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Images: Some of the best pictures you may have missed this weekend

Every weekend, Daily Herald photographers venture out to some of the area's best local events. See some of the very best images from our staff that you may have missed this past weekend. This week's events include pumpkin rolling and smashing, lunch with a veteran, and a hug by a sea lion.

  WW II Marine veteran Veronica Potter of Barrington, talks with fellow Marine veteran Phil Wicklein of Arlington Heights, during the 5th annual Veterans Celebration and Breakfast hosted by the Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  92-year-old Army veteran and Lutheran Home resident Louis Chechopoulos, talks with his grandson Louis Costa of Hoffman Estates, during the 5th annual Veterans Celebration and Breakfast hosted by the Veterans Memorial Committee of Arlington Heights. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  From left, Compost Specialist Vytas Papedinskas, CLC Environmental Club members Stephanie Luz and Sandra Emmerling pack down a dumpster full of pumpkins, as the College of Lake County collected used pumpkins. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  CLC Environmental Club member Stephanie Luz packs down a dumpster full of pumpkins, as the College of Lake County collected used pumpkins. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  CLC Environmental Club member Miguel Jaimes chucks a pumpkin into a dumpster full of pumpkins, as the College of Lake County collected used pumpkins. Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
  Sarah Dyson and her daughter Eliza, 2, of Lake in the hills react after tossing their pumpkin down the hill during the Second Annual Great Pumpkin Roll Saturday at Butch Hagele Beach in Lake in the Hills. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Justing Salinas, 4, of Lake in the Hills prepares to roll his pumpkin during the Second Annual Great Pumpkin Roll Saturday at Butch Hagele Beach in Lake in the Hills. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
  Mundelein High School physics teachers Mike Hickey, right, and Matt Farmer load a pumpkin into Big Red the trebuchet during the Mundelein Pumpkin Drop on Sunday at Keith Mione Community Park. Children rolled their pumpkins down a sled hill, smashed pumpkins with baseball bats, and watched pumpkins as they were launched by a trebuchet. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Children watch their pumpkins roll down the sled hill during the Mundelein Pumpkin Drop on Sunday at Keith Mione Community Park. Children rolled their pumpkins down a sled hill, smashed pumpkins with baseball bats, and watched pumpkins as they were launched by a trebuchet. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  The crowd watches as a pumpkin is launched by a trebuchet during the Mundelein Pumpkin Drop on Sunday at Keith Mione Community Park. Children rolled their pumpkins down a sled hill, smashed pumpkins with baseball bats, and watched pumpkins as they were launched by a trebuchet. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Lisa Hoeber of Super Cichlids gets a hug from a sea lion named Kim during the fourth annual "Aquatic Experience" Sunday at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The World Pet Association sponsored the event that featured saltwater and freshwater fish, sea lions, shrimp and displays of aquariums. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Colin Shoemaker of McHenry and his daughters Olivia, 4, and Abigail, 7, reach in a pet a shark in the Touch Tank during the fourth annual "Aquatic Experience" Sunday at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The World Pet Association sponsored the event that featured saltwater and freshwater fish, sea lions, shrimp and displays of aquariums. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Neve McGuire, 4, of Schaumburg points to the glow fish at the Florida Tropical Fish Farm Association exhibit during the fourth annual "Aquatic Experience" Sunday at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The World Pet Association sponsored the event that featured saltwater and freshwater fish, sea lions, shrimp and displays of aquariums. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
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