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Images: The Week in Pictures

  Several window washers weave down the face of the Hub Group’s new headquarters along York Rd. in Oak Brook. The Hub Group, a provider of transportation solutions, is moving from their Downers Grove facility to this new LEED-Gold certified office building. The windows combined with the precise shooting angle add a graphic touch to this photo. This picture was published in the Perspective column in the print edition. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Woodview School students in Grayslake donate Halloween candy for the troops. Bob Susnjara/bsusnjara@dailyherald.com
  McHenry Township Fire Protection District firefighters Kevin Betke, left, Lexi Chancellor, and Joe Studer, participate in fire training at the old Lakemoor Village Hall Tuesday. The fire department trained in the building during the week before it was demolished. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Nahida Nasrin, public service representative at the new secretary of state driver services facility, which opened on Tuesday in Des Plaines at Oak Leaf Commons strip mall, assists Robert Sperling with renewing his drivers license. Sperling said he lived only one-mile away and didn’t have to wait in line at all, so was happy with the new location. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  With a rainbow of colorful trees behind him, Larry Hinkemeyer rakes leaves from under the only tree on his block that has dropped it’s leaves, which is right next to his home in Mount Prospect on Tuesday. Hinkemeyer said its great the village allows residents to pile the leaves on the curb for pickup, but if you wait until a later date you have to use bags. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  City of Wheaton Forestry workers Orlando Flores, top, and Terry Armstrong, trim trees while simultaneously installing the village’s holiday lights along Wesley St. in downtown Wheaton. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Terry Stroh works with Jacobs High School students in the renovated greenhouse on the roof of the Algonquin school. He is the head of the Science Department and was part of a team that cleaned the old, unused greenhouse, which is now growing food for local food pantries. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  An unidentified woman dodges early morning rain in Elgin Wednesday. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  St. Charles native and Florida resident Kevin Hammers gives his dog Luna a workout Wednesday as he skates down Main Street in St. Charles. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Third graders sing patriotic songs as Sarah Adams Elementary School held their 12th annual Veterans Day breakfast Thursday in Lake Zurich. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Culvers in Huntley is flying almost 400 flags on Route 47 in honor of Veterans Day. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Jerald Willoughby, of St. Charles, finds his brother’s name, Jesse Willoughby, on the Moving Wall at the West Aurora High School campus on Thursday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Students from Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove have some fun with the piles of candy they collected in a contest against other schools there. The green school (sixth, seventh and eighth grades) beat out the yellow (kindergarten and first), purple (third, fourth and fifth), and red schools (first and second), by collecting the most Halloween candy. All grades combined came up with 1,473 pounds of candy, which the school dubbed Treats for Troops, which will be donated to troops with the pick up and distribution help of District 300. Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
  Volunteer Sharon Catich, of North Aurora, attaches yellow name tags to honor veterans at the Healing Field of Honor at West Aurora High School on Thursday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Army veterans, from left, Wayne Maczko of Round Lake Beach, Craig Emery of Hainesville and Charlie Nystrom of Waukegan salute during the College of Lake County’s annual Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in Grayslake. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Santa Claus waves to the crowd during his arrival at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg on Thursday. The Conant High School drum line escorted Santa as they paraded around the mall. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Wheeling soccer team members Nate Laude, Jose Garcia, captains, with Alfredo Rocha and Marino Lopez march through Wheeling High School halls as their classmates cheered them on hours before they played for a berth in the state championship. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Ania Sharma, 6, of Lake Barrington, has her photograph taken with Santa Claus after he arrived by firetruck at Deer Park Town Center in Deer Park on Friday. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Bonnie Myers rakes leaves into a burning pile from two large trees in her Libertyville subdivision backyard in unincorporated Lake County on Saturday. Myers said the leaves sure look a lot prettier up in the tree than after they have fallen. George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
  Ten-mile racers leave the starting line as they compete Sunday morning in the Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center Northwest Trail Run at Veterans Acres in Crystal Lake. There was also a 5 mile race through the woods. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Marilyn Nelson, of Hoffman Estates, watches her grandson Joey Mrazek, of Lake Zurich, make lefse during the Norwegian Heritage Fest Sunday at the AAYA Hall in Palatine. Lefse is a flat potato pancake. The fest featured Norwegian crafts, costumes, and baking demonstrations. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  The cellos and basses play as the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Andrew Masters, opens it’s 38th concert season at the Blizzard Theater at Elgin Community College. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
  Kevin Wallace, of Round Lake Beach, plays the part of Civil War veteran George Hendes during the annual Turn Back Time Historic Cemetery Walk at the East Fox Lake Cemetery in Lake Villa. Historical actors discussed early settlers buried in the cemetery during the event sponsored by the Round Lake Area Historic Committee and the Round Lake Beach Cultural & Civic Center Foundation. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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