Images: The Week in Pictures
Ornithologist Mark Spreyer, executive director of the Stillman Nature Center in Barrington, shows off a Screech Owl during a presentation at Harper College in Palatine.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Theodora Barclay of South Barrington performs during the Lenten Recital Series at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in West Dundee Sunday. Barclay is in ninth grade and is the Principal Harpist with the Philharmonia Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Lake Geneva, WI Symphony.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Elgin Community College sophomore Yesenia Saldana of Elgin poses for a picture with the schools mascot, SpartaCat during grand re-opening festivities Tuesday at the schools Jobe Lounge.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Fisherman try their luck during the first day of trout fishing season at the Hollows Conservation Area in Cary Saturday. The McHenry County Conservation District has stocked more than 2,200 pounds of Rainbow Trout in the lake.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Matthew Tsiodras, 5, of Roselle pops his head out of his chair-and-blanket fort while his brother Zach plays baseball for Lake Park High School against Batavia High School Friday. The fort served a dual purpose of keeping him both warm and occupied.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Danny Myers, 5, of Romeoville, plays in the shadow playground at the DuPage Childrens Museum in Naperville during an outing with his sister and mom Friday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
People line up for the start of the Elgin Community College Job Fair held in the Spartan Events Center Friday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Waukegan teachers Pat LaScola, left, Jeanne Wagner and Vickie Iggo shout support as the Lake County Federation of Teachers union host a rally Thursday outside the union hall in Gurnee.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Matthew LaPierre, representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, talks to the crowd as the Lake County Federation of Teachers union host a rally to protect collective bargaining rights and pension security Thursday outside the union hall in Gurnee.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Aaron Lapkoff, 5, of St. Charles pretends to operate a tractor at the 6th annual Touch-A-Tractor at the Kane County Farm Bureau in St. Charles Saturday. Aaron and his little brother, Chase, 3, are farm buffs and even picked out John Deere shirts to wear to the event. Their grandfather is a farmer in Wisconsin.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
P.J. Wolfe, 2, of Elgin picks out the next tractor he wants to try out while attending the 6th annual Touch-A-Tractor event.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Samantha Schlueter, 2, of Crystal Lake, tells her grandmother, Joan Schlueter of Algonquin, loud and clear she wants to operate a kiddie tractor all by herself Saturday. She lacked the leg power and with a little bit of coaxing, she let Grandma give her a push.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Nine-year-old Macy Sherwood of Cary tries to get her kite airborne during Cary Park Districts family kite fly at Lions Park in Cary Saturday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Elizabeth Jaimer of Hanover Park performs with the Grupo Folklorico Quetzal during the Garden of Diversity multcultural event at the Schaumburg Park District Community Recreation Center Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Danielle Zarbock watches Ron Miceli, both of Streamwood, paint while displaying work from their Paintings By My Design business, at the Lambs Farm 2nd annual Spring Gift and Craft Fair at Arlington Park Racecourse.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Warriors Watch Riders and Wauconda American Legion Riders welcome home Army Infantry PFC Jacob Jarrell at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com