Images: The Week In Pictures
Kelly Whistler holds her daughter Kaylis face as stylist Gina Coleman shows off the 12-inch section she cut from Kaylis hair. The three-year-old Cary girl with Trisomy 18, had a 10 percent chance of living and doctors said that upon her death, she couldnt event donate any organs. Kelly is donating Kaylis hair to Wigs for Kids in Ohio. Coleman works for Blush Salon in Crystal Lake, where the event took place Friday afternoon.
Christopher Hankins/chankins@dailyherald.com
Chief Ray Rose helps Aviyan Phillips, 4, of Mundelein pick out a Barbie during the Mundelein Police Department Shop with a Cop event at the Mundelein Super Target Saturday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Elgins Abbott Middle School team Robo Warriors react as their Lego project tries to accomplish some of the tasks during the FIRST TM Lego League 2012 Super Seniors event at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia Saturday December 15, 2012.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Captains Ellie Blumenfeld, center, and Ally Ripes hug after Hawthorn Middle School South won first place in the pom competition during the 13th Annual Hawthorn Spirit Invitational Sunday at Hawthorn Middle School South in Vernon Hills. The event featured Lake County middle school teams competing in pom and cheerleading routines.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The DuPage Forest Preserve District celebrates Christmas on Kline Creek Farm with various traditional events including wagon rides, Sunday.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Lucy Rubenstein, 5, of Naperville, meets Santa at the Naperville Park Districts Santa House, along the downtown Riverwalk.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Matt Plackowski hugs a dappled Dachshund. He took this little guy home for his own. Petland Naperville donated this dog to the oldest son of Elzbieta Plackowski, who killed two of her children and their dog. The good folks at Petland also supplied him with all the dog items he will need to get started.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
Sophomores Jocelyn Acosta, left, and Adriana Santoro practice elbow punches during a womens self-defense class conducted by the Mundelein Police Department Wednesday at Mundelein High School. The class taught basic defensive moves for teenage girls in case of attack.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Perla Martinez, 6, left, and Daisy Silva, 6, check out each others new shoes that they received from the Boys and Girls Club of Dundee Township at Golfview Elementary School in Carpentersville Thursday. Payless Shoes donated 1.2 million shoes around the country, including about 300 to this branch of the Boys and Girls Club, who then passed them out at two locations.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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