Daily Herald photos of the week
Laura Robinson gets her face painted at the Cantigny Fall Festival on Saturday.
Stephanie Janisch | Staff Photographer
Special education teacher Kylene Brantner, right, is blocked while trying to get to runner Zavior Stolpa, far left, during the "homecoming game" last week at Anne Fox Elementary School in Hanover Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Sophomore Isaiah Espinoza runs with an Army backpack during a relay race at Mundelein High School. Members of the U.S. Army conducted drills with the gym classes Friday.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Third graders at Westview School in Wood Dale had a close encounter of the reptilian kind as Blake Stallsmith gets an up close examination by a black throat monitor during a show courtesy of Dave DiNaso and his Traveling World of Reptiles.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
Buddy baseball supporter Alan Marlowe, 16, of Buffalo Grove pushes Sean Grady, 14, of Palatine toward home plate as they play in the Governor's Hometown Award dedication game at Kendrigan Field in Buffalo Grove Tuesday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Peter Bahena, 21 of Elgin shares a laugh with his niece, Yari Rodriguez, 5, of Hanover Park, during District 214 Community Education´s Fiesta Cultural Sunday held at Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights to celebrate the Latino culture.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Sisters at St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Palatine wave goodbye to people taking a trip to the Vatican for the canonization of Jeanne Jugan.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Firefighter Rob Newby finds an old beer bottle in some tall grass as Friends of the Fox and the Elgin Association of Firefighters Local 439 host a river cleanup in Elgin Saturday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Friends Cami Guss, 4, of Lake Zurich, left, and Olivia Strassburger, 5, of Gurnee, are cute as a pumpkin as they pose for a picture by their parents at the pumpkin giveaway food drive by the Sunrise and Noon Rotary Clubs in Libertyville.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
18-month-old Gianna Grubb of Geneva smiles as she starts to get a lot of attention from the goats and sheep at the petting zoo during Saturday's activities at Scarecrow Festival in St. Charles. She's with her dad Jonathan.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Harper College in Palatine with a dance contest, contestants Daniel Torres, 25, of Rolling Meadows and Jesenia Placeres, 19, of Elgin burn up the dance floor and were crowd favorites as they performed four different dances for the judges.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
A student from the class of 2013 shows her school spirit in a different way during Larkin High School's homecoming parade in Elgin Friday.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Several DuPage County groups rally against the war in Afghanistan at Bloomingdale's Old Town Park on Sunday in Bloomingdale. As a part of the rally, the groups carried boxes, which represented caskets, to the office of U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's office.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
A class snakes it's way to another location as students from Infinity, District 303's new gifted magnet middle school explore LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles Wednesday. The sixth grade students were learning about river sediment and erosion.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
University of Illinois student, Tatyana McFadden, wins the women's wheelchair division of the 2009 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. This was McFadden's first marathon.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Halloween must be arriving! As there is a contrasting scary display was in front of Windy City Novelties in Vernon Hills on Saturday near the Vernon Hills High School. flamingos
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
11-year-old Luv Patel, center, enjoys a laugh during a skit on Karma and Dharma as part of Bartlett's BAPS temple's children's Diwali Celebration.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Drew Henning, 12, of Yorkville sees how many baskets he can make out of ten tries during the basketball shooting skills camp at Aurora University last week.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
19-month-old Oliver Cournaya of North Aurora digs into the hay pile while his family, including mom Nicole in the background, makes their own scarecrow during Saturday's activities at Scarecrow Festival in St. Charles.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Head baseball coach Joe Peterson, left and head soccer coach Mike Di Vincenzo ride a motorcycle after capturing the Spirit Jug from a villain at the Maine West High School homecoming pep rally in Des Plaines.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Senior Alyssa Casanova, back, holds the legs of senior Beatriz Haro during a wheelbarrow race as members of the U.S. Army conducted drills with the gym classes at Mundelein High School Friday.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Six-year-old Michelle Weber of Arlington Heights, foreground, and seven-year-old Laurel Hart of Arlington Heights have fun with the hay while building their own scarecrows during Autumn Harvest Fest at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Sgt. Michael Hoover gets a hug From Kildeer Police Chief Bob Zujewski as he returns to Kildeer after serving for the last year in Afghanistan. Hoover received a hero's welcome and was escorted by state and area police and fire departments.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
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