Images: The Week In Pictures
A couple stops to photograph some trees Friday in Busse Woods, as amateur photographers were out in droves photographing the picturesque snow formations after the overnight snowfall.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Wendy Smith shovels her driveway in Warrenville on Friday after Thursday nights snowfall.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Bill Wells of Libertyville snow blows his sidewalk after a winter storm dumped about 6 inches of snow on the area Thursday night.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Katherine Strangaritch of Wauconda has her back examined by chiropractor Dr. Brian Vanderbilt of Hawthorn Woods at the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce 9th Annual Expo and Community Showcase at Wauconda High School on Saturday, February 25th.
George Leclaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Michael White strains as he works with weights at Push Fitness in Schaumburg.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Cesar Vargas, 8, of South Elgin demonstrates his scissor kick to Reggie Wilkins of National Karate (out of South Elgin) at the South Elgin Parks and Recreation Departments sixth annual Kids Day on Saturday, February 25. Cesar, who attends karate class elsewhere, has been practicing karate for a year. National Karate has a booth at the event every year. The event, called a health, safety and environmental day was free and provided essential information on health, nutrition, education, finances, crime prevention, child safety and environmental awareness.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Ben Grass, right, and Joe Vetesse, of Antioch, joins other members of KISS My Ice jumping into the frigid waters of Fox Lake during the Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge 2012 on Sunday at Lakefront Park in Fox Lake. The event benefits Special Olympics Illinois Northeastern/ Area 13, which serves athletes with intellectual disabilities in Lake and McHenry Counties.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Fifth grader Kevin Kaya looks up the inclined plane made of balloons that he is holding as part of a complex mousetrap as students watch Smarty Pants perform during the Mousetrap Machine Show Monday at Adler School in Libertyville. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Students laugh as they watch Principal on Bogie pretend to be a mouse during the Mousetrap Machine Show presented by Smarty Pants Monday at Adler School in Libertyville. Smarty Pants used balloons to illustrate principals of simple machines creating a levers, pulleys, and wheels until a mousetrap was finally created.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Learning Center teacher Sherry Wegren donates blood at the LifeSource Blood Drive at Butterfield School in Libertyville Tuesday afternoon.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
11-year-old Haley Lightfoot, left, plays the roll of Ida and 10-year-old Andrew Orals plays the roll of Ugly as Seth Paine Elemenary School 4th and 5th graders rehearse the play Honk Jr. at Lake Zurich High School Tuesday. Their performance will be held on Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3 at the Lake Zurich High School Performing Arts Center. Honk Jr. is a contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersens The Ugly Duckling.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Student Brittany Melons sings Lift Every Voice and Sing during a Martin Luther King event as part of Black History Month at Larkin High School in Elgin Wednesday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Warm enough to take of his coat, a man walks along the Busse Woods Bicycle Trail Wednesday.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
St. Francis at Wheaton Academy in Class 3A boys basketball regional in West Chicago.
Dan White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Doug Zitek of Lake in the Hills polishes off the snow removal work Friday morning, undeterred by the wind and cold. Zitek said he actually missed seeing snow since its been such a mild winter. Mild enough to wear shorts while using your snowblower, I guess.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
A school bus skidded on ice at the corner of Lacey and Dumoulin in Lisle. Raymond Rowe, above, waits for the buss removal, as he is temporarily boxed in in his own driveway.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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