Images: Santa Claus makes his first appearance in The Week in Pictures
Santa Claus makes his first appearance in The Week in Pictures
Bugler John Pierce, of Cantigny Post 556 opens the Cantigny Parade Field which honors those who died fighting for the First Division during World War l.
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Ruth Vantil, of Arlington Heights never knows what she will find at her local Goodwill store in Arlington Heights, but she says that she enjoys the hunt.
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Army Air Corps veteran William Kramer listens as Taps is played during a pinning ceremony to honor veterans at Arden Courts Memory Care facility in Geneva Friday.
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Sarah Dyson and her daughter Eliza, 2, of Lake in the Hills react after tossing their pumpkin down the hill during the Second Annual Great Pumpkin Roll at Butch Hagele Beach, in Lake in the Hills.
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WW II Marine veteran Veronica Potter of Barrington, talks with fellow Marine veteran Phil Wicklein, of Arlington Heights during the 5th Annual Veterans Celebration and Breakfast hosted by the Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights.
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Lisa Hoeber, of Super Cichlids gets a hug from a sea lion named Kim during the fourth annual "Aquatic Experience" Sunday at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The World Pet Association sponsored the event that featured saltwater and freshwater fish, sea lions, shrimp and displays of aquariums.
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The crowd watches as a pumpkin is launched by a trebuchet during the Mundelein Pumpkin Drop on Sunday at Keith Mione Community Park. Children rolled their pumpkins down a sled hill, smashed pumpkins with baseball bats, and watched pumpkins as they were launched by a trebuchet.
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Candles are held during a vigil at Jim Hansen Park in South Elgin for teen Kianna Galvin who disappeared May 6, 2016 after telling her sister she was going to the park.
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Thompson Elementary third grade students sing during Friday's Veterans Day program in Lake Villa. The school's 630 students honored 50 local vets with a breakfast, program and classroom visits.
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Prospect High School Marching Knights band practices on the football field for their appearance in the upcoming Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
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Santa arrived at Deer Park to the sounds of thousands of children shouting his name, like Julia Kojenov, 5, of Deer Park who was of the first in line to meet him.
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Teacher Kathleen Winkiel builds a structure using toothpicks and marshmallows during a STEM workshop for teachers Monday at Stanton Elementary School in Fox Lake. Dr. Kristin Brynteson, of Northern Illinois University's STEM program instructed the teachers with hands on training and activities.
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Edwin Basinger, of Buffalo Grove covers his heart during the national anthem at a Marmion Academy Veterans Day ceremony in Alumni Hall in Aurora Friday. Basinger who served in the Marines in the 1950s has a grandson who attends Marmion.
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A man kneels in prayer during the celebration of All Souls Day at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines Wednesday.
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Members of the eighth grade orchestra perform during the 28th Annual Senior Citizens' Day & Community Outreach Concert Wednesday at Daniel Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire.
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Schoolchildren take part in a celebration at St. James the Apostle Catholic School in Glen Ellyn on Friday in honor of its 50th year of education this school year.
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Monica Silva, of Plainfield gets her eyebrows microbladed by Erin Golightly, owner of Permanent Makeup by Erin in Warrenville.
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Army veteran Don Carter salutes during the national anthem as about 60 veterans and their families attended a breakfast of appreciation served by students at Hawthorn Middle School South in Vernon Hills Thursday morning.
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Eighth grader Miriam Besser, middle, serves coffee to Joe Schwarz, left, of Clarendon Hills and Ken Telia, of Vernon Hills as about 60 veterans and their families attended a breakfast of appreciation served by students at Hawthorn Middle School South in Vernon Hills Thursday morning.
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An IDOT worker looks up at a sign at the I-290 and I-355 interchange in honor of fallen state trooper John Kugelman, who was killed more than 25 years ago in a high-speed crash near Itasca.
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Cipriano Zamora, of Chicago Office Movers loads a truck full of chairs donated to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Zurich North America is in the process of donating 48 tons of furniture from its former Zurich Towers in Schaumburg.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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