Images: The Week in Pictures
Juan David Cortes, 21, of Hanover Park, and president of the Latino Unidos Organization at Harper College, dances with Ana Pinedo, 19, of Rolling Meadows, during a class that teaches students traditional latin dances such as the mambo, merengue, salsa and rumba.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Advocate Sherman Hospital nurse Janeen Bazan helps McKinley Elementary School fifth-graders Edwin Giles and Lesley Aguilar set up pedometers that were passed out to the class Tuesday in Elgin, to help teach the importance of physical activity and its effect on health. Twenty-five students will participate in Pedometers FIT Together, an eight-week program that provides students with a tool to measure and set goals, as well as discover new and creative ways to increase their physical activity.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Elgin master mechanic David H. Kloke is building a full-size replica of the funeral train car that carried Lincoln's body in 1865 from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Ill.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
A rubber chicken lays on the gymnasium floor after being bounced out of a hoop during a speed shooting contest at St. Patrick School in St. Charles during their Catholic Schools Week special events assembly. Kids were given all sorts of things to throw into a hoop, including balls and Beanie Babies, but seeing multiple rubber chickens flying through the air made me laugh out loud. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
The "Wizard of Teeth", portrayed by family dentist Dr. Timothy Stirneman of All Smiles Dental in Algonquin, shows cowardly lion/dental assistant Alicia Potter the tooth he pulled from her mouth during their skit about dental hygiene at Learning child care center in Huntley Wednesday. The Wizard showed having a tooth pulled was nothing to be scared about.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Chinese exchange students Wen Shuo Xue, left, and De Jie Cui work with seventh graders Taylor Petz and Maria Kavathas in social studies class at Highland Middle School in Libertyville on Tuesday. The program was set up by the Culture Exchange Academy and the students will be at the school until February 27.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Joe Keefe, executive director of Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights, speaks and performs a skit at the Schaumburg Business Association's monthly breakfast meeting on Tuesday at Chandler's in Schaumburg.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Freshman Maddie Martorana cuts out a heart as Mundelein High School students make Valentine's Day cards for Spanish speaking veterans. The Spanish classes are working with Midwest Veteran's Closet, who are helping with distributing the cards.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Students Shashank Gaddamanagu, left, Mark Lelek, center, and Jake Klimek, right, of Naperville's Crone Middle School seventh grade gifted Earth Science class, test the strength of their balsa wood structures. Teacher Anna Zuccarini applies movement to the structure with an earthquake simulator.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Frame # 4374 The date was: 2/2/15 at 12:23:42 PM, the day after the Blizzard of 2015. Using a Nikon D4 and a 200mm lens at ISO 500 at F8 with a shutter of 1/600, I photographed Brandon Ruetche, 14, of Arlington Heights, soaring into the blue on fresh powder at Melas Park in Mt. Prospect. Nineteen inches fell that Monday in the Blizzard of 2015. Hope that you were doing something on that date and at that precise time that made you feel like a kid again. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie greets Michael Zalinski, a senior at Prospect High School, at a meeting with about 15 high school students at The Meadows Club before speaking at the Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner on Thursday in Rolling Meadows.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Matt Chung, 12, waits patiently to explain his role as a crusader during the Marlowe Middle School 6th-grade Medieval Fair Wednesday at the Lake in the Hills school.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Senior Rhys Bakulinski, front, is among a group of students dancing as Maine West High School's human rights group, Voice for the Nameless, partners with Orchesis and Poetry Slam to create a flash mob in the student cafeteria in Des Plaines Friday. The event is part of the One Billion Rising movement to end violence against women.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Junior Anna Ignas and senior Peter Wesolowski perform a dance number as members of the John Hersey High School Service Over Self Club make a "Love Bus" stop at the Arlington Heights Senior Center Friday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Volunteer Brigid Millett, 13, watches Hailey Poziombka, 9, play a game of "skittles" by the light of the window Sunday during a "Fireside Fun" open house at the Durant House Museum in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. The 1843 homestead museum hosted the event to give visitors a chance to see what it was like to live inside a farmhouse when it was too cold to go outside. Both girls are portraying children who could have lived in the house.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Fifth graders, from left, Kayla Talerico, Kaeden Theobald and Olivia Powell, munch on some treats during a Valentines Day party in the gym for fifth grade classes at Adler Park School in Libertyville Friday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Doris and Don Soderberg kiss after exchanging wedding vows, along with seven other couples renewing their wedding vows at Victory Centre of Bartlett.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Fran Volz, left, of Rochelle, and Mark Mayzik, of Wisconsin, spent more than 100 hours sculpting Lincoln's head out of snow in East Dundee.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Lake County Chargers player Brycen Sutton, left, of Round Lake, drives around TNT Shockers player Jake Dasso, of Lake Zurich, during the Valentine Sunday Shootout basketball tournament Sunday at the Libertyville Sports Complex. The event was sponsored by For The Game with 50 boys and girls teams participating.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Abraham Lincoln impersonator Michael Krebs, of Chicago, talks to a crowd after the dedication of the snow bust built in his image in East Dundee Saturday. The event was in celebration of Lincoln's birthday and Valentine's Day.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Minister Lisa Adams Sherry, of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin, leads participants in the 'One Billion Rising for Justice: The Long Red Line' through the lobby of the Gail Borden Library in Elgin. Due to the extreme weather, the participants stayed inside and made a dancing line, with everyone linked together with red scarves, snaking through the lobby and rotunda entrance to the library.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Teagan Groh, 12, of Mount Prospect, left, and Jenni Wimsatt, of Arlington Heights, right, exercise and play drums on a giant ball with instructor Linda Lee, center, at River Trails Park District's 50th anniversary kickoff "family fun" day on Saturday in Mount Prospect.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Chris Hill, 22, right, looks to pass during a game of pickup hockey at the Naperville Park District's outdoor hockey rinks at Centennial Park.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Origami artist Enzo Lombardo, of Elburn, helps Deliliah Parks, 6, of Elburn, with her origami heart during his Valentine's Day origami workshop at the Town and Country Public Library Saturday. Lombardo has been practicing the art form for over 25 years and teaches it for fun to kids at local libraries. He says it allows for their imagination and creativity to show, and they also learn about geometry.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Kyle Dunn, of Zion, holds a largemouth bass, which measured just under 18 inches long, and put him atop the leader board in that category, during the Northern Illinois Conservation Club's Fishing Derby and Winter Festival in near Turtle Beach in Antioch Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Mitchell Stemm, 13, of Aurora, volunteers to help pack roughly 800,000 meals as part of a Feed the Need! event for Feed My Starving Children at North Central College in Naperville Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Matt Salerno, of St. Charles, eschews skates and a puck to get a little ice time at Wheeler Park in Geneva Monday. He and friend Bill Souter said the condition of the ice was too rough to even bother putting their skates on and when they found the tennis ball they decided to use that instead. They said they go out there frequently. "If the conditions are good it's great to be able to get out and play and get some free ice time," Soutar said.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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