Images: The Week in Pictures
Miguel Martinez, of Elgin, plays catch with his familys service dog, Marley, Monday at Wing Park in Elgin. Marley helps with Martinezs young daughter who suffers with Rett syndrome. Theyve had her for about a year after getting her from MidAmerican Service Dogs. Marley was trained by inmates at the Dwight Correctional Center as part of the Helping Paws program. The facility closed earlier this year.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Janet Wilson, of St. Charles, hangs snowflake decorations as she and fellow volunteer Darlene Riebe install a Christmas display Monday morning in the large window on the south side of the St. Charles Municipal Center. The display will promote the Holiday Homecoming event, sponsored by the Downtown St. Charles Partnership. Despite the chilly winds and cold temperatures Monday, both women were working up a good sweat in the display window as the sun continued to heat up their confined work space. Both women say its even worse working inside that window in the summer.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Fifteen oil on canvas art pieces are on display at the Robert T. Wright Community GAllery of Art at College of Lake County in Grayslake. The show by Wheaton artist Joel Sheesley is on exhibit unitl Sunday, Dec. 15.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Wheaton Public Works Department worker Terry Armstrong installs half a million lights Monday on more than 100 downtown trees. The project takes a month to complete for Armstrong and fellow public works department worker Anthony Cibella.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Navy Fire Control Chief Adam Acker holds his daughter Emily as he gets autographs from Chicago Bears rookies Marquess Wilson and Michael Ford as veterans and their families received Thanksgiving meals and met Bears players at Jewel Osco in Gurnee on Monday. MillerCoors teamed up with Operation Homefront, the Chicago Bears, Bears Care, and Jewel Osco to donate turkeys and side dishes to 400 military families over two days.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A single leaf hangs onto the end of a branch on a tree in Lisle as fall turns into winter. Interesting photos can be taken when you use a telephoto lens on subjects that are only a few feet away. Using a telephoto this way, and with a large lens opening, throws a potentially distracting background way out of focus. This isolates the subject from the background very nicely. This photo was published in the weekly Perspective column in the print editon.
Scott Sanders/ssanders@dailyherald.com
Employees of the Naperville Park District start the process of setting up the ice rinks at Centennial Park, Tuesday. The process to set up three rinks takes three days.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Kane County Cougars mascot Ozzie T. Cougar goofs around with children as the baseball teams staff assists the Salvation Army Tri-City corps in handing out frozen turkeys and chickens to more than 300 families in need Thursday at the Joe K. Anderson Community Center in St. Charles.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Grace Weidenbach, 11, of Naperville, looks at the Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum that will be open 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. until Jan. 4 (closed Nov. 28, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 24 and 25). Along a 1-mile, paved trail, visitors will be able to hug a tree and make it grow bright, sing to a tree and watch it change color, and create their own light show.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Schaumburg High School freshman Anayeli Vazquez, middle, smiles while watching a performance during Fridays Latino Summit at Harper College in Palatine.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Hawthorn Middle School North sixth grade students Michael Svistun, left, and Veronica Gawin write personal notes to place inside donated books at the Vernon Hills school Friday. Students in Rachel Serlins Language Arts classes collected around 500 books to donate to PADS Lake County.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Olivia Barnes, 6, of Elburn, gets a candy cane painted on her face during the Kiwanis of Campton Hills annual holiday kickoff party Saturday at the Congregational United Church of Christ.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Elaine Hicks, of Elk Grove Village, browses the merchandise of Kathie Rollers booth Sunday at the Christmas on the Fox Arts and Crafts Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. This is better than anything Hallmark has got, said Hicks. These are real crafts.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Nathan Stonehocker, 9, of Aurora, watches HO model trains run on 400 feet of track Sunday at the Valley Model Railroad Club open house in South Elgin at the Clintonville Station on Kenyon Road.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Five-year-old Conor Cook of Prairie Grove comes over to high five Santa Claus (Island Lake Trustee Keith Johns) Sunday during Island Lakes 27th Annual Holiday Craft Fair Sunday at the Island Lake Village Hall. The fair featured almost 45 vendors offering crafts, jewelry, gifts, clothing and more.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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