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Photos: Pictures of the Week from Oct. 25 - 31

Pictures of the Week from Oct. 25 through 31 by the Northwest Herald.

Windhill Pancake Parlor server Jennifer Brennan, dressed in costume as Snow White, fills the coffee cups of regular customers Edward and Karen Gabes of Grayslake on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in McHenry. The couple has been going to the restaurant for years, citing the good food and friendly staff. "It's nice to see someone backing up the business in town and helping them out, keeping them open," Edward said of McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett. (Matthew Apgar)

By Matthew Apgar

Windhill Pancake Parlor server Jennifer Brennan, dressed in costume as Snow White, fills the coffee cups of regular customers Edward and Karen Gabes of Grayslake on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in McHenry. The couple has been going to the restaurant for years, citing the good food and friendly staff. "It's nice to see someone backing up the business in town and helping them out, keeping them open," Edward said of McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett. (Matthew Apgar)

District 157 and District 2 head trainer and bus driver Laurie Bottlemy performs a morning routine daily inspection on her bus prior to dispatch for student transportation to Richmond-Burton High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Richmond. The districts are suffering from a lack of bus drivers and substitute teachers. (Matthew Apgar)

Server Mary Kotecki delivers food for her table of customers at Andy's Restaurant on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The restaurant will celebrate 40 years in business next year if they are able to overcome the hardships caused by the pandemic, made more difficult by a failed lawsuit brought on by 37 local restaurants to grant an injuction against indoor dining closures. (Matthew Apgar)

Grayslake Central's Bella Domier, left, passes Crystal Lake South's Bella Gonzalez in the third mile during the Girls Class 2A Lakes Cross Country Sectional at Lakes High School on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Lake Villa. (Daryl Quitalig)

Bartender and server Brittany Crane prepares for the dinner rush by performing cleaning tasks such as wiping down the bartop with a sanitizing solution at 1776 Restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The restaurant is one of many local businesses that will have to adapt again to new COVID-19 safety guidelines in order to remain open for business. (Matthew Apgar)

Double Yolk Cafe server Lorie Polanco, center, delivers food to indoor dining customers Christina and Ryan Allison of Woodstock on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Woodstock. (Matthew Apgar)

The home at 1096 West Stone Creek Circle is seen decorated for Halloween on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The home is one of twelve entered in the Crystal Lake Parks District's Haunted Home Decorating Contest. Voting is online and begins Tuesday and will conclude on Thursday. (Matthew Apgar)

The home at 154 College Street is seen decorated for Halloween on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The home is one of twelve entered in the Crystal Lake Parks District's Haunted Home Decorating Contest. Voting is online and begins Tuesday and will conclude on Thursday. (Matthew Apgar)

Server Mary Kotecki stocks the salad dressings during down time between customer tables at Andy's Restaurant on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The restaurant will celebrate 40 years in business next year if they are able to overcome the hardships caused by the pandemic, made more difficult by a failed lawsuit brought on by 37 local restaurants to grant an injuction against indoor dining closures. (Matthew Apgar)

District 157 and District 2 head trainer and bus driver Laurie Bottlemy performs a morning routine daily inspection on her bus prior to dispatch for student transportation to Richmond-Burton High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Richmond. The districts are suffering from a lack of bus drivers and substitute teachers. (Matthew Apgar)

Dressed as a skeleton, Karter Kulans, 9, front, looks through balloons decorated as inflatable pumpkins with a candy surprise inside, as brother Aleks Kulans, 11, searches for candy of his own while dressed as a prisoner at the home of Laurie and Tim Bachara on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Oakwood Hills. The Bacharas placed candy inside balloons and placed them, along with lollipops, into the ground so children could have fun picking them out while being socially distant from one another. "It kinda bnroke my heart that the kids don't get to trick or treat like normal. I wanted to do something special," said Laurie of her candy-riddled lawn. Laurie added that her son J.C. asked her why she wanted to decorate her lawn this way and she responded to him saying "There's just a lot of unhappiness in the world right now. Anything I can do to put a smile on someone's face is worth the effort." (Matthew Apgar)

Andy's Restaurant co-owner Angie Angelos, left, stand with her son Angelo Angelos in front of a painting of Angie's father, Andrew Piculas, founder of Andy's Restaurant on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The restaurant will celebrate 40 years in business next year if they are able to overcome the hardships caused by the pandemic, made more difficult by a failed lawsuit brought on by 37 local restaurants to grant an injuction against indoor dining closures. (Matthew Apgar)

Dressed as Belle, Delilah Stamp, 5, left, and Caitlynn Oliver, 6, dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog, return without candy from a home decorated with with signs in support of President Trump and critical of Presidential candidate Joe Biden on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Oakwood Hills. (Matthew Apgar)

Marian Central's Peter Walsdorf runs in the 2A Belvidere Regional XC race on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Walsdorf crossed the finish line in first place with a 31 second lead. (Randy Stukenberg)

Former DCFS supervisor Andrew Polovin, left, leaves Judge Robert Wilbrandt's courtroom with attorney Matthew McQuaid, right, at the Michael J. Sullivan Judicial Center, formerly known as the McHenry County Courthouse, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Woodstock. Polovin directly supervised case worker Carlos Acosta, who was overseeing the AJ Freund case prior to the 5-year-old's murder. (Matthew Apgar)

The home at 584 Blackthorn Drive is seen decorated for Halloween on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The home is one of twelve entered in the Crystal Lake Parks District's Haunted Home Decorating Contest. Voting is online and begins Tuesday and will conclude on Thursday. (Matthew Apgar)

Busboy Owen Cassell prepares for the dinner rush by performing cleaning tasks on the inside tables at 1776 Restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020 in Crystal Lake. The restaurant is one of many local businesses that will have to adapt again to new COVID-19 safety guidelines in order to remain open for business. (Matthew Apgar)

Crystal Lake Central's Karson Hollander runs ahead of Prairie Ridge's Will Gelon and other runners in the second mile during the Boys Class 2A Lakes Cross Country Sectional at Lakes High School on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Lake Villa. (Daryl Quitalig)

District 157 and District 2 head trainer and bus driver Laurie Bottlemy performs a morning routine daily inspection on her bus prior to dispatch for student transportation to Richmond-Burton High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Richmond. The districts are suffering from a lack of bus drivers and substitute teachers. (Matthew Apgar)

Kettisha Stamp, right, points toward houses that might have candy outside for daughter Deliliah, 5, center, dressed as Belle, and Caitlynn Oliver, 6, dressed as Sonic the Hedgehog on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Oakwood Hills. (Matthew Apgar)

A retail employee heads into work through a brief morning snow flurry to open shops at the Algonquin Commons on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Algonquin. (Matthew Apgar)

Crystal Lake Central team members Karson Hollander, 48, and Daniel Hamill run near the one mile mark in the 2A Belvidere Regional XC race on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. The team took first to win the 2A Regional XC title. (Randy Stukenberg)

Wauconda's Jessie Pakaski, right, leads a pack also consisting of Prairie Ridge's Rachel Soukup (3372), Crystal Lake South's Bella Gonzalez (3377) and Abby Machesky (3380), and Vernon Hills's Reina Hill (3495) and Anna Todd (3500) in the second mile during the Girls Class 2A Lakes Cross Country Sectional at Lakes High School on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Lake Villa. (Daryl Quitalig)

Dressed as a prisoner, Aleks Kulans, 11, reaches down to pick a lollipop out of the ground at the home of Laurie and Tim Bachara on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Oakwood Hills. The Bacharas placed candy inside balloons and placed them, along with lollipops, into the ground so children could have fun picking them out while being socially distant from one another. "It kinda bnroke my heart that the kids don't get to trick or treat like normal. I wanted to do something special," said Laurie of her candy-riddled lawn. Laurie added that her son J.C. asked her why she wanted to decorate her lawn this way and she responded to him saying "There's just a lot of unhappiness in the world right now. Anything I can do to put a smile on someone's face is worth the effort." (Matthew Apgar)

District 157 and District 2 head trainer and bus driver Laurie Bottlemy performs a morning routine daily inspection on her bus prior to dispatch for student transportation to Richmond-Burton High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Richmond. The districts are suffering from a lack of bus drivers and substitute teachers. (Matthew Apgar)

Dressed as the vieo game character Sally Face, Gianna Greenhill of Cary, 10, uses a provided stick to poke an inflated balloon decorated as a jack-o-lantern with candy inside on the property of Laurie and Tim Bachara on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020 in Oakwood Hills. The Bacharas placed candy inside balloons and placed them, along with lollipops, into the ground so children could have fun picking them out while being socially distant from one another. "It kinda bnroke my heart that the kids don't get to trick or treat like normal. I wanted to do something special," said Laurie of her candy-riddled lawn. Laurie added that her son J.C. asked her why she wanted to decorate her lawn this way and she responded to him saying "There's just a lot of unhappiness in the world right now. Anything I can do to put a smile on someone's face is worth the effort." (Matthew Apgar)

Crystal Lake South's Bella Gonzalez runs in the 2A Belvidere Regional XC race on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Gonzalez and the team finished first to take the regional title. (Randy Stukenberg)

Snow begins to blanket shrubbery foliage during a brief morning flurry at the Algonquin Commons on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 in Algonquin. (Matthew Apgar)

District 157 and District 2 head trainer and bus driver Laurie Bottlemy performs a morning routine daily inspection on her bus prior to dispatch for student transportation to Richmond-Burton High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 in Richmond. The districts are suffering from a lack of bus drivers and substitute teachers. (Matthew Apgar)

Marian Central Catholic's Peter Walsdorf runs the third mile with a large lead during the Boys Class 2A Lakes Cross Country Sectional at Lakes High School on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Lake Villa. (Daryl Quitalig)