National Night Out events had a lot of people dancing in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for July 31-August 6, 2021.
National Night Out events had everyone dancing while high school bands prepared for the upcoming school year and people are still discussing the merits of wearing a mask in school in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for July 31-August 6, 2021.
Beatriz Huerto joins about 50 others in a big Zumba class during a National Night Out celebration in Elgin Tuesday. About 1,000 people attended the event.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A long shadow is cast from a rider at The Hill BMX track in Elgin on July 20.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Audrey McCauley, 1½, holds onto the window as she looks at her grandmother from inside a school bus at a Barrington Big Trucks event at Ron Beese Park in Barrington July 31. Audrey's mother, Hayden, who is holding her, said she loves all things regarding buses and has almost 20 toy buses at her Barrington home.
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Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.comFive-year-old Bradley Mora, of Carpentersville, gets a haircut during HopeFest at New Life Covenant Church July 31 in Elgin. The community festival included a backpack and school supply giveaway for all kids who attended, plus free haircuts.
A barrel train pulled by an antique tractor makes the rounds at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake on July 31.
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Two protesters hold signs asking for mask mandates in school. Parents and students in opposition to schools that have made mask-wearing optional hold a rally at Indian Prairie Unit District 204 Howard Crouse Education Center July 31 in Aurora.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Several children from a park district day camp watch as Ned Bruns pulls monarch butterflies from a temporary cage to release them in a pollinator garden near village hall. He asked the children to name each one as he placed them on their arms on July 27.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Lauryn Ellis, 3, of Elgin reacts to a page while taking a "story walk" with her mom Felicia at Lords Park in Elgin Thursday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Susan Goldwater uses graphs to make a point as she speaks to the board at a Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 special meeting to discuss and set a school mask policy on Aug. 4.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
State Sen. Cristina Castro speaks about rising COVID-29 rates among Latinos during a call-to-action news conference at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin Thursday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Serenaded by a quartet from Larkin High School, Aaeesha Nerida, 4, of Pingree Grove, dances with friend Sebastian Burris, 5, of Elgin during a story time at Lords Park Zoo Thursday.
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The hair was flying as Kaytlinne Williams, 7, and her sister Kylie, 5, get up and dance during a Gail Borden story time at Lords Park Zoo in Elgin Thursday. The girls are from Elgin.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
The grand opening of the new May Whitney Elementary School Lake Zurich Elementary District 95 had second-grader Hailey Muhr, right, and her sister Riley, a fourth-grader from Hawthorn Woods, check out their new school before they were allowed in for a tour.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Schaumburg High School band members march through the winding streets around the high school on their way to a block party that was sponsored by members of the neighborhood.
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Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.comSchaumburg High School band member Amelia Birk, in blue hat, marches with her fellow band members through the winding streets around the high school and ended up at a block party that was sponsored by members of the neighborhood.
John Stefaniak, of Alpine Amusement Co., shows stuffed animal prizes at his booth during Northbrook Days Thursday.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
A gentle breeze carried a soft melody throughout Tate Woods Park as Christine Ilo, 15, from left, Meygan Mack, 13, and Audrey Catuara, 16, practiced playing their flutes for the Lisle Senior High School Band Wednesday August 4, 2021 in Lisle.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The audience of parents listens intently to speakers at the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 special meeting to discuss and set a school mask policy on Aug. 4.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A Mitsuwa Japanese Grocery store patron in Arlington Heights dons a mask before entering the store to go shopping.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Camila Howard, 5, dances while perched on her dad Emmanuel's shoulders during Tuesday's National Night Out celebration in Elgin. They were waiting in line to get her face painted.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A man looks up at a juggler on stilts at the National Night Out event at Rolling Meadows Community Center Park on Aug. 3.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Max Dynak, 3, seems like he doesn't know what to think about a remote control police car driven by Rolling Meadows Detective Dave Rathburn, right, at National Night Out event at the Rolling Meadows Community Center Park on Aug. 3.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Aalap Shakkarwar, 7½, does his best to keep a hula hoop spinning at the National Night Out event at Meineke Park in Schaumburg on Aug. 3.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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