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Images: The Week in Pictures

  Getting a cool drink with the rest of her classmates is Fatima Alvarez, 8, who sweated it out in her third grade classroom without air conditioning in temperatures in the high 90’s at Mark Twain Elementary School in Wheeling. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Glenbard South varsity cross country runner Trey Bradley sprays his face with cool water in 90 degree heat during practice. Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
  Alberto Velazquez, a Larkin High School senior, gets water at the end of cross country practice Monday. The team ran a one mile time trial in the heat. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Lorna Marquis, left, an intern with the Kane County Master Gardeners, shows JoAnne Jochum, of Elgin, the difference in the Marigolds planted in containers versus those planted in the ground at the Master Gardeners’ Idea Garden in St. Charles Tuesday. The Idea Garden features combinations of flowers, herbs and vegetables designed to easily replicate at home. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Jen Evers of Naperville reacts to winning a trip to New York City to see Bethenny Frankel, talk show host, left, who was signing copies of her new book “Skinnygirl Solutions” at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville on Tuesday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Buffalo Grove Fire Department Lieutenant William “Kent” Brecht, right, is congratulated by his good friend Lieutenant Scott Olson on the occasion of his retirement after 25 years with the department. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Cody Barker of B&B Services, Buffalo Grove, hits a bases-loaded double during Wednesday’s annual charity softball game at Emmerich Park in Buffalo Grove. JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  Doug Taron, curator of biology, and Karen Kramer Wilson, living invertebrate specialist, both of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, release Swamp Metalmark butterflies into the Bluff City Fen in Elgin Thursday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Carson Stech, 6, delivers his fastball at the baseball game at opening night at Buffalo Grove Days on Thursday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Zachary Jakubowski, 11, of Mount Prospect, pulls the air horn during his ride along in a fire engine Friday. Dave Dvorak/ddvorak@dailyherald.com
  Streaks of lightning cross the sky over the parking lot at Downers Grove South Friday night, where the football game against Benet had to be postponed until Saturday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Storms linger in the background as Lake Zurich walks off the field in the season opener at Fremd High School on Friday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Manuel Aguilar of Elgin feasts on pupusa, a traditional Salvadoran dish, with his six-month-old son Manuel Jr. during the Elgin International Festival at Festival Park in Elgin Saturday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Former American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart greets fans before preforming with her family band, Midnight, at Buffalo Grove Days in Buffalo Grove on Saturday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Carly Bryeans, 16, of Schaumburg, a member of the Miss Schaumburg Septemberfest court, rides the ferris wheel at Schaumburg Septemberfest at the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Grounds in Schaumburg on Saturday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Tim Hoffman of Buffalo Grove, left center, celebrates with Steve Hoffman, after Tim took 1st place in the hamburger category of the the BBQ cook off at Buffalo Grove Days in Buffalo Grove on Saturday. Tim also took third in the chicken category. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  From left, Junior Miss Wauconda Isabella Stein, Tiny Miss Wauconda Caitlin Drobinski, and Junior Miss Ameriqueen Meg Basco, dance to the music at the 14th Annual Street Dance in Wauconda Saturday. Dave Dvorak/ddvorak@dailyherald.com
  Greg Henry, of Warrenville, wipes down his 1934 Ford Model A after arriving at the 7th annual Charity Car and Motorcycle Show presented by the Kane County Sheriff and Kendall County Sheriff at the Martin family farm in Elburn Saturday. He brings the car to several shows and cruise nights during the summer, and he’s been at this show for several years. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Theo Wnek, 9, of Napervile, is on his way to winning the pie eating contest, during the Last Fling Skaters’ Picnic hosted by KidsMatter. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Schaumburg resident Ashley Anderson fans her son Connor, 4, as they eat at the food tent during the second day of Schaumburg Septemberfest Sunday. The festival featured food, carnival, games and entertainment. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Mary Kroening of Naperville plays along with a storyteller on stage in raising a commotion during the 37th annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival at Island Park in Geneva Sunday. She’s also a storyteller and was going to perform later. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Livia LaMarca, 10, of Pingree Grove gets the audience to clap along as she performs in the Got Talent contest during Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival at Sunset Park Sunday. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Eric Davidson of Kenosha, Wis. looks at a sign purchaed by Ron and Jennifer Moller of Mundelein during Skip’s Fiesta Drive-in Car Show & Auto Swap Sunday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. The event featured an antique car show as well auto and truck parts for sale, a collectible car sale and automotive die-cast model sale. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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