Daily Herald's week in photos
Grace Roach, left, and Sue Neuschel of the Ela Senior Center 55 Plus group help second grader Haley Denman with her teddy bear costume as kids at Seth Paine Elementay School in Lake Zurich held their 10th-annual Teddy Bear Factory Friday.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Sculptors Chris Andrews, left, and David Andrews, right of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin put the finishing touches on their lantern sculpture called Night Life at the 2010 Snow Visions contest Friday in Grant Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
St. Hubert's fifth grader Matthew Imburgia gets support from a classmate after he missed a word in the final round. He ended up in third place.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Tim Carmany, aka the Tooth Wizard, shows Anya Kolbasov and the other students that even though you might have a lot of toothpaste, all you need is a very little bit on the brush.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
St. Charles East Lyrical Flag Class AAA team shows off their skills as they perform a routine at Rolling Meadows High School on Saturday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Sean Cosentino, left and his dad Ralph Cosentino of Hoffman Estates and Frank Sorrentino of Addison carve their Native American sculpture Friday called Amongst the Canyons of Chicago at the 2010 Snow Visions contest held in Grant Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Jan Oleksy of Geneva braves the snow and 15-degree temperatures to get some exercise Wednesday as he Nordic Walks through Wheeler Park in Geneva. He says he brings out the snow shoes when it gets deeper.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Jacobs High School senior Michael Majeski performs double duty as the Golden Eagle mascot and guitarist for the pep band during a boys basketball game against Dundee-Crown Tuesday night in Algonquin.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer
A sculpture called Chinese Opera by sculptors Rui Xu and Forrest Gao of Harbin, China stands finished Friday in Grant Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Rosemary Bourguet of Geneva trims the bottom of a casserole dish she has made at The Fine Line Arts Center in St. Charles on Thursday. Bourquet, who started working with pottery in 2000, is making a set for the dishes for her daughter.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Frank Sorrentino of Addison, left and Sean Cossentino of Hoffman Estates work on their sculpture, Amongst the Canyons of Chicago.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Lake Zurich's Alisa Kraft,14, of the Lyrical Flag Class AAA team show her skills as she performs their routine with the rest of her squad at Rolling Meadows High School on Saturday.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Kyle Jakubowicz of Mount Prospect carves what will be an Oscar the Grouch sculpture called 40 Years in the Can along with teammate Matt McDonald of Buffalo Grove.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Nick Mason, right, and his dad Monty of St. Charles work on their snow sculpture as voting for the people's choice award started Saturday at the Snow Sculpting event at the Geneva Commons.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Ian Marshall, 6, of Lombard plays the Frog Flinger game while taking part in the Lombard Park District's Winter Carnival Saturday.
Paul Michna | Staff Photographer
Terry Armstrong, with the forestry division of the city of Wheaton, reaches to cut down Christmas lights on Hale street in downtown. The city puts lights on over 100 trees in the center business district and it takes about a month to take them all down.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Tim Carmany shows student helper, and temporary tooth Grace Pupkiewicz the proper technique for flossing. She has a piece of plaque on her shoulder, placed there surreptitiously by Plaque Man.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
Second graders Anthony Labrec, left, and Jason Stern watch as parent volunteer Shannon Such sews teddy bear clothes during the 10th-annual Teddy Bear Factory Friday.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Hair stylist Laurie Anderson of Touche` Salon in Libertyville shares information about her profession during a career day at Rockland School in Libertyville Thursday morning.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Dancers in in the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago building on State Street practice above the Chicago Theater sign on a recent evening.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Matt McDonald of Buffalo Grove, left, and Kyle Jakubowicz of Mount Prospect carve their Oscar the Grouch sculpture.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
From left, Scott Shepherd, Mike Dillon and Kim McCombs, all from Chicago sculpt their piece called The Magic Feather Friday in Chicago.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Second grader Brooke Bandel takes her teddy bear to different stations during Friday's event.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Toni Galster of McHenry lets a car know to slow down during village of Antioch's Winter Wine Walk at Catbridge Cellars on Saturday.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Rudy Brieschenk of Arlington Heights chips toward the pin during Saturday's Chili Open at Arlington Lakes Golf Club.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Lauren Hogan, 4 of Bartlett, left, plays the glockenspiel during the Elgin Symphony Orchestra´s Family Fun Series, Around the World with Percussion at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
St. Hubert's Catholic School in Hoffman Estates held its spelling bee with seventh grader Joey Gleeson, 12, feeling the agony of defeat after going out in the first round.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
People stop and take pictures of a sculpture Friday in Grant Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
8th-grader Jakob Hohlweg, 13, smiles as he finishes spelling the word photosynthesis for first prize in the spelling bee.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Tamara Graham's third-grade class presented it's 12th-annual Trial of the Big Bad Wolf at Woodland Elementary East Tuesday in Gages Lake. Dressed as a mouse is Katie Kastar, a member of the jury who hears testimony about the Big Bad Wolf, accused of crimes.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Gail Borden Public Library employees John Ross and Jeff Speiss and Andy Kuby of Shelter Box set up a survival tent Thursday at the downtown Elgin library. Shelter Box and the Elgin Rotary Club are raising money to send survival boxes to Haiti.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Olivia Leyba, 8 and her father Chris of Elgin play the tumbanos during the Elgin Symphony Orchestra´s Family Fun Series, "Around the World with PercussionÓ, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Grandparent volunteer Barb Weider of Lake Zurich sews teddy bear clothes during the event Friday at Seth Paine Elementary School in Lake Zurich Friday.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
A sculpture called Equine, from Marengo sculptors Mike, Christopher and Timothy Bihlmaier, stands finished Friday in Grant Park.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
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