Images: There was a lot going on in The Week in Pictures
Leprechauns and Jesus share space in The Week in Pictures
Jim Starbuck, of Iowa, adjusts an N gauge model train on a huge layout of the Mini-Modutrak group of the Midwest, at the High Wheeler Train Show at Harper College in Palatine earlier this month. The group strives to build realistic replicas of railroads. This model depicted a Milwaukee to Chicago line.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Kids and parents run onto the section of football field assigned to three and four-year-olds at Mooseheart's Easter Egg hunt in Batavia Saturday.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
Range Instructor, Corporal Scott Minniear inspects the new gun range as Prospect Heights dedicated its new police range in the memory of PHPD's first Range Officer, the late Donald Ficarrotta.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Actor Miguel Correa portrays Jesus in his final moments on the cross during the Via Crucis Good Friday drama at Santa Maria del Popolo Catholic Church in Mundelein.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Audrey Sheehy, of Elgin gets some help from her dog Voodoo Saturday at the Easter egg hunt for dogs at James O. Breen Community Park in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Charlie Carroll, of Wood Dale looks for just the right egg during the Doggie Egg Hunt in Wood Dale Saturday.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Actors portraying Roman soldiers raise the cross of Jesus, played by Ruben Collazo, at the conclusion of the Good Friday Via Crucis procession from St. Thomas of Villanova Church in Palatine to Mision San Juan Diego Parish in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Donna Workman, of Alabama wears a knitted leprechaun hat after having her head shaved Sunday at a St. Baldrick's event in Wauconda.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Zander Big Mountain, of Texas helps her cousin Ava Yorke, 3, of Vernon Hills gather eggs, acting as her spotter at the Vernon Hill's Hoppin Holiday Hunt at the Sullivan Community Center on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Kat Corden, of St. Charles helps her dog Madison with some eggs that they found Saturday at the Easter egg hunt for dogs at James O. Breen Community Park in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Parishioners at First Presbyterian Church in Wheaton hold their annual procession of palms Sunday morning to celebrate Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Sandy and Bob Santucci, of Elgin talk with Katy Radcliff, center, of Chicago Skylight Pros of Rolling Meadows, during the Chicago Home Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
As Rev. Marion Phipps stands over them, children of parishioners take turns pounding nails into a wooden cross during an Experiential Stations of the Cross event at St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church in Elgin Friday. The children and their families had a hands on experience that included touching a crown of thorns and tasting sour vinegar.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Ellie Wilson, 2, shows her dad Jeremy where she wants to go at the Palatine Jaycees Easter Egg Hunt Sunday at Towne Square in Palatine. More than 3,500 eggs with candy and prizes were up for grabs and Ellie got three of them.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
"St. Patrick" Dante Restelli, 9, and his brother, Marco, 4, await the start of the Palatine St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Fifth grade teacher Amber Socaciu high fives students after their bridge passed the weight test in their STEM class at Dundee Highlands Elementary School in West Dundee.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
With the mid-morning sun behind it, a goose perches on a peak in the roof at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia Monday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Frankie Valenzia, Kenyon Woods Middle School science teacher, works with her seventh grade class Thursday. The Elgin Area School District U-46 is overhauling its science curriculum to meet new state standards, which will change the way science is taught in elementary schools starting in the 2017-18 school year, and eventually leading to a district-wide roll out of the new curriculum. No longer focusing on memorization of facts, the new curriculum offers students more opportunities to learn through hands-on experiments and investigation.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
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