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Summer has arrived in The Week in Pictures

  Kids wait for candy during the Libertyville Days Parade on Milwaukee Avenue Libertyville. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Adam Kiel of Atlanta, Georgia competes in the long jump during the Great Lakes Games hosted by Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association at Lake Forest High School. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Holly Murphy, of Itasca reaches to touch one of her cows. Murphy and her husband Bill bought land and built a farm along Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale after developers backed out of a plan to build row houses there. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Dan Paplaczyk, of South Elgin fishes with his daughter Brooklyn, 6, during the 24th annual South Elgin Tuna Kahuna fishing derby at Blackhawk Park. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Hannah DeWert, 7, of Hampshire, left, and Rubie Sandouka, 6, of Elgin didn't let a little rain dampen their spirits as they have some fun while watching the Elgin Idol contest during the Elgin Ribfest in Festival Park. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  The classic car show returned to Oakbrook Center with dozens of top-notch classics and antiques displayed around the outdoor mall. Dozens of examples of shiny steel and chrome were on display when members of the Classic Car Club of America's Greater Illinois Region parked their lovingly restored and preserved cars between the mall's anchor department stores and boutique shops, giving visitors a chance to admire them up close. "Our club specializes in extremely rare, prewar cars. These are the cream of the crop," said Russ Rodriguez, director of the club's Illinois chartered region. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  More than 150 people dance around the maypole Sunday during the Viking Midsummer Festival and Swedish Day at Good Templar Park in Geneva. The festival which celebrated the area's Swedish and Scandinavian roots featured Viking ship tours, storytelling, craft demonstrations, kids games, arts and crafts fair, Scandinavian food, maypole celebration, music, and carnival games. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Eliseo Almonaci, 16, center left, goes for the hit but is met with a block by McKayla Geraghty, 18, both of South Elgin, as they play sand volleyball with a group of friends at Jim Hansen Park in South Elgin Monday. Geraghty recently graduated but the others playing all attend and play volleyball at South Elgin High School. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez runs through tagging drills with kids during Monday's baseball ProCamp at Elk Grove High School. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
  State Trooper Bob Satkiewicz conducts a field sobriety test on a driver. Milwaukee Ave and Knightsbridge Pkwy was the scene of Operation Safe Run Friday night in Lincolnshire as Lake County Sheriff's deputies, Illinois State Troopers, and Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove police officers held a DUI and safety checks. STEVE LUNDY/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Concerned residents showed up for a town hall meeting Tuesday at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills to find out about a proposed redevelopment of the mall property to include apartments, restaurants, outdoor gathering spaces and other amenities. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Don Walters, of Carpentersville lowers the top on his 1957 Ford Fairlane during Wauconda's Cruise Night in downtown Wauconda Tuesday. Wauconda Cruise Nights are held the third Tuesday of the month, June through September. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  People check out classic cars during Wauconda's Cruise Night in downtown Wauconda Tuesday. Wauconda Cruise Nights are held the third Tuesday of the month, June through September. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  After the head is removed, Gale Martin of BBQ On Wheels sets to removing the crispy skin from a whole roasted pig. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
  Volunteers are treated by team leaders as nearly 500 volunteers from Discover Financial Services descended on Gavin South Middle School in Ingleside to give the school an indoor and outdoor makeover. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Artist Ted Siebert creates a sculpture called "Sands of Omaha Beach" at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Part of the sculpture was made with sand collected on Omaha Beach by D-Day Veteran Charles Normal Shay. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Evelyn Molina of Lombard, right, gets a photo of her kids, Dante Rosas, 11, Jannet Rosas, 6 and Leonardo Rosas, 4, during a visit to Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Alexis Dayton, 11, of Mount Prospect, left, Bradley Kavanaugh, 3, of Barrington and Anthony Fiore, 4, of Mount Prospect play by the fountain during opening day of Long Grove's Strawberry Fest in downtown Long Grove Friday. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Resident Gilda Weinert, left, gets her palm read by staff member Debbie Robins as Belmont Village Senior Living in Buffalo Grove hosted the community's annual carnival Friday. Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
  Allainah Cronje, 9, of West Chicago, takes part in the Kids' Day parade at Swedish Days in Geneva on Friday. She dressed up as Butterfly Girl, a superhero that she made up for the parade and won third place in the contest. On the right is Nick Wickstrom, 6, of Geneva with a painted Swedish flag on his face. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
  Erik Portiera, of Streamwood waves his scepter as the honorary Chair of the Relay For Life of Kane County at Northwestern Medicine Field, home of the Kane County Cougars, in Geneva Friday evening during the event. Teams of cancer survivors and supporters walk the perimeter of the field to raise money and awareness in the fight against cancer. Portiera, 39, raised more than $1,000 according to his Facebook page. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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