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Images: Some of the best photos that 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.

  The Mount Prospect Police Department team rushes into the water during the Palatine Polar Plunge on Sunday at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on a spring like afternoon. More than 350 plungers participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run event that supports Special Olympics. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Bartlett Police Department members Sgt. Rob Sweeney, right, and Ofc. Victoria Anderson come out of the water after participating in the Palatine Polar Plunge on Sunday at Twin Lakes Recreation Area on a spring like afternoon. More than 350 plungers participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run event that supports Special Olympics. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Aaron Frazen, 7, of St. Charles shoots a hockey puck at Winter Wonders during record breaking warmth in Campton Hills at the Campton Township Community Center. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  With record breaking warm temperatures, Saxton Pairolero, 7, of St. Charles, throws out a snowman during Winter Wonders in Campton Hills at the Campton Township Community Center. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  With record breaking warm February temperatures, Judy Butler tosses out a snowman during Winter Wonders in Campton Hills at the Campton Township Community Center. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Carol Tunk illustrates a sound proof doctor's dictation room during the West Tower community open house at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  The West Tower at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove features three floors each housing 32 private rooms. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Cheryl Nazal, nursing manager, talks about infrastructure improvements designed to keep nurses in patients' rooms longer, during the West Tower community open house at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Lourene Kimbell, RN, left, talks about electronic records inside a patient room during the West Tower community open house at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Each floor maintains 32 private rooms in the newly reconstructed wing. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Resting stations are placed throughout the floor for patients in the West Tower at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Where the ice? Jaeden Maldondo, 7, of Hawthorn Woods is probably thinking as he hits a slap shot to the goal on Saturday at the Hawthorn Woods Winter Carnival. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Ashlyn Kiehn, 6, of Hawthorn Woods throws the ball into the net in very springlike conditions on Saturday at the Hawthorn Woods Winter Carnival. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Taylor Meents, 15, and her sister Samantha, 14, of Hawthorn Woods play tick-tac-toe in their shorts in very springlike conditions on Saturday at the Hawthorn Woods Winter Carnival. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
  Bud Klotz of Naperville paddles in the Fox River in St. Charles as record breaking temperatures hit the suburbs, Sunday. "I'm out there fishing and enjoying the weather. It's warmer on the water than I expected," Klotz said. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Jim and Ann Adams of St. Charles enjoy record breaking temperatures while riding bikes along the Great Western Trail in St. Charles. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Sophomore cornerback Michael Stevlic catches a pass from Romeo Pierce as both took advantage of record breaking temperatures practicing football at Naperville North. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Brothers Nolan, 10, center, Michael, 5, left, and Connor McCann, 7, of Long Grove ride scooters as they spend a springlike afternoon at Century Park in Vernon Hills on Sunday. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Steve Tavlik of Lindenhurst, right, and Mauricio Ramos of Waukegan use kayaks to fish on Big Bear Lake as they spend a springlike afternoon at Century Park in Vernon Hills on Sunday. Two weeks ago, fisherman were walking on the lake ice fishing. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Julie Nelson-Bieschke pets her beagle, Della, as they spend a springlike afternoon at Century Park in Vernon Hills on Sunday. Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
  Erica Lemon, right, naturalist for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, leads a group for a walk at the Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles. Above, the group tries to identify a bird which they think is a robin, based on its call. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Madison Hogan, 5, and Brolin Perkins, 11, both of Bartlett make homemade animal feces scat following a nature walk at the Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles. They mix modeling clay with various seeds and animal fur to make their project. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
  Erica Lemon, naturalist for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, talks about a skunk's various prey during a walk at the Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
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