Photographer: Heather Coit

Mark Cabutti, principal of Sangamon Elementary School, channels the Cat in the Hat as he reads to first and second graders inside his office to observe the nationwide Read Across America Day at the school in Mahomet on Friday, March 1, 2013. Dr. Seuss's birthday is March 2.

Photographer: Heather Coit

Aiden McNamara, 8, joins second graders in eating green eggs and ham, which was served to students in honor of Dr. Seuss during the nationwide Read Across America Day at Sangamon Elementary School in Mahomet on Friday, March 1, 2013. Dr. Seuss's birthday is March 2.

Photographer: John Dixon

Construction workers, hanging from a basket suspended by a crane, attach the cab of a tower crane to the tower mast at the the Hyatt Place Hotel construction site at the corner Neil and Church St. in Champaign on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013.

Photographer: John Dixon

University of Illinois students don umbrellas to protect themselves from a cold afternoon rain, during a class change, as they walk along Armory Ave. in Champaign on Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013.

Photographer: John Dixon

Ranger Ted (Zach Flax) explains how pollution effects drinking water during the play, 'Search for the Fountain Mountain", at Yankee Ridge School in Urbana on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The play, which teaches children how to conserve water and prevent water pollution, was put on by actors from The National Theatre for Children, and sponsored by the Illinois American Water Co.

Photographer: John Dixon

1st grade students Tigran Polborn, left, and Johnie Wilson laugh during the play, 'Search for the Fountain Mountain", at Yankee Ridge School in Urbana on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The play, which teaches children how to conserve water and prevent water pollution, was put on by actors from The National Theatre for Children, and sponsored by the Illinois American Water Co.

Photographer: John Dixon

2nd grade student Ameriah Lockett holds all the props to conserve water during the play, 'Search for the Fountain Mountain", at Yankee Ridge School in Urbana on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The play, which teaches children how to conserve water and prevent water pollution, was put on by actors from The National Theatre for Children, and sponsored by the Illinois American Water Co.

Photographer: John Dixon

Zach Flax, left, and Joe Layne, actors from The National Theatre for Children, perform 'Search for the Fountain Mountain", at Yankee Ridge School in Urbana on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The play, which teaches children how to conserve water and prevent water pollution, was put on by actors from The National Theatre for Children, and sponsored by the Illinois American Water Co.

Photographer: John Dixon

Construction workers move a large section of culvert into the Hyatt Place Hotel construction site at the corner on Church St. in Champaign on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. The 12' diameter conduit, the size of a small school bus, will be put in place around the base of a tower crane, as the next phase begins in the construction of the nine-story, 145 room hotel in downtown Champaign.

Photographer: John Dixon

A large snowman sits in the front yard of a house on S. Orchard St. in Urbana on Monday Feb. 25, 2013. Another round of rain sleet and snow are expected to begin Monday night and continue through Tuesday.