Images: Heat Wave - Tuesday
Camp counselor Karli Sayner dumps a bucket of water on Emma Ramirez, 9, of Batavia as kids from the Geneva Park Districts Adventure Camp cool off at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles Tuesday.
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Ashley Guss, 8, drips water on Thomas Franklins head in a game of Drip, Drip, Drench during Lake County Forest Preserves Young Naturalists Day Camp Tuesday at Van Patten Woods in Wadsworth. The game was a hot weather substitute for Duck, Duck, Goose.
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Campers and counselors crowd around the water supply with temperatures in the mid 90s Tuesday as kids from the Geneva Park Districts Adventure Camp cool off at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles.
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Lydia Runyan, 8, keeps hydrated during Lake County Forest Preserves Eco Adventurers Day Camp Tuesday at Van Patten Woods in Wadsworth.
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Elizabeth Klann, 7, douses Rebecca Runyan, 6, in a game of Drip, Drip, Drench during Lake County Forest Preserves Young Naturalists Day Camp Tuesday at Van Patten Woods in Wadsworth. The game was a hot weather substitute for Duck, Duck, Goose.
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Elgin Parks and Recreation Department summer camper Jack Steskal, 7 soars over the outstretched arm of camp counselor Josh Smith Tuesday at Wing Park Family Aquatic Center in Elgin. Both Smith and Steskal are from Elgin.
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Elgin Parks and Recreation Department summer campers, from left, David Betz, 9, Jack Steskal, 7 and Kaden Wende, 9 take a mandatory safety break in the shade Tuesday at Wing Park Family Aquatic Center in Elgin. The pool normally requires all swimmers to take a break every two hours, but they a requiring a safety break every hour this week due to the excessive heat. All three boys are from Elgin.
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Elgin Parks and Recreation Department summer camper Andrew Rakow, 10 takes a long drink of water during a mandatory safety break Tuesday at Wing Park Family Aquatic Center in Elgin. The pool normally requires all swimmers to take a break every two hours, but they a requiring a safety break every hour this week due to the excessive heat. Rakow lives in Elgin.
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Ken Sanji, 5, of Elk Grove Village, cools off in the fountain at the Elk Grove Town Center Tuesday.
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Jennifer Valois, 6, of Villa Park, pours a bucket of water over herself as she cools off with her family at the Water Spray Park in Lombard on Tuesday.
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Jennifer Valois, 6, left, splashes Jessica Valois, 8, with water. The cousins, both of Villa Park, were cooling off in Tuesdays heat at the Water Spray Park in Lombard.
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Schaumburg Park District employee Maria Puga carries on with her task of raking on Tuesday afternoon.
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Tara Gabriel, 11, Morgan Grelyak, 8, and Lindsay Cohen, 7, all of Schaumburg, work on a fairy house in the craft room at the Schaumburg Park District Day Camp.
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Kids at the Schaumburg Park District Day Camp work up a sweat in the air-conditioned gym. Normally in hot weather they alternate with inside and outside activities. With temperatures over 90 degrees on Tuesday they were kept inside.
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Swimmers flocked to Adler pool in Libertyville Tuesday to beat the heat.
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