Images: The week in pictures
Dan Groves of St. Charles deflects a ball during one of the many dodgeball games at the 12th annual Dodgeball days at Olympic Park in Schaumburg.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Gary Sinise appears onstage as the bassist for the Lt. Dan Band. as part of the Rockin for the Troops concert in Cantigny Park .
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills Summer Celebration found Kevin Burnicks of Vernon Hills riding the YoYo ride with Charley Walsh ,8, of Cary.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Daeshaun Hawkins ,11, of Antioch portrays President Obama and Zach Espitia,12, of Antioch plays the crowd at the Taste of Antioch.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Four-year-old Lilee Ausburg of Elburn wished she could take home one of the Anderson Animal Shelters kittens. The kittens were for adoption at the Luke Laudolff Pet Carnival held at Petco in Geneva.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Herb and Bonnie Horn of Glenview view prints during the Buffalo Grove Invitational Arts Festival .
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Fourteen-month-old Caden Atwell of Plainfield gives a thumbs up to the grand re-opening of Nike Park in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Ann Marie Nordby, right, leads a group to the first act during the fourth annual Walkabout Theater on your feet in Elgin .
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Danielle Omeara hugs Ethel Lencioni, right, after a ceremony for the recently completed Geneva Firefighters memorial in the memory of Lt. Chuck Lencioni at station 1 in Geneva . Ethel is Chucks mom.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The Vibrant India Festival was held at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. A Fashion show displaying different kinds of Indian Fashion was included along with music, food, clothing and jewelry vendors.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Sonia Nava,6, of Elgin gets tossed in the air as the Los 5 Magnificos dance group entertains the crowd at the Fiesta in the Park at Arlington Park.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Actor Jim Belushi attends the VIP party at the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The twenty-third Chicagoland Ride for Kids cruised down Bowes Road near Plato Center. Motorcyclists supported the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Playing for Hughes Creek, Tony Sekera hits the ball at a full gallop at the Blackberry Polo Field Seniors Tournament to benefit Batavia MainStreets Shakespeare on Clark project and the Oswego Playhouse.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Amanda Spencer of Geneva performs Memory at the 28th Annual Kane County Fair Talent Contest.
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Sydney Poss, 8, of North Aurora performs I Got the Sun in the Morning at the 28th Annual Kane County Fair Talent Contest.
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Garrett Murphy, 9, of Mount Prospect, front, and his brother Michael, 11, cool off in the fountain at the Elk Grove Town Center .
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Kyle Johnson, 10, takes a break with a popsicle to cool off from the heat with other kids from the Camp Adventure and Camp Butterflies at the Itasca Recreation Center. Normally, the camps are outdoor-based, but they were only allowed outside for a half an hour at a time due to the heat. Weve had to be inside a little more than usual said Rec Supervisor Susan Rioux.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Shannon Phillips, 4 of Libertyville, cools off in a waterfall at Adler Pool in Libertyville.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Elizabeth Klann, 7, douses Rebecca Runyan, 6, in a game of Drip, Drip, Drench during Lake County Forest Preserves Young Naturalists Day Camp Tuesday at Van Patten Woods in Wadsworth. The game was a hot weather substitute for Duck, Duck, Goose.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Numbered golf balls are dropped from a helicopter onto a practice green at the Schaumburg Golf Club during the Schaumburg Business Association golf event Wednesday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Laura Goldberg of the Schaumburg Business Associations holds up the winning ball after numbered golf balls were dropped from a helicopter onto a practice green at the Schaumburg Golf Club during the Schaumburg Business Association golf event Wednesday. Sheri Williams of Insperity Inc., was the winner.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Nearly two thousand loyal fans braved the heat to see their American Idol, Lee DeWyze perform a free acoustic set at Six Flags Great America. As part of Six Flags Starburst Summer Concert series, DeWyze, accompanied by a percussionist and keyboardist, said that its good to be back home and opened his set with his signature song, Dear Isabelle. In the shadows of the Raging Bull and American Eagle roller coasters DeWyze ran through a dozen of his most popular tunes and finished 45 minutes later with another favorite Halleluja.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Alexa Jean of West Chicago poses for a photo during the Mario, Make Me a Model tryout at Mario Tricocci in Oak Brook.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Charlene Whitaker reaches out to touch a barrel as her horse charges during Barrel Racing at the Kane County Fair in St. Charles.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Sandy Wesselman speaks at a press conference at the DuPage County Sheriffs office in Wheaton on Thursday about new developements that have been made in the investigation of her daughter Kristy Wesselmans murder 26 years ago near Glen Ellyn.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A worker removes debris from the school theater duirng the demolition of May Whitney School in Lake Zurich.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Nothing like being inside a foam rubber sub-sandwich in 95 degree heat! Sagar Modi comes up for air while promoting a new Subway sub shop at Schaumburg and Plum Grove Roads.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Its very hot! said lifeguard Alyssa Cooke at the Lake in the Hills Indian Trail Beach, I have a hose and we spray each other down and when I get home I take a cold shower. She said when asked how she stays cool when temperatures reach into the mid 90s.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
I stopped by the store on the way to work and picked up some bottled water and Gatorade and that seems to do the trick said Algonquin Village worker Brad McFeggan when asked how he keeps cool. Here McFeggan looks for the next weed as he works in the sweltering heat at Cornish Park in Algonquin.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Alex Meek, 18, uses a rake to clear gutters on Madison Street as heavy rains pour in Wheaton Friday morning.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
A B-17 bomber was the first of the vintage World War ll airplanes to arrive at Chicago Executive Airport Friday afternoon in Wheeling.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
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