Images: Maple syrup, mud puddles and dog birthday cake are in The Week in Pictures
Justin Bender, 16, of Wauconda competes in a race during the Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby Races, Sunday at Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
This spile is used for tapping maple trees for syrup during the maple syrup hike Sunday by the Lake County Forest Preserve at Ryerson Woods Forest Preserve near Riverwoods. More than 750 people attended the instructional hike to learn about the process of making maple syrup.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Fifteen-month-old Peyton Masters watches as his mom Kim paints a football on his father Carl's cheek, matching his own. They were at the St. Charles Consumer Expo at the Kane County Fairgrounds Prairie Events Center in St. Charles. Kim's work was sponsored by Colonial Cafe. Kim said her husband is a huge football fan and Payton will be playing football in a children's league as soon as he turns three.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Andrea Wilkinson, a research assistant from the Skidmore College First Responder Health and Safety Laboratory, shows one of the devices being worn by Hanover Park firefighters as they participate in a year long national study to measure the physiological impacts and stresses of their jobs.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Visitors check out the new Science Center at North Central College in Naperville on Monday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Jennifer Eggert, an instructional technology coach at DuJardin Elementary School in Bloomingdale, hugs Joey DiGiorgio following a ceremony where she was named a Golden Apple recipient.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Drone flyer Rich Bajjalieh, of Palatine wanted to get some flying time in before the rain set in so he broke out his DJI Mavic quadcopter (drone) and headed to the model airplane flying field at the Deer Grove East forest preserve in Palatine on Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Raindrops form on the windshield of a car at the College of Lake County while rain fell Thursday in Grayslake. The driving rain caused area flooding and made for messy travel around Lake County.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Jefferson Early Childhood Center is part of Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200. About two thirds of the school's students have special needs.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Lakemoor public works members and police officers move items into the new department Monday.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Elgin Police Officer Marshall Kite laughs as his partner, K9 Gage, eat his retirement cake at a party on his 13th birthday Tuesday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Left to right, Darby Hagen, Anna Hudsen and Jonathan Orme in a crowded 6th-grade science class at Franklin Middle School in Wheaton.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Chicago Bulls guard Isaiah Canaan watches 17-year-old Nathan Janney, of Algonquin play a video game with Benny the Bull, as Canaan met with sick kids at Advocate Children's Hospital in Park Ridge Tuesday.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Greenhouse worker Max Cruz sorts and grades Easter lilies Tuesday during growing season at Leider Greenhouses in Buffalo Grove. More than 50,000 plants will be shipped to area nurseries and groceries for the holiday season.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Chelsea Black, 20, the victim of a drive-by shooting in November that has left her a quadriplegic, is always happy to see her sister Tamara Black, right. Chelsea is currently rehabbing at RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Addison Herr, a senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy, performs a virtual reality ribbon cutting to open a new 6,400-square-foot community innovation center on the campus. IMSA is also celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
A water-logged car waits in a commuter parking lot at the National St. Metra station for it's driver to return in Elgin after a morning of rain Thursday.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
5th Ave. in Naperville was partially flooded on Thursday after heavy rains.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Vehicles splash through standing water on Northwest Highway in Des Plaines.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Ilan Loberant, 10, of Long Grove powers his Lego Mind Storms EV3 unit for team Falco5 against Pranav Manoj, 12, of Round Lake for team Otus4 in the Advanced Lego Robotics obstacle course at Ela Area Public Library. Their mission was to pick up as many balls as they could in a limited time frame. Before that they had to design, build and test the autonomous robot before the competition could began.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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