Images: The Week in Pictures
Patrick McCommons, playing bass, left, and Rob Kerpan both of Lake Villa, with the band Breaking Society perform during teen night at Celebration of Summer Friday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Bruce Ring of Lake Villa, with the band Breaking Society performs at Lehmann park in Lake Villa Friday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Stilt walker Jason Kollum juggles just above Arlington Heights resident Gretchen Bennes head during Fridays Picnic in the Park at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Herb Porter, a national spokesperson for The American Cancer Society, walks the Survivor Lap with breast cancer survivor Gloria Kas of Bloomingdale during Barringtons 14th-annual Relay for Life Friday night.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Cancer survivor Susan McGrath talks to the crowd at Barringtons 14th-annual Relay for Life.
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Marcia Coone, left, of Downers Grove and Sharon Konny of Lakewood take the emotional survivors lap to help kickoff the 9th-annual ECC Relay for Life Friday. Both women were diagnosed with breast cancer last summer and are undergoing treatment.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Jackie Tabbert and her daughter Rachel Johnson, both from South Elgin, listen to another survivors emotional speech at the start of the ECC Relay for Life Friday. Tabbert has been a survivor of bladder cancer for 10 years.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Musician Third Class Michelle Werner and the Navy band Great Lakes Horizon perform during Hanover Townships 7th-annual Operation Support Our Troops: Freedom Bash Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Glen Schlechter of Bartlett VFW Post 11018 prepares to lead the color guard out to kick off Hanover Townships Operation Support Our Troops: Freedom Bash Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Soldier Adrian Cox is held down by Northwest Community Hospital officers Chris Blood, left, and Robert Monaco, right as soldiers in a Chicago Army Reserve unit participate in a NWCH disaster drill simulation Saturday afternoon. The hospital had the soldiers act as patients coming into the E.R.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Lee Astete runs to the finish line during the one-mile run along with his wife Luanne and daughter Elle during the Streamwood Park Districts 13th-annual Streamwood Stride Saturday morning. About 300 runners came out to participate in the mile and the 5k/10k runs.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Flag grabber Barb Evans of Aurora and the Mitutoyo dragon boat team celebrate their win during the dragon boat races at Pottwatomie Park in St. Charles on Saturday, June 11. The annual event is part of the Pride of the Fox RiverFest which runs all weekend.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
The crew of the Riverview Counciling LTD dragon boat digs in to the Fox River during the dragon boat races at Pottwatomie Park in St. Charles on Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Steve Korn of Winnebego gets splashed with water from Cub Scout Pack 49 member Noah Joerin, 10, from Elgin during the Streamwood Park District annual Streamwood Stride Saturday morning.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Brandon Bohr plays in the new exhibit called Tubes and Tunnels at the Dupage Childrens Museum in Naperville.
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
Flavio Bavenca hauls a used computer to the electronics pile during the one-day recycling event at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The Kaneland High School varsity baseball 3A state championship team cheers as they hang out the bus window on their return to school during a homecoming parade on Saturday, June 11.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Tomoki Ota, left, and Tatsuru Noda perform with the Soran Dance group of the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School during a benefit for northeastern Japan earthquake and tsunami relief, held at Forest View Education Center in Arlington Heights Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Kyle Gribble of Hoffman Estates competes in the discus during the Great Lakes Regional Games hosted by Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association at Lake Zurich High School on Saturday, June 11th. Gribble set an unofficial new national record of 29.95 meters at the event and has recently been named a member of Team USA.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Barb Minelli of Mt. Prospect competes in bocce ball during the Great Lakes Regional Games at Lake Zurich High School on Saturday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Rashawn Mosley, 18, left and Stephon Parker, 14, of Lake Villa, finish building their boat in the instant boat category during the cardboard boat races Sunday at Lehmann Park Beach.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Ryan Higginbottom, 12, of Lake Villa races back to the finish line to beat his grandmother in his cardboard boat.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Patti and Harry Reinhart and other members of the band Midnight sing for a huge crowd as part of the tornado relief concert on Sunday night at Wheelings AMVETS Post 66.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Cyclists make a sharp turn near the end of the bike route during the 8th-annual Batavia Triathlon and Duathlon Sunday at Quarry Beach. About 600 athletes raced in the triathlon with another 200 participating in the duathlon.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Ryan Giuliano, 26, of Schaumburg, approaches the finish line in the Batavia Triathlon Sunday. He came in first place with a time of 1:02.26. Ryan is a member of the US Pro Triathlon Team, and will be competing in the Elite Duathlon World Championship this September in Spain.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Heather Hume, 8 of Schaumburg receives some kisses from Aussie during the Dog Days of Summer Dog Festival sponsored by the Medinah Park district and Chicagoland Dog Rescue.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Four-year old Kyle McClain of Batavia spots a flying bug while trying to sweep them up with the net Sunday at the Outdoor Family Fair at Fermilabs Lederman Science Center.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
A group of children venture out in hopes of sweeping up different bugs Sunday during the Outdoor Family Fair at Fermilab in Batavia.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
Five-year-old twin brothers Chase and A.J. Stribling of Montgomery use their mini magnifying glasses to catch a closer view of some wild birds. during Sundays event at Fermilab.
Kristin Ackmann/kackmann@dailyherald.com
A dancer named Elle, from Chicago, spins around the floor Sunday at the VFW Post 1307 Ladies Auxiliary Shimmy For The Cure event Sunday in Elgin. The fundraiser benefitted Cancer Aid Research. It was co-sponsored by Diva Ventures.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Onofrio Gambino of Arlington Heights throws roses to the crowd during the 15th-annual Feast of SS. Crocifisso Sunday afternoon. The feast included a live band and the carrying of an exact replica of a Sicilian crucifix.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Vince Catalano of Itasca helps raise an exact replica of the Sicilian crucifix along with Giuseppe Sorci of Itasca and about 40 other men. Carrying the crucifix around the grounds at Maryville Academy is considered a huge honor and is passed down in many families. Sunday was the 15th-annual Feast of SS. Crocifisso.
Samantha Bowden/sbowden@dailyherald.com
Moments after the SheROX Triathlon in Naperville competitor Jill Chvatal hugs spectators Ginna Kopecny and Kathi Irvine after completing her first triathlon Sunday, June 12.
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
The wreckage of the vintage B-17 airplane that mad an emergency landing in a Oswego cornfield.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A B-17 bomber made an emergency landing in an Oswego cornfield Monday morning.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Workers survey the damage after a B-17 bomber made an emergency landing in an Oswego cornfield Monday morning.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Elaine English, at right, helps serve free lunches for Elgin children Monday along with her children Shanelle and Simon Jr. at Cornerstone Park on the citys southwest side. The English family, who live in Streamwood, are members at Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin which is helping to coordinate the volunteer efforts to provide school-aged children a lunch during the summer break. The lunches are provided by the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Dave DiNaso had Jonah Osing, 6,from Villa Park lay down on a table to meet a Nile monitor lizard named Cairo during an event at the Villa Park Library Monday.
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
Norah Luedtke, 3, from Villa Park pets the head of Chiquita, an albino Burmese python from Dave DiNasos Traveling World of Reptiles Monday.
Rick Majewski/rmajewski@dailyherald.com
Gene and Marcia Jerzky of DesPlaines enjoy the beautiful summer day on Monday at Twin Lakes Recreation Park in Palatine.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Korean war veteran Martin Rockwell, 78, of Northbrook salutes the colors during the Flag Day Ceremony at Veterans Park in Buffalo Grove on Tuesday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
North Aurora Fire Protection District Captain Todd Zies makes phone calls at the scene of a fatal accident Tuesday afternoon. A car driven by a 19-year-old male eastbound on Moosheart Road crossed Route 31 at high speed and hit a large tree before crashing into a home at 375 Route 31 in North Aurora Tuesday afternoon. The driver was killed in the crash, but the residents of the home were in the backyard at the time and were not injured.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Gwynnie Nolan, 4, of Buffalo Grove takes honor in waving her flag at the Buffalo Grove Flag Day Ceremony on Tuesday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Staff and students at Naval Station Great Lakes create a living 100 on Flag Day.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Standing for hours took its toll on some recruits as staff and students at Naval Station Great Lakes create a living 100 on Flag Day.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
St. Charles firefighter Phil Kuhn gets a hug from his daughter Holly, 14, at St. Charles Fire Station #2 after they found out that she won an essay contest about what it means to have a firefighter as a parent. The contest, sponsored by Paul Davis Restoration, came with a $500 scholarship prize for the Kuhns. The final paragraph of her essay read I love my dad and it makes me proud and grateful to say that my dad is a firefighter. Not only my dad, but all firefighters who risk everything on a daily basis for the community and the life of others. Firefighters may miss birthdays or holidays, but knowing that my life is safer becasse of it makes the sacrifices worth it.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Saluting the flag during the National Anthem from left to right are veterans Gordon Stanley, Navy, Dick Amrhein, Air Force, and Marco Dabetic, Marines, all of VFW Post 2202 during the annual Flag Day picnic Tuesday. The event was held for Schaumburg-area seniors at the Municipal Center and the Prairie Center for the Arts.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Sandy Tomporowski of Arlington Heights said a little rain wont stop her from attending Elk Grove Village Rotary Fest Wednesday.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Former Antioch native Terrill Joker Banser remembers his feelings after attending the Welcome Home Parade for Vietnam veterans in Chicago 25 years ago.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Tom Armstrong, left, and Elgin Mayor David Kaptain, right, are among a group of about 10 riders who took part in a breakfast ride with the mayor Thursday as part of Bike to Work Week. The 30-minute ride started at City Hall and meandered north to Lords Park before heading back downtown and ending at Ravenheart Coffee.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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