Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Cougars mascot Ozzie watches as Monica Meyers, Forest Preserve District of Kane County Executive Director, delivers one of the opening pitches at a Kane County Cougars game on Saturday evening.
Kevin Sherman | Staff Photographer
Shadows of baseball fans are cast on the fence screen as they watch the duel between Stevenson and Lake Zurich Thursday in Barrington.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Instructor Mike Celano of Palatine takes his beginning karate class moved outside to Camelot Park Thursday to take advantage of the nice weather. Celano teaches the class for the The Arlington Heights Park District.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Army National Guard Spc. Adam Krause, 22 gets a bottle of whiskey from his sister Stephanie during a homecoming ceremony at his home in Mundelein after serving in Afghanistan for the last nine months.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Hillcrest Elementary fifth-grader Devon Chandler listens closely Wednesday to Ernie Broadnax as he talks about his past experiences with segregation. Broadnax, an Elgin resident, is the grandson of Elgin's first black resident.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
D-Day veterans listen to taps as they mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Arlington Heights resident Cindy Erickson breaks down as she talks about the loss of her friend and one the woman's children after a suspicious fire in Arlington Heights.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Tom Schrey helps his son Tanner, 8 to get a kite going during the kite flying festival at Frontier Park in Naperville.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
The final day of Rose Festival 2009 features the annual Rose Parade. And what could be better than riding in one Rose Parade? Riding in two Rose Parades. That's what Rose Queen Stephanie Reninger, center, and her court got to do.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
Lifeguard Dan Hillis, 17, of St. Charles watches over an empty pool as the noontime temperature stays below 60 degrees at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles Tuesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Taylor Swanson, 5, of St. Charles jams to the tunes of Mr. Myers at Lincoln Park in St. Charles Thursday evening. It was the first in a series of Thursday evening summer concerts sponsored by the St. Charles Park District.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Nancy Young Elementary students made umbrellas for peace as part of a nationwide art project and paraded them around the school Tuesday in Aurora.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Antioch resident Kevin Olson and his nine-month old daughter Isabella step aside from the opening ceremony at Lakefront Park II in Round Lake Beach on Saturday, May 6, 2009.
Jason Chiou | Staff Photographer
D-Day veteran Dr. Marvin Mullen of Villa Park, right, on the LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel) which he drove in the WWII and was unveiled as part of the 65th anniversary of D-Day at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Police investigate the stabbing death of a man in Hanover Park when a party turned deadly in the early hours of Saturday morning when uninvited guests started a spiral of violence, leading to the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old man.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Third-grader Michael Thon launches a rubber chicken toward a waiting Colonel Sanders bucket during the "I feel like chicken tonight" event at Diamond Lake School's end-of-the year field day.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Eighth-grader Terrell Watson emerges from an inflatable obstacle course during Heineman Middle School third annual Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
The 10th annual Winfield Criterium concludes Sunday in Winfield.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Dr. Edgar Staren, chief medical officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, celebrates with mascot Ozzie after throwing out the first pitch during the Kane County Cougars' "Cancer Survivors Day" at Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva.
Photo provided by the Kane County Cougars
Carloads of people prepare to watch a movie at the McHenry Outdoor Theatre. Minivans and SUVs are asked to park farther back from the screen because of their larger size.
Kevin Sherman | Staff Photographer
A Cary-Grove coach gets soaked by Chris Waylock after their sectional championship win over Larkin in Dekalb on Saturday, June 6.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer