Images: The Week in Pictures
Naperville VFW member Ralph Fisher holds the flag as taps is played at Napervilles Veterans Day ceremony Friday at Veterans Park in Naperville. He is a navy vet who served in a nuclear submarine during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1972.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Fourth-grader Amanda Scheller stands next to her dad, Michael Scheller, during a Veterans Day assembly at Abraham Lincoln School in Glen Ellyn on Friday. Scheller gave the school with a flag that flew over his base in Afghanistan.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Collen Rabe, U.S. Army National Guard, shares a moment with her son, second-grader Brandon Donahue, at a Veterans Day assembly at Abraham Lincoln School in Glen Ellyn on Friday. Rabe just returned from Iraq in October.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Jack Mikel, Manager of Stadium Operations looks over the new turf grass that was just installed which will be ready for opening day when the Boomers baseball players take the field.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Fireworks light up the faces of Morganne Stawarz and her dad Scott of Lake Zurich as Deer Park Town Center to kick off the holiday season with a bang.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Sergeant Alex Gonzalez Rodriguez spends some time with his daughter Isabella, 3, before the Buffalo Grove Park District Veterans Day Celebration at Buffalo Grove High School. He is stationed with the Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 48 at Great Lakes.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Veteran Anthony Lopez of Wheaton gets emotional and is comforted by his daughter Marguerite Burke during Hampshire Middle Schools Veterans Day ceremony Friday. Lopez served in the Marines and fought on Iwo Jima during WWII.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Adam Tiebout an employee at Six Flags Great America rides in the back of pick-up truck after raking leaves as 200 employees from theme-park in Gurnee volunteered at Lambs Farm in Libertyville for the 3rd Annaul Project six on Friday, November 11th.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Ted Foreman who received a shoe box gift when he was 9-years-old in Russia celebrates hearing the total number of boxes filled by volunteers at Immanuel Church in Gurnee on Saturday, November 12th. The shoe box gifts will be distributed to more than 100 countries.
George Leclaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Dawn Keller founder and director of Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation releases the first of two eagles Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Starved Rock State Park Utica. The birds were rescued from a fallen nest at Mooseheart.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Several bearded dragon lizards are on top of one another as Deb Krohn of Gurnee presents different reptiles and amphibians for children during the Frog Lady program Sunday at the Wauconda Public Library.
Mick Zawislak/ mzawislak@dailyherald.com
Lake Park High Schools Lancettes dance team performs its award winning routine live on ABC channel 7s morning news show Monday in Roselle. The team is competing against other suburban dance squads in the Dance Team Dance-off. Viewers can vote and the winning team will win a trophy later in the week.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Marine Cpl. Paul Marqui of Libertyville is greeted by his mom and dad Joann and Peter Marqui.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Seventh-grader Katie Boler runs around the track at Ost Field, as classmates follow behind, to a donation area were nearly 500 students from St. Theresa School participated in a Thanksgiving Walk to donate items to the Society to Preserve Human Dignity, a nonprofit organization that provides pregnancy help and education.to donate items Wednesday, November 16th.
George Leclaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Richard Ebey, left, of Montgomery, and Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez share an emotional moment at the Kane County Sheriffs Office in Geneva on Thursday afternoon. Ebey offered a special edition of the Roscoe Ebey Award to Perez in honor of the kindness, care, and guidance the sheriffs department has displayed in the years since Richards father was killed in a 2007 Aurora robbery.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
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