Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Margaret Bucher says she didn't know there was a limit on dog ownership in Wheeling. Pixie is the first dog she owned.
Bill Zars | Staff Photographer
Job seekers came out in huge numbers to Elgin Community College's "ECC Job Fair 2009" held at the Spartan Events Center.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Volunteer Stephanie Baik, right, chats with Winchester House resident Anne Healy during the nursing home's first ever Art Gala on Tuesday in Libertyville. Baik has been teaching a weekly class for the last three years.
Vincent Pierri | Staff Photographer
The audience is filled with digital cameras at a Mardi Gras Madness fashion show put on by Elgin High School students Thursday night.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
The First Division Museum at Cantigny has acquired an authentic WWII Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel. It is believed to have been in the D-Day invasion at Normandy and will be unveiled to the public on June 6.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Xander Clark, 2½, enjoys his pancake Sunday during the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast Sunday at North Aurora Fire Station #1 on Monroe Street.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Runners are off at the start of the 5K Run/Walk along Route 31 in the Kane County Health Department's 10th annual Healthy Hop event in Geneva on Saturday, April 4. A one mile Fun Run, 5K and Tot Hop were offered.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Gabrielle Scannell lets out a laugh during a Civil War re-creation by the fifth graders from St. Peter Lutheran School in Arlington Heights.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Parents rush with the children to get some of the 16,000 eggs that were in the Easter egg hunt at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles Saturday.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Realtor Todd Trawinski and buyer Christine Perona look at a tree on Sunset Drive in Libertyville on Tuesday caused by heavy snow. "I'm going to the closing in an hour," said Perona. " I hope that the tree is their responsibility."
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Illinois State Trooper Joseph Bolino checks out the tires of a trailer that was overweight as IDOT weighs trucks along Randall road Thursday in South Elgin. During the four-hour time period that the scales were set up more than 10 trucks were found to be in violation.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The Itasca Park District's pre-Easter festivities include an Easter egg hunt at the Spring Brook Nature Center.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Matthew Buivis, 4, leads his sled on bare grass toward the hill at Randall Oaks Park in West Dundee. It was perhaps the last day of the season to sled.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
An Isuzu Rodeo hit a house at 311 Ryerson Ave. in Elgin Tuesday after veering off Route 31, hitting a fence and driving through Ryerson Park before crossing Ryerson Avenue and hitting the home.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Mount Prospect resident John Cannistra, who has lung cancer and is under hospice care, went to New York with his grandson Billy DeSario of Niles to watch the Cubs play the Yankees in the first game played at the new Yankee Stadium.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Jack Pomatto and Jaclyn Olson of the Kane County Forest Preserve lead a "senior stroll" through Campton Forest Preserve Thursday morning. Each month naturalists lead guided walks at different preserves.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Elgin Community College's "ECC Job Fair 2009" drew enough people to form a line out the hall and down the sidewalk. The fair, held at the Spartan Events Center, continued until 7pm but the the rush of people came right at the start at 3pm on Thursday.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Dr. Jeffrey Wells of Advanced Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center examines Ellen Loyd of Antioch during the Lindenhurst-Lake Villa Chamber of Commerce's SpringFest Expo 2009 Sunday at Lakes Community High School.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Mike Devega of Addison proudly displays he and his friends' morning catch during the DuPage Forest Preserves' Trout fishing day held at Grove Lake in the Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Madeline Cimo dons painting gear for a trick by Carol Stream magician Paul Lee as he mesmerized children at the Wauconda Area Library.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Melissa Diaz, 14 sits patiently as her father Gene creates a work of art on her face. Diaz is a well-known face painter in the Chicago area.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Teacher Teryn Robinson hits Director of Public Safety Rick Cohen of Lindenhurst with a pie as students and faculty get a pie in the face to raise money for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life at Lake Forest College Thursday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
McKenzie Ferrell, 7, of Grayslake, right leads off the seven an older group at the Grayslake Park District's egg and prize hunt Saturday morning.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Perry O'Brien, left, of Lombard, and his son Colin, right, use a long saw to cut a log while Jan Wilt looks on during the 19th century wood working skills demonstration Sunday at the Sheldon Peck Homestead in Lombard.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
North Aurora firefighter J.R Egan, left, helps Kennedy Zies, 6, of North Aurora, make a pancake Sunday during the department's all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. It was held at North Aurora's Station #1, on Monroe Street.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Students from Grant High School in Fox Lake and Fox Lake Police officers pasted warning stickers on packaged liquors as part of Sticker Shock Day. The event is designed to bring awareness to the dangers of underage drinking.
Vincent Pierri | Staff Photographer
North Aurora firefighter Alex Pepper, right, serves food to local resident Kryss O'Donnell, left, during the North Aurora Fire Department's all-you-can eat pancake breakfast Sunday.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Robert Slattery of Winfield shows off his gun dating from the 1850s to 1880s in the parking lot of the Hotel Indigo Tuesday in Palatine. Several guns sellers were turned away because Rivertown Coin and Collectibles failed to get proper permits.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
The Liberty Dancers of Addison perform during Addison's 12th annual Multicultural Festival held at the Addison Village Hall.
Daniel White | Staff Photographer
Brenden Nielsen, with rabbit ears hugs Jack Larson, both 6, of Grayslake, to celebrate a great hunt after the Grayslake Park District's egg and prize hunt Saturday morning April 4th for four age groups at Central Park.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
The Easter bunny, played by Amy Shaver, works on a crossword puzzle from a newspaper as she waits to greet children at Westfield Hawthorn Shopping Center in Vernon Hills Tuesday.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
Fergal Gallagher of Grayslake stops to talk with a representative from Ambit Energy during the Lindenhurst-Lake Villa Chamber of Commerce's SpringFest Expo 2009 Sunday at Lakes Community High School.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
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