Images: School days and dog days take over the suburbs
Our photographers captured the first day of school in many communities last week
Cub Scout Pack 107 carries the colors down Route 47 as the 85th Elburn Days kicked off Friday with a parade.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Isabel Gallardo, 20, of Chicago (facing camera) gets a hug from her RA Haley Kujawa, 20, of Elgin as she moves some of her stuff into her room. Judson Student Organization leaders, admissions staff and Judson President Gene Crume were on hand helping students move in.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Tiana Ng, of Union rides her horse Mattias during the Baroque Horse Demo at the Festival of the Horse and Drum at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Professional musician Michael Pleska, who goes by the stage name "Amazing Mike", plays two trumpets during Oktoberfest at the Schwaben Center in Buffalo Grove.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Karis Nave, 4, of Naperville enjoys some watermelon in attempt to stay cool at Veggie Fest. Veggie Fest 2015 opened Saturday and continued thru Sunday at Benedictine University in Lisle.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Kathy Kohler, of the Lindenhurst Park District dances down Beck Road during the Lindenfest Celebration parade.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Henry Busse, 6, of Carpentersville slides into a puddle on his plastic puppy at the end of a 1,000 foot water slide down Main Street (just north of Algonquin Road) in the 'Slide the City' event in Algonquin Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Eric Pairitz, of Geneva talks to his daughter Cuyler, 6, before she starts first grade during the first day of school at Fabyan Elementary School in Geneva.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Alexis Hutchins, 5, gets a big hug from her brother Jaiden Hutchins, 3, and her mom Grace Blue, before she heads off to kindergarten on the first day of classes Tuesday at Parkview Elementary School in Carpentersville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Batavia resident and professional photographer Brad Pogatetz (facing) talks to visitors in his booth at the 11th annual Art in Your Eye fine art festival near the Batavia Riverwalk Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Long time 7th Heaven fan Lenore Long, of Plainfield sings along with the band during their performance on Carol Stream's Gazebo Stage during a Concert for the Troops.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
A storm cloud moves over the grandstand prior to a heavy rain shower during Arlington International Festival of Racing Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Literacy Specialist JoAnn Tierney greets kindergartners (left to right) Noah Kroning, Law Tarnow, Aiden Sims and Katie Engelhal, all 5, with Blackberry the cat on their first day of school at Blackberry Creek Elementary in Elburn Wednesday. Every year she greets kids outside the school on the first day with different puppet, whose name is always Blackberry.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Tony Spagnola, of Crystal Lake gets a closer look at a 1935 Dodge truck that cost the owner $776.85 when it was bought new in 1935. Randy's Vegetables farm stand and the Sleepy Hollow Police Department hosted a fundraiser for Special Olympics Illinois Sunday at their location on Randall Road just North of I90.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Jill Drake, of Geneva says goodbye to her daughter Vivian, 6, before she heads off to first grade during the first day of school at Fabyan Elementary School in Geneva.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Yeah that's my head popping out of the top of the frame. I was searching the area for a picture for page three and was having a devil of a time finding something. I had it in my mind to get a picture of someone silhouetted against the beautiful fluffy clouds playing basketball. Well I ended up finding something else, but while I was looking I accidentally made this frame with my 14mm lens while checking the exposure. I think that it's sort of funny. Maybe you will too. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Second grader Kayleigh Williams, 7, takes her turn at ringing the bell outside Louise White Elementary in Batavia to announce the first day of the school year Wednesday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Rick Londak, of South Elgin is reflected in the paint Sunday as he checks out the features on a ZL1 Chevy Camaro during South Elgin Riverfest.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Thomas Ashbacher, 15, spreads duct tape on his small craft Sunday at the Fox Lake Cardboard Cup Races at Lakefront Park. He and paddling partner Trevor Peterson, 16, were representing the Fox Lake Explorers and their boat was the only one it's class that did not sink.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
While driving along Algonquin Road on the way to work one day, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted what appeared to be giant marshmallows dotting a farm field in Barrington Hills. I was expecting to see a giant mug of hot chocolate, but was disappointed to see they were only rolls of hay covered in white plastic. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Lindsay Schmidt, 3, of Palatine runs to her mom's shopping cart in Schaumburg's Target store with a pack of pencils in hand as they were out shopping for school supplies.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Yash Luthra, 5, of Naperville waves American and Indian flags while watching the Naperville Indian Community Outreach's first India Day Parade.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Diamond Lake School District 76 held a meet and greet at its schools Tuesday morning. Physical education teacher Peri Brown greets Fairhaven School students with a big smile at the Mundelein school as students head to their classrooms to drop off supplies and meet their teachers.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A brave soul weathers the storms Tuesday night while shopping in Arlington Heights.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
As a newspaper photojournalist we cover more festivals than we can count. So when I arrive at a fest I try to look past the "obvious" images as much as possible, searching for a slightly different angle. In this image I had noticed that from some perspectives it appears that the riders of the "Speed" ride could almost reach out with their feet and touch the ferris wheel during the annual Glendale Heights Fest. This photo was published in the Perspective column in the print edtion of the Daily Herald.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
The staff at Hubble Middle School welcomed back their students on the first day of school. Health teacher Lynn Miller welcomes Elvis Sanabria, 11, of Warrenville before entering the school.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
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