Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Artists Ed Cook and Barbara Steinke, who are both exhibitors in the show, look at the work by other artists at the Batavia Spring Fine Art show and Sale Sunday at the Geneva History Center.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Brooke Papin , 7, left, and her sister Nicole, 5, both of Hainesville, left, along with about 20 children and their parents in a Hainesville clean up a densely wooded wetland area along East Bighorn Drive in Hainesville on Saturday.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Wheeling High School teaching assistant Kris Urbanowicz gives a victory hug to debate team member Sanjit Shah at the doughnut reception for the Wheeling debate team who won their third Congressional Debate championship.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Artist Ray Pittman is reflected in the glass framing of artwork at the Batavia Spring Fine Art show and Sale Sunday at the Geneva History Center. Pittman's art was featured as part of the show.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Cindy Steck hugs her son, U.S. Marine Ken Steck, 23. Cindy Steck said her son became interested in serving his country after 9/11 but "always felt like less of a Marine" because he was never sent to serve in a war zone.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Einstein Academy third-grader Yousuf Ahmad of West Dundee grimaces while trying to make a pen from a quill Tuesday as part of colonial days in his classroom.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Longtime Driscoll High School science teacher Eileen Valentino, center, reacts after the announcement Tuesday that Driscoll will be closing at the end of this year. Comforting her are social studies teacher Sean Bieterman, left and another unidentified teacher.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Terry Norton, left, and Bob Slipke, both of Grayslake, retrieve the original bricks they purchased as Grayslake Area Public Library District hosted a dedication ceremony for their new mini brick memorial wall Sunday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
U.S. Marine Ken Steck is welcomed home Sunday after four years in the Marines by family, friends, neighbors, members of the Warrior Watch Riders motorcycle group and the Rolling Meadows fire department.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Last September Hawthorn Elementary and Hawthorn Elementary South students planted daffodil bulbs in the "Fields of Gold" plot near their schools on Aspen Drive in Vernon Hills. Now, the fruits of their labor can be seen in remembrance of September 11, 2001.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Trout Lillies blanket the ground as Kane County Forest Preserve Ranger Tom Stewart directs a group on a native flower walk through Tyler Creek Forest Preserve in Elgin Sunday morning.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Don Collier of Wheaton helps plant a White Pine tree during CareFest, a one-day mission trip in DuPage County sponsored by the Wheaton Bible Church and several other local area churches.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Childhood friend Sam Lefebvre, left, gives U.S. Marine Ken Steck a hug as he is welcomed home after four years in the Marines by family, friends, neighbors, the Warrior Watch Riders group and the Rolling Meadows fire department.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Fremont Intermediate fourth-grader Jessica Marvin of Mundelein uses a gavel to open the Mundelein Village board meeting Monday night as Village Attorney Charles Marino looks on. Marvin was named honorary mayor for the day.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
The Taiwanese Epic perform Sunday at North Central College in Naperville as part of May Asian-Pacific Heritage month.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Window washer Alejandro Uribe of Hoffman Estates walks precariously on the outside ledge of the upper level Tuesday getting ready for opening day at Arlington Park on May 1st.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Roy Schumacher of West Dundee diligently, albeit optimistically prepares the ballfield for Little League play Monday afternoon at South End Park in West Dundee.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
The Taiwanese Epic perform Sunday at North Central College in Naperville as part of May Asian-Pacific Heritage month. The performance was sponsored by The Taiwanese Association of Greater Chicago.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Maria Conejo of Carpentersville finds comfort on the arm of her husband, Huber, as she turns from an infant coffin holding flowers and other remembrance items of infants who have died at a memorial service at Bluff City Cemetery.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Kane County Forest Preserve Ranger Tom Stewart stands in a bank of buckthorn and honeysuckle, both invasive plants, as he directs the group during a native flower walk through Tyler Creek Forest Preserve in Elgin.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Camille Burks, 9, of Grayslake uses her cell phone to take a picture of the bricks her family purchased during the unveiling of the new mini brick wall at the Grayslake Area Public Library.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Marklund resident Theresa gets help from Brad Reese of the Elburn and Countryside FPD and Marklund staffer Jessica O'Neall as they play a game putting out fires during Arbor Day activities in Geneva Monday. In addition to the games a tree was also planted.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Christian Hausman, 5, of Naperville, and his sister, Katie, sort through soil looking for worms at the DuPage County environmental education booth Sunday during the sixth annual Green Earth Fair at McDonald Farm in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
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