Mary Ann Dutcher's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Dress-Up at St. Anastasia Catholic

Mrs. Dutcher with Gabrielle Rini, age 5, and her other students.

Enjoying their meal to the fullest is Dominic Contino, Kaitlyn May, and Addie Clark, all age 5.

Mary Ann Dutcher's Kindergarten class dresses up like Pilgrims and Native Americans while they eat their thanksgiving meal at St. Anastasia Catholic School in Waukegan.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Kally Kennedy, age 5 of Great Lakes enjoys the small moments between bites, while eating with her classmates.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)  

Natalie Rosas, age 5 of Waukegan enjoying her apple sauce, taking a break from eating her main course.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Turkey Trot at Belvidere Park: Children Races for Thanksgiving Turkeys

People of all ages compete in relays, running for turkeys as prizes.  Miguelangel Alcanter, yellow shirt, age 1 competing in the 12 - 23 month old age group, gets ready with support from his family, wins by inches.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Christian Eubanks easily takes gold competing in the age 5 group.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Noemi Padilla, age 7, wins in a very close race, great competitiveness and sportsmanship.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

James Wilson, age 7 just makes it, giving everything he has, for the last final blast of energy.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

The closest race of the day, if there was a replay it would of been reviewed, but Noah Jackson (Right), takes first by inches.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Jakob Martinez easily takes first in the 13 and 14 year olds group, running 3/8ths of a mile.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Kynee Noble collapses after running 3/8ths of a mile,  he took second place.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Miguelangel Alcanter, age 1, accepts his turkey for winning first place in his age group.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Aebleskiver Day at Redeemer Lutheran Church

Nicole Hessenthaler, 12 of Zion, dishing out herself some of the Danish delicacies that are a cross between a pancake and a doughnut, sprinkled with powdered sugar and eaten with jellies, syrup, or apple sauce.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Nathan Hessenthaler of Zion dishes out some homemade apple sauce for his daughter Delsie who is 3 1/2 and third generation to be attending.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Aebleskivers are Danish delicacies that a cross between a pancake and a doughnut.  Madeline Adler, 14 of Anticoh prepares the sausages that are served with the aebelskivers, the sausages create a great complimentary taste that go along greatly with the sweets.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Pastor Wayne Jahn preparing the aebleskivers to his liking.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Mike Hoff of Waukegan, dishes himself out a fair amount of aebleskivers, he comes here every year for as long as he can remember, Pastor Wayne Jahn in the background preparing more aebleskivers.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Mike Hoff of Waukegan dishes himself out some homemade apple sauce to compliment his aebleskivers, which are also eaten with an assortment of jellies and or syrups.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Waukegan Mounted Police Fundraiser at Robert E. Abbott Middle School

Principle John Samuelian introduces Officer M. Noyer of the Waukegan Police Department to talk about why the mounted officers are necessary.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)  

Principle John Samuelian talks to the sixth graders about the fundraiser and the current mounted officers situation.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

The sixth graders made signs with illustrations to help raise money for the officers and contribute their own way.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

The sixth graders made signs with illustrations to help raise money for the officers and contribute their own way.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

The sixth graders made signs with illustrations to help raise money for the officers and contribute their own way.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Evelin Leguizamo, 11 of Waukegan pets one of the horses.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Gabriela Garcia, 11 of Waukegan, gets to touch one of the police horses.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

2nd Annual Princess Party

2nd Annual Princess Party hosted by the Wadsworth Area Queens and Ambassadors benefit for the Cancer Treatment Center of America Breast Cancer Program in Zion.  The princesses, volunteers, and directors that made this all possible.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media) 

Junior Miss Wadsworth 2nd Runner-up, Jessica Kumpula, age 14, reads "Cinderella", to Katie Nugent, 9 of Waukegan and Annsley Lavelle, age 8 of Wadsworth.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Special guest Miss Teen Illinois International 2010, Sarah Bertrand, points out the more important aspects of becoming a beauty queen to Elisa Hamelin, age 6 and her friend Kylie Mahoney, age 5 of Wadsworth.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Junior Miss Wadsworth, Emily Swanson, 15 of Wadsworth paints the nails of Cleo Hundley, age 6.  In the background is Grace Burba, 14, of Beach Park, painting the nails of Katie Nugent, 9, of Waukegan.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Elisa Hamelin, age 6 and her friend Kylie Mahoney, age 5 of Wadsworth, constructing name bracelets and necklaces at the arts and crafts table.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Grace Burba, age 14 of Beach Park, paints the nails of Alyssa Denis, age 10 of Waukegan.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

On both ends, Miss Wadsworth, Marrissa Vlaming, age 16 and Junior Miss Wadsworth, Emily Swanson, age 15 teach the princesses the proper walk for future pageants.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

15th Annual 2009 Oakwood Cemetery Walk, in Waukegan, Illinois, celebrating 150 years of History.

Every year actors portray different historical figures that are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, giving historic lectures near where they're tomb stone lies.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Actor Tray Wallace portrays Samuel L. Payne to a crowd, Samuel was born in Alabama in 1869, moved to Zion between 1910 and 1920, died in 1942.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media) 

Actor Dan Drury plays Phillip P. Brand who was born in 1839 and first came to this country from Germany in 1854, opened up the first barber shop on Genesee street in 1859, shaved Abraham Lincoln in 1860, also ran the first public bath house, died in 1914.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

 Actor Dan Drury plays Phillip P. Brand who was born in 1839 and first came to this country from Germany in 1854, opened up the first barber shop on Genesee street in 1859, shaved Abraham Lincoln in 1860, also ran the first public bath house, died in 1914.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Actor and owner of AAA Tent, Alan Nowakowski portrays Arthur "Bickey" Wilkinson, played on several semi-pro baseball teams including one that won the national championship in 1913, having the best record in Illinois:  24-2.  A railroad accident ended his baseball career as a player, he once bowled a 300 and biked over 64,000 miles on his bike in his lifetime:  1883 - 1986.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Actor Rich Ribando, impersonates Rollen C. Hill, came to Waukegan at the age of nine, would later become a mail carrier by stagecoach which ended in 1855 when the railroad arrived, lived from 1836 - 1918.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Actor Rich Ribando, impersonates Rollen C. Hill, came to Waukegan at the age of nine, would later become a mail carrier by stagecoach which ended in 1855 when the railroad arrived, lived from 1836 - 1918.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

IHSA Cross Country: Wauconda Invitational at Lakewood Forest Preserve.

Start of the varsity girls, running by during lap number one.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

start of the Varsity Boys, Lake Forest started off alright, but ended a bit differently.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

 The race begins for Boys Varsity, absolute madness as the boys come running down starting off lap one.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Kevin Wood of Stevenson places 11th overall in the Boys Varsity Division.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Megan Moore of the Lake Forest Scouts, finished 13th overall in the girls varsity division.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Championship Game of North Shore Boys Soccer Shootout at Lake Forest High School.

Deerfield's Robbie Patterson defends off Lake Forest's Connor O"Connel-Keleghan.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Deerfield sets up a wall to block Lake Forest's shot, David Panter, number 18, takes one for the team and successfully blocks the kick.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Deerfield's forward Zach Pearlstein tries best his moves but is unsuccessful at getting around Lake Forest's Defender, Ian Forlow.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Deerfield's Forward, Joey Calistri takes a shot on Lake Forest's Goal Keeper, Kurtis Teskoski, and scores the second goal for Deerfield.  The first goal was an own goal by a Lake Forest Defender.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media) 

Lake Forest's Nick Grube attempts to get around Deerfield's Joey Calastri, but is unsuccessful and the ball is kicked out of bounce.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Deerfield's Joey Calistri shoots at lake Forests Wall;  Alex Wettermann, Clayton Pristou, and Harry Shipp, the wall blocks the shot so goal keeper, Kurtis Teskoski has another scare but not another goal scored on him.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)