Lincoln-Way East student and Color guard member Michelle Lindeman adjusts her jacket with Staff Sgt. Gavin Wortman prior to the announcement that she will be a member of the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band during a ceremony at the school in Frankfort, IL on Monday October 15, 2012. She will join an elite group of musicians who will perform during halftime of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Northeast Elementary teacher Leah Herman hugs Curtis Dennis Jr. as he arrives back for the first day of school at 91st and California Avenue in Evergreen Park, IL on Monday October 15, 2012. The school is part of Evergreen Park School District 124, which had a strike that just ended.
Former State Senator and U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson poses with the book she has written, "Playing Ball With the Big Boys," while at JN Michaels Restaurant in Matteson, IL on Monday October 22, 2012.
Liz Novak, left, Oak Forest, tosses leaves with her kids, from left, Audrey, Maylee and Hannah Novak, as they enjoy the warm temperatures while playing inside Yankee Woods in Oak Forest, IL on Thursday October 25, 2012.
A stranded passenger rests on seats at Midway Airport after his flight to Philadelphia from Chicago was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy in Chicago, IL on Monday October 29, 2012.
A Chicago Police officer looks over the wreckage of vehicle after it was hit by a Metra train at 115th and Marshfield in Chicago, IL on Tuesday October 16, 2012. The female driver who went around the gates was killed.
Richard Tolleson, who has lived in his home for 42 years, smiles while he talks about his problems at his home in Crestwood, IL on Tuesday October 16, 2012. The Village of Crestwood has labeled his house as uninhabitable and he has to leave. He's going to live where his wife is staying while rehabbing from an illness.
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon looks at a large bear sporting a Pete Roselle bandana after a press conference at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL on Wednesday October 17, 2012.
Former Rich Central High School girls basketball coach Bryan Craig, right, sits with his attorney, Steven Richards, left, in his attorney's office in Chicago, IL on Monday October 8, 2012. He wrote a controversial book called "It's Her Fault," and lost his job.
Father Rick Frechette, from NPH in Haiti, greets Lucille Bartels before a church service at St. Elizabeth Seton in Orland Hills, IL on Saturday October 20, 2012. He was at the church to say a mass for all the volunteers, she is one, who've made burial palls for Haiti's unclaimed dead.
Michelle Reynolds, Chicago, takes photos of the waves as they hit the breakwater at Calumet Park near 95th Street at Lake Michigan in Chicago, IL on Tuesday October 30, 2012. The waves were very large due to the Hurricane Sandy storm.
Runners race during the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon along South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL on Sunday October 7, 2012.
Esther Desir, a singer and medical worker from Haiti, speaks about her life during a visit to the Chicago area at Tin Fish restaurant in Tinley Park, IL on Friday October 19, 2012. She was in town for an NPH convention and spoke with the paper after our trip their last February.
Dr. Subash Arora looks over Logan Bailey in a room in the Special Care Unit of the Family Birth Center at Little Company of Mary's new West Pavilion in Evergreen Park, IL on Wednesday October 24, 2012. Logan is the first baby to have been brought into the center from the old hospital.
Frank Bilo, a Korean War veteran ad also a recipient of the Purple Heart, poses in his home in Burbank, IL on Wednesday October 31, 2012.
