Images: The Week In Pictures
2011 Miss Septemberfest Ali Roller crowns Mariah Ghant of Conant High School the 2012 Schaumburg Miss Septemberfest
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Adam Shalabi, 4, of Naperville enjoys a colored ice beverage during the first day of the Last Fling in Naperville Friday. The fest runs through Sunday and offers fun for the whole family.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Bliss Wine and Gifts owner Maria Weisbruch, front, and sales representative JoAnn Freeman boat The Wave crashes with Point of Sale Remarketing Groups boat while on their way to winning the business division cup of 11th Annual Labor Day Cardboard Boat Races at Lindys Landing on Bangs Lake in Wauconda on Saturday. Both business are in Wauconda.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Buffalo Grove firefighter Steve Rusin waves to parade watchers as he walks with the Guardians of the Ribbon firetruck during the Buffalo Grove Days parade Sunday along Bernard Drive. The organization raises money for women with cancer and the truck is named after Johnsburg High School senior Jessica Bertulis.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Scott Seiler, of Boy Scout Troop 671, holds Patriot, a domestic short hair cat, at Save-A-Pet Adoption Center in Grayslake Sunday. Seiler organized a face lift for the kitten room by scouts and leaders as part of an eagle project.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Joelle Brescia has water bottles in both hands going in an effort to keep the Schaumburg High School marching band hydrated as they sweated it out during Schaumburgs Septemberfest parade on Labor Day Monday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Supporters of Congressman Peter Roskam carry a huge American Flag as they march in the Wheaton Labor Day Parade, Monday. The city of Wheaton holds a Labor Day Parade to make up for the 4th of July parade that was canceled because of storm damage.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Out For Hours performs on the main stage, on the last day of the annual Last Fling festival in Naperville, Monday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Peyton and Lexi Gilchrist of Naperville enjoy a ride at the annual Naperville Last Fling festival, Monday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Tony Scarimbolo of Harwood Heights plays the banjo while Cyndy Richardson of Wilmette plays the fiddle in the shade by the Fox River at the 36th Annual Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival in Island Park in Geneva.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Riley, a border collie, jumps up to grab a flying disc tossed by his owner, Mark Faragoi, of Plainfield. Napervilles Last Fling festival continued Sunday with the Ashley Whipped disc dog competition.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Eniko Camberis, center, and her sister Makena, right, get to try on old-fashioned hats while their mother Susan Camberis, left, takes their picture. The DuPage Forest Preserve district is holding an old-fashioned country fair Sunday at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago, to give people the experience of what an 1890s fair would have been like.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Four-year-old Rio Nystad of East Dundee tries to get the attention of Olympian Evan Jager as he returns to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin Wednesday September 5, 2012.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Nine-year-old Logan Marx of Algonquin gets his shirt signed by Olympian Evan Jager who returned to H.D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin Wednesday September 5, 2012.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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