new poster to celebrate Art In Your Eye in Batavia. An Art In Your Eye festival preview was held Sunday at Batavia City Hall.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Andy Rosenquist carries his 21-month-old daughter Abby on his shoulders as they start the 5K March of Dimes March for Babies on Sunday at Busse Woods.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
The finish line area gets crowded as runners come down the final stretch at the Batavia Mother's Club Fox Trot 5K run/walk on Sunday.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Fourth- to seventh-graders in a dance workshop perform Sunday at the Cary Grove Performing Arts Centre. Students brought canned goods for the Cary Grove Food Pantry, and learned a dance routine during the "Dance for a Cause" event.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Lily Ganz, 16, left, and Alex Porter, 15, walk under a collapsing umbrella as they join others in the MS Walk at Century Park in Vernon Hills on Sunday. The walk in the park was organized by the Vernon Hills High School Interact Club.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
One of two newborn baby bison stays close to its mother at Fermilab in Batavia Thursday. The first was born Tuesday and other Wednesday. The babies were able to walk with in half hour and run within 2 hours.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
In typical nine-year-old behavior Taylor Radtke spends some time jumping on her bed, Saturday in her Johnsburg home before being told to stop by her mom. "Do you remember how sick you were the other night?"
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
John Jeide of the Pioneer Conversions, L.L.C. group shows where he plugs in his battery powered truck. Jeide, has fitted his 1994 Ford Ranger truck with 24, 6-volt batteries. The truck will reach speeds of up to 65 miles per hour.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Brian Axelrood and his daughter Elizabeth, 6, of Lake Zurich participate in the March of Dimes March walk on Sunday at the Busse Woods Forest Preserve.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Rosemary Hendres, chairwoman for the 2008 Outdoor Fine Arts Show, looks at 17 miniature artworks with an "eye" theme, created by last year's Outdoor Fine Art Show artists.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Second-grader Hale McDonell, 8, greets Harrison Street School's principal Dan Killeen as he and other visitors walk in the front doors of the renovated Geneva school.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer