Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - Kindergarten students in Julie Tappendorf's class throw their hands into the air after counting to 100 in Spanish to celebrate 100 days of school, part of Lutheran Schools Week at St. John Lutheran School in Champaign on Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. The 195 students at the school, pre-School - 8th grade, celebrated the week with a different activity each day.

Photographer: Heather Coit

David Lawrence, of Champaign, a volunteer at the Monticello Railway Museum, looks out from the museum's new signal tower, which is still under construction, in Monticello on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The tower, which was framed late last year by Foster Construction Co. (Monticello), will feature three different, interlocking systems on display. A main machine, which comes from Gibson City's Illinois Central track and has a patent date of 1888, will be on display. A lever machine from the northwestern region of Illinois and a pistol grip, of Edgewood, IL, which works switches but functions with electric switch machines, will round out the displays. Most of the work at the tower is being done by the museum's volunteers.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Gary Coglianese, of St. Joseph, a worker at Wordy's Wood Service Firewood & Delivery, splits wood and lets it season, or dry out, as freezing temperatures are predicted for the area. Coglianese was working near the corner of Cottonwood and Windsor roads in Urbana on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - Crows begin to roost in trees near the Assembly Hall on Forth St. in Champaign on Tuesday evening, Jan. 29, 2013.

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - From left, University of Illinois sculpture students Seungeun Yang, Ben Hatcher and Sean Tierney erect "Where Am I", a beach sized umbrella sculpture, made of hundreds of CD's, in the Link Gallery at the UI Art & Design building Champaign on Monday Jan. 28, 2013. The sculpture is by Seungeun Yang(cq) and is part of the UI Sculpture Program's Show that will be on display in the gallery through Feb. 8th.

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - From left, University of Illinois undergraduate students Xue Ling(cq), Mara Collins and August Johnson shoot video of classmate Michael Auger's feet walking past the camera for their Art 250 class at the intersection of Forth St. and Peabody Dr. in Champaign on Monday Jan. 28, 2013.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Dressed in bridal-wear, Jane Kim, 3, left, of Savoy, helps Milo Snow, 1, of Savoy, get into the spirit of dress up as Milo's sister, Mattie Snow, 3, background center, gets help of her own from their mother, Jenny Snow, during Family Storytime's What to Wear morning program at the library in Tolono on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Jeannette Hulick (cq), the library's program leader, read books and played songs for the kids before opening the bins full of clothes.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Benjamin Stewart, 4, of Savoy, gets into the music as his brother, Levi, 2, lower right, and Ally Monical, 2 1/2, left, of Champaign, as Jeannette Hulick, program leader at Tolono Public Library, leads the kids in songs and stories during Family Storytime at the library in Tolono on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The children later opened bins full of clothes to try on as part of the 'What to Wear' theme that morning.

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - From right, Bekah Goebel(cq), 6, stands at a table with Emma Shields, 6, and Ava Vasey, 8 , member of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Family, work to make Valentines greetings for seniors they visit at the Windsor of Savoy, in the gym at St. Matthew School in Champaign on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013. The children work in 'Saints Families', groups of multi-grade students, organized around saints to promote community with the school.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Angel Sepulveda, left, examines a heart he just cut out as Jackie Curry cuts out another at Edison Elementary School in Danville Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Fourth graders at the school were making Valentines that will be distributed at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville next month.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

A student looks at a Valentine created by students from other Danville Dist. 118 schools at Edison Elementary School in Danville Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Fourth graders at the school were making Valentines that will be distributed at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville next month.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Diamond Neal cuts out a heart at Edison Elementary School in Danville Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Fourth graders at the school were making Valentines that will be distributed at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville next month.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

A student works on a Valentine with a patriotic theme at Edison Elementary School in Danville Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013. Fourth graders at the school were making Valentines that will be distributed at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville next month.