Images: The Week In Pictures
Heartland Elementary 4th-grader Olivia Main, center, and fellow student council members receive the Sprit of Giving trophy Friday in Geneva after helping to collect 725 pounds of food for this years Red Ribbon Week Food Drive. They were given the trophy by Kane County Cougars mascot Ozzie T. Cougar.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
The trebuchet launches another pumpkin at Century Park in Vernon Hills Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
5-year-old Dean Moy of Vernon Hills reacts to a move by his opponent Justin Carlson, 9 of Libertyville, as kids grades kindergarten through eighth grade were invited to Cook Park Library for a chess tournament in Libertyville Monday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Erika Denker, 9, of St. Charles preforms Tuesday during a dress rehearsal for All Shook UP at the Pheasant Run Resort. The musical will open 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Nov. 11 and 18; 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Nov. 12 and 19; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at Pheasant Run Resort.
Steve Berczynski/sberczynski@dailyherald.com
Mitch Karmis, 15, of St. Charles, sings to Faith Weitzner, 15, of Bloomingdale, Tuesday during a dress rehearsal for All Shook UP at the Pheasant Run Resort. The musical will open 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Nov. 11 and 18; 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Nov. 12 and 19; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at Pheasant Run Resort.
Steve Berczynski/sberczynski@dailyherald.com
Lorie Rey of Salem, Wisconsin stands in the rain during the funeral procession for SFC David G. Robinson of Winthrop Harbor to Our Lady of Humility Church in Beach Park Tuesday. Robinson died on October 25 while serving in the Army in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Erin Prinzing smells her mint flavored toothpaste that she created as first and second graders make their own toothpaste Wednesday in Colleen Mooneys class at Fremont Elementary School near Mundelein. The project turns students into junior scientists learning important science skills and concepts.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Katie Stack gets a kiss from her daughter, Mikayla, at their home in Palatine. The anniversary of the death of Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, who died a year ago in Afghanistans Helmand Province. is hard for his wife, Katie.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Hersey High School teacher Bradley Abel, center, reacts to being named the only Illinois Milken Educator Award recipient at a special assembly Wednesday morning. Abel did not know he was being honored.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Louis Licastro, 93, is a Pearl Harbor Veteran who lives in Glen Ellyn. He was a master sergeant in the Army air corps when he was discharged in 1945.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Manda Ware is all smiles as she gets a hug from Pikatti, a PARO robot who looks like a baby seal at Tower Hill Healthcare Center Thursday, November 10, 2011 in South Elgin. The robot reacts to touch with movement and sound.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Madison Meikel, 5, of Rolling Meadows yells to Santa through the Christmas trees when he arrived Thursday at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
Bill Zars/bzars@dailyherald.com
Kids wear some clown noses as they watch Clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baileys demonstrate the Science of Circus during a show Thursday at the DuPage Childrens Museum in Naperville.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Candidates take part in the oath as 221 new lawyers were sworn into practice in Illinois Thursday at the Hemmens Cultural Center. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Thomas administered the oath.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Thomas hugs his son Jonathan Matthew Thomas as he presents him with his certification after swearing him in Thursday morning along with 220 other candidates from the five Supreme Court judicial districts in the state of Illinois.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
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