Images:The Week in Pictures
A family of ducks decide whether its a good idea to cross Route 22 after leaving the parking lot of the Arboretum Club golf course in Buffalo Grove.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Every once in a while you get a bonus while on assignment. After shooting the interior of the famous Dunham Castle in Wayne, a Great Horned owlet near the grounds was pointed out to me by a volunteer guide. Apparently it had been hanging around the past few hours in the same spot, watching visitors come and go. I took a walk down a garden path and was able to get some shots of the little (big!) guy watching me. It quickly became bored of me and my camera and went back to his castle people-watching activity.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Sisters Colleen and Nora Mitros, right, play sand volleyball with some friends at Four Lakes in Lisle, Monday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A biker approaches the bike trail bridge to cross over the Fox River and into the Jon Duerr Forest Preserve in South Elgin Monday afternoon.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
With the Fox River for a backdrop, Kane County Sheriffs Deputy and SWAT team member Chris Peeler takes a giant first step as he launches himself downward. The Kane County Swat Team was repelling from the parking garage in St. Charles Tuesday as they trained.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Amelia Schreier, 5, of Crystal Lake, jumps from rock to rock while playing at Ken Carpenter Park in Lake in the Hills Tuesday. She eventually had to quit when the sun made the rocks too hot for her.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Dominic Szymanski, 11, comes back to Hough Street School in Barrington for the first time since losing his foot after being struck by a train in March. He is a fifth-grader at the school.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Joe Cuttone, President of the Wheaton Rotary Club, cuts wire mesh for cages to be placed around the nearly 200 oak saplings at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Sophomore Ava Polzin tries to drive the simulator during a distracted and drunk driving education program, in a high-tech simulator, by UNITEs ArriveAliveTour 2013 at Libertyville High School. The program helps students understand the dangers and consequences of drunk driving and texting while driving.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Donald McCormick, 10, in the 4th grade at Thomas Dooley Elementary School in Schaumburg, hooks up his rocket, called the Red Eagle, at Olympic Park in Schaumburg. His was just one of 450 rockets that took to the sky as part of school district 54 rocket launch day. Next to him is Joann Delmedico who was the rocketeer club facilitator on site.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Thomas Dooley Elementary School fourth grader Hena Koeberl hooks up her rocket, called the Space Launcher, at Olympic Park in Schaumburg. Her rocket was just one of 450 rockets that took to the sky as part of school district 54 rocket launch day.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
On an unseasonably cool May evening, Barringtons Ingrid Peterson is bundled against the elements as she holds the starting block for a Fillies runner in the 400 meter relay during the Mid-Suburban League girls track meet at Schaumburg High School.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Kennedy Khalimsky, 6, of Palatine, reacts to her bedroom-makeover provided by the new Chicago-area chapter of Special Spaces National. Kennedy has been diagnosed with leukemia and is undergoing treatment. With her are her brother, Maddox, 8, her mom, Edan Gelt, and her dad, Gene Khalimsky, right.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Members of Ki Martial Arts teach kids at Mechanics Grove School to kick, during an event called Learning and the Arts in Mundelein.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Third grader Kate Driscoll, left, carries her art projects with her grandmother Bjorg Davis, of Mundelein, during an event called Learning and the Arts at Mechanics Grove School Wednesday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The firing detail fires off three volleys as taps is played from the parking deck during the 2013 Elgin Police Department Memorial Service Wednesday.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Framed by a saluting Illinois State Troopers hand, Kane County Sheriff Deputy Ryan Monaghan salutes while taps is played at the Kane County Chiefs of Police Associations annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Ceremony at Mooseheart House of God church in Batavia Wednesday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
The work is never done. After multiple trips for food, a robin feeds one of their many chicks Wednesday under a roof overhang in Elgin. According to allaboutbirds.com an American Robin can produce three broods a year.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Zachary Molokie of Carol Stream won The Cutting Edge Tour at Technology Center of DuPage in Addison Thursday. He is pictured getting a hug from Brittany Jones of Aurora.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Martha Jackson, of Gurnee, holds her son, Aaron, 4, as they listen to volunteer Krista Malley read books to children with help from Clifford the Big Red Dog during Story Time With Clifford Thursday at the University Center in Grayslake. The event was hosted by the Scholastic Customer Appreciation Book Fair.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Nurses Jenna N-DeSantis, left, and Kerrie Fiduccia receive ice cream from Chief Nursing Officer Kim Nagy at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital- Grayslake campus Thursday to celebrate National Hospital Week. The executive team of the hospital scooped up ice cream for employees to thank them for their dedicated service to patients.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Jacob Johnson, age 18 months of Chicago, and his dad, Chris, an employee of City Beverage in Arlington Heights, view the Budweiser Clydesdales during a visit at a company gathering Friday. The public can view the Clydesdales at Lambs Farm near Libertyville at 1 p.m. Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Robyn Russo of Arlington Heights and her 2-year-old son Matthew shop for childrens toys and books at the Salt Creek Rural Park Districts community garage sale at Twin Lakes Recreation Area in Palatine.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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